Cs_occupation Beta2

[Pingu_swe]

I began creating this map almost 2 months ago. The first month a just worked with the layout trying to create an enjoyable map. After beta1 I started to work on the visual and now I have finished beta2. I still have work left to do (i.e. radar overview) until I can release.

http://hem.spray.se/furuslatt/cs_occupation_beta2.rar

[Rick_D]

the base of the concrete pillars in the parking garage look massive?

[Evert]

Looks pretty good really, the lights from the windows in the second screen looks weird with only round shapes.

Also the area visible through the windows on the last screen looks bad, otherwise it looks solid.

[ifO]

Looks pretty good.

Though I don't like pic1, but I can't quite put my finger on why. Maybe because it looks a bit like HL1 somehow... maybe because the architecture doesn't make much sense.

[hessi]

the ambient color of your skylight is too blue/saturated. reduce the saturation like 70% make it a soft/decent blue. atm its much too strong

the rest looks pretty solid, but lacks of originality

[Mkz]

shouldn't those pillars be a bit bigger in the first shot?

also the first shot lacks detail. but its a wip so i dont care.

[KoKo5oVaR]

the rest looks pretty solid, but lacks of originality

It honestly looks good, the color palette for the indoor lightings is well thought, but like hessi said i think that the lack of originality is the main problem of your map :/

[Pingu_swe]

Looks pretty good really, the lights from the windows in the second screen looks weird with only round shapes.

Also the area visible through the windows on the last screen looks bad, otherwise it looks solid.

The lightmap on the floor is now increased.

the ambient color of your skylight is too blue/saturated. reduce the saturation like 70% make it a soft/decent blue. atm its much too strong

the rest looks pretty solid, but lacks of originality

I changed the skylight for a more soft look. You are also right about the orginality and I honestly don´t know how to deal with it .

shouldn't those pillars be a bit bigger in the first shot?

also the first shot lacks detail. but its a wip so i dont care.

The first shot shows the T-spawn and hostage. Since I got 32 spawns there my possibilities are limited. But I still think I need to add more details, I just don´t know what. Any ideas?

[hessi]

the rest looks pretty solid, but lacks of originality

I changed the skylight for a more soft look. You are also right about the orginality and I honestly don´t know how to deal with it .

well finish this map because it doesnt look bad and then think of a new setting or maybe setting that hasnt been brought to the maximum of quality. maybe something that is more like phantasy environment (this crossplayer game has an awesome environment art. maybe you can hook on it). or make some maps for a mod team. usually new mods require completly new content. such as insurgency or dystopia or nase2.

if you want to stay with counter-strike you maybe want to remake some old beta maps (cs_tire, cs_siege) and bring the layouts to new environments. for example make cs_siege an arizona or amazona themed map. get your self some creativity

[General Vivi]

really like this hallway ^_^!

makes me happy inside

[RA7]

pRETTY SWEET AND SOLID MAP.

\Damn CAPS LOCK!!!

[BioPulse]

Doesn't look like all the other cs maps out there, and it looks pretty nicely built I'll have to give this a go sometime soon

[SnipaMasta]

the rest looks pretty solid, but lacks of originality

I can't think of any maps that are 'original'. I mean, even Corse is similar to Inferno. Telling people that their work "isn't original" really isn't helpful, especially when barely any maps are. And saying it right after they've spent 2 months on it certainly isn't very motivating.

[Psy]

Any custom map can be compared to an original map.

All the map ideas have been done.

You can make something look interesting by simply adding your own style which I think Pengu has done really well.

[SnipaMasta]

It's hard to make your own style with default content though, I think calling a map unoriginal because it doesn't use shedloads of custom models and textures is very unhelpful. I would certainly agree that this map doesn't really look like any default maps though.