WIP in WIP, post your level screenshots!

JeanPaul · August 5, 2013 at 5:28 PM

What do you, like, do in the map?

sven · August 5, 2013 at 8:59 PM

Quote from JeanPaul

What do you, like, do in the map?

Strafe jump (and other tricks i presume). This is the 1.6 version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc6xbzdT2v4

D3ads · August 6, 2013 at 1:37 AM

Ahhh.. jump puzzles, everyone's favourite FPS past time...

So basically if you can't do that stuff you can't even get out of the first room? lulz.

That guy's got some mad skills, If I have to put up with that kind of shit in single player games I press f6 before each jump, trying to do that without quicksave would make me ragequit out and throw my keyboard out of the window...

Nysuatro · August 6, 2013 at 3:52 AM

Oh!!! I loved kz maps. First time i had fear of hight in a game

tr0nic · August 6, 2013 at 6:45 AM

Kz maps were really popular. There were modded servers with checkpoints ( the noob way , your time doesnt count in the ranking) or the not so raging way once you get used to the jump mechanics of cs 1.6

Hollow · August 6, 2013 at 2:16 PM

Slowly but surely working on this map whenever I get the chance. Created a new lighting setup to get a more interesting mood going on (TLoU inspired ).

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iwxanthi · August 6, 2013 at 2:36 PM

Wow, that looks awesome! Almost doesn't look like Source

Em' · August 6, 2013 at 3:43 PM

Hollow : Really like the mood !

JeanPaul · August 6, 2013 at 5:36 PM

That looks absolutely fantastic.

You will have some serious readability issues though. If I were to hide next to some of those boxes to the right, id be practically invisible.

Puddy · August 6, 2013 at 5:47 PM

What the parrot said.

Hollow · August 6, 2013 at 8:41 PM

Hey thanks for the feedback guys!

You bring up a very valid point JeanPaul, and one I'll be keeping note of closely whilst I continue to art pass the level. I'll be sure to highlight possible blind spots with contrasting materials - for instance I could put the blue tarp on those crates - or simply tone down the foliage for camping areas.

I may also release a 'clean' version to eradicate any issues with blind spots.

This is probably going to be my final swan song working in default 'vanilla' Source. The only reason I decided upon making this as a CSGO map is because I had the layout playtested over the course of the year - where it proved to be a solid map - but I had more important commitments before I finalized the art-style (main job, indie stuff). Coming back to it now, I sort of lost the original vision I had for the map, and so now it's merging into this thing

Hopefully I will be able to strike a balance between competitive MP design and visuals

Squad · August 6, 2013 at 9:17 PM

Very sexy, Hollow! JP made a valid point though, hope you can find a good compromise between visuals and readability

JeanPaul · August 6, 2013 at 11:53 PM

Ya, good stuff then!

If I would have any more input into your decision making, Id definitely say just make one version of the map (rather than a normal and a CE or something) because realistically no one is going to play the cluttered version and youll wind up saving a lot of time. It will also more effectively represent your skills as a level designer if you struck a nice balance between the two in a single map methinks.

Mapham · August 7, 2013 at 12:05 PM

How do you make floors have different spots? I only know how to make floor have one texture. I mean, like dirty spots and grassy like in those images posted.

CrashT · August 7, 2013 at 12:35 PM

Hi,

Currently trying to create something for The Dark Mod (idTech 4), just finishing up blocking everything out and about to start working on detailing, though I'm not really sure how best to approach it.

I've adjusted the gamma of the screenshots so you can actually see what's in them, hopefully.

Vilham · August 7, 2013 at 1:16 PM

Quote from Mapham

How do you make floors have different spots? I only know how to make floor have one texture. I mean, like dirty spots and grassy like in those images posted.

displacements

Hollow · August 7, 2013 at 2:17 PM

Quote from Vilham

displacements

Yep, pretty much. With decals/overlays on top of that.

Spherix · August 7, 2013 at 4:41 PM

Quote from tr0nic

Kz maps were really popular. There were modded servers with checkpoints ( the noob way , your time doesnt count in the ranking) or the not so raging way once you get used to the jump mechanics of cs 1.6

The 1.6 community is quite alive, but I don't play that game anymore. I skipped CSS and the climb community did mostly as well, or at least, the original style did as the physics in CSS were quite different and did not allow the same jumps being made. With the return of maps and servers for KZ(climb) maps in CS:GO, I noticed that there were many players, few servers, and a handfull of maps. Hence I started porting maps from 1.6 to CS:GO since the same jumps can be made again (mostly ;-)).