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No probs man!

First off, I'll need to clarify (if it isn't already obvious), I am posting this release thread on behalf of my buddy Sathor, the author of this visually stunning Mirror's Edge inspired CS:GO defusal map. I believe he is not an active member here on Mapcore, residing mainly from the land of Interlopers, but I felt the quality and amount of work I know he's put into this is deserving of some greater exposure. WORKSHOP: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=171666668&searchtext= Some screenies: (More pictures on the workshop). A few things to note. This is 100% entirely custom created content. All the models and textures - excluding the few assets contributed to him from the Lopers community - were created by just one guy. We've been carrying out playtests for the last year and it's been awesome to see how far the map has come. So please check it out, I feel it stands out quite dramatically, in terms of aesthetics, compared to 80% of maps available on the workshop.

displacements Yep, pretty much. With decals/overlays on top of that.

Hey thanks for the feedback guys! You bring up a very valid point JeanPaul, and one I'll be keeping note of closely whilst I continue to art pass the level. I'll be sure to highlight possible blind spots with contrasting materials - for instance I could put the blue tarp on those crates - or simply tone down the foliage for camping areas. I may also release a 'clean' version to eradicate any issues with blind spots. This is probably going to be my final swan song working in default 'vanilla' Source. The only reason I decided upon making this as a CSGO map is because I had the layout playtested over the course of the year - where it proved to be a solid map - but I had more important commitments before I finalized the art-style (main job, indie stuff). Coming back to it now, I sort of lost the original vision I had for the map, and so now it's merging into this thing Hopefully I will be able to strike a balance between competitive MP design and visuals

Slowly but surely working on this map whenever I get the chance. Created a new lighting setup to get a more interesting mood going on (TLoU inspired ).

We had some issues with Moddb taking a silly amount of time to authorise the zip file. v1.01 should be easily downloadable now, it's also on Desura already as the mod is doing quite well it seems! (no.1 on moddb all of today .) Please do let me know of any bugs you encounter or feedback to smooth over the cracks in a next patch. it also goes a long way to helping us valuable gain data for our planned commercial project which has some links with this mod. This is sort of a dry run if you will to get an idea of if we are going in the right direction.

I'd say it's a balanced mix between adventure/exploration & Horror. It's heavy on the atmospherics & mood, with an unashamed nod to The Thing as inspiration

Hey Everyone! I'm not the most frequent member here on Mapcore, (long serving interlopers.net/recent Forza Horizon dev), but I do value the Mapcore community and it's audience in wanting to share with you a recently completed project Taychin Dunnvatanchit (Kremator666) & the CANVAS/CITY 17:EP1 teams have been working on! BLACK SNOW is a singleplayer horror adventure mod with an emphasis on atmosphere and strong inklings to The Thing movies. You play John Matsuda, an IT Technician that is part of the Prometheus assessment team sent to investigate communication silence at a research station in Greenland. Naturally, nothing is what it seems. *MODDB download is still awaiting authorization so I had to upload to mediafire for now. MEDIAFIRE MODDB PAGE BLACK SNOW BLOG

The Terrorists drove it in with the pick up truck and dumped it there, originally planning to set it up at the smokestacks, but ran out of time and focused more on the primary target (the shipping area at the docks). I might change the truck type, as it's not very big atm.

Oh haha no worries then. I think we're both partly correct. I'm using 'realistic' geometry and shapes seen in particular types of buildings & architecture, but arranging them in a specific way that wouldn't likely exist as a complex in real life.

A lot of the textures are placeholder for now, and I'm likely to replace things like windows and trims with custom models. That is actually just a small section I cordoned compiled, the full layout is complete and has been tested to death (but in dev textures form) and I'm going through polishing each area up An example of bombsite A; I actually tried to make the whole map coherent in terms of height and space, the whole map slopes down from T spawn to CT. Maybe that just isn't apparent in those two screenshots. I'll keep in mind your thoughts about the architecture not being realistic (though I did base a lot on reference photos), as it's something I'll tweak progressively down the line!

Got back to working on my CSGO map. Ignore the lighting errors on models, 'twas a fast compile

Yes of course cityy! Here's an overview shot of the whole map: And here's an album of the different areas in-game: http://imgur.com/a/AR8cj You can probably see some taller buildings surrounding the playing area, but I'll add a few more around the CT spawn to make it look more dramatic

I don't post here much, but I'm currently doing the art pass for my CS:GO map (layout is finished and has been playtested thoroughly!) Some small thing to note, I know about the messed up steam from the vent in the first shot, also there will be a presence of snow in the shadowed areas, but I'm leaving that till last in case I adjust the lighting later on.

We're probably aiming for about 6-7 hours of solid gameplay (rough ballpark). As bad as it is to say we're going to have to ignore most of this hype and continue to knuckle down, we don't want to get ahead of ourselves We gotta keep the promise to deliver and hopefully that means a fairly shorter dev cycle than Black Mesa lol. I mean they have a great thing going but it's crossed over into vaporware territory :/