[WIP] de_biome

[gav]

Good Luck in the Finals JD > Kick some arse  

[jd40]

Update:

I made a second set of dome models. They have about 10% of the old models polys. I've been able to replace about half of them with the new cheap version without any noticeable difference. The other half will switch based on "Shader Detail" setting.

I hope people will find the performance more acceptable now.

On the visual side I've been detailing the floor and trying out some sun beam models.

 

[VIOLATION]

Looking fantastic, love all the little details you're working in, keep it up!

[jd40]

Another update this week!

• New 3D skybox

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Old skybox:

New skybox:

• Signposting

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The idea was to draw the player's eyes to the important signs like someone suggested on the playtest last month.

I made a new set of models, they're white/tintable and french. I hope google translate didn't let me down 

I used at most 2 red signs per location.

Speaking of multilingual signs, I also made french/arabic skins to replace english stuff.

• New foliage (desaturated is new)

I replaced the old textures with a new hr one. Still needs some tweaking, maybe bring some color back. I'd also like to make the jungle seem thicker in some places. 

[Vaya]

Looks amazing. great work.

[Quotingmc]

All of it looks great! New skybox is particuarly cool!

[Roald]

I love it!

[gav]

Next level  JD

[blackdog]

AWesome work!

Best if luck for the final of the contest and looking forward to see this in the next Operation

[That50'sGuy]

I love how it plays and I hope it maybe gets in a permanent place in CS (Or at least in an operation)! Only thing I suggest is adding color to the cars in the parking lot. No real parking lot has only white cars, and the Newke cars were designed to be colorized. Just go to there properties and find the color area and color them to your hearts desire

Edited January 10, 2018 by Xingo

[jd40]

9 hours ago, Xingo said:

I love how it plays and I hope it maybe gets in a permanent place in CS (Or at least in an operation)! Only thing i suggest is adding color to the cars in the parking lot. No real parking lot has only white cars, and the Newke cars were designed to be colorized. Just go to there properties and find the color area and color them to your hearts desire

Thanks for the tip. I was looking at some reference pictures and Africa does have a disproportionately high number of white/bright cars. But you're right, an odd dark/colored car wouldn't hurt.

[Andre Valera]

Absolutely stunning, immediately thought of the Biodome film when I first saw this entry. Glad to see updates roll out with addition of details, keep up the great work!

[Serialmapper]

On 11/27/2017 at 8:47 PM, Serialmapper said:

So, after you win this contest

well... i told you 

Congratulations!

Edited February 24, 2018 by Serialmapper

[RA7]

CONGRATS!!!

 

[FMPONE]

I'll have more elaborated thoughts on this map in a video that may or may come out soon, but I did want to share some more detailed thoughts on it.

Starting with art, I feel that some of the indoor detailing in this map is a weak-point for it. In such an otherwise fantastic looking map, I notice that many of the indoor assets such as the displacement walls could use some blendmodulate textures that are more appropriate, some textures that feel a bit higher-resolution and satisfying to look at, and some of the props used to seam the ground and the walls feel a bit dated and low resolution. It's a nit-pick, but in a map this good you are left with nit-picking. While we're nit-picking, I feel that moving clouds in the sky might be a nice touch if your FPS can handle it, remember you can disable certain props on lower settings, so for the super-high end users this would be a nice treat.

Further thoughts: there are many areas in this map where railings are covered, such as in T-Spawn. IMO, that's a bad idea because it really limits the ability of CTs to push into spawn for information. I would remove the covers from the rails so that players have unfettered visibility on those angles.

Overall, absolutely thrilled with this one from a gameplay and art standpoint.