Posts by T-Rexer

  • Stronghold

    Quote from z0ro4rk

    18 hours ago, z0ro4rk said: Nice work, keep it up! Some areas appear a little too open right now.

    thanks! The openness has not been an issue in any game that has been played on it.

  • Stronghold

    Small update for the Mapcore Hub players this week: After 10 games I played, it was obvious that B site was a little too hectic and cluttered with cover, which led to the feeling that it felt quite small in places and you did not know where to play from. To address this, I made some changes to the cover there as can be seen below. Also added a crate in CT spawn as some fights happened there in retake situations.

  • Stronghold

    Welcome to Gibraltar! 🇬🇮

    Today we are releasing the first version of de_stronghold, a 5v5 defuse map set on the rock of Gibraltar. Fight between the historic castle fortifications and the WW2 military bunkers, all connected by Gibraltar's famous tunnel network.

    All feedback is welcome and we will be iterating on this layout throughout the next weeks leading up to the Faceit Hub placement in Batch 3.

    Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3262011327

    Team: @Squidski, @Haaselh0ff and @Kale

  • Stronghold

    Workshop

    I plan on making a map set on Gibraltar, up the mountain. Inspired by the WW2 fortifications and castles there, they have historically served as an important strategic stronghold. I planned on converting one of my old layouts for this theme a while ago but since that never went anywhere, I will now be starting over with a new layout and just taking the best ideas of the old one.

    I plan on integrating the theme deeply into the level design. My current idea is to make one of the bombsites based around the round shape of an artillery position with a massive gun above the playspace. The level will also include parts of the famous underground tunnels on Gibraltar.

    A little mood board:

    Layout ideas: The layout is likely on the larger side (same timings to bombsites as on Overpass though) and it is more complex than the average contest entry. I want to try some unique ideas that may not be super popular with the average player and a standard three-lane layout, however, I think basically most of the active duty maps would do very poorly in a contest like his based on the layout because they are not super obvious to play or look to confusion on first impression. But these are the maps that actually offer a unique gameplay identity that most community maps lack. That is mostly because you want to make a map for the broadest appeal that can get easily picked up by new players, which is likely the smart thing to do, but I want to try something different here.

    Either way, continued playtests have shown the map plays well but does need some time to get used to as expected. Once players figure out how to set up correctly, gameplay becomes more dynamic and unique, forcing both teams to take risks and strategies to win.

  • Vineyard - Danger Zone

    Wow, thanks for the feedback. We have fixed some of those things in the first patch already but we’ll check if there is anything we missed!

  • Vineyard - Danger Zone

    Quote from FMPONE

    On 8/29/2021 at 7:34 PM, FMPONE said: I really like the interior shot of the church and the pastoral scenes. If I had one criticism of these screenshots it would be the architectural textures, which seem far too clean and lego-like. The lack of displacement blending and realistic wear is noticeable.

    The bottom of a wall should not really look like the top of a wall, etc, there should be some gradients going on there. It does not have to be intense and you can keep your soft look, but it should be present.

    Thanks for the input! you are right, we actually had a blend texture there and those walls are still displacements but we swicthed the texture at one point that wasnt a blend texture. Will fix that!

  • Vineyard - Danger Zone

    We started working on a new map for Danger Zone a while ago and it is now in a state where it is playable, yet far from being finished. The map is set in Tuscany, Italy and is a departure from the usual toned down visual style of Danger Zone map to something more vivid and vibrant. We will try to make it quite colorful and unique compared to all other Danger Zone maps.

    The team working on the map consists of Squink, Squidski, Hasselhoff, Seth, Slimek, Quoting and T-R3x3r. Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=2403831979

  • Frostbite - Danger Zone

    Frostbite Update 4-7

    We have continued to remake pretty much the entire map and this time we took on the ski lift buildings :D. The old and blocky buildings were replaced with completely new ones that not only look much better but should also offer more unique gameplay possibilities.


    Patch notes:

    [General]

    - Remade ski lift buildings for improved gameplay and visuals

    [Ski Slopes]

    - Adjusted ski flags and color coded each slope

    [Town]

    - Remade the centerpiece statue

    [Radio]

    - Fixed railing collision and clipping

    [Misc]

    - Moved porta potty to Construction

    - Adjusted handrails (thanks poLemin)

    - Fixed visual errors in certain buildings

    - Various changes to prop fade distances throughout the map

    - Fixed rare cases of floating grass

    - Fixed various terrain issues

    - Fixed certain texture blends

    - Fixed visual inconsistencies

    - Glass on top of the middle ski lift building no longer sounds like concrete

    - Fixed missing brush face on a house porch.


    Pictures of the new lifts:

  • Frostbite - Danger Zone

    Frostbite Update 3

    We could finally update frostbite today with an update that has been long in the works, but was delayed due to the wingman contest. It is now finally out and it’s a big one!

    We addressed a lot of the feedback from the start that everything looks a bit too similar, therefore we redesigned parts of the map with new buildings and structures that better fit into the environment. Additionally, we fixed tons a small issues and improved gameplay with more cover in open areas and finally fixed the drones on the workshop version of the map!

    I would say the map is now in a state, we had originally intended it to be in. There are some issues on the current version we are aware of, but please feel free to share everything you find here.


    Patch notes:

    [General]

    - Made rock and cliff collision models more accurate

    - Tweaked map boundary rock formations and clipping

    - Added rocks and fences to some areas to break up open spaces with no cover

    - Reworked several buildings around the ski slope to be more unique based on feedback

    - Fixed strange z-fighting issue with some of the cabin buildings on nonstandard resolutions

    - Adjusted weapon crate spawn locations in some areas of the map and added more to others

    - Improved visual look and feel of various areas

    [Cove]

    - Slightly rotated turret hut

    [Tunnels]

    - Adjusted func_tablet_blocker under ladder entrances

    [Village]

    - Adjusted fence to allow entrance from the ski slope

    - Made the snow on the roofs fluffy and smooth to walk on

    [Shack]

    - Added ladder to reach balcony

    [Radar]

    - Added stairs for better movement

    [Misc]

    - Drones now work in the Workshop version of the map

    - Player controlled drones are now stopped at the map boundaries

    - Raised some fences that were buried in snow

    - Added some trees all across the map

    - Adjusted prop fade distance on some props

    - Various minor fixes to misaligned props

    - Connected more of the map to the power grid


    Pictures of some of the new buildings:

  • Frostbite - Danger Zone

    Frostbite Update 2

    We updated Frostbite today. This update mostly focuses on bug fixes but we included some gameplay changes too.

    Fingers crossed that we can publish a big update in about two weeks with lots of gameplay improvements - that is if we manage to compile the map :)

    Feel free to leave feedback for this one.


    Patch notes:

    [General]

    - Tweaked weapon spawn positions to prevent bad clipping

    - Adjusted snow on buildings

    - Adjusted map boundary rock formations and clipping

    - Changed some map location names

    [Village]

    - The houses have been connected to the power grid

    [Cove]

    - Opened the cabin

    [Town]

    - Improved clipping

    - Reworked stairs

    - Added missing stoops

    [Tourist]

    - Revamped visuals

    [Outlet]

    - Added a hut

    [Echo]

    - Added more snow

    [Shack]

    - Made it possible to enter the building from the south side

    [Tunnels]

    - Added new ladder exit in long hall before caves

    - Fixed more stuck spots

    [Boat Houses]

    - Added snow to boardwalk edges

    [Tower One]

    - Fixed z fighting

    [Misc]

    - Made wood fences darker and more saturated

    - Made sun smaller


    Pictures of the new exit from tunnels and the new hut we added: