I'm no mapper, just a user, but one of the biggest letdowns in my quake experience is not being able to go back to places after having cleared up the map.

Obviously, this is not that important in a standalone map as opposed to say, one part of a longer mission(where you may use the secret finding to regain supplies for subsequent maps), but I think that backtrackability should be paramount, when designing a good map... 

In the melt ruby map I was with 1% and saw a 100% secret in a crate... zomggg had to get it... made a almost impossible bunny jumping but I got it :)

that please me like honey! 

WIP NATCH 

but I am under experienced so that probably doesn't weigh much 

the white lamps at the top look like they should be scattering more light though 

I'll make the light texture smaller so they look like spot lights :) 

Just maybe not enough lights on the top... though.. looks great ! 

Start area got a bit of loving :E 

 

this map a loooooooooooot of brushes for sure... I see many details! 

http://shadowsdomain.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/demotest_09_09.jpg
http://shadowsdomain.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/demotest_09_02.jpg 

Reminds me a bit of Rage - take that how you will. Would like to see more.

Are these just you playing around with the UDK or are you working on a project? 

imo it could do with some extra texture layers on the heightmap, mainly to merge the meshes into the terrain better. And to just add a bit of detail to break up the open bits of terrain :) 

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The stacks of huge rocks in the distance look cool, better than anything I managed, I suck at making distant shit :P 

It's veeery early shots, actually I have sth better right now ;). Actually I was surprised myself at one point, that it indeed can remind Rage shots :P. And yes, almost no terrain blending yet there, also all (ALL) mountains were done with single rock model :). 

Finish my level I wanna get your feedback in before I do much more on it :D 

Beautiful shots, nice work. 

Anybody seen Ricky? Im gonna keep comin back until someone REMEMBERS seein Ricky. 

fixed ;) 

http://shadowsdomain.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/demotest_13_02.jpg
http://shadowsdomain.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/demotest_13_04.jpg 

Star Wars ish. 

I would like to see those arches smaller and lead into the side of some factory building. They look odd the way they are now.

I was thinking that it looked a little more Haloish but set in a desert instead of grassy hills. 

is it really free to use commercially though with 25% royalty per year ?

And what video card is required? (I got a poor Intel 96mb at moment) 

http://www.udk.com/readme.html#system-requirements