POLL: Mappingcontest

[Buddy]

these sound ok

[*]Create an enjoyable Portal level not set within the Aperture Science Labs.

[*]Create a short HL2SP level (5-10mins) that offers some new/fresh gameplay.

[Seldoon182]

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  [*:1wh7thb5]Create a short HL2SP level (5-10mins) that offers some new/fresh gameplay.

This sounds okay to me... What theme now ?

[Neil Squibb]

Portal

[⌐■_■]

thats some great input there quakis

themes i can come up with for the hlsp:

zombies (dont lynch me)

virus outbreak

fall of the govermenta

a new realm of fantasy

and what about custom content? i personally would vouch against, since there would be less people able to join the competition.

[Seldoon182]

and what about custom content? i personally would vouch against, since there would be less people able to join the competition.

... and take more time !

[⌐■_■]

please specify?

[General Vivi]

I wish i wasn't already working on stuff so i could join in this !

[Erratic]

So, was Portal the likely choice? Should someone setup a thread setting the dates and guidlines and all that?

[Psy]

I vote for Portal.

[JeanPaul]

A portal map would offer what the people want (using source) and have it be a new gameplay mapping theme type dealio

So yeah lets do a portal map, but we need something constricting the limits, we cant just have it be "make a portal map"

And before anyone tries to say it, a size constrained portal map would not be a good idea

[Jetsetlemming]

I'm pretty sure a Portal map not set in the Aperture Science labs will take custom content to make portal-able and nonportal-able texture distinctions.

[insta]

All textures are portal-able by default, and you can define what surfaces shouldn't be portal-able by using a func_noportal_volume brush touching the surface.

[Sentura]

false. textures with the metal property cannot be portalized.

i seriously do not want a non aperture science map though, since it will be hard to teach the user/player to use which surfaces and how. it might just be a question of syntax, but still, if we're doing portal, we're doing it for the gameplay, NOT the visuals. else we might as well go for hl2ep2 or something entirely different.

i reckon it's about time we have one of these. i see many good looking maps posted here almost every day, but i feel that people here (and especially YOU, artists) seem to underestimate how important good gameplay is.

[Buddy]

false. textures with the metal property cannot be portalized.

i seriously do not want a non aperture science map though, since it will be hard to teach the user/player to use which surfaces and how. it might just be a question of syntax, but still, if we're doing portal, we're doing it for the gameplay, NOT the visuals. else we might as well go for hl2ep2 or something entirely different.

i reckon it's about time we have one of these. i see many good looking maps posted here almost every day, but i feel that people here (and especially YOU, artists) seem to underestimate how important good gameplay is.

Environment Aritsts are not LDs anymore in most cases so this is a false statement imo.

[insta]

false. textures with the metal property cannot be portalized.

Ok, so put a func_brush textured with nodraw over the metal surfaces you want to be portal-able, that will fix it.