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I like the lift. If you like I will make you a version of that texture that merges into your floor texture, or a more standard idbase floor.
I agree with Nitin though, you could do well to put a few more angles in your map - particularly some sloped walls. Also, I thought that the floor looked a bit bare, so maybe you could break it up a bit by adding some gratings and small raised sections. Wouldn't mind seeing some Fitzquake shots by the way... Fitz is the only Engine that gets close to the lighting style of software Quake, and your lighting looks a little bland. By the way, there is plenty of time. We have ages. Also, there is no ETA on the new Quoth content, and I think most of us want to wait for that before releasing the pack, so the current Christmas release date is the earliest the pack is likely to come out, and even that is a little optimistic, so relax and don't rush ;) we tend to work with the 'when it's done' approach... i don't really know the score on what you guys have been working towards on release dates, but i think i can safely say you have quite a bit of time to work on your maps before the content is ready.
we have some nifty stuff planned, but it will (of course) require lots of work. btw, i think it was Than that asked about custom trains to control things like movement speed and such... it's actually undocumented, but that code is already in the current version of quoth. i think we forgot to add it in the dev notes, in which case, it was probably my fault, so apologies for that. anyway, func_train: The func_train has also been modified with certain bits of code from the custents mod pack. TRAIN_SMOOTH Makes the train move smoothly through path_corners that have no wait time on them. TRAIN_BLOCKABLE Allows the smooth trains to be blocked in the regular fasion of stopping and applying damage instead of pushing the blocking entity out of the way like it would do otherwise. Keys: "speed" moving speed, default is 100 "dmg" damage, default is 2 "sounds" 1 = ratchet metal "duration" specifies the amout of time for the train to take in going from corner to corner. Set to 0 if you want to use "speed". "noise" allows you the specify a wav file for the stop sound. "noise1" allows you the specify a wav file for the moveing sound. path_corner: func_train specifics: "speed" makes the train move on to the next corner at this rate. "duration" makes the train move on to the next corner and get there in this number of seconds. If this is not 0, this will be used over the speed variable. "event" is the target name of the entity to trigger when the train gets to it. "message" is the message to display when the event is triggered. also, if a path_corner has 'wait -1' you can retrigger the train to get it moving again. TRAIN_SMOOTH and TRAIN_BLOCKABLE refer to spawnflags 1 and 2 respectively.
but i actually am not sure if that code was implemented or not... try it, but if it crashes the game, well, that's your answer. :P that there was some advanced func_train stuff in there, as I looked at ne=marb the other night and noticed you have a lift that speeds up and slows down.
Still not exactly how I would like it done, but if that's the most that is possible for the pack then I am happy with that :) what more did you want besides variable speeds, travel speed based on time, ability to retrigger, etc?
Anyway, I just wanted go to path_corner X and the ability to change sounds.
As for advanced trains with some cool effects (moving water etc.) you might want to check out poxs extras (if you didn't already) http://developer.chaoticbox.com/quake.php?tab=poxgoodies These are a few days old shots, but of pretty much finished areas. Although there are still lots of little ends to tie up here and there, I feel like I am making good progress toward the end of the map now - although I'm not quite sure how large the end is going to be :)
http://than.leveldesign.org/files/basepack_s05.jpg http://than.leveldesign.org/files/basepack_s06.jpg http://than.leveldesign.org/files/basepack_s07.jpg The first two are of the same area, and the last one is a little corridor bit off the stairwell that sits at the side of the main liftshaft (well, who knows, the lifts could break and you'd be stuck several feet underground reading old copies of National Geographic for 3 years before someone fixes it) I will try and get some more mapping done tonight, and also collect my textures and modified bits into a wad so that anyone using them can update their wad with them. I think it's better than posting the entire idbase wad each time :) I can't use the net at home, and can't use IRC at work, so I won't be in there for a few weeks at least. Once the net is sorted out, I will join.
Had a few days break from mapping, but will probably resume at the weekend :) now my base map becomes 6Mb and I am using the extras_p4 mod. I added a hiprotate.qc and a earthquake.qc as well as my newboss.qc
I wondered if this map could fit in the basepak as the use of the Quothpak seems to be the final option? najs... is that weird computer thingy underwater? It's cool in it's construction, I think you've really made big improvements as a mapper.
I like that last shot a lot. Geometry and texture line up is quite effective there.
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