Posts by JoshuaC

Quote from Tydax

Great brushworking, although I don't like the Egyptian theme in TF2.But you should try to create 2 bases, a BLU one and a RED one, with team-couloured walls, some signs, etc. That's why I don't like the Egyptian theme, there's no difference between the two teams.

You should also add some arrows to help the players getting to the point.

Excellent work anyway.

PS: You should put some thumbnails, everyone hasn't got a big screen (I do have one ).

I really don't believe there will be too much confusion where the point is in Beta 2. Also I'm not sure how to do thumbnails.

Beta 2 out!

Beta 2 Released!

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[email protected] and I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you have.

--- Special Thanks ---

http://www.couchathletics.com

http://www.tf2maps.net

http://www.mapcore.net

http://www.interlopers.net

Those who've given me suggestions on how to improve the map.

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Not sure really but they look cool.

Beta tomorrow.

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Beta 1 Released!

Download

[email protected] and I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you have.

--- Special Thanks ---

http://www.couchathletics.com

http://www.tf2maps.net

http://www.mapcore.net

http://www.interlopers.net

Those who've given me suggestions on how to improve the map.

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Quote from JohnC

Could use a fireplace or some such to fill the living room more.Keep going with the character. There's no toilet, so how about some toilet paper/stack of newspapers at one end of the dock? Maybe a Croc head with/instead of the antlers?

The contest only allows TF2 and their swamp theme content. The content pack is unfortunately limited in what it has.

Think it's basically done, but the deadline isn't till the 25th so I think I'll wait on it to see if I get any more ideas.

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":vyo8kxgo]JoshuaC, that looks nice but is it suposed to be just a scene, or a full blown playable map?

The contest is purely about visuals.

The work I've got done so far on my entry to TF2Maps.net's swamp theme contest.

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Beta 2 out!

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Not bad, are you just using TF2 textures?

Yeah I extracted the wood and dirt textures, and I've been piecing them onto the stamped UV and then overlaying a baked AO map on top of it.

Another one.

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This one was particularly hard to unwrap but I managed to get it done.

It's not much but hey I'm starting to get the hang of things.

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The texturing is a little stretched on the bottom but I think it came out pretty good.

Quote from popcornjake

So how exactly did you achieve this? Playing around with proportions or by building everything quite large?

Just scaled the models and brushes by a common percent. After that it was just like making an ordinary room.

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Beta 2 is out! Fully VPK'd and ready for online play!.

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--- Credits ---

Models: Valve, JoshuaC.

Materials: Valve, JoshuaC.

Special Thanks to:

KirstieC

1SG_Heartless

couchathletics.com

hl2world.com

mapcore.net

l4dmods.com

interlopers.net

facepunch.com

l4dmaps.net

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Just re posting these here cause they got caught in the split.

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Looks and feels like the same old hammer to me. Only thing that needed to be updated was the ability to load vpk's and a new set of compile tools. L4D's file structure differs quite greatly from other source games so that could be the reason it needed it's own set of everything.

Quote from Psy

It took them this long to release an L4D SDK without any major changes to Hammer? Wowzer.

What I find even more disappointing is the fact the game still won't be able to handle custom maps for a good few more weeks till they get it updated.

Quote from JeanPaul

Because that would require a compile, and that would sort of defeat the purpose now wouldnt it?

I'd like to be able to see the previous version of lighting in the editor so I could made adjustments to it. The lighting preview is nice but it's far from an accurate representation of what it looks like ingame.

Woah I like the lighting preview. Though I don't get why they can't just make it load lightmap data from the .bsp and overlay it in the editor for you to look at.