Posts by spa

  • Scramble

    Looks like solid progress. The layout looks a bit unconventional with a lot of very long sight lines (based on radar image) that could be dicey. Im also not a fan of the T's having to walk through a linear space with no options every round they spawn. But i would definitely not add more details until you have playtested it.

  • Skyline

    This looks incredible. Idea for alternate name: de_infinity The CT's start next to an infinity pool and the T's start in a nightclub called infinity?

  • The Matrix Resurrections

    I'm honestly fairly unhappy with this choice of music for the trailer, its a great song but its way on the nose and honestly feels like Zack Snyder picked the music (he has used it himself before). The Matrix had a great original soundtrack that was very influential back in the day and it would have been great to hear the "updated" version of that for 2021 but instead we get this very old and well known track.

  • Blizzard in the news again

    Quote from blackdog

    9 hours ago, blackdog said: It was asked if there were quota laws and so I looked it up, cos I was expecting there were at least in California. Top or bottom of the food chain, the point is that some legislation exists. I wasn't passing judgment.

    My bad, I should have more clearly directed my comments, it wasn't meant as a critique of the link itself, but rather to some of the conclusions drawn by @Mitch Mitchell

    edit: Ive edited my original post to quote the correct post.

  • Blizzard in the news again

    Quote from FMPONE

    17 minutes ago, FMPONE said: Lol. Like the equivalent of when you wanted to call your friend a douche in high school so you sneezed really loud “-OUCHE!”

    Hah yeah something like that. Its pretty weaselly tactics but hey, getting sued in the US for petty stuff like that is no joke.

  • Blizzard in the news again

    First of all this is corporate boards and not "average workers" we are talking about. Having a more diverse leadership structure could perhaps have helped in remedying some of the negative experiences being reported throughout this industry.

    Secondly it doesn't sound like anyone's getting "fired" and replaced. From the article: " In large part, companies appear to be complying with the law either by filling an empty seat with a woman or by adding a seat and giving it to a woman."

    I'm not a huge fan of quotas like this in general, but I recognize that it can be necessary, maybe only temporarily, to grow a more healthy and balanced culture.


    Quote from FMPONE

    On 7/23/2021 at 2:49 PM, FMPONE said: Also how the fuck do these state attorneys not know how to spell “Bill Cosby”?

    I believe this is a legal maneuver to not get sued when making frivolous references like that, but I could be mistaken.

  • I'm making a CSGO Map and need more than 2 eyes on it

    What i think you might want to consider in your early layout is where the first contact points are between the two sides. Atm it seems like T's can just get easily into the basement without that being contested by the CT's. It can be a trap to just look at what each side can do individually, and the real question is how they interact with one another.

    Also that winding staircase could be a bit of a problem. As far as i can read it needs to connect all the way from heaven the ground floor and into the basement? I would try and break that up and either use a traditional staircase or a ladder (source is infamously bad for winding stairs).

    And ofc what is the theme? A strong sense of identity can go a long way for map, esp consider what the bombsites "are" and why someone would want to blow them up.

    Good luck with the map!

  • Unreal Engine 5

    So with regards to static geometry it eliminates , lowpoly modelling, unwrapping, lods, baking, normalmaps, vertexnormals + more?. Alot to take in honestly.

    Is there gonna be a split now between Static- and Dynamic environment artists?

  • anchor

    Just want to say that early on in the competition this was one of my favs. Extremely nice greybox with lots of great concepts. Really loved the "invading terrace" when, I think, spawning at T going left to B site. However im very surprised at the grungy execution your going with, I would expect a more sharp "mirrors edge" clean style for this one, as i think that would have suited it well.

  • Rampart

    Made an update with slightly brighter textures, fog tweak and cheaper skybox water to avoid reflection bugs. Since I have water in multiple levels that seemed to be an issue.

    Workshop Version

    Still a ton of stuff i would have liked to improve throughout, but this is what i could manage solo almost only in weekends.

    Good luck to everyone in the competition!