WIP in WIP, post your level screenshots!

[PogoP]

Messing around with the Spark editor... It's great! Brush tool is a bit dodgy at times, but I'm getting better at using it.

[sarge mat]

Yea been playing a bit with it my self. Love it so far, looking forward to doing a project in it when we can build maps etc.

But yea the brush tool is a bit at times.

[dux]

I work entirely within the 3d view and have little problem. Do you use the pen tool or the rectangle tool?

[PogoP]

I primarily use the rectangle tool and then the line tool to make specific changes. It's very shaky atm though, doesn't seem to do what I want it to. Plus when you delete a face, the lines are still left in place..

Dux, I thought you were already working on NS2? Or are you still using Hammer for it?

[dux]

I've been working on NS2 for several months now with the editor long before it got released to the public. What I find is to use the line tool to create all your geometry and if you want to make a quick hole in something use the rectangle.

[PogoP]

Oh sorry I read your post wrong! I thought you meant you were having a little problem lol.

I was working with the editor before it was released to the public too, Charlie sent me an email about it, but I think you had it a little before me.

[KungFuSquirrel]

I still need to play around with it at some point. All the new content looks pretty solid.

[dux]

What I see a lot of people doing is going way overboard on the use of props and it ends up looking like a jumble sale. I still incorporate a lot of brushwork into the map with the props to even it out and not look so overly busy. Hopefully the prop excitement will die down

[S.W.A.T.Y]

This is my next map that I've been working on for tf2 which I will be releasing after my current 5cp map one that I plan on releasing next week. The map is a dustbowl style map with 3 stages.

[Campaignjunkie]

The Dickinson residence, modeled with ~50% accuracy off the real thing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson_Museum) with a cross-processing color correction filter.

I've been told that I should use detail props for the buttercup field instead of static props, but for a huge area like this (6000x6000) I think the hard-coded detail-prop fade distance (at ~1400 units?) would ruin the illusion of a full field. Even if the result doesn't look as good, I think I'd prefer a fuller looking field. Though either way, I'm pretty sure I have to use 1-bit alpha testing or else the overdraw will kill most computers, and thus it'll look more or less the same no matter what prop type I use. Thoughts, anyone?

[Lord Ned]

I believe there's a client command to increase detail draw distance. However there's a per-prop detail sprite overhead and for a super full field like that it might be easier just to leave it as a prop_static. Just know that lod's is probably encouraged.

[Froyok]

Just some little test, not a full map.

(Full custom later, for the moment I use basic hl2 textures)

[TermInator525]

[Pampers]

thats pretty cool Terminator, would love to se a l4d map/campaign with a mirrors edge look

[VoodooBenshee]

@ Term!nator. everything is brushwork? love that "me" style