Very nice progress on this map, good job!
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This scene has cool brushwork but the lighting is VERY bland. Place some strong orange'ish lights near the fire to make it more dramatic.
And add a big glowing yellow/red sprite over the fire + a nice env_smoke using 2 colors (yellow/red near the fire - and pure black on the fading side)
Ah well, thank you all..I didn't expect such a good response..
For the hole, i'll keep it cause it adds a nice lighting touch on the wall (and by the way, the screen is old and the hole's texturing was redone to be a bit more "accurate").
And for the crates, I agree they are kinda out of place...If I found some better ones, i'll replace them for sure.
Thanks again for the compliments! 
Still working on this map started for the 1024 contest (but I've incrased the map's size as the interiors was too cramped for my taste):
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^- Lighting not final -v
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Hope you like it!
Nice screens Gorion and Kakburk
But bad news from me, I dont think I can finish my map before the deadline cause I'm going on vacancy (<- not sure about the spelling) and I'm back next thuesday so...errr... 
Maybe I can finish the map tomorrw before i'm leaving, but it's gonna be really badly finished 
I give it a try anyway..
Thanks for your comments guys, glad you like it!
Quote from Mkzthere should propably be something under that bridge...
doesn't seem to hold the weight of couple of players...
Well, I had planned to do what you have suggested...but then I thought it was nice like this, I dont know, it has a sort of "magic" feeling...which I think is cool.
Quote from Mkzthe building could be more rounded.. thats something like a 12 sided cylinder?
I agree, but it's too much work to had more faces now, so well... 
Again, it's really nice Albatros
The 2nd screen is my favorite, great textures usage, it really have a cool chaos feeling.
Good job !
Quote from von*ferretI'd still like to see you merge some man made architecture into the rock work
heh, this is exactly the theme I've choosen for my map
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Still a lot of work to do, especially on displacements...
Great contest btw, the space's constraint is really a nice idea.
Voodoo, you should increase the brightness of the ambient, it's too dark atm.
And maybe put some colors into your lighting because it has a sort of Black'n White Feeling.. which is not really funky 
oh man, this is exactly the design I would love to come with, great work!
And yeah, your map with a blue night lighting + some yellow light source would be awesome..but it's more a matter of taste.
Still awesome work with the textures and architectecture!
Thanks all, glad you like it!
And ye, it's not for DOD (I dont have it), it was more for Pirate viking and knight http://%7boption%7d, but since I've started this map using cs:s contents, I'm kinda lazy to move all the used textures to the right place, so dunno...time will tell 
Some screens of a map I'm working on:
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Map is far from being finished, and i'm not sure if I will finish it ever..
Man, this shot is really nice:
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Looks like a painting or something..
Nice job!
Very nice sir. This map would benefit a lot from custom content though, have you always thought of making them yourself or getting someone to make them for you ?
Maybe replacing the most obvious stuff ? (the grass texture, the van and the plaster wall for example)
Why not for the textures (but i doubt I will make them), but I think the old HL2 models will stay as the map generally become too heavy when it has custom models (so players will play my map on internet, yes i'm sure they will).
For Polaris
Well no it's more like a french campagne instead of a col...hmm ok its columbian :roll:
Quote from RDWell, you picked the wrong trees for france
Well they were imported from South America, that's why
how about a pic of that giant tree? I can see only a small part of it in some shots. Maybe put some more of those around the map?
You have something with trees no?
Ok I will add more screens but later, the area behind this tree is not done yet.
Thanks for your comments guys! Glad you like the map
For Magikus and Oski:
Ahh i like thoses kind of comments, yea i'm planning to add some lights in the shadowed areas.
And no i dont have the layout, the map is completely improvised (so maybe the gameplay will be... ^^)
For RD:
it looks as its set in the outskits of a jungle
In the jungle??
Well why not, but I was more thinking about the french "campagne" (dont know if country is the good word, i tough it was meaning -> campagne).
A bit like this:
(this is called: Ardeche, and it's somewhere in france)
Hello!
Here is a little country map I'm making, the action occurs in an old abandonned factory.
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And that's all,
if you have any comments, they are welcome
