For some reason, many employers don't like to pay people for surfing the internet.

Especially fun when clients send you blocked URLs! 

Dropbox also implies "this file will be deleted whenever I feel like it" while Quaketastic is meant for longtime accessibility. 

Rick - Sure, but for any white collar, creative type job the internet is pretty important for a whole array of reasons. Blocking it in the hopes of raising productivity likely does the opposite.

Spirit - Fair point! 

simply because it's the fastest and easiest way to host files. I always click the link I share to make sure they work (they always do for me on my home pc).

I dont know why it wont work for you. It's unlikely that files on my drop box will be deleted soon after I upload them, I am just not that organised. Also I think it would be unfair for me to throw WIP shots on quaketastic, seems like a waste of bandwidth. 

 

Well I have posted some of my wip pics on tumblr, I could always hotlink them. 

Also I think it would be unfair for me to throw WIP shots on quaketastic, seems like a waste of bandwidth.

Absolutely not!

Tumblr links are very volatile from what I know. Imgur likes to recompress pictures and deletes them after a while http://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/201476457-How-long-do-you-keep-the-images-

I just organised the archival of 140,000 mp3s off a dying website, I care about longevity. 

If you use a pic hosting site, use Minus, it doesn't recompress pics. 

Some Map waffle and reflection on making things in a hurry.
(Features screenshots too!) 

Thanks sock 

Longecity is one thing, authorship rights is another. Some people like to keep control over their images, the freedom to delete them whenever they please. 

then posting on a public (as can be) board might not be what they want but rather something more private with a restricted audience? 

It's what it's there for. Don't worry about bandwidth, it's practically unlimited. 

Shots look good, map on! 

is that not available for download? 

thanks for the comment mfx 

@nitin, I want to do more to the map and release it another time. The article is just me making notes and thinking about what went right with the map session. 

thanks, I think it looks too good not to release. 

http://i.imgur.com/hpQ8Yrg.png 

I made the brushes in trenchbroom and then used quark to add the lights and other entities.
It's not an ideal way to do things but until Sleeps adds full support for other engines this'll have to do...

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/Htic2-01.jpg

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/Htic2-02.jpg


The first lighting pass looked pretty good, but with subsequent rebuilds I've noticed the lighting get a bit weird. 

I'll so play a Heretic 2 map. I loved Heretic 2 and mapping for it. The texture sets weren't as flexible or durable as Quake's, but it did have a distinct art style with some really great environments (the sky cities, mountain temples, etc). Tons of cool map objects too. Quake2 engine + fantasy style produced some interesting creativity. 

Looking at those screens makes me wish that Enclave had custom maps. :( 

http://www.ogier-editor.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2

;) 

What do you use to make your maps?