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Hi guys, been working on this on and off since finishing up Chinatown and its now at a stage where I can show it off and get some comments/crits and for people to post playtest feedback.
 
The map aims to be a more traditional Counterstrike map, both competitively and publicly viable. Good for a 5v5 match up but also fun with much more unorganised players. It also attempts to emulate some of the play styles of cs1.6 with wallbanging being an option throughout the map as well as newer CSGO tactics like sky smoking/flashing.
 


 

Alright, I made some before and after pictures. The "Before" pictures are from the version that I released (RC1) and the "After" pictures are from the latest version, that I updated today (RC5).
 
Bagra: RC1 in comparison to RC5
 
The angles I shot the pictures from aren't very sexy but they should do their job.

FUCKING ORIGINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
 

I just got a compliment from NIP MRTweeDay in one of his youtube videos. FELT SOOOOO GOOOOOOOOD 
 
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final version:


 











more screenshots & download: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=216766151&searchtext=

I want to thank you guys for the play testing and feedback and I hope you like the final result

Hi, it's been a while since our latest post.
 
We took in count your feedbacks from the latest playtest.
We now have a similar layout with :
- more covers on the path of the bomb site A
- more covers on the path of the bomb site B
- the bomb site B has been moved a bit (in the subway)
- there is a new access to join the subway in the middle part
- there is a new access to access to the bomb site A (via a ladder)
- the map is brighter
 
The purpose of this post is to organize new playtests. A new version of the map will be available soon. As usual your feedbacks in any domains would be really appreciated. So if you have time, feel free to test our map and thank you in advance.
 
Here a visual update with new screenshots. A lot of props are still placeholder (still grey or in flat color), however I think that our actual version is close to a final result :
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some excellent stuff in here. Very inspiring
I really envy the people working on nice bright outside areas with terrain, streets and what have you. Sadly that's not really an option for the project I'm working on. Here's a little new WIP stuff for Doom3: Phobos
 

 

 

 

so, FMPONE gave me an idea to re-theme de_season (abandoned greenhouse complex). I rushed the current version to get it out but it needs a face lift... here's a WIP beautiful corner of T Spawn thus far

Alright, after countless hours of fooling around with the hammer editor and many playtests with you guys I finally gathered the confidence to publish my map in the Steam workshop!
I keep working on my map and a new version is going to come in the next days with further improvements.
 
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=211764046
 
 
 "A bomb defusal map designed for competitive play! 

The germans are on a vacation in a mediterranean village, but their vacation doesn't last long! 
The local seperatists plan to take over the place by destroying important key positions! 
Good thing the GSG9 brought their equipment with them!"
 
Thank you all for your participation in the playtests, for giving me feedback and patience when teaching me the martial arts of mapping!
 
Cheers,
RZL
 
Edit: Format
Edit 2: Some comparison shots between the released version and the updated version.
Edit 3: Skybex has joined the team!
Edit 4: Some new comparison shots between the latest two versions.

DUDES! I JUST UNBOXED A STAT TRACK ASIIMOV!!!!! 
 
Apparently worth up to $180-$200!!!
 

I officially quit the mod when I got killed by a door

(click images for steam links)














-- Operation Phoenix Case --

I just signed the contract so I guess it's official - come January I'm starting in a Coffee Make- I mean level design position at IO Interactive.

Neat little trick .
 
I'm working on a soviet KM-1 ejection seat. It will be part of a small scene to be rendered in cry engine, once their pbr update is out. Scene will be a cockpit of a jet with crazy little details everywhere .
Thats the current state of the high poly for the seat (in Marmoset Toolbag 2):
 



 
edit: hipster instragram version lol:
 

Really nice ! I always tried to convince my friends to work on an iso hack'n slash, but meh... Developpers are always too busy
Good Torchlight vibe !

Hey guys, we recently just finished our latest build of the game (our final version for school). 
 
New Trailer:
 
https://vimeo.com/82026981
 
Download and play at:
 
http://hymnofthesands.weebly.com/

I've made a quick video today to show the features of the gamemode as it stands at the moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_4IzZ0-jNw

The most important thing to do before I release this is deciding on the way to keep score. Keeping the respawning in mind, score cannot be kept in the scoreboard and thus a sv_maxrounds has no effects on this gameplay mode at the moment.

Option 1: Update the team score on the towers, don't do anything with it untill server switches maps (by timeleft etc.).
Option 2: Update the team score on the towers, and set a hard limit in the map (meaning you cannot adjust it) after which the map switches to next in cycle.
Option 3: Don't work with the current deathmatch settings, keep the teamscore via the scoreboard and go by sv_maxrounds to decide when to end the cycle.

Basically, best of both worlds would be ideal, seeing as a winning team cannot be declared by the game if the teamscore is not updated on the scoreboard. I couldn't find a way to achieve this via the ('new') custom .cfg you can set for a map, but if anyone does, let me know.

Besides the gamemode, I've got to fix a few minor glitches before I'll release a playable version.

Any comments / suggestions are welcome!

I was late and only got a few rounds in but here are my thoughts:
 
- Do you prefer the new or old B site? Why?
 
I much prefer the new B site, the walkway that T have above the stairs into B balances things out a lot more imo. The only thing I would say is that around the actual site it feels a bit claustrophobic because of the pillars everywhere, like Dejavo said.
 
- Do you like the visual style?
 
Theme is good but needs polish from an artist.
 
- Was there any areas of the map you particularly liked/disliked?
 
Mid feels much better now, I like the new centre piece and I'm glad the plant pots have gone. The wall added to CT side stairs makes it a much more balanced choke point.
 
- How was the readability of the map? (Did you have trouble seeing enemies ever?)
 
The only thing was the pillars at B, I felt like my vision was really restricted until I was pretty much stood on the point. Overall it looks clean, light and is very easy to read.
 
- Did the map run well? (Were you lagging at all?)
 
Ran perfectly fine on my PC.
 
Not sure how much help any of that is but I enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.

While an artist wouldn't hurt, I think players will at least really appreciate the cleanness and crispness of what I see here

We've got two maps lined up for tomorrow, Tuesday at 21.00 CET! Mine and RZL's! Be there.

Update ***12/15/13***
 
Hey guys, thank you everyone who came to the playtest today. I've got some new screens of the most recent version. After the playtest I realized that B site is now more popular (yay!) to go to. This may be because I have been neglecting A site visually though. B site also seemed to have too much cover, so I will be taking out some of the pillars in the back and getting rid of the cubby that I had added previously. On the visual side of things, I need to go in and add cubemaps for my windows now and go through all my textures and add some normal maps. I will also begin optimizing it a lot more now.
 
I have a few questions:
- Do you prefer the new or old B site? Why?
- Do you like the visual style?
- Was there any areas of the map you particularly liked/disliked?
- How was the readability of the map? (Did you have trouble seeing enemies ever?)
- Did the map run well? (Were you lagging at all?)
 
Thanks again for the playtest guys!
 
Overview:

 
T-Spawn:

 
Mid from CT side:

 
Redesigned B Site (look to overview for better view of layout change):

 
Redesigned T -> B path (again look at overview for best view of layout change):

 
Inner staircase at Mid:

 
CT entrance to Mid:

 
Beginning of T path to Mid and A site:

 
 

Valve announced the work on two new maps, one is a de_cbble rework which looks promising and the other one is a completely new map, de_overpass, which is the very first map especially created for CS:GO by valve.
 
What does it mean for us? New texures, models and overlays! Whoah, so excited!
 
http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2013/12/8306/

THREAD RESURRECT!!
 
I got back into painting recently after a long hiatus, there's a facebook group called daily spitpaint where you get a  topic every day and have to paint it in 30 minutes, which can be really challenging .
 
Here's a bunch that I did, all of them 30 minutes or less:
 

So i've finished my first milestone, that is the gun itself. Now i will add silencer and laser aiming system.
Here are HP (High Poly)   render's from mayas viewport, not the best quality but it's good for now
i'm making a new threat cause i would love to get some feedback and i will dump some renders sooner or later here

anyways i'm proud LOL, this is my first gun ever