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You can see the project file on http://cts.quakexpert.com
But it is in built You know, a cathedral built next to a cliff for some reason, and part of the cliff fell and took half the cathedral with it. So you have a ruined cathedral looking out onto a cliff.
this random i-need-more-sleep idea brought to you (c) 2003 Grahf a little suggestion.
if you guys use photoshop or psp, it's nice to make tiles (have i got the word right? one pic containing more pics?) of screenies so that they dont' need lots of links. ok, you can put more screenies in each page but thats definitely less professional this idea was rigurgitated by DP (TM) http://www.phaitaccompli.com/crap/maps/
The first one sucked.. it was not my first map (I've done maps since about.. 1995, 1996) but that was from an idea on paper that didnt turn out well, I was rusty.. there are some memorable ones I was happy with tho, I just don't have them anymore :\ dm8a and dm8b look pretty interesting. Some of the other stuff is kinda cool, if a bit old school.
I've updated my QExpo booth with details on some of my upcoming maps, and also with some map screenies:
http://www.qexpo.com/booths.php?id=26&si=27&sk=iUywHexx But if you're too lazy to go to the booth and find the links, here they are: I've got you right where I want you... http://www.qexpo.com/uploaded/26/unferstart.jpg Part of metlslime's section from SM69: http://www.qexpo.com/uploaded/26/sm69.jpg that hand sort of reminds me of the one that brushboy did for Gunman TC, that he showed a shot of in one of his tutorials.
They are in similar poses, aren't they? I didn't even realize that.
And thanks for the compliment. My brother, Ben (who is called Makkon), created a map that I took some screenshots of.
It's so detailed that it just goes too slow to be playable, but it shows some pretty decent skill. I just thought you all could give him some useful feedback. http://static.condemned.com/makkon/cast2/ The download doesn't work right now, forgot to put it on the zip disk. ;) I'm wondering if he could make use of the eye candy entities to replace some of the repeated architecture with some models or bspmodels, or if that would just slow it down even more... Anyway, he's got a bunch more maps that I intend to screenshot and put up there. Most are very detailed (he'd be great for Q3 or UT2003, or even doom3 when it's out; but quake runs too slow). Hopefully he can get some real good advice from y'all. That does look pretty cool; although, some of the walls look flat and uninteresting. He could probably put some trim around the windows and on top of the walls to help make that better. However, then we get back to r_speeds.
He may want to consider using a lower-res mesh for the rocks to lower the r_speeds. If it was for Q2, he could try making a bunch of the brushes used for detailing into detail brushes. But since it's for Q1, he could make those detailing brushes into func_walls. There's a great article over on Rust that offers many tips for reducing r_speeds in Q2, so maybe he should check that out; there might be some relevant stuff. http://www.gamedesign.net/?file=rust/content/quake2/tutorials/poly_count But then again, your brother may already know all this stuff. My bro is kind of like me. He knows a lot, but it's scattered all over the place, so just when you think he's either an idiot or genious, he goes and surprises you. I'm exactly the same. :)
I'll definately send him this info. In fact, I'll try to get him to register and start posting. He could learn a lot here.
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