So SaigonTime is gonna make a map (CTF_DEADSPACE)

its looking really nice Saigon !

ok saigon :3 you better not let snippers dominate me by beeing little fags and hiding in a corner

You just need to start using tf2 textures cuz those textures are for hl2 and they look bad in tf2, and oh, add cubemaps to your map, the 9th pic has purple and black textures if you noticed.

Yeah, make them snipers suffer! Raaaaaaaage for not being able to walk/run/jump outside of spawn! >=[ !

Killa wrote:ok saigon :3 you better not let snippers dominate me by beeing little fags and hiding in a corner

killa I'll domintate you with my huntsman any day

Skybox is very nice very nice

I must reiterate Killa's concern about snipers, and if its as big as it looks, the viability of soldiers/heavies could also come into question

I see what you did there...

Yeah, that was kind of a dick move on my part, I was really just looking for an excuse to use that reaction face.

As for the map, I'm sort of letting it be today, at least as far as actually mapping is concerned. I'm drawing out the secret paths, as well as planning the Engineer course out -- I'm actually thinking about making the Engies go through a hole in the ship's hull and out into space instead of going through the Engineering floor, but I dunno. It'd be hard to make a jumping puzzle in zero gravity.

Also, I had a thought. Jewsus knows about this already, but I figured I'd tell you guys too: anyone who's played Dead Space is familiar with the whispers, and for those of you who aren't: as the game progresses, the main character begins to hear voices. At first it's just a word or two, but close to the end he's hearing full-on conversations from people that aren't there. I've actually found a whole bunch of them online, and I was considering cleaning them up and adding them to the level. It wouldn't be constant, maybe one every two minutes or something, just enough to be noticed and to add that atmospheric touch. They can be heard here:

http://www.deadspacehorror.com/dead-space-whispers

I may work on the map some more tonight, but it's hot chocolate time now.

Make sure you don't make the map file size too big - for instance, mach4's and turbine (back when it was a custom) popularity is due in large part to it being a very small file to dl

Make sure you don't make the map file size too big - for instance, mach4's and turbine (back when it was a custom) popularity is due in large part to it being a very small file to dl

lol,
saigon make sure your map takes an hour to dl on runtimes fail internets

Its true - why do you think unique maps like zig and aerospace arent more popular? Cause theyre 100 MB to dl

I totally agree with Runtime, Im trying my best to keep the filesize as low as possible in pl_railroads, its 75MB now(not bad for a big map like that, Gold rush is 98MB). Like Runtime mentioned, aerospace and Zig are over 120MB and most people won't take the time to download it and they just skip it.

Well, it's easier for me to sort of go 'hog wild' at first, THEN trim it down, rather than being completely frugal and building stuff subsequently.

This is the best site if you want to optimize your map Saigon. This is the site that everybody uses to optimize their maps. You will learn a lot from this site.

http://rvanhoorn.ruhosting.nl/optimization.php?page=news

Hurm.







I'm not going out there, there's monsters and shit.

hmmm 3rd pic has bad lighting on the ground if you noticed.

Looks good but needs at least enough light to see if there's an enemy

Runtime wrote:Looks good but needs at least enough light to see if there's an enemy

There'll be more lighting, I was just showing off what I'd done in the spawn room so far.

Yup definitly looks like a spawn room alright

I found this for you Saigon, might help you with the lighting.
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=7011

Fucking win, SWATY. It's so hard trying to do 'creepy' and 'be able to see the other fucking team' without a guide XD

Make sure you add sprites to the lights so you can get realistic lighting.