POLL: Mappingcontest

[Deathy]

Nope.. Every texture is still portable.. The difference is this line in the metal textures in portal (in the .vmt file):

"%noportal" 1

[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.

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

even so, if you are to make a level for a game you would want that level to be as enjoyable as possible, regardless of your given title, no? i think limiting yourself to a title is the worst thing you can do for a company; it's like you're passing your responsibility to another person who is supposed to make whatever you conjure up fun. there is a point to that you see game companies give up their employee titles in favor of a more liquid mass, where everyone has a shared responsibility for an object/level/game.

also, yeah, my bad about the noportal thing. i actually thought it was built-in to the "metal" surface type.

[dux]

Are you guys still discussing this? jesus you take longer to do anything than 3d realms.

[Psy]

So is there going to be a Portal design contest or not?

[Seldoon182]

Instead of Making a Mapping contest on a commercial game why not making a Mapping contest on free modification such as Insurgency, PVK II, ... ?