[WIP] Presidio

[Bic-B@ll]

the word is awesome

[skdr]

I think all games on the Source engine supports HDR now. If the needed entities aren't in the fgd, just add them using smartedit since the engine will recognize them.

Nope. Only cs:s, dod:s and lost coast are supported.

[R_Yell]

i like how you used three differen textures on the displacement,

there are 2 rock materials (it's one only, but with 2 shades), 6 ground materials, and 3 different overlays. Thats for all the terrain, the rocks just use 3 textures and 3 overlays.

although why is it all pixelated, use a tga with transparancy so it will look smoother.

it's pixelated because transparency (not opaque as you can see), the resolution is 512x512, not bad for a simple spider web. But the alpha usage makes aliasing, that's a norm.

a lot of the map is lacking in detail though

Inside of fort there will be some custom props (wood estructures) that will increase realism and detail, but you can't expect much more than that. Outside there will be a few more big rocks for cover, and maybe another wood prop.

The vmf size surpased 10 MB, even counting there are a lot of displacements (not only for terrain), that's a pretty big one I think.

This looks really awesum, but I can't help to think that this must be really laggy... especially in multiplayer...

absolutely wrong :wink: Brush and props usage is moderate, displacements are made in the lowest resolution possible, I put lot of care doing vvis optimization, LODs for models, fade, etc. And HL2 engine is very scalable, lowering graphic details makes miracles.

do you have any sites that you used to look at when you started out?

do you mean photo references?

[RD]

absolutely ahsum, but where are those colored caves you promised me?

[R_Yell]

Sorry, I'll make that colored caves for sure, just for you. This was a HDR compile lot of time after the last one, and wanted to see how new rock materials are looking.

[Sa74n]

with a sky like that your shadows need to have a stronger bluish tint.

looks good. i like the terrain

[R_Yell]

Thx for the tip sa74n, I'll try it.

This is a test with my second system, it's not valid at all because it was a fast vvis compile, but you can see that doesn't perform bad:

Graphical settings were set on medium, trilineal filtering, and doing server as you know takes away a few FPS.

That system was an amd athlon 2500+ (1,8 GHz), 1GB ram, and radeon 9500 (its GPU bound).

[Bic-B@ll]

it's pixelated because transparency (not opaque as you can see), the resolution is 512x512, not bad for a simple spider web. But the alpha usage makes aliasing, that's a norm.

i'm aware, i meant that you should use an alpha channel to make the lines smooth

[Meotwister]

you could also use that trick where you put a small ambient blue light in areas with large shadows.

Good job dude, on all aspects of the map.

[R_Yell]

i'm aware, i meant that you should use an alpha channel to make the lines smooth

I added a bit of blur to the alpha channel, as you requested :wink:, that makes the lines a bit smoother

These are the coloured caves, RD:

And here's an improved main door:

[Games]

Looking good i like the colored caves

Can't wait to test this baby out.

[Grinwhrl]

I think the colored caves look stupid.

Other then that everything is looking great to me

[RD]

LOL i said green or blue, not circus colors. Ofcourse its gonna look sucking this way

[R_Yell]

It was just for fun Whatever color you choose doesn't fit with a spanish mission in the XIX century.

[Skjalg]

LOL i said green or blue, not circus colors. Ofcourse its gonna look sucking this way

I agree with RD on this, It would look cool with subtle colors in the cave