pretty cool map, but what 5th said.
Needs more ammo. 

 

RoQ: Overall a nice little map for a first release. Demo recorded with ZDoom 2.7.1 - not sure if it works across quickloads, though.

Q1SP screenshots: Cool. 

http://i.imgur.com/fkLYBau.jpg 

Got a bit of time off at the moment to map. So map I have done...

http://31.media.tumblr.com/07f7aed7df3d7df279673c3c5013c1dc/tumblr_n43994mLmg1s95hkno1_1280.jpg

http://37.media.tumblr.com/e5621833177bfaa1003db76f20dce773/tumblr_n43994mLmg1s95hkno2_1280.jpg 

Cool, i like the 1st shot. 2nd shot also, but the wooden beams at the stairs don�t make sense. 

That wood needs a lot of realigning on the smaller sides. 

needs a lot of imagination on both sides:) 

If you don't finish that beast of a level I will cut you.

So many screenshots :O Looking good! 

RLOF 

In this case I'd agree that a bit more alignment might be good, and wouldn't distract from the ID1 stylization going on. Agree with mfx too about that particular wood seeming somewhat out of place in shot 2.

1st shot atmosphere is rad, can't wait to play it! 

When is the QExpo anyway? 

The map has a lot of wood trims so that's unlikely to change much. Alignment is something I usually stick on top of as the map progresses, though I will be looking to get the next couple of maps tested before I do a second pass. The second pass usually involves refining everything and adding a few extra secrets (so the people who tested have a little extra something once it's released). 

http://i.imgur.com/zadlSBz.png
http://i.imgur.com/rPHicSB.png
http://i.imgur.com/Puos58O.png 

All looks great. HTH. x 

Rubicon shots look very cool, i'm excited to see this megapack when it's released.

P.S. regarding <a href="http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/tfrag05.png
">this screenshot</a>, you should give r_oldwater 0 a try :) 

P.S. regarding this screenshot, you should give r_oldwater 0 a try :)

Failed at my own messageboard 

why did you default that to on? i always looks worse. :( 

probably a mistake.

My philosophy when working on fitzquake was that it was a drop-in replacement for glquake -- lots of people using broken glquake, so let's give them an engine that is better, but has the same defaults for cvars and stuff so their hand-crafted configs still work.

Another example is gl_flashblend, which still defaults to 1 in fitzquake. Notably, both of these cvars default to the higher performance setting rather than the higher quality setting. This is due to targeting the same hardware specs as glquake, which at the time was reasonable.

But this is a new generation of players at this point, and most people get recommended fitzquake who just installed quake from steam or are coming from a different custom engine. And they have much better computers. So I really should change all the cvars to give the best looking experience. 

I should really finish that secret. All the testers are disappointed when they find it, and oh back at least once, thinking I can't possibly have left something unfinished...

Oldwater? Ok. Don't remember what that does...

I miss r_lavaalpha, r_slimealpha, r_telealpha. 

everyone who uses fitzquake or quakespasm should turn r_oldwater off (set it to 0). it makes the water texture warp completely smoothing (like it did in software quake). 

nothing much here (hopefully some actual screenshots in the next few weeks, as I am finally about to have some spare time), but anyway:

q2warehouse-ish coloured lighting shot previously posted:
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/oldcolour.jpg
version with no coloured lighting:
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/nocolour.jpg
The more I think about it, the more the second one looks more "Quake." Btw it is a bitch to light those white textures especially in a level with no global minlight.

I was going for foreboding:
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/bw3.jpg
and a random editor shot of more fleshy life forms interfering with things:
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/noob%20saibot.jpg 

The more I think about it, the more the second one looks less "Regurgitated disco horror."

Definitely better. 

use fullbright pixels on the lights???

and yes, please go in the no-colour direction! <3 

Of course wihtout colour is more Quakey, we are more accostumed to that in Quake. Provide both versions, if someone doesn't want the colour, he has it easy just by removing the .lit file

In the coloured version i like the violet coloured glass at the left. I think that more subtle colour in the rest of the lights is better for Quakey feeling. Non-coloured shot feels a bit dull, maybe it is just a feeling i have after seeing the coloured version, maybe it is because it is mostly black and white textures, maybe it needs stronger contrast in shadows or some spot that calls you to look at.

The third shot is perfect. don't change it. It feels like a shot from a recent high-technology graphics game.

Fourth is good too, maybe the texture used in the inner part of the window at the right ...

RingofQuaddamage, i can't give you a decent opinion as the last time i played Doom was 20 years ago, but those look good, maybe less of that brown texture.