dm factory

Looking good. My first serious hl2dm map is only 20% complete

what is it with you and scaling textures sizes UP?

Its just ugly.

Rather scale them down.

its probably those damn r_speed things

Need more statics and less brushbased details.

And more trims and stuff, its so plain, it could be HL.

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Need more statics and less brushbased details.And more trims and stuff, its so plain, it could be HL.

I'd say it would need more props models and more brushbased details.

Atm there is hard to find any, looks ok for a start though.

Good start but very HL1 blocky.

Needs more dramatic lighting. That grey lighting looks boring...

Anyway, keep going !

Looks like a good start.

Here are some tips:

-you have a lot of small differently colored lights. Takes away from the atmosphere and makes it look like a danceclub. Stick to a maximum of 3 different colors in one scene, preferably less unless used cleverly. . In the first pic alone theres white, red, yellow, green and blue. Go for ONE clear lighting theme and stick with that rather than putting a ton of different lights in just for the sake of adding random colors. It needs less randomness and more focused lighting that helps the atmosphere.

- the buildings need more details like trims, ventilation shafts, rain pipes, electricity boxes on the roof, etc..

- smooth out your geometry more. All your curbs are completely square right now. Add some slopes, rounden off the corners etc.

You're off to a good start here, I'd like to see you improving on the visuals bit more though

not bad but not great. A good start.

+Good layout (or so it seems)

+Not another c17 piece of crap

-damn blocky

-no naked people running around

this is like the fourth or fifth WIP hl2DM map youve posted here

Good start.. but needs a lot more detail and like others have said less blocky

yeah, i agree. less blocky and more details. try to get more elaborate lighting. and whats with the glows floating above the barracades... looks strange.

one thing you can do is clip the corners off on a 4 unit grid. Just slize a 45 cut in them. Watch out for leaks but it will soften up the corners some.

in life NOTHING save maybe a diamond razor has a straight edge. EVERYTHING is bevelled to some degree. So when buildings noticably come to sharp corners it detracts from the aesthetics. Desaturate your colors or choose another color pallete.

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-no naked people running around

You should maybe make those factory edges more round so it doesn´t have that blocky look

Needs better textures, the ones you're using are horribly generic. Everything on the buildings is just a grey blob. Sort your lighting out, at present it's horribly over saturated in the places where you're using coloured lights. Utilise more trim textures, especially on things like the edges of roofs, at present it's just another grey texture.