Uragan Lex projects! Created 17 years ago2007-01-10 03:24:08 UTC by Lex4art

so, why not? So, here some screenshots of my unfinished HL2 mod "Source Power":

And some more unfinished screens:

Story:
Year before i tried to make some maps for CS-Source, but ... its too hard to make ballanced map were good gameplay and view can co-exist. Or may be i want too many. So, at october 2006 i have idea of this mod - just abstract mapping, modelling & texturing, no fps limits for hardcore game. Target only one - make beautiful map or demostrate cool effect or feature. Demoreel-like mod. "Source Power" demonstrating all what source engine can give to mapper & modeler - or what i can :gigi: . First release (if i finish it) will contain only 1-2 maps - gallery of my photos, 2D-art and refract/reflect shaders and hints with them&cubemaps. Hope second map (huge forest) will show prop static power of source, but for now it not started.

Screenies no worky

They were up b4...

projectb2.com times out for me.

i really like the clean look of the maps, and the sharp texturing. it makes me feel kinda calm (screens 2 & 3 especially)

oh, but before you do anything else, change that embarrassingly bad spelling mistake - it's "WELCOME", not "WELLCOME"

Lighting is pretty... weird. Too bright on some areas and good on others. For instance in this screenie, the top rim of the roof is really sharp and really bright, but the area directly below it is darker and more blurry. Same goes for the golden text - it just doesn't look right on that area. The 2nd screen feels horribly empty and bare too... very boxy.

The third screenie is my favourite... I like the idea of the white iron supports as decoration, but the textures of it are just boring... simple white all over. Needs more detail.

Please change those trees. Way too bright and lack detail/depth.

Urbanebula - If you steel want to see, this may help - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - direct IP adress, no DNS resolving needed.

Penguinboy - thanks; "wellcome" will be fixed __''

ZombieLoffe, Strider - a lot of good advices. Hope a can make it!

They work now !?

Reminds me of Denver Airport

Thery informative

Here some WIP screens from cs_abscond_pro - my remake on original cs_abscond by kan3.

Don't comment weird square leafs on trees & bush, its just temporary:

Don't comment weird square leafs on trees & bush, its just temporary

The trees are ugly.

idiot.

I like the little lamps, but I think there might be too many of them.

Hmm... I like that marble texture, I think I will adopt the idea of making the lines white instead of black, looks much better that way.

Kasperg - yes, now i see... i try to reduce concentration (looks like move them closer to bush is good idea). And fix displacement seams too...

Hope today i finish cs_abscond_pro. Here a lot screenshots:

It not so detailed, but minimum fps is realy high - same as standard cs_italy/cs_office.

I like it, although the grey fog color doesn't seem to fit too well with that dark blue sky.
I see that the trees are your own models. Would you be interested in making a tree model (with lots of leaves) for my "definite Fallingwater" map? (you'd show up in the credits, and a lot of people will see the map).

Oh, i forget about fog... thanks.

Thats standard hl2 trees/bushes, i just replace leafs & brunches textures on white + add some distortion & scaling to models (big trees was realy big for my small map; distortion helps each tree looks unique).

For now i have no free time (i need a job -> need make good portfolio and this map part of it)...hmmm... but good tree model can be good part of my demoreel... well, i try :). What trees needed?

Well, my problem is that I want to make some really high-density foliage to sort of "hide" the building.
My released maps show Fallingwater in the fall season. It looks so much different in spring and summer:
http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~william.corbin/Fallingwater.jpg

I made some attemps using the old tree method (flat 2D surfaces) but they look wrong. Perhaps in combination with scaled models... The HL2 trees are fine, but I'd need them to have a much taller trunk and of course, lots of leaves.

Fps will be lower then now(high polycount & many textures with opacity and all this reflecting in water), but if it dont cares - why not

Oh, the water is no longer reflective, only refractive. The version I'm talking about would be only for looking around. The fps for the playable version are already very low!
Anyway, good luck with this map while you're at it.

Finally (weee!) i finish cs_abscond_PRO - you can download it there (19mb). Screenshots:

Post it in the MV.
*downloads

After summer depression i start moving brushes

/me downloads the map.

Love the surreal theme. Lookin' good. :>

Fantastic, I love the Gallery.
I love the beautiful Garden type maps too.

^__^
Btw, in the galley most rulez Ghost Freemans's screenshots - http://projectd2.com/hl2screens/thumbnails.php?album=lastupby&uid=8 - unfortunatly he dont release his project, but hope someday he made it...

Some shells with cubemap reflections:

I cant finish texturing of some models, so - you can use it anywere if you can polish it:
http://ProjectD2.com/2007/models.rar ~400 kb - mdl
http://ProjectD2.com/2007/materials.rar ~22 mb - textures to mdl
http://ProjectD2.com/2007/smd.rar ~220kb http://ProjectD2.com/2007/Scenes.rar - 1.5MB - XSI

Wow, that looks amazing. Is that in the OrangeBox version of the Source Engine?

And how did you get the real-time reflections on this floor surface? It looks awesome.

RotatorSplint - thanks :). This is ep2 screens, but there no difference with older versions(no new shaders used), generic hl2 can looks same (but with HDR is better).

On screen you can see ghost.freeman-s map, not mine :D. How to make it - see this topic: http://www.hl2world.com/bbs/realtime-reflection-beta-vt45529.html

Awesome, thanks