Func_Msgboard: Screenshots & Betas

Posted by metlslime on 2002/12/23 18:27:46

This is the place to post screenshots of your upcoming masterpiece and get criticism, or just have people implore you to finish it. You should also use this thread to post beta versions of your maps.

Need a place to host your screenshots? Upload them here:
http://www.quaketastic.com/
Username: quaketastic
Password: ZigguratVertigoBlewTronynsSocksOff
File size limit is 128MB.

First | Previous | Next | Last

Hmmm

#1799 posted by DaZ on 2005/02/21 05:32:44

I would say try and keep fps at around 25-30 minimum..

The hard thing is that performance varies A LOT between each generation of graphics cards on doom 3 from what I have seen, and the best way to keep framerates up on lower gen hardware is to keep the lightcounts per face down as much as possible (yeah... duh).

Sounds obvious, but from all the systems I have tested my map on (geforce3, geforce4mx, radeon 9800se, radeon 9800xt) that seems to be the best way to keep fps up. good portaling comes next, followed by actual scene detail levels (polygon wise) ...

Err hope that helps someone!

Random Doom3 Mappage

#1800 posted by metlslime on 2005/02/22 02:33:03

These are from a map I built over the past week for a design test. The spec was to build a Maginot-Line-style bunker in Doom 3:

http://www.celephais.net/shite/bunker1.jpg
http://www.celephais.net/shite/bunker2.jpg
http://www.celephais.net/shite/bunker3.jpg
http://www.celephais.net/shite/bunker4.jpg

Overall it's a bit plain, but it's hard to make a map like this without lots of sppopriate models to scatter about. Oh, and the hazard striping is goofy as hell, I realized.

Note: textures are mine, too.

Appropriate

#1801 posted by metlslime on 2005/02/22 02:34:05

Metlslime

#1802 posted by JPL on 2005/02/22 02:51:14

Wow, really good screenshots. I visited in my youth a part of the Maginot-line (I'm native from North-East of france, so, it's a part of my "cultural" knowledges...). I found the screenshots very realistic, as far as I remember !! Nice textures as well...

Just take a look at (it's in french.. sorry...)

http://verpelliere.free.fr/hackenberg.htm
http://www.le-site-web.com/onac57/site-mf/Veckring.html
http://www.ifrance.com/letunnel/maginot/fortif.htm

The last web site is slow, but full of interesting photos... ;)

Hey!

#1803 posted by Friction on 2005/02/22 06:16:47

Nice textures there, subtle. With some more detail and junk thrown about, it would be quite HL2ish.

Lonely Q1 Screenie

#1804 posted by BlackDog on 2005/02/22 07:52:48

Suprise, it's a corridor!

http://www.infosprite.com/members/BlackDog/bdog_meaningless_corridor_q1.jpg

I Like The Shapes ...

#1805 posted by . on 2005/02/22 08:28:18

But some will peck you to death about using the same tex on walls and ceiling.

Do as you want, I say.

On The Floor Too, Actually

#1806 posted by BlackDog on 2005/02/22 08:41:24

wizmet1_2: the gift that keeps on giving.

I'll try not to overuse it.

#1807 posted by necros on 2005/02/22 11:09:32

i like the ceiling details and the 45 degree angles. :)
lighting is fine

I Like That

#1808 posted by nitin on 2005/02/22 13:27:31

looks good blackdog

45 Degree Angles Make Everything Better

#1809 posted by Friction on 2005/02/23 02:10:14

Seriously.

Lovely corridor that, but I want to see a junction and room entrance next. Making them to look good while using complex corridor designs is the hardest part.

Metlslime:

#1810 posted by - on 2005/02/23 10:15:55

Awesome work!

Lighting Needs More Drama

#1811 posted by Friction on 2005/02/25 00:22:14

http://www.kolumbus.fi/ville.nieminen/bright1.jpg

Shame I didn't think of adding floor height variations here before it was too late (read: can't be arsed to re-map that much anymore)

#1812 posted by necros on 2005/02/25 00:32:36

nice, it's not completly pitch black like most of d3's maps. ;) having proper lighting gives the chance to show off the brushwork a lot more.

also, the style feels different from the original game. still feels like doom, but not typical delta/alpha labs stuff. well, that could just be the lighting. ;)

nice work. :)

Friction

#1813 posted by JPL on 2005/02/25 00:39:29

Looks cool, rather a nice space-ship/base corridor, I like it ! ... and now go map.. ;)

It Could Just Be That Angle And All The Bumpmapping

#1814 posted by nitin on 2005/02/25 03:32:10

but that looks like it suffers from what I call "ut2004 syndrome". By that I mean that it looks 'overdetailed and cluttered' if there is such a thing.

then again, I havent played any new engine games so maybe they all look like that.

Nitin Has A Point

#1815 posted by Friction on 2005/02/25 05:23:19

I know I've went overboard on some of the wall details due to the lack of planning. Different kinds of trims and wall extrusions too near eachothers, especially in the corridor on left. I'll fixx0rate.

Friction

#1816 posted by nitin on 2005/02/25 06:52:26

"Different kinds of trims and wall extrusions too near eachothers, especially in the corridor on left"

thats what I was trying to say.

Friction

#1817 posted by Kinn on 2005/02/25 07:24:57

Looks very, very good; especially the lighting. I think I also agree with nitin, in that the wedge wall extrusions on the left corridor might be a bit too much.

#1818 posted by Zwiffle on 2005/02/25 11:46:59

Looks like the Happy Days of Doom3 maps.

MP Thomasc Teaser

#1819 posted by T_Creutzenberg on 2005/02/26 02:26:09

Wow

#1820 posted by DaZ on 2005/02/26 04:03:46

really like the look of that T_Creutzenberg!

Are those new textures? I dont recall seeing them in doom3, and they are very sexy indeed.

Love the colour scheme too, very monotone but with the red lights adding some colour, makes the map feel very bleak and harsh.

Be sure to post back here when its released eh!

Yah

#1821 posted by Kinn on 2005/02/26 04:50:41

Looks nice, T :)

I'm glad we're starting to see some quality coming through now for D3

That Is By Far The Coolest Looking Doom3 Map

#1822 posted by nitin on 2005/02/26 05:11:08

that I've seen pics of.

how does it run though?

Curious

#1823 posted by than on 2005/02/26 06:04:31

The screens look great. I was just wondering how much of that comes from existing Doom 3 mapmodels and how much is new - did you make much in Max/maya/whatever?

First | Previous | Next | Last

You must be logged in to post in this thread.