Quote from Vaya22 hours ago, Vaya said: stop using hammers to operate your PC
Found the disciple of Jeremy Clarkson 
@Bastion Make sure your power/current is consistent (no spikes or surges that are causing many units to fail at the same time); invest in some good UPS unit for the future. Good luck 
Quote from Tisky2 hours ago, Tisky said: Mr Gray-hair on the sides.
Welcome to the club
Quote from El Moroes1 hour ago, El Moroes said: Fils de vie. (HD)
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so, finally we meet the harp-playing spider we've heard a lot about
Quote from cashed10 hours ago, cashed said: My 1080ti just arrived
cant wait for those frames
let the frames per second flow
That's one hell of a beast you got there :); its numbers/specs are off the charts
Quote from FMPONE11 hours ago, FMPONE said:
Nothing is more romantic than developer textures
This was taken at a developers meeting
More WIP/modular assets
In parallel, alpha blockout layout is being tweaked and finalized
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Quote from blackdogOn 4/15/2017 at 11:34 AM, blackdog said: That must be Italy as well, can you tell the name of the place?
I believe this is Verona. If you look closely under the bridge, you can see Romeo's ghost :P.
Couple of nature closeups I took last month
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Quote from Jiro20 hours ago, Jiro said: Typical West Coast church, i was raised in Nantes and this kind of stuff grows in villages of less than 10k inhabitants. Nice job! Maybe the roof/wall transition is a bit brutal? I was thinking about something like l'église de Vertou (i let you google image it). Nice job
Thanks.
As stated many times before in this thread, my main inspiration is small villages in Bretagne (and to a lesser extent Normandie). All these villages are in the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" category and they kept their charming rustic and medieval looks.
For the church, my main references were the churches in Saint Suliac and Le Bec-Hellouin (Saint André).
I checked your reference (Église Saint-Martin-de-Vertou), and while I can certainly take some more reference points from it, the overall architecture is a bit fancy for the small rustic village look I'm going for :). (c'est presque la taille and les ornements d'une cathédrale)
More WIP
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Quote from Vaya15 hours ago, Vaya said:
Edinburgh
Quote from Serialmapper1 hour ago, Serialmapper said: de_outferno
lol
we still need de_middleferno and we'd be good 
Looking good so far, keep it up buddy; glad to see you around here
Speaking of Canals...:D
We already know Valve hates the number "3" and proper customer support/service; we can add to that list: corner hints 
This is CT spawn in "canals"
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Locking the PVS
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Most of the areas around A should not be drawn.
- Another example from the docks/gondola area near B entrance
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Again, locking the PVS
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The whole canal in B is rendered nearly all the way back
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Areas facing A are also rendered
A couple of well placed corner hints would eliminate this over-rendering and help shave up some precious frames where it's really dropping in those areas mentioned.
Valve went for areaportals and occluders aggressively and rightfully (just check r_drawportals and r_visocclusion) which is a good thing for maintaining the fps in check all around, but they neglected the easiest and less costly solution to further reduce the PVS and increase frame rate.
Map looks visually cool though and the new modular assets are a joy to work with just like the nuke's one before (and not a minute late to fit for my new map's theme )
Quote from Sprony5 hours ago, Sprony said: I came across this while packing up my stuff. I posted it on Facebook because it made laugh hard.
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I take it this is 12-years-old Sprony in the glory days of the mid 1990s?
Thanks guys
I'll definitely make the windmill's double-sided sails longer in the next iteration
Quote from Vanx4 hours ago, Vanx said: It's very nice that some people remember the map, that feels good.
The good thing is that most of the old-timers from 1999-2003 hang out here on mapcore, myself included
Quote from El Moroes4 hours ago, El Moroes said: In our (dead?) de_highland map we put it it too
Couple more shots
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Quote from laminutederireOn 3/29/2017 at 3:58 PM, laminutederire said: I'll try to find some! References as in normal pictures to inspire brushwork, or something more texture ready?
Both are good. If they are hi-res with good composition, then they serve as texture material
This too is going to my desktop wallpaper
Quote from laminutederire14 hours ago, laminutederire said: Coming from Nantes as well, I support this message! We got the Castle, the heart of Anne of Britanny and one of the best crêperie, so I guess we have it all
Will you need pictures for those ? I can try to take some when I'll get back from Paris for the elections if that can help
While I already have my references photos ready, I wouldn't mine some extra ones especially if they are for nice authentic stone houses or old storefronts or the castle
Focus first on the elections and if you manage to take some pics in your free time, I would be happy to use them 
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