TF2: CP_REDSTONE

[skdr]

Looks like someone's pretending to be me

edit: PM I got from PalinFreedom, the guy who thought he was talking to me via X-Fire.

Okay, so I scanned my IM logs and buddy lists and I can't find anything from the person I talked to. I don't remember their username, but I know the display name had something about "pirates" in it.

Anyhow, when I first tried to contact you, I could find your contact info on your profile and I didn't want to make a CG account on that forum board, but I ended up stumbling across an Xfire address somewhere on that site (or an affiliate... I really wish I could remember. This was over a month ago) that seemed to belong to you.

I sent a message, asking the guy if he was the mapmaker for cp_redstone. He responded "Yeah" and continued to talk with me for about 20 minutes. He was acting a little odd, but I kinda chalked it up to being on the internet, you know? That continued sparsely for about 2 days, but I think now, in retrospect, that I was being pranked.

So yeah... my apologies. I thought I had spoken to you, but I really should have been more thorough. I hope I haven't offended.

I'll keep looking for info on the guy I spoke to, but I really don't have anything from a month ago. :arghh:

But I checked your IP this time and I'm fairly certain you're the real person... so hopefully I can avoid making the same mistake again.

Please contact me whenever if you have any questions. I'm up all the time. Seriously, I'm like an insomniac. It's crazy.

~Jack

[Mazy]

Dude, looks awesome! Love that rocket~

[Minos]

I love the interior lighting, keep up the good work skdr

/me eats

[P.Jauri]

Heya!

I'd like to introduce myself. I'm the skdr's partner on this project. The one who models and paints and has nothing to do with the actual mapping.

So....

Here's some digitalpaintings I've painted for the map. Travel ad will be placed on a diner's wall and the cosmonaut piece will be placed somewhere on the red side as a poster.

Enjoy!

Pekka Jauri

[Sentura]

kickass posters right there.

[-HP-]

ah ah, those are awesome!

And welcome to da core! :megaman:

[Yokai]

Looking good... Though its hard to know the full product until it's seen in-game.

[skdr]

First post updated with new shots

[Baumwoll-Auge-Joe]

How about release?

[skdr]

When it's done.

[RA7]

uh oh, Duke Nukem Forever Syndrome......

[-HP-]

The first and second shot are looking so awesome, I think it equals or even surpasses Valve's levels! Really amazing art direction on it, great style, textures and models!

Although the forth shot makes me remember too much of the official levels, I'd say you try to make it unique, adding that zone a custom and eye appealing prop or something!

Just my 2cent tho, this map is looking gorgeous man, the more I see, the more I'm falling in love with it! Keep it up!

[Yokai]

uh oh, Duke Nukem Forever Syndrome......

No, duke nukem forever syndrome is that it won't be released. =)

Edit: Just looked more at your updated screens. The planet is a very nice touch but for some things to point out:

- The planet looks far too close, and part of that may be the lighting.

- The clouds on the pictures seems to be overlaping the planet, did you make a cloud texture or is a dome cloud model? If animated, it won't look bad, just looks weird in still frame. Maybe I am judging this even more on its lighting. For some reason it looks more like a small planet about to crash into the planet your on...

- The last screen shot could use with more windows. Currently, it looks very isolated from the beautiful outdoor areas.

[skdr]

Thanks guys

I'm definitely still toying with the ideas for interior looks so expect those to change to some direction.

I agree with the planet. Right now it looks like a ball with a texture. I'll try some more ideas with it soon so hopefully it'll blend in better

[Thrik]

I'm a bit confused about the planet. Is it meant to be out in space but close enough to be clearly visible, or actually in that immediate environment?

It kind of looks like it's floating so I can't really tell.