ns_machina

That last shot is the underside of the central walkway, which is suspended above a gigantic chasm. I never conciously considered this, but the lighting in that area is not very high contrast because...well, I guess because it is the crux of the map and it makes it different, and somewhat serene as well (and you need to feel serene somehow when you are a over mile above the next floor level :])

I can't find a decent pic on my PC of the chasm, seeing as it's hard to get it all into one frame and still look interesting. So here's a giant laser instead. This is the daddy that cuts asteroids to pieces by blasting down into the chasm (when the ship's 'belly' door is open), and the asteroid pieces float upward and get automatically taken into the ships processing system via some sci-fi feature or another...

Well, that's the idea anyway. In the map it just glows But that is the, as much as I hate repeating adjectives in a post, crux of the map, as it is the one feature that gives the ship its purpose. It is for all intents and purposes a fully automatic mining machine, that clutches asteroids with its insectoid legs, crushes them to pieces with this laser, and then sucks them up into its massive innards for processing.

So anyway, the main reason that area is so overtly blue, aside from me never wanting to change it (so I guess I am pretty much making this up!), is that it binds the map together. If it were as high contrast and multi coloured as everything else, then it would be like everything else and thus not special. Although I understand it's hard to notice that from the screenshot...

Oh, and thankyou greatly for the spotlight votes! =)

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Merk! Long time no see Hera and Bast were my favorite NS maps by far. This map looks like a winner! Too bad I dont have hl1 installed anymore =( Hope you stay a while!

You know that Bast was Relic25's creation, right? And it was an awesome map.

Thanks for the spotlight! I am honored.

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Obligatory wave to merkaba and acknowledgement that the posted map is stupendous.You know, I never did beat concquest_r...

That's a shame, the endroom in concquest_r is my favourite bit! (Image, as you will likely never see it otherwise! )

And Taylor....am I right in thinking that yourself made some concmaps? I am 99% certain it was the one with many huuuge long jumps, concrete walls, a teleporter at the end and swinging sign at the beginning...

I think I had strayed away from the concing community just before tayconc3 came out. Have you tried concing recently? The level of skill required is just stupid now, with the first jumps requiring 5 or more concs to complete it...it's not fun

Anyway, back to machina. Obviously there is a lot more to the map than what is posted above, due to the stupidily large size of NS maps. I thought I would post a picture of the entire map as seen from above, where you may see the central chasm and the sprawling mess of corridors and rooms around it. It's possibly got more curves than the michelin man's fat momma...

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