Love that look, sock.

One criticism though ... I think the ceiling in that second shot is a little busy. I like the tile on the floor but not so much on the ceiling. I think that would look better with something flatter. 

Better question:

If you were stuck on an island with no internet connection, what would be the three maps you'd want on on your hard-drive? 

WorldCraft 3.3, Qonverge and aguirre's tools. 

I assumed you'd have the editors . . . 

If you were stuck on an island with no internet connection, what would be the three maps you'd want on on your hard-drive?

warpc
czg03
k1m10 

gearpr0n.bsp 

Terra - Shotgun Experiment 2
Castle of Koohoo
The temple level from Zerstorer 

some good DM maps and a frined of mine in order to play 1o1... better than plating SP I guess :) 

Masque of the Red Death
Day of the Lords
Antediluvian 

of map I am working on: http://jago.pp.fi/images/wip/ut3test008.png 

here: http://jago.pp.fi/images/wip/ut3test009.png

So yes it's more than 2 rooms Zwiffle! 

Looks like 2 rooms to me. -_-;; 

Two big, complicated, interlinked rooms, tho. 

http://student.cs.appstate.edu/freemancw/junk/shot0054.jpg

http://student.cs.appstate.edu/freemancw/junk/shot0057.jpg

There are a contiguous set of screenshots that start at shot0051.jpg

:) 

Looks really interesting... maybe too grey-ish... though...
Add pipes and crates, and here is a Quake map ;) 

Another map that reminds me of Unreal! Like the look of this one.

JPL has a point, it is looking very clean and not very "lived-in" at the moment, if its a Dm map then thats fine but if its Sp, then perhaps work on it a little. 

But uniform in terms of colour - maybe some trims thrown in as suggested.

For some reason I was thinking PCB inside the stonework. Wouldn't work with the specular effect I'm thinking of though. 

This is funny, I actually have screenshots and a beta at the same time!?! :P The map is for a mapping contest, closing date tomorrow. So if you spot any cosmetic/item changes please let me know.

Web: http://www.simonoc.com/pages/design/maps_q3/focal.htm
Screenshot: http://www.simonoc.com/images/design/maps_q3/focal1l.jpg
Layout: http://www.simonoc.com/images/design/maps_q3/focal5l.jpg

Kaz, very nice level, it is coming along really well with the industrial look but I think the lighting needs more colour and contrast. If you any white point lights, replace them with something coloured (even a mild white if nothin else) You also need a strong coloured light source somewhere in the map, either from above, a window or a certain large spotlight.

Are you compiling with any dirty q3map2 settings? you should at least try low values first and start tuning lightmapscale for your shadows. 

 

That is not the map I am looking for. :(


Yay anyways! Gonna try it. 

i'll take a run around this and i'll take a finished version of that other map as payment. ^_^ 

very dark and dull. passing your shots through photoshop and playing with levels, i was able to bring out some colours and actually see what was in those shots.

that said, shot 2 is very nice. i like that it implies there's more to the map than just the area you're in. also, off-axis arches are always cool. i think a bit more texture variation is called for, though. it's got a bit of a q1metal vibe because of the focus on small spot lamps and the one texture with the lines. (which i really like). i think if you aggressively use the lined texture to cut through in different ways, it could add a lot. 

took a quick look around. there's a bug in the map when played in ioquake3 1.36. the texture on the wall behind a box of grenades on the first level (roughly the area you spawn in when using /devmap). the wall shows up as just solid colour, but looks fine in normal quake3. dunno if that matters or not. 

I ended up browsing your site and noticed that among the list of you design work, you list the Train level from Crysis Warhead. How much of it was your own personal touch and how many people in total worked on it?

I am asking because I played through Warhead only recently, about 2-3 months ago and found Train to be the best looking FPS level ever made, for any game, by far :P