De_ruins

this map needs less nexus

Sounds really good but still too contrasted for me on my screens.

I think you should increase your brightness to have a warmer atmosphere and, with that, increase your ambiant light (with more blue in it).

What Marc said.

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Indoor with same filter.

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I agree too, more blue in shadows + orangish lighting, it's what i like

BUT but the fact that the shadows are reddish makes the level stuffy, like a furnace.

^ Ha !

Seldoon, that animated example you gave isn't adding contrast, it's adding light. Contrast is the difference between two things. In the case of mapping it usually means light (intensity and color) or textures. What you've done is brightened the scene and then changed the tone of the color. Your example isn't wrong, but we should be clear about the definitions of terms so as not to be confusing.

As others are saying, it should probably be a little brighter, but I think the warm colors outside are great. They suggest warmth, which is what I think of when I think jungle. However, inside the ruins I agree with the suggestion of cooler colors. The inside is clearly damp (water dripping everywhere) and should be lit cooler. Give the mental cue of a cooler atmosphere with cooler lighting, i.e. blues and greens.

Seriously what is with people telling you to add blue into this map? ffs if you add any blue ill personally kill you

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Seldoon, that animated example you gave isn't adding contrast, it's adding light. Contrast is the difference between two things. In the case of mapping it usually means light (intensity and color) or textures. What you've done is brightened the scene and then changed the tone of the color. Your example isn't wrong, but we should be clear about the definitions of terms so as not to be confusing.

Indeed within the first filter I lowered the contrast and I increased the brightness. I messed up with the text while doing the animated gif. Anyway 3Dnj get the idea right now.

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haha yeah that's strange but there is a lot of different opinion about the map. there is also some people on a server I played the map that ask me to keep the night time

The night set was kinda badass imo

it seems really bipolar right now. its raining on a very sunny day but the rocks are extremely cooly lit, etc. seems to make virtually no sense I'm afraid. I would really sit back and rethink the lighting, perhaps going back to the night but just making the walls brighter

Ahah poor 3Dnj ^^, for me keep the lighting like that, and ditch the rain, but imo it's still too yellow at the outside, the indoor is well balanced now even if the red texture on the door looks a bit weird.

I really like the way the spawn starts (with the boats and all). Feels very original. I prefer the last shot of the animated screenshot just to have yet another opinion

I haven't followed this all too much but I think it's still a bit too dark. CS maps have to be readable!

THROW IT ALL AWAY

You can make it 3Dnj, there's still some time left! You have to make this map happen, so at least the top 2 spots are taken by you and FMPWND!

Just so we're clear my last post was a satire on all the conflicting opinions.