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@ KOLARI: I like the moody atmosphere it has now. But as TermInator said, it's probably a bit hard to see other players.

What about trying some lighter textures on the buildings? It could help in readability and drawing player's attention. Or even better, use lighting to improve player guidance (thinking building exterior lights, fire, beacons, interior lights illuminating outside through windows, ... ).

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Perhaps a bit cliché, but a lighthouse on top of that mountain would be cool too:

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Dimensions

WoLD dimensions

Haven't got a chance to play it, tbh

Btw, you probably noticed, but there's a COH2 workshop now, so you can get a lot of extra content there as well

No problem! I'll post more when I find it

Here are a few more interesting links:

World Of Level Design: CS:GO How to Design Gameplay Map Layouts

Ben's Small Bible of Realistic Multiplayer Level Design

Both cover examples that either are about CSGO, or could be applied to it.

Here's a forum post at Interlopers that has a few other articles that are probably worth checking out: http://www.interlopers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15171

Recently bought the Victory at Stalingrad Mission Pack, so I'm probably gonna wait with Southern Fronts a bit.

A decompiler just converts BSP files into VMF format, so it doesn't really matter if it's for CS:GO, L4D2, ...

I don't use shaded/textured in Hammer, but I just checked and I don't have this issue.
I'm running on a Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 Ti card (latest drivers, no beta), Windows 7 x64.

Welcome!

I actually came across this map on the Steam workshop earlier today and I clicked it to check out the topdown view

First of all, I'm assuming the red square at the bottom is T spawn (blue being CT) and the other two are the bombsites?

I haven't actually run around in the map so I have to go from the topdown view since there are no other pictures available, but here are a few things you might take into consideration:

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There's a rather huge sightline (the yellow area) towards the middle area if you're standing at the red dot. A good CT sniper could cover the whole middle area from that spot. I'm not sure if the structure that I highlighted in white is a wall or an archway or something, but still, the sightline would go pretty far. Same goes for the green spot (red sightline), reaching to Ts right route. Try breaking up that middle area a bit (then again, I'm not quite sure of the scale of the map, only judging from the topview).

Also, your bombspots are pretty close to CT spawn (not necessarily a bad thing), but since T spawn is pretty far off, I think it'd be ok to move both bombspots down a just little bit.

It would be good if you could post some actual ingame pictures of the different areas, so we could see what the map looks like! Right now, it looks kinda flat, make sure to add some height variation to make things more interesting!

Other than that, it looks like a nice start, keep it up

Wouldn't mind one either

Interlopers Compile Checker

Also, could you post your compile log?

My first map involved dust textures No idea how it'd have played out, but performance was pretty crappy.

As others have said, I would just focus on blocking something out. Set your main goal to making something that is fun with good performance.

I'd consider this optional for your first map, but as a second objective for yourself, you could (afterwards) focus on visuals. Just pick a theme that already comes with CSGO and try to build something nice looking with these assets. Don't bother with creating your own materials or models, it would be too ambitious and you will likely not be able to finish your project. The custom assets are great, study the official maps about how they used textures (which combinations, color pallete, etc), lighting, prop placement, ... The CSGO SDK comes with a couple of VMF's from official maps, be sure to check these out and don't hesitate to decompile another map if there's something you'd like to study in it (don't decompile if it's not for learning matters though). And last but not least, finish your project, even if you're not fully satisfied with it! You'll learn from your mistakes which will help you to avoid such mistakes in your next map!

It's not easy to explain what makes a good defusal layout for CS, but there are some basic guidelines you should follow.

Take a look at de_cache, it's a great map and you can learn some things from its layout:

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Notice the 8-figure, it's something you can apply to nearly any (good) defusal map out there.

You can find some more info and tips about the level on the authors site.

An article about CS layout theory on TWHL.

What VDC has to say about what makes a good layout

Voted!

I'm not sure in what degree (if any) it is possible to alter FOV (not talking about view models), but here are a few links that could be interesting to you:

This one says it depends on your resolution/ratio.

The VDC explanation of how FOV is implemented in Source (doesn't seem to mention CS:GO though).

Congrats on getting a final version out of the door!

You've obviously put a lot of work in this. I really like the outdoor areas (especially the curvy road). I've subscribed to both versions to check them out (hopefully sooner than later).

Awesome work, guys!

I enjoyed following this topic (eventhough I didn't comment much), it was very interesting to see the scene evolve from concept to finish

Not so much about the Steam Box, but it's probably related. Didn't notice it getting posted on the forums yet, so sorry if I missed it

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Really cool initiative to release the source version! I have no experience with UDK myself, but I'm sure there are other people out there that could learn from it!

Great news! Congratz to everybody involved