Posts by Muffin

  • very thin objects

    Quote from Klems

    Well that's just weird though. How do you make thin metal panels? Plywood? Vents?

    I meant in general for the basic structure of things. Vents, wood, metal, stairs, those are ok. But like making a giant tower out of 8 unit brushes is pretty crazy.

  • CSGO Model Creation (Help Me!)

    Quote from laminutederire

    Sketchup has a plug-in to export vmf and smd, it works well but there are some habits yo take,I can help you with that if you need! Blender has one too but I didn't succeed in making it work maybe it has a new version, I'll check when I will have more time ! Hope it could help you!

    Do you have a steam account? If so, what is your username i'd be happy to friend you.

  • [CS:GO][W.I.P] de_offshore_beta (new name)

    Here's some feedback.

    I would refine the timings. A lot of the timings seem a bit off and you should just go through them again and make sure Ct's get at least 1 second before T's enter. And that's barely cutting it.

    Another thing is how unstable the map feels. A lot of places feel very easy to fall off and I end up worrying about not falling instead of killing people. This isn't too much of a problem but take t side a platform. It doesn't have bars and it's also very thin. In fact lots of the paths are very thin and I would try to make em a little wider for more elaborate strategies and space to work with.

    Overall, good job. For how interesting and imaginative the layout is, you've done a great job making it playable

  • de_cetza

    Quote from flexsta

    Another mapcorian is currently trying to make an "aztec" map without obvious references. As with all of those linked pictures, they are all crumbled buildings that were once taller with large amounts of grass around them. I really don't think the theme lends itself to counter strike gameplay at all.Small mediterranean towns and business/industry areas are so popular because they naturally lend themselves to what is required. People can get creative ofc, but naturally built up / inhabited areas are just easier to work with.I don't think the guy is working on de_meso anymore (Am I mistaken, is there another guy?) but anyways. I was thinking of making something similar to ruins, with aztec textures but a nice jungle theme. Edit: Another thing is the Italy/inferno/overall populated houses with European area architecture is getting pretty overused. Most maps turn out either with the generic cache like warehouse, or Italy like houses... Besides, I want to do something "new"

    Yes it's true I've stopped working on DE_Meso, because I just got a full time job as an art teacher, and so far my weekends have been quite busy preparing an entire curriculum for the rest of this semester, so I won't have time to focus on mapping for a long time at least, which is sad but even more than level design I love traditional art, so I'm really happy about that.

    I can give you my .vmf if you want to have a look, not that I think you'll need it, but I find that it's always interesting to see how other mappers go about making their maps. No thanks I don't need the vmf. But good luck with your job!

  • de_cetza

    Quote from Bodd Jonar

    Yay a compliment!Are there any layout issues though, or problems you see?

    Not really, I just love the double angles you can take everywhere, makes it exciting to hold and to attack. The spawns is also great, because you have clear indications of where to go, it just looks great that way. I would have to try it 5v5 for a couple of times before I could give you anything more than that. Should I step it up, finish the clipping, make a better skybox, and then submit for a playtest?

  • de_cetza

    Quote from jackophant

    Another mapcorian is currently trying to make an "aztec" map without obvious references. As with all of those linked pictures, they are all crumbled buildings that were once taller with large amounts of grass around them. I really don't think the theme lends itself to counter strike gameplay at all.Small mediterranean towns and business/industry areas are so popular because they naturally lend themselves to what is required. People can get creative ofc, but naturally built up / inhabited areas are just easier to work with.

    I don't think the guy is working on de_meso anymore (Am I mistaken, is there another guy?) but anyways. I was thinking of making something similar to ruins, with aztec textures but a nice jungle theme. Edit: Another thing is the Italy/inferno/overall populated houses with European area architecture is getting pretty overused. Most maps turn out either with the generic cache like warehouse, or Italy like houses... Besides, I want to do something "new"

  • de_cetza

    Quote from jackophant

    You might want to build on it, but you can't just make it up. Working from reference is very important, and the point of ruins, is that they're ruins.

    Meh. Trust me Itl be ok dude. (Sorry if I sound rude)


    It's advice, take it or leave it...


    Quote from Vaya

    Good references lead to a stronger map design- the areas I've build off references and real world theming have always been stronger than the ones 'freehanded'

    So do you suggest simply switching themes or attempting to find aztec/ jungle ruins references ...

  • [CS:GO][W.I.P] de_offshore_beta (new name)

    What Jackophant said, but if you do happen to keep jumps, make sure they aren't gamebreaking and give a fair reward, instead of simply access to a path that you would already take(Jumping from ct spawn onto Ct to A path which you would already do) (For example, a jump that gives you acces to a non-op ledge two player heights above ground.)

  • de_cetza

    Quote from jackophant

    You might want to build on it, but you can't just make it up. Working from reference is very important, and the point of ruins, is that they're ruins. Meh. Trust me Itl be ok dude. (Sorry if I sound rude)

  • de_cetza

    I'm going to build off of the Aztec map theme wise, but you'll be surprised about how little large angles there are. CT spawn has a angle all the way down but that's reallyit. I suggest you take an ingame look . Most of the wide passages are In the non choke point areas that are not meant to be used much