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First shot looks like a Strogg freighter with medieval textures. With the spotlights and the windows, and the central platform running down the room.
Granted, the look out of the window changes that impression. Spotlights in an otherwise "medievalish" environment gave me the creeps for a long time, but you probably gotta go with what works. I was too dogmatic there. Torches are super limited, and games don't have to be realistic. Pentagrams are most often really cheesy IMO. Looks cool. I suppose the tech feeling comes from the use of base lights but it was never my intention of just creating tech structures and painting them stone. I did not want to be side tracked with creating textures so I used generic Q3 stuff instead so I could concentrate on the architectural shape instead.
I recently went on holiday to Barcelona and took alot of pictures of Gaudi stuff. I wanted to create something 'off angle' and branching upwards like a tree. (The black 3 prong structure in shot 1 for example) The interiors of his famous church has good examples of this. http://www.simonoc.com/pages/photo/barcelona_church/image_05.htm The park he also created has awesome examples of sloped angled stuff which I was trying to create an architectural theme from. http://www.simonoc.com/pages/photo/barcelona_park/image_13.htm and, unlike everyone else, i approve of the mix of tech elements like the spotlights, doors, and especially the window frames, with a medieval setting. This is quake3, the mashup of themes is core to the game.
I also like the windows, and I like the view in shot 3 as well--that sort of background eye-candy is neglected too often (and when it is, and you stop killing long enough to look out the window it's all bleh and boring).
My only suggestion would be to add some sort of divider in between the stone block texture and the black-ish bumpy stuff--it looks odd to me to have the one on the bottom going directly into the other on top. I'd like to see an actual plate/shelf/something in between. I did Q1 mapping years ago but my PC went up in smoke and I lost all my data. After getting a new PC I never really went back to any of my old stuff, I just moved on to other games. I understand this forum is mostly Q1 centric but I know there are Q3 people that lurk here as well.
PJW, yeah I originally had a gothic trim below the black texture but it started to bother me because of alignment issues so I started creating new trims but stopped, because I wanted to shape doodle more than create assets. In game it is not too bad because the brick pattern above has a defining lower edge but I know what you mean. that green brick map i started a while ago is almost done now.
just need a couple of opinions. it's for quoth2, and you need an engine that supports -quoth (fitz 0.80) because it's a pak file that goes in it's own directory. i think you can get around it by renaming the pak file and dropping it in your quoth folder, but it overrides a stock quake sound, so that's not optimal. just leave a message here if you're interested. :) i use firefox myself, so maybe it an addon you have? i don't know enough to be able to try to fix it though. :S
i've been thinking of building a simple html alternative though. No idea. The only plugin I have is Adblock Plus. Latest version of Flash player. It's weird since all the other links work. Html alternative sounds like a good idea.
OMG its cardo!!! :D umm I am not sure I want to find #tf again, does anyone talk there? I always got the impression of IRC that it is just a bunch of nerdy channel lurkers! ;)
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