@Sprony, I do have an editor shot of the map, its a crazy large (1Mb) in size but it does show all the decals and stuff over the crane.
http://www.simonoc.com/images/design/…ust_editor1.jpg
@BJA the reason for the high texture size is the resolution of all the texture is 1024x1024 which is essential Quad HD for Q3 as most textures are usually 256x256 at most. I also have 3 different coloured metal versions as well which could be removed to reduce space.
@2d-chris thanks man! 
The Bridge Crane is an architectural concept exploring the idea of industrial shapes painted in large amounts of concrete and metal. While looking for inspiration and reference I came across some pictures of a Russian Aluminium Processing Plant and it gave me a good understanding of the scale I wanted to create. As some people may realize this is an old project of mine which I recently updated with a Youtube video flying around showing what it looks like in motion. (link below)
Full write up on how it was made - http://www.simonoc.com/pages/design/concept/bridgecrane.htm
This concept map (no gameplay) was made from 700Mb of textures, 400 models and plenty of HD light maps!
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Some alternative colour schemes for the textures:
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Youtube video flying around the map with music by Descara and Camera setup by QMM 1.7
AD 1.5 - Return to Firetop Mountain ...
More pixels for Arcane Dimensions Update 1.5
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Arcane Dimensions consists of eleven maps, full of monsters and weapons to play around with till your hearts content.
Download Page - https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/ad_v1_42final.html
Remember to apply the patch - https://www.quaddicted.com/filebase/ad_v1_42patch2.zip
The MOD is designed to work with the latest version of QuakeSpasm, Darkplaces and MarkV WinQuake.
Please follow the installation instructions inside of the readme document included at the root of the zip file.
@seir, thank you very much, made my day! 
2d-chris, errrr now I need a shower! 
This thread needs more low poly, crispy pixel, retro goodness!
Hey, thanks everyone for the interest in my funky old Quake map. I know a lot of people here don't have Quake, so I did a quick (comedy) flyby review of the map, hope it makes you smile!
Sky Eater - Yeah more Quake!
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I hear you are only going to do one more and this time with low grav?
Unfortunately no, I have other projects I want to spend my time on.
Over at func for the last month there has been a map jam event running and the final map pack is complete with 8 authors creating new maps. The map jam was based on the theme of IK blue / white and as you can see from the screenshot lots of people created different styles.
Download - http://scampie.net/files/maps/func_mapjam2.zip
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@SpronyvanJohnson, This update is about supporting an extra engine (DarkPlaces), the MOD will still work fine with older Fitz like engines (MarkV, QS). A lot of the Quake community and especially newer players want to see more eye candy and I wanted the MOD to look its best if the player wants to use the DarkPlaces engine.
Some more progress with the DarkPlaces engine ...
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It's that time of the year over at Moddb where they vote for mods. If anyone has some spare time please give In the Shadows your vote.
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Thanks everyone for your interest in this mod.
@seir, no worries, found something that fits the slime.
PyroGXPilot, unfortunately those wad files do not have any slime borders. Thanks for the links.
Shadowgate (S1M1) was the first test map I created for the mod and was a good place to start my eye candy visual boost. These screenshots are from the Darkplaces engine with real time lighting, custom particles and various shader effects.
Guard Duty in the Cave
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New start area for the map
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Indoor Slime pit hazards
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An example video showing the portal effect at the start of the map
Amazing stuff as always, I love the combination of the rusty brown machine covered in lush green leaves. I really like screenshot 2 because it is close to the machine and the lighting is more dramatic.
He found you or you've mailed him?
To be honest it was complete luck, he found my Moddb page and wrote an article. I was trying like crazy last xmas to get the mod noticed by producing articles, updates, screenshots etc and nothing was making any impact. Eventually I stop trying and realized that if I just keep making new content that eventually someone would notice the mod!?! 
@SpronyvanJohnson, thanks 
D3ads, I highly recommend to wait for the next release, it should be released soonTM.
Oh here is some Darkplaces pixel p0rn with rtlights and fancy liquid shaders!
(really need to add a nice texture border to that slime)
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What will be next?
More locations to explore, more monsters to fight or avoid, better stealth mechanics with a new weapon which shows the player what is happening. Large vertical locations with deadly traps for a different gameplay pace. A better particle system which is based on models instead of sprites. A more detailed gib system with unique models for each monster. More tweaks to the AI pathing systems and a large collection of environmental sounds to compliment all the new idle animations. It is a big update and hopefully should provide more opportunities to explore and have fun stalking the AI.
Thanks everyone for the comments. Most of the assets I have created for this MOD are based on assets made by ID because I want to maintain the original vibe. If I was to go standalone I would have to give up on what makes Quake so Quake, the original asset design. Part of my reason for this MOD is I love the creature designs, the pixel atmosphere and the movement of the player. Don't worry my next project will be standalone, I just need to finish this one first! 
Yeah! Rock Paper Shotgun wrote an article about the MOD -
It’s 2013 And I Want To Play Quake: In The Shadows | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
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