Posts by 3D_Mike

3D_Mike · HL2DM map DM-AVALON by 3D-Mike 8) 3D_Mike January 7, 2005 at 10:15 AM

Mawibse drop me a mail, I cant login to the CS.net forums since the forums been hacked

Great comments Zacker, thnx

Some info:

- The middle tower already originates from the roof.

- I wont change the lighting, I like it like this, its clean and pretty.

- Floating rocks is a good idea cause I need something to fill that void

- I need something clouds under the horizon, thos skyboxes dont have much under the horizon, any suggestions on how to achieve this?

- I cant make water, f--s fps

- Weapons r coming and idd in interesting places

- Ill post some crosssections asap, so yall can see the gameflow on the insides and outsides

later!

3D_Mike · HL2DM map DM-AVALON by 3D-Mike 8) 3D_Mike January 6, 2005 at 10:15 AM

I can do only so much with this source material so Id appreciate any comments yall might have

3D_Mike · HL2DM map DM-AVALON by 3D-Mike 8) 3D_Mike January 5, 2005 at 3:09 PM

hoooow? *cries

3D_Mike · HL2DM map DM-AVALON by 3D-Mike 8) 3D_Mike January 4, 2005 at 3:49 PM

I feel the same about m rocks but I cant find any better suiting in the sample material

And you guys might be right about gameplay, I dont think I can make that deadline without playtesting it well enough to proper balance it. Im going to finish it for now, sent it to valve and after that finish it without any stress

3D_Mike · HL2DM map DM-AVALON by 3D-Mike 8) 3D_Mike January 4, 2005 at 10:43 AM

And yeah Im using smoothing groups. I dont think I can really afford more brushes to make m towers more round

3D_Mike · HL2DM map DM-AVALON by 3D-Mike 8) 3D_Mike January 4, 2005 at 10:42 AM

Yes. Ill try and post some pics of that asap but I have to setup the lighting for the inside first.

And I have that same feeling about HL2 maps, they all look like HL-1 maps with hires textures and some prop models put in

Its should be pretty fun to play. The main layout of the mountain is like a spiralling way around the mountain about 3 meters wide. If you falloff you wont die but inmediately respawn from the light at the top. Same goes for props, after a while they too will be dropped on top of the mountain.

Its really not hard to get to places you would like to go, you only receive 10 damage for dropping down even when you drop from the top to the bottom.

Weapons are to be found on stick-out places and not just simply lying around like in Lockdown.

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For instance on the walkways to the 2 small minarets on either side therell be a weapon.

3D_Mike · HL2DM map DM-AVALON by 3D-Mike 8) 3D_Mike January 3, 2005 at 10:57 PM

hey thanx for the comments.

Wouldnt downtuning the lightmap scale on the buildings make the map run slower?

3D_Mike · HL2DM map DM-AVALON by 3D-Mike 8) 3D_Mike January 3, 2005 at 8:10 PM

Ive replaced screenshot 1 and 5 with more finished versions and added inside screenshots and some overviews. The overviews screenshots show the map from angles you cannot get to ingame and are just there to illustrate the floating island theme better.

The map is done now and even though the theme is not exactly HL2 I decided to sent it to Valve contest anyway. The gameplay is (in my opinion) just too interesting. Due to its multi leveled layout amost all firefights turn out both on a horizontal and on a vertical plane. Mouse speed 4 or higher is recommended! (see pic)

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The map turned out much bigger then I thought itd be and it should be able to support up to 20 players. I realize there are complaints about HL2DM being a bit of a 'physics demo' cause the official maps contain (too) many props so I tried to change that a bit. Inside youll find enough props to toss about but less healthkits and batterys. Ive changed some of the larger props properties so a table cannot be used as a battering ram anymore. You can blast it away but you cannot carry it. Rest assured theres plenty heavy damage props left to toss about Outside is where you can boost your stamina more easily. Outside youll find less props so a more old school DM style should be more appropriate. Off course one can change this by taking more props outside

The map should be incredibly fast cause you can easily get to the lower parts by jumping down (jumping down up to 4 levels will only give you 10 damage). But you can also easily get back up by jumping over the edge of the map. This will not kill you but teleport you inmediately to the light at the top of the map (Same goes for any prop thats tossed into the void) In time theyll all fall back to the map from the sky (see pic)

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