Caldera by Joacim "Grillet" Rappu

Quote from Grillet

Done a first pass on the lighting. Noticed that the level is in general a bit too dark, so I need to brighten it up. Also might need to add some more stuff on the walls to break up the tiling and make them a bit more fun to look at.

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How are things progressing?

Have you tried to bump up the lightmap resolution?

Built w/ what settings?

Have noticed some spots w/ fast test gtk-radiant but these settings in Q3Map2 Toolz I don't get spots.

"[GtkRadiantpath]q3map2.exe" -meta -v "[levelpath.bsp]"

"[GtkRadiantpath]q3map2.exe" -vis -v "[levelpath.bsp]""[GtkRadiantpath]q3map2.exe" -light -bounce 8 -dirty -fast -filter -patchshadows -samples 3 -v "[levelpath.bsp]" And I haven't even changed lightmap res. probably should though... Where's the settings for that?

The best way to go about this, I would say is to create a group and use the flags

_lightmapscale with a value of perhaps .25, that will give you ha lightmap on the group that is 4x the normal one. I use this all the time where I feel it's needed.

hum.... my quake3 are not running this

usually i set sv_pure 0 and run the map using devmap mapname.bsp...

This should work, right?

devmap mapname (without the extension)

you need to add a levelshot dir with a pic for the map (jpg/tga fine) to be displayed in the menues, and a .arena file in a shaders dir. an arena file is just a txt file with the file extension changed from .txt to .arena

here is an example of a .arena file from q3dmp29.arena:

{
map "q3dmp29"
longname "Jackal"
bots "ranger grunt sarge"
fraglimit 20
timelimit 20
type "ffa tourney"
}

so all up you should have a levelshot dir, a shaders dir and a maps dir.

hope that helps.

hmmm the map still would not run... odd.

ahh this error popped up "Z_Free: memory block wrote past end"

looks like this thread has the fix for ya.

http://forums.warchest.com/showthread.php…-write-past-end

how much time you spent on compiling this maps?

Fuuuuuuu... my map compiled 2 hours

If you're doing things properly (detail brushes, hints, etc.) most maps should take only a few minutes for BSP and VIS. Light stage can take a while depending on a bunch of factors.

First pk3 stuff. Almost, but not quite there yet.

1: You dont need to add a shaders dir if you have no custom shaders.

2: You can get rid of the .txt file. you only need the .arena file.

If i was you i'd download a custom map and take a look at the file structure. I'd recommend one of the new maps at ..:lvl. Both Cityy and Pat H have a nice new map right there on the front page. These guys have good file structure as they are old hands with the q3 engine. http://lvlworld.com/

Works now and its fun to play! YAY!!

Visuals

The visuals need quite a lot more polish. You have some nice combinations of textures and the layout has lots of really nice ideas but with these kind of maps you should have a good long look at some of the default q3 maps. Take note of the little details here and there that tie the visuals together... i think that will help you.

Gameplay

i feel like some of the corridors are a bit long and the rail gun kind of becomes a bit op. Maybe add a few objects to break some the areas with long lines of sight?

Can the bots reach the quad? If not that might be a bit rough on the poor we guys

How did you get the bots jumping to the rail gun that is on that pillar? (nice touch)

The yellow armor where you have to jump across a bunch of pillars should prolly be switched to a red armor.

Summery

Well done mate, this engine is fiddly and your progress has been really great. Looking forward to playing the map once its in its final form. Good job and good luck

*one last thing. Before taking your lvlshot bring down the console and type /cg_draw2d 0 and /cg_drawgun 0 This gets rid of the hud and other stuff.