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Heh, I see where from this map is inspired: GITS - Ghost In The Shell , near the end of the movie, when Major Motoko Kusanagi battles against a tank, when Bateau shows up in the last second and hoses it with a *cough* small gun.

I don't see any "Tree of life" illustration on the wall up the stairs . It is a bit dark though, and it would be nice with more blown off peices, like in the movie after the tank-battle (maybe broken glass-roof too). But it's your choice if you want the map to look like before or after the battle, heh.

I wonder if it's possible to have a chopper fly by from time to time, since the Combine helicopter is almost the same as the choppers seen in GITS, just for the atmosphere.

wow nice, i really like this!

how does the rain come through the windows?

otherwise i think its cool

Yep very nice work. Good you made all the textures yourself and stuff

I do think the lighting needs to be worked out more, it just seems to be a great start but has a really unfinished feeling.

Really nice, good to see some custom-work finally. Only thing I dislike is the floor texture; looks rather ugly and bright compared to the gritty, shadowed walls.

Very cool, the atmosphere looks nice and it´s different from most of the hl2dm maps so far.

the shadows look weird in some places

Looks pretty neat, I dig the cold and tense atmosphere. Nice to see that you added custom stuff as well.

Crits:

* The floor doesnt fit well the rest of the map, whereas the floor is green'ish all the rest is grey/brown, they dont match very well imo.

* Needs more light sources. Although the light_env does the job the map needs more light sources around, just to vary a bit. Dont make them too strong or they will kill the atmosphere though.

* Needs more props around, but dont overuse them.

I think the floor's good this way. It keeps the whole thing in balance. Without it, only the sky would have some colors and the skyline should only be background, not something that draws the attention to it

not bad, lighting needs some work though

keep it up~~

I'm sorry to say, but i don't like how that looks. Shapes all look too basic, doesn't look natural.

Nice work, very glad to finally see some custom textures!

I like the setting it has good atmosphere..

thats not really what it looks like, proportions off.

looking good!

it is raining inside the building.

Some ref-pics from the movie:

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- It should only rain from broken parts of the glass/ceiling.

- The pillars are thinner and more extend outwards, compared to your map.

- The mesh holding the glass is thinner.

- Rebars on broken pillars. Stone shatters easier than metal, heh.

- The extensions on the stair are sloped flat surfaces.

- It looks like you already are using a thin layer water on the floor, but try using a less "blueish" water and only have the floor itself have a tone of blue. Also try increasing the range for expensive water (water_lod_control).