Ok its finally working! (If anyone tells me this crashes Im gonna cry...)
dm aztec is only a working title, feel free to sen in suggestions (saves me thinking)
any coments/suggestions/bugs/v! A g R4! email or PM me.
following things are not bugs, I just havn't done them yet: no flame sprites, no moving lava, no lava splash sprites.
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yeh, the torches are placeholders so no flames of pretty prefabs. the lava dosnt flow either. sorry I didnt mention that but I was in a rush. Ill update the post in a sec. thx for the comments
The rocks are streched and ugly, the lave doesn't flow and the map just looks to DMC-ish. I'm missing the number-1 factor, the HALF-LIFE feeling. The map is also rather small and at the outside there isn't much moving space imo.
I don't like rating unfinished maps so I won't. If I had to, i'd gave 2 stars.
lavaflowing isnt in the beta, I mentioned it in previous releases but I forgot to here. its working in the final version.
the plan for this map was to make a DMC style map so Im gonna put that down to personal prefrences but yeah the map is quite small!
finally I dont really like the rocks either, but I couldnt come up with a better rock face without dropping the framerate to 10fps. Ill try and look into that...
This map has a very good level of detail in most places. The grate over the lava, broken bits, the lava crack, pwn.
Lighting is also really good on the interiors imo but is a bit drab outside, and in some other spots. Nice glow effect coming from the lava!
Layout is confusing, which is a bit of a distraction imo.
Texturing is pretty good in most places--I love the lava texture!
Random suggestins:
-The lavafalls look un realistic. just add some nice curvy edges, and I would put them flush with the wall.
-maybe add some fire sprites for the lighting, or make little semispherical baths that hold lava for lighting.
-Cliffs are off to a good start, but try to improve there texturing/brushwork.
Excellent start for a map!
Edit: I didn't read your description about the sprites..sorry!