It actually stems from the early days when maps were smaller. The middle camera speed was FAST back in the UT99 days. These days it's slow because maps have gotten much larger... 

Yeah, until a new build comes along, or some rogue programmer updates the INI :( 

love that idea; you could easily build in a story like 'you crashed your plane and now you need to find a way to get it working aagin' or something similar. 

What game are you thinking of modding?

I know you say traditional mechanics, but for some reason I'm thinking of Portal . . . 

i'm working with hl2 (up to ep2). i would have prefered working in d3, both because it's more powerful and i'm more familiar with it, but it has a few major shortfalls that would totally ruin the type of map i have in mind.

when i said traditional, i meant i'd try to add in a bit of combat too, but i'll try to keep that too a minimum since hl2 monster set is so limited. 

Lua is a pain in the nuts ;) 

I thought LUA rocks. A simple straightforward scripting language with no gimmicks. 

But most scripting forms are and Lua has case sensitive format, with alot of stuff hardwired to caps or not.

We use Lua now because it's cheaper in runtime than our old scripting system, but it generally takes alot more messing around in order to use.

Lua isn't especially fantastic, but it is universal. Kind of like windows OS. 

It's more for programmers than level designers. 

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Thanks a lot for this great moment of sex :P 

Now we're fucked. 

 

never managed to add a post without logging in.
how do they do it, I mean, spamming without logging in?
Do I have to live in the US for that?

back on toppic, my map. I tried two new monsters, bones and granito. It works well but I get the feeling I learned to much to apreciate it.
I see too many texture mislignments, played the map over and over searching the game flow.

The funny feeling of seeing through Quake's magic left my feeling of fascination.
But alright, I don't have to release a map, maybe just squeeze it for a while like a bunch of cherries, forcing it into wine until I find back my first opinion.

http://members.home.nl/gimli/arcus02.jpg
http://members.home.nl/gimli/arcus03.jpg
http://members.home.nl/gimli/arcus04.jpg 

Don't want to pour cold water water on the thing but shots 2+3 look great, with 1 seeming to be something else entirely. Labyrinthian, but without the detailing present in the second two shots.

Maybe add some trims to that area(s). 

First shot has interesting architecture but needs texture variation. As for the others, I recommend changing the texture of the rails to something without rivets. Two different water textures ? 

hhhmmmm I concur with ijed and negke, and I add it looks tasty: go map ! 

for your advice!

I must admit I have the feeling it's an example of style-breach. The first pix is a medieval style while the other two are a neat present of a nowadays town.

Point is the bsp has reached 7.2Mb and I can't do a thing to it. I'll have to break it up which I don't like or make the best of it as it is now.

Maybe someone is willing to make quick runthrough, it could help me getting a fresh look? 

i love the look of the architecture. there are some bits where the walls, floors and ceilings are all in the same texture though, i would consider changing them (the floors & ceilings, it works well on the walls) 

Point is the bsp has reached 7.2Mb and I can't do a thing to it

Well, it is indeed very big... but you can handle it using aguirRe's enhanced engine: my current project (not yet finished) is resulting in a bsp of almost 11.5MB... you just need time for compilation, and lot of luck to avoid troubles like HOMs, leaks, etc... sometimes it appears "Lord knows why" and disappear as well... weird...

Anyway, I'll look forward to this map, that remind me a fragtown series a little bit ;)

Go map ! 

By requiring specific engines you reduce the "audience" of your map significantly and piss off quite a few people. I wouldn't recommend it.