texture competitions Created 16 years ago2008-01-07 20:05:47 UTC by Captain Terror

To anybody decent at texturing, would you be interested in hosting some simple texturing challenges? Would be fun and informative for people who are stuck on the standard textures!

Maybe even a steadily more complex base map that have to make textures for, or even just single textures like a specific type of door, or scrolling or whatever. Maybe throw skies in too...

You know, the base map sounds like a good idea to me. Too bad I suck at making textures. Some people may argue it's not really mapping but I think it's important skill for mappers to have.

In.

Sounds interesting

It would be fun to make some cartoon textures.

I'm in.

Captain Terror, it's your idea, so you organise it, mate =]

I think it's important skill for mappers to have.

Anybody who disagrees with you there is not going to go very far in the mapping world.

A nice detailed base map would be nice. I don't want to make it because we all know then I would be disqualified like last time.

"Too bad I suck at making textures."

It's the whole point of the challenge! ; ) I also agree with The Hunter that texturing is a hugely important aspect of mapping. The more I map the more important I think texturing is; a nicely textured flat wall or simple structure looks better than fancy, time-consuming world geometry in many cases.

"Captain Terror, it's your idea, so you organise it, mate =]"

oh kkk. I can make the base map, but if someone has wants to make it (Rimrook) you wouldn't have to be disqualified from the challenge: we can vote the winner from a consensus of the the participants.

I'm going to start with a really simple basemap and then we can make it more detailed as we go (you'll have to create fewer textures for the newer compos) I'll make the basemap now and upload. If you guys don't like it we can use another.

A basemap competition, followed by a texturing contest...

likes it.

It's not really what I meant, but essentially the same thing I guess if we go with a base map everyone likes. The base map I was envisioning was really just one room, and then we could expand the room for further texture contests--sort of an evolving basemap I guess.

Whatever we decide on, I like where this is headed! = )

My basemap (or really base room) will be up soon.

yeah i'll whip up a room too... can't guarantee miracles.

Here's my version of the base room:

http://captain0terror.googlepages.com/texture0001.zip

This is fancier than I wanted to make it, but I got a little carried away.

oh.. HL1. drat.

damn you, Vista!!

i miss Hammer 3.5 so, so much :'<

well, i'm out.

If nobody ends up being interested in the base map texturing, what do you think about a 1-texture compo, like just making a door or wall or window texture, or even maybe remaking some of the more bland original HL ones?

/me wants a source one too, I've 'started' making textures of my own and I'd like to see how they fare when I have a theme I want to accomplish..

Of course, whoever makes the final base map really needs to keep to the usual hammer grid sizes.. nothing too odd shapen'..

And.. making a single texture isn't much of a contest

nothing too odd shapen'.

I'm Out.

You know how I map, I try to break the grid too much nowadays.

But I'm still in for the texturing part tho.

well, I would personally be up to it.. but if not too many people here are familiar with fitting textures.. off grid stuff might be a bit hard to jump into. If those participating want a broken-grid map, who's in?

What do you mean by "broken grid"/"off-grid stuff"?

Every vertex is on grid for my basemap, that I gurantee. : )

I will admit I'm not happy with the base map tho too. Anyone who wants to create one please step up. (you can still participate in the challenge imo.

Anybody with any ideas for a texture-based challenge please suggest away... Personally, I need the experince building custom textures! = )

Why not give us a base map with no textures and let us texture the whole thing, and the best one wins?

That's what was supposed to happen, lol, but nobody lieked my base map nor was willing to create one, lol.

I'm tied up with the entity challenge anyway now, and the interest in this one dropped off fast, so maybe another time? Or YOU make a new texture challenge thread and base map and host the challenge. : P (which would be pretty cool imho)

ok i'm in i'll be makin masked textures