DM-Reco by Conrad "Justin" Slawinski

Hello! Here I am, participating, trying to figure out the layout.

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Final version updated:

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Final version with sound and all that:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90490112/reco.pk3

Good luck to all participants!

Week 1 update: Modeling props for modular geometry

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Last day of the week 1:

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Top down layout.

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I have a question:How to move camera around in the perspective view in Radiant? It seems that whenever I try to do so (right mouse click it gets stuck in this option and I can't toggle it off (I have to alt-tab the window)

Thanks, Z! but still the camera in the 3D window does not deactivate, while I press right mouse button again. (I'm on Win 8 recently). Is this possible to work within netradiant and then convert map into radiant? I have more experience with netradiant (several Xonotic maps) and regardless similar interface its completly different program to me.

Good luck mate!

Week 2 progress: Trying to finish the layout in the middle and slowly moving to the outskirts.

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Week 2 continuation: Wooden constructions on the construction site (don't mind the metalic and concrete textures- they will be replaced)

Whats the maximum poly amount? Lets say I create a rock model that has 1000 faces and then duplicate it 10 times. Is it okey? How can I increase the lightmaps qiuality on models?

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Okey. Before I start modeling I just wanted to show you the main layout idea. I am thinking about adding basement going beneath the map (straight across) but maybe this would be too much. I hope you can figure something out from this top-down view - I tried making it as clear as possible

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What would you prefer as a player: Jumppads, smooth ramps or perhaps a staircases? At this stage its easy for me to swap them because layout is still changing.

Nah. screenshot was done in Xonotic, because I used it for quick testing (sorry about it - I just wanted to show the layout progress) Today I finally launched map on Quake, so don't worry. Mind that I am a beginner in quake.

I have a question: I put an orign (pivot poiint) of my models on the model's bottom and when I place them in Radiant the pivot point is usually inside brushes. I think this might have an impact on the compiling process or even game performance. Is that correct? Shall I locate pivot points of my models in the centers and place them so they don't intersect with brushes?

Thank you, Hipshot, I will try avoiding it. With this in mind I see no other issues that could prevent me from start modelling apart from poly count I suppose. Is there particular number we should abide? I know this sounds like a newbie qustion but I don't want to end up with totaly broken performance. I have stronk^TM computer but some might not.

jameswilddev2 - The planks are bsp - detail brushes. Easy to adjust, fun to run on (no clipping issues)

Thanks Hipshot! Pretty busy with University but here is:

Models (In the end I will have them replaced with BSP.)+ terrain with vertex paint. I guess it works in Quake, right?

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Looks like this block on the bottom will be an elevator for construction workers. Don't judge textures, please. This will come in the final steps.

I have a terrain model with vertex paint (2 textures). How can I get it working in Quake? How the shader should look like?

rockblend{dpoffsetmapping - 2 match8 184q3map_baseShader textures/map_reco/grassblendqer_editorimage textures/map_reco/grassblend.tga {map textures/map_reco/mossy_ground.tga } {map textures/map_reco/mud.tgablendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA alphagen vertex} {map $lightmapblendfunc GL_DST_COLOR GL_ZEROrgbGen identity } }Thats what I would use in Xonotic. But it seems to be not working. How to tell the quake that this particular model has vertex color on it?

Thanks, Cityy! So this works only to brushes? Damn. I allready made models.