[CS:GO]de_zoo

Hi all!

Been working on this for a while now, thought it's about time I make a topic for it. Everything is still heavily WIP, but I just wanted to start getting feedback.

The map is set in a zoo (duh!) and it's basically divided into a big interior (the aquarium building, where bombspot B is) and an outdoor area (bombspot A is located in one of the animal enclosures).

On to some pictures!

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Thanks!

@ OB: agreed with the tile floor, I had grey cobbles there before, wanted to try something more colourful, but it's too much. Will tweak it

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This is really awesome. Is that the tf2 desert rock texture in the third shot?

Yeh, it is It's a placeholder for now, needed something that looks like a "fake rock" texture. Like this:

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Looks sweet, can't wait to try it! Are you making new animal assets, or will it just be a fish and chicken zoo?

I wish it would be possible to somehow put more animals in the zoo, but I'm afraid it's just gonna be fish I'm always open for cool ideas on how to implement them properly though

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I like the way you are working on your map, it's new and a bit crazy, i really would like to see animals in the map also !

I think you should work on your textures to create some bumpmaps and specular, because currently everything is flat and matt, it could really help.

Have you worked on the lighting yet ? (i'm asking because it's not that bad if you haven't done anything yet, but it could be much better)

Most tetures are actually stock ones and I'm using a fair bit of cs_agency's too. So any particular ones you think need extra work?

I haven't done a lot on lighting so far, it's definately on my to do list

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It looks pretty polished now from when we testplayed it.

Did you fix the weird water texture bug? (I think we were mentioning that you shouldn't apply water texture to the sides of the brushes) I think that was the only real problem I saw.

Extra credit if you replaced chickens with turtles!

There are a few water bugs still, so I'm not sure which one you mean. I never applied a water texture to the side of any water brush, so it must have been caused by something else (picture would always help!) /°

Thanks for all the replies so far! I really appreciate it

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I wish it would be possible to somehow put more animals in the zoo, but I'm afraid it's just gonna be fish I'm always open for cool ideas on how to implement them properly though

I'd rely on sounds, maybe put some cages in a place that you can't access(but can see them) and add some lion roars or some crazy birds in the background.. I think it would make a pretty unique atmosphere

Yup, animal sounds will definately be in to help creating atmosphere!

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I like the theme!, very original and fresh. Only one thing that bothered me are those bulletproof bushes near bombsite A

Adding animals that run off scared or swimming fish in the tanks would be the icing on the cake.

Bulletproof bushes have been fixed now, might still need some finetuning, but I'll see after next playtest.

Some aquariums have a few fishes in them at the moment (func_fishpool), but it seems they sometimes get buggy when playing online (fishes swimming out of the aquarium). Custom animated fish/animals would really be awesome

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I think a dedicated artist would help take this one to the next level.

Definately! If there's a dedicated artist out there that is willing to help out, don't hesitate to contact me

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Looks really nice. Though giving it an abandoned style might work better because of the missing animals.

True, just wanted to make a map in a more modern setting after Ali

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions!