De_forlorn WIP

Quote from MrTwoVideoCards

You might want to avoid repainting valve textures like that, specifically because of how compressed they'll get once you recompress them. You're essentially compressing an already compressed texture.

Thanks for your comment.

These are simple hue variations of a small area of the stock texture.

Other textures will be derived from hi-res reference concrete/metal photos.

Quote from Buddy

The moment when you first get the Deagle

true

it was one of the most effective weapons against those pesky black ops assassins; good times

Resurrection of the dead

After being on hiatus/indefinite hold for 1.5 year, this project is resurrected and alive again

The map was playtested twice in its alpha1 and alpha2 basic block-out versions, on the test server of Mapcore back in early May 2014, and I received great feedback that was all implemented in the map.

Volcano playtested the map in its alpha3 version and provided additional feedback and insights that were also implemented in late May-early June 2014.

Then real life kicked-in hard with multiple issues and I was forced to put this project on hold. When I got a break, I was sidetracked by working on my HL2DM map, Fortwick and later on my CSGO map, Calm.

"Forlorn" was forlorn (pun intended)...until last week; the project is back alive and in full force in its beta1 iteration.

Detailing has started, and placeholder textures and brushwork are being phased out. Lighting is also being tweaked.

Progress is steady and here are couple of screenshots from the "1 week beta building" frenzy

Cheers

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Quote from El_Exodus

Nice to see more old projects being revived

But pls use Imgur next time, pictures are not loading for me D:

Thanks

images not loading, really? :???: I'm using mediafire and they are loading fine on my side. Maybe a hard refresh CTRL+F5 might help? or scripts blocked on your side?

Quote from El_Exodus

Nvm, found the problem. It's on my end^^ My ISP is limiting the speed to filehosting sites.

Alright, thanks for clearing that up

Quote from Vaya

Looking great!

Thanks David

Quote from AirStep

To me this is one of those maps that feel familiar even the first time you see it!
I guess that just speaks to a strong and well developed theme. I'm super digging the nostalgic feel!
Glad to see this one back in development

Quote from Bodd Jonar

Agreed, the theme is frikkin amazing.

Thank you for the encouraging comments

I am staying as close and faithful as possible to the Half-Life/Opposing Force theme, without sacrificing CSGO gameplay (angles, readability, visibility, etc...).

Fun fact: I've replayed "Blue Shift" last week to get additional inspiration

More progress in beta1

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Quote from jackophant

that outside shot fills me with nostalgia

Half-Life's "Surface Tension" and Opposing Force's "Welcome to Black Mesa" chapters FTW

Quote from jackophant

Ok, you drive a hard bargain but I will play them this weekend! Opposing force was the first computer game I bought myself, from Toys'R'Us no less! xD

When I'm working on certain sections in the map, I get nostalgic and suddenly feel the urge to replay some sections in HL and OpFor, "strictly" for "inspiration" purposes

A glimpse of things to come

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Quote from Bodd Jonar

It's so pretty!

Thanks.

Detailing is roughly at 25%; still quite a road ahead but progress is steady and stamina is high