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The map is coming on top notch; you think the last shot showed improvements, check this!
http://xen.quakepit.com/MF1c.jpg :D thanx xen, now I know what goal you aimed.
But as I just mapped on for the joy, I now overcome to problems like that. As soon as I change one brush, all the others start misaleigning on me. And then there is that odd attitude of brushes with three or sometimes four different texture aleignment within one brush! I see Quark produce polyhedrons with three different texture shapes. First I thought it was due by copying, but replace them with another one leaves me with this odd effect.
...please consider using mouldings to frame the door/window apertures, texture alignment mismatches are really only acceptable in speedmaps these days. In the last shot, is one face of that waterfall travelling up and the other down? Otherwise, love the scale but more detail please.
Its a map I scaled up, therefore the loss of detail becomes noticeable. And due to that fact I had to enhance the lights, made the total to :612 entities read, 200 are lights.
There are 1137 polyhedrons, and the bsp becomes 2.324kb So I could make more detail, but I play it more for the gameplay. And then there is that strange effect I asked before with brushes giving three different texture lines. Hardly to put one right without disordering the other... So I could make more detail, but I play it more for the gameplay.
I try for a balance between detailed looks and good gameplay, but it's your call... And then there is that strange effect I asked before with brushes giving three different texture lines. OK, now I understand what you mean. Sometimes textures line up "naturally", especially when one is using blocks on a grid size that's comparable to the texture size. The only tweaking one need do is reversing two of the vertical faces so that the texture "faces" the same way all around the brush. However, if one starts to angle brush surfaces off the 90 degree either vertically or horizontally then one may need to: a) move, b) reverse, c) rotate, d) all of the above textures on particular faces to get things to line up. I find this relatively easy to do in Worldcraft by selecting the offending face, hitting "shift+A" and using the various options found therein. One other option (which would work in cases like picture 5) is to use door and window surrounds made with plain textures whereby the misalignments "disappear" because of the lack off highly distinguishable texture features (joins etc.). Another option (that would work in say picture ten) is to "cap" low walls with a plain textured brushwork. Thanks for your reply Distrans, it made things a little more clear.
In WorldCraft it may be possible to clip textures, but as I am just an antique, hanging on Quark4.07 (yes) I have to find something else. Maybe it is possible in the later version to clip textures, but I am not familiar with it. I'll send you the level with email (if you don't mind) You may get a better opinion what is all about. you may punch this foreigner for his lack of understatement...or his dictionary
Pics of my Quake SP level in development have just been put up on the pipeline,
http://pipeline.fov120.com/shots.php4 comments welcome ;) some nice brushwork there headthump, but the textures seem repeated too often. (and thats coming from me!)
definitely some solid looking brushes tho Hello,
I've just released my first map screenshot previews last evening. I'm working on this map from 1 month. If someone want to have a look.. I know I have to improve my web page: screenshot are very small (It's still missing an enlarge function), and I'm not sure they are not too dark for some PC screen.. Anyway Thanks for your feedback... http://lambert.jeanphilippe.free.fr/English/Quake/Quake_uk.htm PS: Vondur typo error is fixed now ;-)) Bye
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