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    some wip screens from heat remake level for csgo, this will be my largest csgo project to date, 80-90 custom props, 20-30 new materials, also testing a new workflow using source 2 hammer to create level specific props and exporting them 1:1 to source,

    some non-sexy screens,

    This is awesome.

    It's happening :-D; told you last year when you started your Dota2 project that you'll spearhead the source2 development for CSGO and here we are :)

    Quote from nikkoship

    It's not much but I just came back to an Arms Race map for CSGO this week that I started back in spring and did some hallway work. I've got nothing but free time until the end of August so I'm gonna try and get this out there before then. Trying to work in some more colors other than "red brick" to help players orient themselves as it's mostly a symmetrical layout. Full album can be found on the flickr account tied to the images.

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    This is really cool! I wish arms race got more love.

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    Let us know how that works out Would be interested to learn more about that.

    Good luck on the remake! Are you going with a dusk/dawn theme or are these shots just from playing around with lighting env?

    Yeah sure, it's a quite simple process (with room for improvements), but basically the steps I've used is:

    1. Build your layout in Hammer S1 (using dev textures)

    2. Import your level into Hammer S2 (if you are building with custom textures you will need to make separate materials)

    3. Build your props (ref mesh and col) export as FBX (note, you can build a col mesh in Maya, but I think it goes faster in Hammer S2, also UV mapping is not properly saved when exporting to FBX)

    4. Import into maya, UV the prop, export with MESA-tools (far superior 3party model exporter than whats available for other tools) - guess you can import the FBX into any 3d program with exporter to Source1

    5. Add models to level in Hammer S1

    Will hopefully have a first version in a few weeks, but with the international coming up etc I'm not sure how much spare time I will have :)

    Just playing around with the lighting now, have a few cool skyboxes but the skymaterial still seems to be broken :( ...and think I'll go with a skybox included in CS:GO to keep size down, and since the last level I made was set during night I think this one will be day


    Quote from will2k

    This is awesome.

    It's happening :-D; told you last year when you started your Dota2 project that you'll spearhead the source2 development for CSGO and here we are :)

    Wooot, was that a year ago!? time flies when having fun! heheh

    Quote from nikkoship

    It's not much but I just came back to an Arms Race map for CSGO this week that I started back in spring and did some hallway work. I've got nothing but free time until the end of August so I'm gonna try and get this out there before then. Trying to work in some more colors other than "red brick" to help players orient themselves as it's mostly a symmetrical layout. Full album can be found on the flickr account tied to the images.

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    The blue bricks look pretty huge, I'd suggest to scale them down a notch, to be more on par with the bricks in this picture:

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    Anyway, it looks pretty promising so far.

    What do you guys think I can do to spice up my gym area? I'm okay with how it looks like in the 1st picture, but it looks like complete crap when viewed from the opposite direction. I have no idea what to do with this room


    Everything is all symmetrical, so your eyes don't stick to anything. You could play with lines pointing to something gameplay relevant, like an exit or bombsite etc. Guide the player with light, contrast and colors.

    B-site on de_complex (temporary name) I've been working on for a time now. Still figuring out how the rest of the level will work out. Balance is a big focus right now.

    Graphics and props are temporary. I wont start with the theme/detailing until I know that the layout works and is fun to play! :D

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    Looks great! Really reminds me of B-site on dust2, the right passage being the tunnel and left being double-doors. Loving all different covers!

    Attached images are from a map I've been designing, it's still in early development and especially the hallways need some polishing.


    Quote from afallensentinel

    Looks great! Really reminds me of B-site on dust2, the right passage being the tunnel and left being double-doors. Loving all different covers!

    Attached images are from a map I've been designing, it's still in early development and especially the hallways need some polishing.

    Thank you. Yes, the B-site is quite similar to Dust 2, with the tunnel and all, but I'm trying to make it wider and more interesting for attackers. T's will be able to throw smokes and flashes through the window over the door and maybe other windows once I start detailing the map.

    I can't say much about your level from the overview screenshots, but you can use cl_leveloverview to take a flat screenshot of your level from above, makes things look a bit better :)

    Hey guys, first time poster here. Currently working on my first ever map that's actually found its way onto the Workshop. It won't play great in CS, but it's a nice way to get used to working with Hammer.

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    Hey guys, first time poster here. Currently working on my first ever map that's actually found its way onto the Workshop. It won't play great in CS, but it's a nice way to get used to working with Hammer.

    I recognize that map! You probably should have told people that it's based off of a multiplayer map in Halo 3 :P

    It looks great and might not work well for defuse, but Arms Race and Demolition could work out great!

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    scale looks mental there, what's the map timings to sites?


    Thanks

    With knife out, it takes about 17 seconds to reach A-site from T-spawn, 15 to reach B. 9 secs to A from CT, 7 to B. Note that this only counts the second you step inside the room, meeting points should be somewhat quicker.

    And yeah haha, I hate scaling maps, even now some ceiling seem a bit high and corridors too long, the map itself is inspirated by the likes of Agency and Resort.

    Here's in-game overview: (no much lighting yet :()

    Quote from afallensentinel

    With knife out, it takes about 17 seconds to reach A-site from T-spawn, 15 to reach B. 9 secs to A from CT, 7 to B. Note that this only counts the second you step inside the room, meeting points should be somewhat quicker.

    And yeah haha, I hate scaling maps, even now some ceiling seem a bit high and corridors too long, the map itself is inspirated by the likes of Agency and Resort.

    Here's in-game overview: (no much lighting yet )

    Here is some things I spotted right away. If you feel like they are wrong assumptions then ignore them. I can't really tell how the map plays, I can only speculate

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    Quote from Logic

    Here is some things I spotted right away. If you feel like they are wrong assumptions then ignore them. I can't really tell how the map plays, I can only speculate

    Some very good points, although I suppose it's a bit difficult to tell the layout completely :D. CTs can't at the moment go through the hallway with an arrow, It was specifically designed to provide an attacking direction for Ts.

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    The "same rooms" are actually stairs to have a higher chance of surviving, since having just one of them leading to A seems like a death trap for Ts.

    The room that you want to be mid actually kind of is, it's hard to tie together yet but that and the area to the left equals what I'd call mid for now.

    The staircase at bottom left is actually a bit hard for me to decide on, since you can't see it on the overview but there's actually a separate entry to a hallway below it, so two hallways overlap. The rooms above the red circle, the ones with 2 and 3 large windows, are accessible from this hallway.

    I REALLY need to work on the bomb sites. Currently thinking of ways to make B more interesting and A less overwhelming by its size.

    Also, vents! This is something that came up to me very early, but still haven't added them for testing purposes. In the final version there'll probably be some vents with multiple drop-points to help both CTs and Ts navigate to the bomb sites, while making rotation a lot easier.

    Leaving tomorrow for a week, so sadly I can't work on the map. :( But I'll make sure to post some more info as things get done!

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