Post your screenshots! WIP thread Created 16 years ago2007-12-16 00:58:58 UTC by doodle

Thanks, that fixes the HDR crash.

Need advice.

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well it looks good but the drink machine does not fit with the area.. i think that the machine should be broken and emanate some light

Drinks machine is also way too thin to be a drinks machine , unless it holds about 4 cans in total..
Not sure about the texture of the little pegs holding up that cannister... Warning stripe at the bit between it and the cylinder?

It looks like the front panel of a vending machine, not the entire machine.
EDIT: Confusing. It looks too thick to be just the front panel, and too thin to be a full machine. Is it supposed to be a future vending machine?

From what I can tell there's working lights but what about light fixtures built into the room itself? Is it still being constructed, because I would imagine there should at least be some fixtures in the room itself instead of just working lights.

The vending machine might not be out of place, I just can't tell what kind of overall environment is going on here. I don't know what's beyond those doors, so I can't make a call like that. It might just be a rest area within a more industrial setting. I've no idea. But it does look odd there, and it's way too thin. You shouldn't back it up to a staircase with the top half of the backside exposed like that. It looks like a meaningless prefab totally just thrown in there because you needed to liven up the area. If you decide that it actually belongs in its current setting, then build a recess into one of the nearby walls and house it in there along with maybe a trashcan and shit like that so it doesn't look like it fell out of the sky.

I also recommend spicing up the cradle structures that those tanks are resting in. They look kinda odd and blocky right now. But then again, that might fall in line with the rest of the architecture if you're shooting for a very Half-Life-esque feel.

and collapse is right, you need light fixtures even if there's no light emitting from them. I can't think of a single situation where a room would be left intentionally unlit in a facility like that.

I'd say you need more signage and little superfluous details like that (fire extinguishers, alarms etc.) And vents. I love me some vents. Floor drains never hurt either.

The thing is, I don't feel that a little room like this is all that deserving of intense critical analysis, since it will probably only be seen by the player for a matter of seconds as they walk through it. It's not the kind of major area I'd stress about. But aside from the base architecture it is kinda bland at the moment.

EDIT: Looking at the screenshots, a more overall criticism I can give of the architecture in The Core is that it is overwhelmingly square. Refreshingly, this room doesn't suffer from that, but most everything on the ModDB page is just so... boxy, clean cut. Like you took an empty box and then added a bunch of pretty details to it, but it's still just a dressed up box. Very realistic, I suppose. But the eye needs more variation. I can only assume that what you have up there is not an accurate representation of the mod as a whole, but more likely a lot of pictures of a few select areas and that's just the architectural style you were going for there. But if it is, well, you might want to change things up.

Updates based on your input. Thanks!

Release is inevitable. Soon, very soon I'll say good buy to sob GS

Your map looks amazing noSick. Really creative use of textures and I really enjoy the lighting, it seems from the screenshots that even though your map is quite "colored" by the lights, it's a good combination.
The last screenshot almost reminds me of Quake or a game of that sort, probably because of the sky :).

I forsee a future MOTM. Inspirational stuff noSICK.

God damn that lighting is sexy.

Lookin' pretty damn fine, Archie and noSICK.

Wow. That's probably the best UT99 / Quake vibe map I've seen in years , noSICK. Well bloody done!

That outdoor part is very UT I love it. Brings back memories of space stations and rocket launchers.

I don't know if this lighting should be more orange for those hideously ugly sodium lamps

That looks pretty interresting and promising. Definetely like it. I would advise to experiment more towards lightning and light colors especially. For now it looks rather goldsorcy and blackmesy, if you will. I would advise the following lightning scheme:I would try white lamps on these round crete walls, then little fancy green lamps on top, and red cautionary lights in front of rocky bases. Color placements could be switched, you should try which one fits better. Certainly, it is all up to you Instant Mix, that's just my vision.

Entity lighting? shudder

EXPERIMENT!

darkplace (i don't know why did i give it that name)
I finished this map long time ago but i didn't publish it.
And also i can't find sprites that i used because i deleted them (i don't know how)

&I have a problem with this map for some reason i can't make it change level

hl1part1.bsp to hl1part2.bsp

For some reason it doesn't work :<

Oh, I love the blue ones. The textures remind me of Marathon 2 and Marathon Infinity. So fucking good. The glowy sprites fit nicely. The texture on the train car confused me for a bit, I suppose it is broken down?

Train works for some seconds then it breaks and starts falling down.
After that the level should change and player should wake up at some Hospital.
But for some reason the level change doesn't work

Well I hope you get that figured out, because that's some good looking stuff. The only constructive criticism I could really give would be my pretty common suggestion to make sure the lighting/colors don't get too monotonous in areas, but I can't really do that without seeing how the areas connect and such. Good stuff!

Watch the video too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtVVXFWRpCY

Progress like a beast.

You like that color don't you?

Which color?

You know, that one.

The environment art looks fantastic, but I feel like your character sprites kind of stand out. They don't seem to share the arty, low-contrast look of the world. I realise they should stand out for gameplay reasons, but hopefully you know what I mean.

Maybe removing black lines on the character would cement them in the black line-less environment? Anyways, neat looking stuff right there! I particularly enjoy the painterly aspects of the background, the trees especially, great work!

... I'm not going to change any of the contrasts. I don't see any need to.

what program is that rim?

noSick, thats pretty damn sick O_o

Stencyl.

It's fairly new and has a horse-fuck ton of glitches. Its ridiculously powerful for what it does. It outputs a flash file that is powered by the Flixel engine and supports iOs platforms and smart phones with touch capabilities. Its fun to dork around in. The visual script editing is candy to me and Grim and I have shared some fun late-night coding frustrations together. There is a version that can be purchased that up to date with the glitch fixes. So far I haven't found anything game-stopping, just feature stopping which with some clever scripting, I fixed manually.

You don't have to do 8bit stuff, I just chose to because I love 8bit. It supports any resolution.

Wubsite.

going to map another house + mountains and more trees

wow that look pimp ninja

hard to keep up with all the good stuff in here, intant mix and nosick, that are some hott shit

These are extremely WIP, but I'm very pleased with how my trams turned out. Also, since this is based on an actual location from Half-Life, I've really enjoyed mapping the ridiculousness of the facility's underbelly.Also, slightly less WIP but just to give a bit more substance to this media release:

I've always liked that area in the original tram ride, it's lass blocky than a lot of HL provided you only look out the right side windows.

And may I ask the purpose of the big vats of green goo in that lab?

I've always liked that area in the original tram ride

The whole tram ride, while insanely illogical when you actually spend time examining it is always going to be my favourite moment in gaming. That antidote to cutscenes set up the tone, scale and atmosphere of the game so spectacularly. It's been really fun putting a slightly more modern twist on some of these locations.

And may I ask the purpose of the big vats of green goo in that lab?

If I told you I'd have to kill you.

You ALWAYS need ominous green goo in vats.
C-mon
Its half life

may I ask the purpose of the big vats of green goo in that lab?

Science.

You idiot, urby! Now we have to kill anyone who reads that!

You idiot, urby! Now we have to kill anyone who reads that!

Ugh. Do we really have to do it twice?

I'm a dead man x2.

Oh shit, I read it!

I didn't read it, I swear.

I swear, you're all a bunch of pansies. I read it and I'm ju

Not so bright anymore now is it?

Very atmospheric. I like it.

Yeah its sirene until the enemy barely off-screen charges in to kill you dead. >;]

You just ruined the surprise in that part of the game! D:<