when it comes to visibility too don't be afraid to use bright primary colours like the below:
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it's quite common 'up north' - image above is from the isle of mull if you want to find better references. The walls are pebbledashed and then painted.
It felt like a lot of the areas were designed *just* to push a certain visual idea- stones in the water- little bridges and tranquil gardens etc - at the detraction of map flow and general gameplay.
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I like the idea of the map but think it needs an overhaul to work well within counterstrike
For this map to work you need to simplify the design massively. I have something I think could work well in regards to overall layout- add me on steam to discuss if you're open to the idea of massive change to make the theme work better. I can post it here too if you want.
Quote from Klemsit's a bit
depressingdull overall.Apart from that it's shiny pretty.
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using the above as reference I would maybe suggest lighting up/simplifying the floor and allowing more light to bounce?
The scene on the right is a bit brighter, right?
Yes it's slightly brighter but I think the same problem exists.too many dark spots.
Is the contrast of the light colors and brown too jarring?
I don't think so. fix the lighting/floor and it should look better.
inside lighting is far too dark and orange imo
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July 20, 2015[/i]- Carl is no longer helping to make this map.
RIP carl
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in this picture I think you should remove the awning and change the door prop into something lighter (red or green). Awning doesn't suit the location.
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in regards to ranks I couldn't agree more. The learning curve for moving up seems to have been totally destroyed..
Reminds me of ESEA sometimes where you have 1 player outright carrying a team of worse players.
Happy birthday! 
Quote from soultronIs there any way you can hide your ceiling brushes on your radar/topdown?
Really hard to get a sense of the layout right now.
Also, architecturally, some of the staircases/ramps at A site feel oddly long with the angle/rise so shallow. There also seems to be a lack of placeholder cover at A right now, is this intentional? B, by comparison (had to work to find out which screen was B site) has a lot more cover.
nodraw will do this.
Guys you need to get fired up here. not much time left!
I would suggest making those bollards on mid collision free if they aren't already.
Changes look good
not farm wasn't playtested - just CS_hospital.
looks pretty cool. Some of the models_made_out_of_brushes look very janky/1.6ish though.
Outside and some indoor areas look very dark too.I would suggest looking at the lighting on one of the night maps.
Flash and java are the bane of my working life. so many shit web application that require specific version that the browser's block on a whim
the name is quite integral to how complete a map feels. Lazy/weird names will put people off.
yeah evenat 200mb you have to make sure you are sizing textures correctly (no 2048X2048 for solid colours etc) and using everything is sparingly as possible.
200mb isn't the maximum size but FMPONE has alluded in the past the valve don't accept larger files than this into operations. I would assume this is due to valve's goal of keeping the game as portable as possible -even to toasters with 2004 processors.
Quote from FMPONEI believe Wednesday marks the official half-way point in the contest. I think we should remind everybody then
*looks at all the grayboxes still being posted in the contest subforum*
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