dm_Island17. Playtesters requested.

Hello. I haven't posted at mapcore before, but I lurk around, and Xempest suggested I post my map here.

So anyways this is my contest map. Its very close to done, but I need some dedicated playtesters for a big final playtest tomorrow. After that I'm doing a final compile and shipping it off to Valve. If you are interested in playtesting, please let me know. More details on time and server to come soon.

Also, does anyone know how to turn off normalmapping without changing the materials? I want to turn down the ambient light value in the map to increase contrast in the shadows, but if I do that the normalmapping on the rocks looks bad, especially where I have done a lot of intricate displacement work.

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Playtest of dm_Island17 tonight at 8:00 pm PST. Server: The Hot Death Diner. Map linkage coming soon.

Thanks for the comments so far. I have made some small changes to the lighthouse architecture, but can make more if deemed necessary after the playtest.

Sorry, bumping the playtest time back 1 hour. New time 9:00.

Uhm dammit. The compile finished and theres a glaring error - I made a layout change but forgot to update the vis geometry. Playtest called off until I fix it and get another recompile, which probably means tomorrow night. I'll have to ship the map 2nd day air then but thats OK.

I live like 20 mins drive from their offices. And I'm willing to ship the package next-day-air or second-day air if it comes to that. Heh, a bit of an advantage over all yall overseas folks. But then again, I didn't get started until after christmas so maybe it evens out.