Quote from Jonny PhiveHi friends! Hope all is well! Been working on this project off and on for about ~3 years. Trying to be more open and stay motivated to get it pass the finish line. Its my love letter to classic spy films.
All very WIP at the moment..
-jonny
coolest shizzle I've seen in a while, true concrete porn! looks insanely crisp! ...and that camo over the crate....gaah
a minor thing, the checker texture in the last shot looks a little too clean,
good feedback from the mapcore playtest! thanks!
so, had some yesterday to make some minor adjustments:
- new layout, less cod, more classic (hopefully)
- removed the guard tower and close by hesco barriers at A site (will hopefully make that small nook on the ct-side of A more useful)
- tweaked the light exposure and bloom (still need to test it on a few other computers to make sure its not over bright)
- added some $detail to tank and iron dome
- various clipping issues (trees and stairs)
- tweaked distance fade on a few props
Quote from clankill3rAnother thing i never see mentioned is vulkan. Previously known as nextGL. (As in the next openGL). Valve, and a lot of other companies are working on vulkan. Vulkan is way more cpu friendly then openGL is. And a lot more that you can look up if your interested.
I wouldn't be surprised if they want HL3 to work on Vulkan to get the best out of it.
yeah glnext, think its pretty certain that all major engines will support it 
thanks lads
soooo...
been posting some pic in the wip thread the past few weeks and now its ready for a first release,
+100 custom props, can't remember how many made it into the map since I had to cut a lot, a lot of them was made in Source2 hammer
+90 custom materials, some were cut...
anyways, here are some fresh screens + dl link, don't be shy with your feedback!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…s/?id=540249181
Quote from VayaThe missile launcher thing is another example of this. It seems to have some form of self-shadowing (going by your screenshots above- at work so I can't check in game) but it seems kinda weak. not sure if pumping up the shadow control would help if these are just dynamic ones?
ya, will see what I can do, that mesh is wee headache because of collision etc, so will probably need a little rework, amt I'm pretty antsy to start with the next project
anyways, the latest addition is the heat hotel landmark, similar to the bell tower in inferno it can be seen from most key areas in the map, and will hopefully help with navigation
Quote from VayaBiggest issue imo is the lack of shadowing/contast on certain props. Seems brighter than the surface of the sun in areas due to this
Very nice apart from that! I like
spanks,
lets hope we get ssao on models for christmas! 
the balconies and windows pops a little for me, was hoping not having to bake ao for the wall props since they all share the same material, but if it has to be done it has to be done,
also noticed that some of the polys on the siderwalks and some barriers are lit incorrect, disabling vertex lightning might solve that,
you know you are close to release when making the overview img, anyways don't mind the background on the loading screen that will be changed once the map is done, was hoping some friend could hook me up with some pimped out img...
was concerned about the file size, but after some opting its down to 71 mb (without any severe quality loss) and that includes keeping the 4096 backdrop texture
you guys can test it here (there are some obvious bugs etc) http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…s/?id=446241636
got some clipping and minor tweaks left before the pitchforks can rip it apart,
once its done and released I will remove the public access for the map and keep it private for testing,
(screens are taken on potato laptop)
Quote from kinggambitAnyways, I'd appreciate some advice on what I need to improve on. The suggestions on giving the environment more shadows definitely helped make the map less ugly. Not sure if enough though:
been a while since I tested this map, looks like its coming along good, are the screen taken from a final compile? (-staticproppolys -textureshadows -staticproplighting etc) and do you have any cc?
its still feels a little dark, think its the combination of the skymap and the wood textures, perhaps try to crank up the light environment, but it might also just be that you need to run it in final compile and/or add a cc (or add reflective to some textures
cloudy
bright day
night
overall simplify the brushwork and swapping some textures might also be helpful
since it looks like its placed high up in the mountains it would be cool to have some type of plateau or vista point
also looks like you have good amount of details in the interiors, so perhaps tune it down in the outside areas, a simple thing would be to remove the weeds from the ponds (but keep the lotus), might also help to turn a few of the ponds into sand gardens,
bonus: it's a Korean temple if I remember correct(?), I'm totally going to nerd out and say that you should incorporate the following areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Bu…#Typical_Layout
love the theme! looks good,
if you want some custom textures with a Swedish bunker-theme you can check out this release https://www.patreon.com/posts/1140309 don't mind if you copy paste parts of it either
looks cool, you got a overview/layout as well?
Quote from will2kP, this looks sick AF :-D; spot on composition.
You should consider switching this into an Insurgency map in the future; the theme fits perfectly well.
thanks
ye, perhaps, going to see how it turns out, then perhaps redo something similar for Insurgency, been a while since I played it and it might be fun to do something else than csgo
Quote from RivFaderNice, I wonder how the towers will look and play like.
thanks
me2, the only tower reachable is the one in the last pic, still debating with myself if I should remove the other towers to avoid confusion
after some r&r slacking I'm back in biz...this heat remake is sure taking some time, but we are almost there...a few screens from the latest compile,
for some reason I thought it was our good 'ol PhilipK you were talking about, and that got me all hyped up, I might just be old and dusty but pretty sure other people might think the same anyways, I enjoy this topic,
in cs-history there has been a few maps like this, one of the first map I ever played in CS had a similar feature...
cs_bunker anyone? ...bet some people (hopefully) remember that, there was also another super cool map called foption, where the T had to open a door at the start of every round (somewhat annoying after a few rounds but the brushwork on that map was amaaaaaaazing)
saw the release on the workshop, will take it for a spin later! been a long time since you started working on in, congrats to the release, it looks amazing!
Quote from PromulleDisplay MoreSome screenshots of the map I 'm working on.
Not that far, as you can see.
Still alot to do, but getting rid of the blue snow (I do not want those snow textures to look blue) is priority right now
Maybe a own thread for the map is following soon.
I like snow maps!
Quote from SkybexBeen a bit slower with updates than I would have liked, but still working hard on the map.
So very close to having a release, but still have to do a lot of work on the lighting so that everything is visually clear. Lots of other small things to fix up and polish as well. Also managed to get the map performing well but still need to play with the model fade scales.
Here are some of the latest screens. And as always there are more images in the albums, but so many of the devshot cameras got eaten by walls or props. http://skybex.imgur.com/
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sick as fuck!
Quote from FMPONEComing soon!
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this my lord, is inspiring!
this is just...wow!!!
