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. 

should learn to block the vis 

He's been learning that recently. 

http://scampie.spawnpoint.org/screens/metal.jpg 

Yay for Scampie who made a single hall and placed a scrag therein!

I'll be impressed when you finish it. 

i was impressed at how accurate that was rpg.

looks good scampie. nice lighting :) 

there are 2 scrags (the other is above the player)! and there's also another hallway you can't see! 

you may consider putting something on the walls between each arch... it seems just a bit bare at the moment. maybe sometype of alcove? 

Great light effect i like it ...
When can i kill the scrag ??? 

i like it, looming, ... more scrags... higher up... LOOMING 

http://www.planetquake.com/speedy/screens/blahblah14j.jpg 

looks very good 

Looks real nice, my one crit would be ditch the rock texture, it sucks :/ Apart from that it looks real nice, vertical too! :) 

What quake it is ? 

i kinda like the rock texture, daz. dont ditch it speedy! 

some cool stuff here:

http://bgmp.burial-grounds.com/viralis.html 

the wood/metal one, the qfraggel3a themed one and the indoor/outdoor one look pretty cool. 

A few shots of a dark xl1dm7.

http://www.planetquake.com/xl/xl1dm7a.jpg
http://www.planetquake.com/xl/xl1dm7b.jpg
http://www.planetquake.com/xl/xl1dm7c.jpg 

You've revived it! I like the combination of textures, although that decon texture looks out of place. Some of the lighting looks a bit too bright, IMO, and could use a bit more contrast in a few spots (such as in the RA nook and the hallway in shot 1).

Just make sure to finish it! 

The decon looks uber nice :) 

I find the texture theme too oppressive. But that's just a personal view, I can see how it works. 

too scary for teh shambler. go play some giants ya wee fairy :-P 

...like Kjsp1 for example :P. 

saw the alhambra in granada recently and was very distracted by how much it was like that damn map :)