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you make a note in the readme about "greying out" in software quake, implying that it's unavoidable. Players can actually address the problem by setting higher r_maxsurfs and r_maxedges values, so the problem isn't much of an issue. (most players would have these set by now, if they play any maps made since 1998.)
I never noticed that clip error which is unfortunate. As noted earlier, that hallway was a bitch to get (and keep) working so I'm not surprised that it barfed on me. Ahh well, at least you don't die from walking into that spot or something tragic like that.
"Or perhaps a fully textured map with an invalid path to the wad file." Geez. I hope it would have at least risen above the level of "texture not found" errors. :) I did put a bunch of effort into aligning those black and white textures. Oh well. ... But it does not quite cut the cake for me... While I loved gameplay (maybe a tad on the Easy side) the all white environment somehow clashes with monsters and items IMHO...
In this style, I loved much better an old experimental engine that rendered everything as a blueprint, or a sketch (you could choose). That pretty much had the same result as this... But you were able to play any given map in this style. Oh, architecturally wise, I did not find any way to get back from the "normal area", I don't know if such a way exists... This is a big let down for me, I regard backtrackability as a big plus in a map. Anyways, always glad to see Willem's work, keeps up us mac users' spirits!!! This is my 1st nightmare run, 100% Secrets and kills(missed a weapon, tho...), if anyone's interested... I was playing through last night and it seemed so familiar (the style not the map).
I finally figured it out, NPRQuake Sketchy renderer produces a similar visual effect but on normal maps: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/graphics/Gallery/NPRQuake/whatIsIt.html settings were fair, but I apreciate maps where I can play without hanging droppedout aside my keyboard afterwards killing tons of monsters.
"I finally figured it out, NPRQuake Sketchy renderer produces a similar visual effect but on normal maps: "
That's cool as shit! Love it... i may have been a little harsh. The bold color palette is effective.
The criticism i was trying to make was simply that, given the stylized look, the geometry felt like the same type of geometry that would go into any other map that didn't have this unusual texture theme -- it wasn't super-detailed or strangely shaped like "geocomp" maps that various people made for Q3, it wasn't extra-blocky/abstract like Tron, either. ""I finally figured it out, NPRQuake Sketchy renderer produces a similar visual effect but on normal maps: "
That's cool as shit! Love it..." This was a refreshing experience for me, the map looked almost like a cartoon world.
My only real complaint is that it was too easy, even on nightmare. I need some punishment! But other than that, great stuff here Willem, especially the enforcers fighting the zombies, reminds me of Half-Life 2 somewhat. Hope to see more from you. :) but reading the comments I wondered whether Willem, who's 'new' to Func, knew about the geocomps that people kept referring to.
quake 3 mapping contests.
geocomp 1 (rules etc) : http://nunuk.planetquake.gamespy.com/q3geometrychallenge.htm screenshot page for geocomp1 : http://nunuk.planetquake.gamespy.com/q3challengelevels.htm geocomp 2: http://nunuk.planetquake.gamespy.com/geocomp2challengenews.htm screenshot page 1 for geocomp 2 : http://nunuk.planetquake.gamespy.com/geocomp2challengemaps.htm
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