fy_dig

OK, all the files were there now Downloaded, played with a couple friends. Not bad gameplay, but the pit is a deathtrap and there really is no incentive to go down there for an aug, autoshotty or an mp5, when its ez to shoot from above. Especially with tmp/mac10 from up high = ez kills. FY maps are a dime a dozen, so don't expect much of a woo factor unless you have some great brushwork or uniqueness to it.

Pros: Basics.

OK gameplay! The most important factor!
Lighting was sufficient.
Ran fine, no big errors or crashes
Nor_speed or fps issues.

Cons: Design, design, design.

Texture usage.... You can only stretch textures so far before they look well....really bad. The texturing on the large crates outside your spawns leaves room for improvement
Alignment of brushes. When in game you can see many unaligned surfaces, cracking on some of your angular stuff. This stuff comes from carving and rotating stuff. You can correct many of these issues by practicing Vertex Manipulation and checking for invalid solid structures after each VM attempt. Keep that stuff aligned to the grid for nice looking ramps, holes etc.
Default sky is poopie!
Scaling and dimensions were a little outta control. A barrel 3X the size of a player is kinda silly.
Crates = boring... at least make some unique art or vary their appearance somewhat.

Don't let this score dishearten ya, you have the gameplay basics part down IMHO, you just need to work on aesthetics and brush alignment. You may want to consult 3 really great tutorials here on TWHL, the Dimensions one, and the Vertex Manipulation tutorials.

i thought the map was cool... the architecture was interesting and the music was cool (i dont no how long i could stand listening to it over and over though) the only problems were the textures on the boxes were off and the map was small (even though it's a fy map) i also had fun with the ladder and different jumps that u could do... overall good job

naw i didnt expect much but it is quite a fun map to play on. I know some of the texture's werent so great...after strechting them but..i have yet to extract the cs wad so im using the usual hl textures.

BTW i didnt know what else would be at a digging site besides crates for storage but yea...i know those barrels were a bit big but I didnt care.

but to think this map came out of nothing. it first started as a ka map where you only went into the pit but then the fy idea came up.



but I know how to make pretty good gameplay.. somethign I have a knack for

but I will keep up my work and do know that each map I make is just me learnign more and more at a time.

Music from blahhhh, hahah.
Fairly nice map, pretty amazing for your second map really(he made a ka_ map before this, I know because I'm psychic).
Haven't tested it with real people yet but I'll go ahead and give it 3 stars.

i know you dont I?....
btw its not just music from blahhh but its radiohead idioteque

Don't post double-posts, please. - Daubster

Check my journal and you'll figure it out.

aha! I thought it was you.
hmm..you should put this map on your server man.

Hmm..I'm wondering what theme I'll use on my next map. any ideas people?

Well.. Well-itsy well-itsy well.... hmm..

The screenshot kinda says it all...

Architecture (-) very very boxy... and i sense carve tool usage! prefab usage, i believe... boring, really...

Lighting (+/-) Meh. The lighting kinda suits the map but its nothing special.. not perfect...

Gameplay (-) Too small for a proper game... dull..

Textures (-) Really badly stretched in places... repetative. i think you're a little bit 'fit to face' button happy.

Overall (-) Very small... Filled with crates. Un-imaginative. Boring...

+ Temp/mac at starters!

+/- Weapon Placements, you had a few stronger ones hided, yet, a m4a1 and a scout on the 2 boxes in front of spawn??

Somebody could just get that m4a1 very fastly, while this is one of the very strong weapons, I think you should have put that gun in the middle of the field like the aug and sg-551 (that's the name?).

+/- Lightning, it suits the map but it's kinda dull..

- Texturing, bad, very bad. Repeated, Stretched and badly aligned.

- Architecture, meh, blocky stuff with al the crates in it.

- Gameplay, would probaly suck because there are to many objects in such a small area.

- Lay-out, fy_pooldayish..

2.5, yet, I don't think it deserves a 3 star..

A nice map and refreshingl different from you're average fy map.

+Nice music Raidohead Idioteque <3
-large absense of ambience elsewhere
+Great buried things and crumbled archaeological structures
-maybe add some digging tools, and some aztec-style lights for the dig
-some stuff scaled crazy big outside
-sand dunes above could be more creatively constructed
+good weapons placement

This is well done, especially for a beginner map, but still much room for improvement.

Looking forward to seeing more material from you!

3 stars