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Put some more supports under those rails!

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Please try to do something like that, a chinatown in america doesn't make any sense imo.

Looks like a fun map (juding from the pictures )!

Does the map have a placeholder environmental lighting or is this the way you're going for? I'd consider trying a more atmospheric approach. An evening/night setting combined with neon lights, small lamps, etc could be nice, I think. As in this photo:

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What is the rail btw?

The second screenshot makes me think that you could use the lanterns as an unconsciouns guidance for the players, to move along the main routes; if you try the approach Squad is suggesting, it could work even better!

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a chinatown in america doesn't make any sense imo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_San_Francisco

>over 100,000 citizens

>founded 1848

>draws more tourists than the Golden Gate Bridge

Weird this hasn't got any replies yet.

It's starting to look more like chinatown, but I feel it's still missing something. Maybe it's the architecture which is still looking too "Western", how about some chinese looking railings, pillars, ... with colourful accents? What about some little street markets?

Perhaps it's the lighting. Your justified concern that it can not be too gloomy or dark, if you could manage to get an atmosphere as in the picture below, that should work I guess.

It's not too dark, but it still allows for neon lights/lampions/lanterns to come out looking good.

I can not comment on the gameplay, as I've not played it, but I'm hoping I'll be able to attend in the next coming weeks Keep it up!

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This is really good

Starting to look cool!

I'd get some more ornate and thinner trims, right now most of the trims are so thick that they make everything look even more bsp`ish. I also think you could get some more color pops here and there, right now everything looks very desaturated which is how 99% of CS:GO maps look Even with this desaturated lighting that you got going, you could gain a lot by using a few saturated walls here and there.

I agree with Minos, it's taking shape now!

Something I noticed was that some streets look very clean, streets generally aren't clean - add some more papers and other kind of trash, that's my suggestion.

I think it looks more interesting now Perhaps a less cloudy sky? The lighting doesn't yet match the skybox (at least from the pictures), but I'm guessing it's still WIP.

Nice work on the railway, but the rails seem to be floating?

Is there a download available by any chance (older version would be cool too!)? I'd love to check it out

The lighting is the big issue for me now, too many colors not congealing well together

might make it a night map?

Personally I'd go for an "overcast at dusk" setting. And also what Minos said about adding some saturated color spots.

You can remove the sharp dynamic shadows with an entity called "env_cascade_light" with a setting of 0 for the "Max Shadow Distance".

There is also an option in light_environment to add diffuse to shadows.

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SunSpreadAngle (New with Source 2007) <float> The angular extent of the sun for casting soft shadows. Higher numbers are more diffuse. 5 is a good starting value. Remember: on cloudy days, the shadows will be blurred because the sunlight is being diffused by clouds. Try 90 for hazy days, and use 135 for cloudy days, rain and fog. If you're trying a night atmosphere, sometimes you'll need up to 180. You'll also have to turn down the shadow alpha in your shadow_control entity - try changing the Shadow Color variable to something such as 50 50 50.

Here's a link with more explanation and some example pictures: http://www.nodraw.net/2011/01/sunspreadangle/

I think you need to have a city skyline in the 3d skybox.