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Looks kinda cool, the lighting doesnt look very sourcey like to me though, something about it is weird.

Think this looks nice and promissing!

Awesome work, rabbi. :mrgreen:

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Think this looks nice and promissing!

Agreed.

why is nothing lit up in your pics?

maybe he hasnt learned lighting yet?

Anyway, great work Rabid. It's a shame a whole bunch of these people don't realised how detailed the map is. I'd know, I've seen the VMF.

One of the best HL2DM maps I've seen so far. Keep up the good work.

yeah, light_spots would make it look so much better, keep it up!

im looking forward the next compile.

I like it. Keep working on it

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No, I suppose I haven't learned anything regarding lighting in the 3 years I've been mapping. It doesn't have any of the nicer lighting visible because of the new way light_spots work - I assumed that the outer range of the lighting cone would actually cast some level of light onto surfaces when in fact it doesn't do that very well, so I've had to readjust settings on the lights. The compile time takes quite a while so I can't really just do a quick 'recompile and re-screenshot' so I'll get some nicely light-up screenies when I have the time to recompile.

Just figured I'd show progress. This is the WIP section, is it not?

dude calm down. We were pointing out that nothing is being lit. Dont post screenshots of things that aren't lit unless you want the response you got. I understand how it sucks with compiling. It took 15 hours for my fairytale level to compile on an AMD64 fx53 2gigs of ram. Thats not pretty but I still refrained from showing shots of things that were not done or ready to be shown for suggestions.

This level is truly amazing. Rabid let me have a run through it, and it is one of the most detailed maps I have ever seen.

Brilliant stuff Rabid, keep it up.

The fog looks a little strange to me though.

Oh my this is a real beauty. I love pretty much everything in this map especially interiors but however I think that environment lighting looks a bit odd.

Yes, I kind of agree.

Perhaps it's the angle, it looks a bit odd. Perhaps change it around a bit and experiment.

Cool skybox with the buildings, and I like the architecture/style.

But the lighting is really hurting the map. Really really hurting it. I really disagree with the environment color you chose, too harsh / extreme. Generally way too much of the map is in shadow, and it's important for multiplayer levels to usually be a lot brighter. You seem to only have this problem outdoors, so I would suggest to tweak environmental lighting a lot.

http://rabidmonkey777.bluewolf72.com/im ... l40006.jpg

There is a SLIGHT gap in between two buildings on the left, I'd say you could put an env_sun in there somehow. That would clear up the large amount of shadow.

If you can get it in there that is.