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Quote from blackdog

(Not that I can enter but ) Does "new location" implies that you need to create a new set of textures and assets? Hope this won't be judged mainly on the artistic standpoint.

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Can my level include custom assets?

Yes it may, although they must have been created specifically for this content, by yourself or a member of your team. Custom assets are not a requirement and should be used sparsely. Try and make use of the stock assets a much as possible.

Woops, double post. First one can be deleted

Congratz

Looks totally awesome!

Fog seem to be better than the pictures you showed before. There's one thing I'd like to point out: the interior of the church would look better with some more atmospheric lighting. At the moment, the lighting looks kinda flat in there.

My stuff arrived some time ago too. Forgot to take the mandatory picture!

Also got a white t-shirt, been wearing it so much it's already in laundry

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Awesome! I'm very happy for you

Out of curiosity, which magazine are you talking about? Or are you not allowed to give that out yet?

Awesome work, guys!

All the best for getting into next operation

Got an overview of the layout to show?

Quote from Mapham

I though about that, but texture should not be visible from the inside so it doesnt double.

It shouldn't be visible from inside, as long as you don't add "$nocull 1" to the vmt's parameters.

You could make a transparant texture with a gradient and apply it to a non-solid func_brush.

Also, I'd suggest to not start a new topic every time you have a question, but rather make one and put all your questions in there.

Been following your progress on this on Twitter a bit

Congratz on release! Gonna download as well.

Make sure to turn your diffuse image to black and white (save it as texturename_n.vtf or something similar first) and then convert it to a normal map.

CGTextures

Quote from OrnateBaboon

Having some trouble deciding what direction to take the map visually. Post process/fog is too strong in both cases though. Anyone got any strong preferences about what looks best? Snow theme is further along regarding work done to it, but should the sunny version be better, it is easy enough to change back.

Also not sure how snowy it will have to be to get right. For example, will the grass and trees need snow on them to sell the theme? Also, some areas might look a little odd, since it is quite rare to see snow and palm trees in the same place.

I think the snow version is a neat idea. Have you considered mixing both wheather settings? I mean: the snow version (without snow falling down though) with the sunny bright lighting. It would still require some tweaking off course, but perhaps worth a try

You should then probably change the 3D skybox to make it look like the village/town is located somewhere in the mountains, to make the snow look more believable (which it is currently lacking a bit). de_cbble has some nice mountain models that could come in handy for this. Palm trees and tropical plants would have to go and foliage in general would greatly benefit from a "snowy" or "frozen" look. Trees could be replaced by trees without leafs or pine trees.

Overall, looks like a solid map! Been waiting to try this one out, so I'll definately gonna run around in it sometime soon

Here are some examples about the snowy sunny setting

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You can change the scale of overlays (use overlays, not decals). Make sure texture lock is on and just make them the size you want them to be.

Congratz on release!

Map turned out really nice

If you want to make sure your bracket is never going to come loose, use chemical anchor! It'll rather tear down the wall than come loose by itself

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I can see that gif getting reposted a lot in random future topics

Quote from HoT Ho11oW PoiNT

Hey man love the map, the update helped quite a bit with the competitive nature regarding the approaches to B (which needs an update on the overview by the way).

I found one small error though where you can drop the bomb between the hay cart on the ramp to A and the wall beside it, making it impossible to pick the bomb up. Otherwise keep up the great work.

I'll have a look at that spot where you can't reach the bomb. Must've totally forgotten about the spectator overview, so I'll update that as well!

Glad you like the changes and thanks for bringing these points to my attention!

Quote from Mapham

So if I build certain type of map layout, I own exclusive right for that layout? I am not sure how this makes sense if I dont have any copyright for the actual map content.

The layout is your intellectual property, as it originates from your mind. If you didn't make any of the models/textures/whatever, then you can obviously not own that map content.

Think of your layout as a greyboxed map, stripped from all stock and custom content.

What's with the French text in the 4th and 8th picture? "Hotel Du Cheval Blanc"

Anyway, nice article, goes for the whole series btw, really enjoy reading stuff like that

That calls for a Golden Gate bridge somewhere

Thanks for the name suggestion!