Posts by Castle

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Do you think Reflex has potential to be something awesome? How's the level editor to work with?

I've been wondering about getting it, but not sure yet.

Reflex has an editor that I highly regard. Its a rare example where someone is actually trying something different in terms of level design. Its very interesting and has a ton of potential in a lot of ways.

My current Reflex playlist on YouTube.

http://youtu.be/xgSdS8Pg6v8?li…id-OoScZ3P39x91

edit: Another Reflex video is going up today and it shows me pretty much rework the entire layout on the same map. A lot of us can relate to the struggle of nailing a good layout for arena 1 v 1. Oh the pain!

Quote from Sjonsson

Yeah I bet that's really hard since level designing is often a long process which is sometimes tedious even.

Now put video editing and managing a YouTube channel on top of that and you have a recipe for exhaustion. I feel like I am slowly improving, but there would be no way I could do this if I wasn't already so experienced in level design. Learning two trades at the same time would be killer...

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I've watched this video about Reflex, tho it seems to be in too early stage to learn things from it.

No, the fact that its a fully 3d interface with seamless play testing capability combined with a multiplayer workflow. You slap a few more features on to this bad boy combined with hierarchical instancing and it would easily surpass both Hammer and CODRadiant.

There is everything to be learned from this, its a paradigm shift in terms of workflow that could have huge implications on game development down the line. The fact that its early should be seen as a chance for you to beat them to the punch rather than view it as an incomplete concept. Which it is definitely not.

If there is one thing I can say about people making new editing tools right now, it would be that everyone is too busy thinking within the box.

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Oooh, is it a diving sim or is there more stuff?

Its mostly been trying to wrap my head around making level design entertaining for a YouTube channel. Every time I think I am making progress I start to realize haven't been thinking about it the right way.

Been doing some work with Reflex. Its pretty early but I think I finally have a layout I can work with.

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A generic editor is a tough pill to swallow when it comes time to start a serious project. First of all most public, non obscure, brush based editing tools are in a state of stagnation. The only generic brush based editor that arguably isn't in a state of stagnation would be Hammer. But even Hammer has some serious flaws when it comes to making life easier for next generation games.

The very first thing I would suggest before taking on a project like this would be to take a solid look at the next generation engines out there then think one step ahead of those. Specifically Crytek and UE4. Making another version of Hammer when Hammer itself is showing its age would be a mistake. If you want an example of taking that next step ahead of everyone else take a look at the Reflex editing tools. And if you want to really think ahead, take a good look at the implications that real time ray tracing will have on the development environment. Something like that will completely change the industry let alone our tools.

Hey, I have been super busy lately and haven't been posting much but here is some cave madness I have been working on for Subnautica

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The second video made me think about how the compile tools would react. I imagine it would sound like a flash bang as my pc goes sailing through several walls and off into the horizon. LOL

Ill have to take a closer look soon. It looks interesting. Like a modal Trenchbroom?

Hey do you guys think it would be possible to do triplanar shaders in Quake 3? It would be badass to do organic level that has perfect UV projection with little to no hassle.

Do you guys think its too late for me to get in on this? I have a bit more free time and looking to get some more variety to my YouTube Channel.

I cannot guarantee I will be able to do a Quake 3 map soon. I am already working 7 days a week on multiple projects and starting to see the light at the end of my sanity.

Quote from SpronyvanJohnson

No, my bad. Signing up is making a post on this forum with your map name and real name plus nick. You've already done that.

Time for 31 Castle and give your friend Charon a nudge. Would love to see him return one last time

While I am at it ill see if I can contact MrClean too.

You can now grab and play alpha version 4. See the original post for the link and latest info

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god I made like 30 quake 3 maps 13-15 years ago...

Quote from ChA1NsAw

Looks way more interesting now.

Well feast your eyes on this update

Alright I have a build of the level ready to go and it should now address all of the feedback so far!

I ran into a problem preventing me to be able to release tonight sadly! The ambient lighting from the global post processing volume does not seem to function correctly in the actual build of game outside of the editor. The level is currently far too dark to be playable until I figure out how to fix this problem.

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Here are shots from the latest version. I am adding two lifts, one near shield belt and the other near where the shock rifle was. I am hesitating on making the bottom mid jump pad fully available without effort.

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Noooo I missed it!

Quote from PogoP

I don't think you can claim you worked on CSGO... if you haven't worked directly on the game. What changes did you make to the maps exactly? Sounds like you just did a bit of caretaking work on the maps rather than completely re-design anything.

I was actually very against making big changes. I still to this day consider both of the dust maps to be remarkable works of art. It was mostly visual upgrades and small changes.

Ok here is my submission.

Download: DM-TheBalist_a3 (Latest)

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I have just updated the latest download of the level and included all of the Episodes of my YouTube channel showing me work on the level with commentary.

Here are the screen shots

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