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Love the exclaimation mark in the middle.

whhen is this going to be released cuz it kicks arse
and if you need some tips you should talk to dock rock who has made a whole collection of mario levels for hldm
www.docrocksmaps.homestead.com/
folow the links and youll see his mario levels

K. Before I forget I would like again to say your readme.html files are the most beautiful I've seen, and a pleasure to read!! Excellent Stuff!

+First room looks absolutely pwn, pipes, original ladder, mangroves on top, lights, rock, lift, ambients, etc--all excellent!
+nice hidden/secret stuff
+neat that you have to use grenades/satchel to destroy the unbreakable glass.
+Neat interactivity: forklift forks!
+Nice detail item: Pallet! lol awsome
+wharehouse--storage lol--room looked awsome, especially round balcony atop
+Neat scream as you fall to your death--though I noclipped through much of that
+more neat secret stuff, elevator of death! probably didn't see it all
+hidden vents!

-That first puddle--first room--, is not as nicely styled as what I'd expect from a DarkPhoenix map!

Highly detailed, great architecture, and everything else in this one. I even liked the track lighting in this map, while not in one of your previous ones.

Excellent work in all categories. More great work from Dark_phoenix68!

5 stars

heh, I just noticed that the screenshot doesn't make sense.

That was taken before I took all the doors out, and before I fixed the lighting...

Thanks for the comments Guys!
I'm glad my first map wasn't bad!

Mmm, I stated on the readme that I would never ever release the vmf file, but I'll be happy to answer any questions on how things were made

...but those are trade secrets.

Thanks for the comments rowleybob. My original idea was to create an smb texture set and recreate every level of the first SMB game, which would be single player, from thirdperson side view. I actually completed world 1-1 but the project just gathered dust after that.

he he, thanks man. Notice, that this map was made almos 2 yars ago! i was very beginner then if you'll edit this map please let me know, i want to check it too (upload here or somwere i could d/l it)

Thanx for all your help guys, and thanx NinjaGrinch and Tlax for the compiling tips.

Well the spiral staircase was really a challenge, because I had to make it step-by-step, due to the complexity of the stairwell, I had to tie the stairs to func_wall in the end and make it opaque, because they really shredded the walls up. So yea - they really made my compile times quite long..

The download link doesn't work...

This is literally some of the best mapping I've ever seen, especially for a DM map.

+Superb Airlock sequence:Highly detailed and sweet red lights!
+Superb big Lift--I kept trying to jump to the balcony as it went up!
+I loved those lights around the chargers!
+Superb and inventive use of original HL textures!
+Superb detail
+I loved the beds lol--FREAKIN' AWSOME
++Everything--Againe, FREAKIN' AWSOME

The only thing I could honestly say I didn't like, was the track lighting on the hallway floors. Other than that Uber-pwn!

<Adds DarkPhoenix_68 to list of fav mappers>

5 Stars

Good detail, nice custom textures. Some of the stairs were amazing, and I bet they affected compile time greatly
However, other sets of stairs suffer from the repetition problem (see the first tip in the Mapping Tips HL thread)
The airplane sounds were also a great touch.

No Bsp, but now I understand why--this map is very unfinsihed

Some excellent detail in there... reminds me of Rabid's Sector C dorms a bit.

The wall detail and rooms looked great!

5 Star work this is for sure... sorry about doublevay post

Excellent Stuff...

+Wicked, Detailed brushwork
+Neat white textures--reminded me of Princess Leia's Blockade Runner!
+Neat sign and glass outside

-Pointlights with no apparent source
-Nasty brush intersection when you open doors--use lip value so they don't retract all the way

You might try using hlfix on this, not because there is a problem with your brushwork--I checked the rmf and it looked perfect--, but because of the way Hammer creates and fucks up geometry

Your brushwork looked way cleaner in-editor, and HLfix is supposed to make the translation from editor to game much better.

Excellent work!

Holy fffing shit this map is amazing! It is literally Super Mario Bros. in 3D, and for Half-Life!

+Pwn custom textures and inventive idea for using the animated ones
+Pwn music--death, pipe, etc
+Pwn train Koopas and Goombas --LOL AWSOME
+Pwn everthing really, you've translated the theme perfectly1
+Fun to play!

The only possible things I can think of to add would be to streamline using the sewer pipe--easy to get stuck, and maybe make the coin boxes spit out coins when you shoot at them--make them func_buttons triggering an env_shooter with custom coin model gibs.

Make an HLDM version to through on the TWHL server!

Simply amazing work and attention to detail.

5 Stars

Oes!!! In that case, I would recommend providing the correct directory structure/files for you downloading public!

Models
Sprites
Maps
Sound/ambience/
Strider.wad

Also you don't have to include the sprites, we have them already in halflife.pak. If they are different, I would recommend giving them an original filename, or putting it minimod format.

K. Review:

Oes!!! In that case, I would recommend providing the correct directory structure/files for you downloading public!

Models
Sprites
Maps
Sound/ambience/
Strider.wad

Also you don't have to include the sprites, we have them already in halflife.pak. If they are different, I would recommend giving them an original filename, or putting it minimod format.

K. Review:

W00t! I've never started a level by falling through a skylight before--great!

Excellent detail work...some of the best I've seen in singleplayer maps--Look out Tlax!

The nice round curves of rubbish, or the nice jagged broken glass looks great. The red alert siren was pwn as well. In fact, the only negative thing I can think of is the ceilings are a bit low in places.

Superb work as usual.

Finish! Finish now

Nice map ,I would like to see how you did some of these things, maybe you could release the RMF file.

Touch? =)

I forgot to mention something. For people who hate the Source Engine: Try doing this in HL1.

Rar compresses better and generally rocks more.

Heh well i'm going to make a second version after my Resident Evil map project.

Should be a few months...

Until then say if you want to be in it.

Wow, excellent map. Great detail and brushwork. Looks like a lot of work went into this. I'm almost in the same situation as you, I also have an unfinished school map.

Very well done...
I liked the lighting a lot though, that also helps

What the- He's so overcome by the joy of good reviews that he's mutated into having 3 faces!!!! What have we done?!!!

urgh....cant...breath...cannot....speak...in....normal....manner....

Download it from cstrike-planet instead:

http://www.cstrike-planet.com/maps/969

OMG... slowest EVER server!!!! dloading it still... but PLEASE!!!!!

i'm... so... freaking... happy :'D :'D :'D

<hugs entire member population of TWHL in one, suffocating many innocent people>

HEY TAKE IT EASY THIS MY FIRST MAP WITH OUT HELP!!! the two other was just a test so my friend helps me too put on this site...
SO PLEASE DONT CALL ME A NOOB... plzzz

I had a vis group with all the trees so I could deactivate them in Hammer. Sorry about the waterfall, but it really isnt easy to do that when props are irregular and placed in non standard angle. I'm glad it runs better than I thought it would!

Wow.

That's awesome! I wouldn't know where to start with that.

How many trees? hehe

My only tiny complaint would be that the waterfalls below the house look a bit square compared to everything else.

But completely deserving of 5 stars!

I got around 40fps on most of the map. It dipped a few times to 20 (18 was the lowest I saw) but mostly wavered around 30-40fps.

That was in 1600x1200......so I wouldn't say the performance was toooooo bad. The new official cs_militia hurts my FPS about the same amount!

Mind you, I bet Hammer was lagging like a bitch during the late stages of putting this together, Kasperg?

Woah.. That's some review there, rowley. Thanks

I'll probably work on this map a bit more and fix some bugs after HLHS and some other projects I'm in.

Yea, the doors are oogleh.. I'll have to fix that fo' shaw. And I've just noticed that you can get stuck between the chairs and the table; another must fix.

The angled bricks? Well I rotated them on purpose to hide the pattern, since the texture is small.

It would look really oogleh without the rotation.. :

@Muzz: I dunno if a map that is so CS-balanced would work out well in HLDH (actually, the layout is 100% original, I didn't have to alter anything), but I guess I could try..

And I'm gettin Steam HL in the beginning of Feb, I guess.. :S

Wewt!

I see some serious improvement there, compared to those those screens you send me through msn.

Now, make an HLDM version of this map, and ill upload it to my server.
Whan are you getting HL?

+Radical panoramic custom sky...Excellent!!!
+Great custom textures througout--vents, coats! lol, windows, railings, tables, etc.
+Excellent bruswork throughout
+Excellent dynamic window breakables! Basketball pushable w00t!
+Pwn detail work everywhere.
+Neat fading helo ambient
+Good performance considering the level of detail.
+Nice, clean lighting.

-gutter climbing is cool and interersting, but You might put a support strucure or something at the part where you can't climb anymore. Sort of annoying because it's easy to fall off.
-easy to get stuck on the computer chairs/computers if you jump on them
-maybe make the vent spaces a little larger so they're easier to pass through.
-Great custom tetures balnced out in areas by bad ones/poorly aligned ones--basketball backboard, angled brick by the court, those light grey doors all over are drab/underdetailed!! and sometimes poorly aligned, scaled. Some of the railings, tables--physics room desks?--looked neat, but a little strange because of the transparent parts.
-There's tons of doors in here you can't open, which I understand, but it's still a tad annoying. Maybe make them func_doors "locked" so at least they're a little bit interactive--locked sound. Maybe add some emergience door push bars too that you see in schools all the time.
-Layout is interesting, but a bit too confusing imo.
-The nice railings on the L-shaped stairs are great, but maybe if you made the rungs smaller, to avoid the brush intersection, it might look better. I understand why you did it the way you did--because of the gaps hammer would show if you tried to link up the brushes flush.

You might also try hlfix, which is supposed to eliminate this annoying hammer bug--lining up stuff at angles flush--, but I've never tried it personally.

I know there's lots of stuff I probably missed, but there is a lot of nice detail to this map!

Superb work, with some hangups that wouldn't take that much work to fix imo.

I still have to go 5 for this one for the unprecedented amount of detail items, custom textures, and the amount of work that obviously went into this.

Superb work!

5 Stars

Ninja Grinch have completely right!
HLfix do this work for you, I have compile your map in Batch Compiler v3.1.2 with HLfix on and it be a nice brush work.
A link to Batch Compiler and Nem'stools
http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=3
Tlax

...wha? its not working for you? its not in mod format, put the files in the correct folders.

Heres a good site for hosting I've just found:

www.fileupyours.com

Amazing. This is definitely you're best work yet imo.

+Excellent Custom textures and animated textures, all nicely crafted/placed.
+Excellent doodads and props--death chamber, snark machine--pwn!
+Excellent/interesting layout, relief, nice!
+Excellent/interesting brushwork and detail work
+Lighting is nice enough, albeit some questionable shadows, but no biggie.
+Excellent Ambients!
+Long Danrk hallway Looks superb!
+Muzzie's ship fits in the setting perfectly

-Perhaps a bit big, and the layout is slightly confusing, but not a huge detail.
-Broken glass by slime room could be better imo, too uniform looking.

This map is proof you're really coming into your own, and with this map you've crossed over into the coveted realm of premiere mappers!

Superb work.

5 Stars

Neat blinkly lights--very convincing that I was on a train!

Window sills are a bit blocky though. you might add a scrolling texture outside ot simulate movement and possibly env shake.

Nice work!

Minimod es no workie for me. I'll try again later.

Very nice. I put the review for this one in the "lavalab Erupt" map, lol.

Nice readme.html pimpage btw!

Oops, that review was intended for Lavalab, not Lavalab Erupt... sorry!

Yikes it's maps lile these that make me want to reinstall HL2... Well someday

Is that the house they used for A Clockwork Oarnge?

Whoops forgot for a second time, SORRY! <rowleybob prays for edit button>

Whoops sorry!

5 Stars

Texture thing. Your stairs:

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Instead, try this and see how it looks:

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However you want to do it, just so the rise textures don't line up exactly with each other.

The stairs look fine the way they are, just a thought

I will host this map at CStrike Planet. I don't know whether people there will like it, because it's not a playable map. But I am hoping they will appreciate the mapping.

other things include, using env_explosions, phys_explosions, env_fades and how to use the point_command to trigger console commands (eg. the slomo and b/w filter).