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I wasted great amount of time when trying to make control room without clear vision, and in the end I decided to focus on flow and make decisions in that sense. I try to keep layout kind of simple..
I really don't know whether I have time to make everything I have in my mind. I have to push out at least one big fight. I honestly have no idea what I am doing, but I like what I have so far.
My initial idea was a lot more grounded but what I have now is rather abstract. I never mapped for a base theme and it is a different challenge to say the least. I am lightly texturing and detailing as I go, but the main focus is to plot the route of the map. After that, the fun begins with details, lights, entities, etc. Is there how many keys available and how?
Yellow, Silver cards... is there third one for example disc like in Quake2? Or red card works might work as well. Afaik there are only 2 keys in 4 visual variants. You can always use some trigger, to open a door. Maybe add some button or lever to activate them? Or some other action - you have many options.
Thanks, had another vision where player need to turn power on before pressing the button and activating elevators in base.. so it seems like I don't need key for that.
I'm going to use silver key(s) already for the different purposes. Though it really makes me wonder why there is only two kinds of keys available, doom had 3 types of keys even. Ok so I finally got rid of all the leaks, egregious brushes, and brushes with 64 faces (J.A.C.K. has that awesome rock feature).
IT COMPILES! IT LIVES!! Pics (Still need to add some lights in places of course, dark moody cave is intended): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20160676/quake/engine1/keep20160810202156-00.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20160676/quake/engine1/keep20160810202233-00.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20160676/quake/engine1/keep20160810202341-00.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20160676/quake/engine1/keep20160810202520-00.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20160676/quake/engine1/keep20160810202625-00.jpg My map is not looking good lol...
I guess was not a good idea to try learn from the basics, and meet a deadline when I'm too busy XD Will keep working on it till I think it's acceptable, but the map wont be on this Jam. I made a lot of mistakes, and learned a lot! really wanna work more on quake maps. Can't wait to see what you guys have done!! Gorgeous color scheme, Qmaster! You're the second or third person in this thread I've gotten intensely jealous of after seeing you perfectly pull off colors I'd wanted to use. You rat bastards. :D
Wish I could say I had any screenshots of my own, but the past week has been unexpectedly busy and I'm not much of a multitasker. I do have something to share, though, a small update to my FGD that avoids a possible editor conflict between different versions of 'delay' that appear in various places in the file. Technical details aside, those using Jack should now be able to set a target to turn a light into a spotlight, and also have the nice dropdown menu for Attenuation with its friendly names, instead of having to type in a number. Geometry - 85%
Lite Texturing - 100% Detailed Texturing - 30% Detailed Brushes - 40% Entities - 5% Lighting - 0% Testing - 10% I got some work to do, but filling in the creamy filling is my favorite part! ;O Once I finish detailing, I'll post WIPs if it isn't' already the deadline! about 3/10 done.. haven't finished ceilings yet, because lot of areas are under work until the layout is tested out well.
Here is couple areas that will stay as they are now: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxYkKdSD855NkhrN3ZmV0xqQTA/view?usp=sharing I haven't sure yet about fog, but I will play around couple settings I used different map. Cyan/Blue eerie fog might look good or not.. I have to try out something like that. Map is going to be called out of jam7 "IceCore", when it is finished/polished. It might not look much right now, but hopefully it will end up being what I'm seeing already*
Is this the FGD you're using, right? Thanks for it!
As for me, I'm still greyboxing. No screenies atm. Interesting to know* I haven't personally ever played doom 64, only doom 1, 2 and a lots of custom episodes yet mods.
I could say I have played Doom more than Quake in my past, but I have to say I prefer Quake more nowadays - it feels just right to me. And my favorite episode in Quake is Episode 4, even though many people seems to dislike it "because spawns mostly I guess". but yeah, as long as it's in original Quake's color pallet (which I am using), why not use them?
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