cs_future (update 7/24/2015)

[Guadalupe]

A small retro-futuristic map with content created mostly in Propper. Feedback of all kinds is welcome.

Description:

Our thoughts on the future contain both elements of Utopia and impending apocalypse. In this case, this small-town's Future Co. has come under siege, placing this small Utopia in a dangerous situation, raising the threat and possible death-toll--sending safety into a downward spiral.

Several spies have objected to the ideas of progression and aim to take down Future Co. through acts of negotiative terrorism. These means of negotiation have been intercepted by the FBI, allowing them to stealthily work their way in to remove the impending threat without putting justice on the line.

Objective: Save those hostages before we lose our freedom!

Steam Workshop Download: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=485016146

Gamebanana Download: http://csgo.gamebanana.com/maps/186556

Edited July 30, 2015 by Guadalupe
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[esspho]

I like the creepy atmosphere in these screenshots. The theme is very interesting. What's around that mansion? I guess it could be a themepark or something similar. I didn't test the map and can't tell much about the layout but I feel that the lower left corner is way too far off. With little effort you could rearange that area and gain a better flow imo. Keep it up!

 

[Whimsy]

Is this map rainbow road?

I haven't downloaded it or looked at the screenshots or even played a video game before but it looks like rainbow road.

 

[Guadalupe]

Just giving a "future" update: I will be releasing the models made in hammer soon on Gamebanana.

I will post the link here when I do put them all together for community use.

[ShockaPop]

Models made in Hammer with displacements? Now that seems interesting!

Edited July 23, 2015 by SotaPoika

[Guadalupe]

Models made in Hammer with displacements? Now that seems interesting!

Someone posted a question on gamebanana asking how I did it, and it was mostly trial and error. Guess there aren't many tutorials out there for this, so I may make one.

[ShockaPop]

Someone posted a question on gamebanana asking how I did it, and it was mostly trial and error. Guess there aren't many tutorials out there for this, so I may make one.

If it involves "Propper", then I'm aware of it. It's just, doing that stuff with displacements can't be painless.

[Guadalupe]

If it involves "Propper", then I'm aware of it. It's just, doing that stuff with displacements can't be painless.

You'd be surprised how powerful the displacements/subdivision are in Hammer. The whole reason I did any of it is because I already had a lot of Source SDK knowledge. I didn't want to explore a modelling program, especially one as counter-intuitive as blender.

[P1g3oN]

Oh my god those custom models look epic. And you made them with Hammer. Teach me master!

[ElectroSheep]

[Guadalupe]

Nice meme.

Edited July 26, 2015 by Guadalupe
Didn't realize mapcore auto-embeds videos.

[biXen]

Played a bit on this map against the bots while I worked on my sensitivity settings. I think it's a nice looking map, and there's a fun tight feel to it. I would say it feels pretty fresh, because I often feel many maps feel as a dust or nuke clone. I think some of your nice outside area/details could be shown more, you have pretty much walled it in with literally walls

That said for the rounds I played, (full casual game on CT and T) it felt very heavy on the opposite side of the map from the outside, so to speak. For that reason it feels like a lot of the map is unused. I am also not a fan of the tight hall (the grey one) with 90 degree corners and the staircases that are so deep/tall. But that's just personal opinion. I was very hesitant about having a staircase / level in my own map, but have decided on some things that make it ok, so guess I shouldn't say you shouldn't have one

[Guadalupe]

Played a bit on this map against the bots while I worked on my sensitivity settings. I think it's a nice looking map, and there's a fun tight feel to it. I would say it feels pretty fresh, because I often feel many maps feel as a dust or nuke clone. I think some of your nice outside area/details could be shown more, you have pretty much walled it in with literally walls

That said for the rounds I played, (full casual game on CT and T) it felt very heavy on the opposite side of the map from the outside, so to speak. For that reason it feels like a lot of the map is unused. I am also not a fan of the tight hall (the grey one) with 90 degree corners and the staircases that are so deep/tall. But that's just personal opinion. I was very hesitant about having a staircase / level in my own map, but have decided on some things that make it ok, so guess I shouldn't say you shouldn't have one

Thank you for giving me feedback. I don't know why people follow the "if it's not broken don't fix it" and design their maps around dust2 and nuke, I think it inhibits people's potential. And I know what you mean about the walls, but I do hate in competitive maps when you have visual barriers that don't match physical barriers (such as a traffic barricade that you could jump over, but in actuality, it's a playerclip wall reaching to the ceiling). So, I tried to keep the barriers as consistent with what you're able to do as possible.

The Ts vs. CTs on office is something I also wanted to avoid, and at that cost, I wanted to make it if anything CT sided. The basement portion in a mock competitive playtest with some friends was the only advantage to Ts that we saw, and it helped balance the amount of Ts that would have to dedicate to defending that area because of the ones that had to rush outside to defend that hostie. However, I understand what you're saying, it's tight, and the staircases are very steep (other people have told me this, too).

[ScottehBoeh]

This looks nice. I love how you've added a sort of "branding" to the map. "Future Co." Nice touch

[biXen]

Thank you for giving me feedback. I don't know why people follow the "if it's not broken don't fix it" and design their maps around dust2 and nuke, I think it inhibits people's potential. And I know what you mean about the walls, but I do hate in competitive maps when you have visual barriers that don't match physical barriers (such as a traffic barricade that you could jump over, but in actuality, it's a playerclip wall reaching to the ceiling). So, I tried to keep the barriers as consistent with what you're able to do as possible.

The Ts vs. CTs on office is something I also wanted to avoid, and at that cost, I wanted to make it if anything CT sided. The basement portion in a mock competitive playtest with some friends was the only advantage to Ts that we saw, and it helped balance the amount of Ts that would have to dedicate to defending that area because of the ones that had to rush outside to defend that hostie. However, I understand what you're saying, it's tight, and the staircases are very steep (other people have told me this, too).

I can understand that point, big dilemma for me how to block off players because on my map there's no natural way to do it. But I think because T's start where they do if you go on the outside of the map, the choke point ends up in a pretty boring place. It could have been interesting in the outside area, just a tad further along for the CT's. Especially considering the other choke is a hallway too.