Post your screenshots! WIP thread

Tetsu0

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-07 02:33:18 UTC Post #276411

Started with a basic counterstrike layout map. Had expert bots playtest overnight and it was surprisingly balanced. I'm starting to detail the main room / choke point. Not sure where i'm going with everything, but i'm also starting to get into the effects of different lighting techniques.

So i have only about 4 hours into this so its VERY MUCH SO WIP.

Comments / Criticism GREATLY appreciated. Tear it apart for all i care. It's the only way i can improve.

Stuff I'm aware of:

Ceiling is VERY bland
Shadows are orange due to ambient env_light i havent fixed
Some texture alignment errors.

Tetsu0Positive Chaos

Archie

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-07 06:12:19 UTC Post #276413

I like the atmosphere.
Very un-css-ish setting. Look forward to playing this

ArchieGoodbye Moonmen

Jessie

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-07 08:05:15 UTC Post #276415

Looks like it's across between UT2004 and Quake 2.

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Tetsu0

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-09 01:19:53 UTC Post #276473

Changed the layout due to extra long hallways. And once the props were added, it skewed the balance for a terrorist advantage (108 to 490 [Playtested overnight])

This is the modified hallway.

Layout as of right now is just a figure 8.
I hope to change that once i move bombsite b out of CT spawn.

I lightened up the main room a bit too, but it's not too different than what it was before, so i didn't post that particular screenie.

Huntey: If i can keep up my motivation for this map hopefully we will be able to play it soon!

And darkie, My inspiration from this map comes from a cross between Natural Selection's industry theme, and combine technology; so you're not too far off from what i'm going for.

Tetsu0Positive Chaos

monster_urby

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-09 10:51:25 UTC Post #276477

I like.

monster_urbyGoldsourcerer

Jessie

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-09 17:39:21 UTC Post #276490

It looks awesome. Keep it up.

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Unbreakable

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-10 19:21:18 UTC Post #276526

started to work on a truck last week modelling is almost done;

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Archie

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-10 19:41:02 UTC Post #276528

Really work on choosing textures that more fit your architecture, or work the architecture to fit the textures, tetsuo. That hall looks odd.

Geeze, unbreakable - a new project already?

looks great.

ArchieGoodbye Moonmen

monster_urby

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-10 21:13:34 UTC Post #276531

I will hopefully be getting hold of a copy of Maya soon. Will help for work and future projects once I learn it all.

monster_urbyGoldsourcerer

Unbreakable

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-11 14:44:46 UTC Post #276549

heres an update.. just got to model the back wheel axis and the front wheel well needs to be finished;

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The Mad Carrot

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-11 15:17:21 UTC Post #276551

That app looks ridiculously difficult.

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Unbreakable

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-14 10:17:09 UTC Post #276601

the app is really pretty simple to understand actually.. you should try it out.. any bizzare questions and just let me know. (pm me)

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The Mad Carrot

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-14 11:21:14 UTC Post #276602

Maybe you should record some footage to show how "easy" it really is.

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Unbreakable

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-14 15:31:06 UTC Post #276604

I could but then there wont be any sound... whats some nice screen capture software to record?

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Oskar Potatis

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-14 16:01:58 UTC Post #276605

CamStudio.

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Unbreakable

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-14 16:38:59 UTC Post #276607

I actually found a good one.. uploading it now to my vimeo account.. Quality is only at 70 right now so it kinda sucks.. but it shows some of the basics.. I will make some video tutorials though.. they are actually quite fun, I'll use a higher quality of course and I will actually talk.. to show ya's because with no sound it actually kinda sucks.. but yeah.. if anybody is using maya for HL2 modelling (I was last year so I know its possible I've just forgoton the plugins and whatnot) we could upload 'em here.. just some basic modelling techniques for HL2... just a thought, I'll make a nice clearer one with speech in the future.

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Tetsu0

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-14 16:51:10 UTC Post #276608

Hate to break up this topic, but i nuked my map. It's dead.
Reasons:
Too linear
Too dark
Theme got boring
I didnt know how to fix it

So i started a brand new map. It's huge. But there's a lot of different pathways and such. Italy themed...

Tetsu0Positive Chaos

Unbreakable

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-14 17:19:26 UTC Post #276609

there.. now remember its only at 70, not 100.
http://vimeo.com/8178718

Edit;
Yeah that looks horrible..
Next time it'll be at 100 for quality, it'll hae sound, and I'll use the magnifier that comes with XP

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Oskar Potatis

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-14 17:25:57 UTC Post #276610

This is a private video
Do you have permission to watch this video? If you do please first log in to Vimeo to watch this video.

Oskar Potatis🦔

Unbreakable

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-14 17:32:09 UTC Post #276612

shit sorry..
there.

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The Mad Carrot

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-14 18:24:55 UTC Post #276615

Very neat. It's like 3DMax. Too bad the quality is pretty bad, could'nt read any text.

What annoys me is that there are a ridiculous amount of buttons, menu's and what not. How the heck are you supposed to know where to find something?

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Jessie

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-14 20:05:39 UTC Post #276617

For some reason, my computer doesn't seem to like recording itself. I used that CamStudio, and it recorded audio fine, but there is no visuals, just a blank screen.

The same thing happened with the last recording software I tried to use called HyperCam or something along those lines. I thought it was just the software 'til I tried this one.

Am I doing something wrong? $:\$

JessieTrans Rights <3

Unbreakable

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-15 10:20:45 UTC Post #276628

yeah, I'm the opposite, I cant record audio..

Atom; I'm got to upload another today with some new features.. it'll be much clearer

edit; Nevermind just got my sound to work.. my mic was muted in the sound options... yea.. FAIL.

OK so I uploaded it and thats as clear as I can get it, going to try adobe aftereffects now..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRLldh84iNI

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Rimrook

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-15 11:01:39 UTC Post #276629

Git that Maya shit off my TWHL!

Actually no, Maya doesn't suck that much now since people started making custom tools for it, which beefed up the poly manipulation and made it more game engine friendly and as useful as 3Ds Max 4.

Try these tools out, I heard their good.

RimrookSince 2003

Strider

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-15 11:43:25 UTC Post #276630

Git that Maya shit off my TWHL!

Ant would kill you if he read that. But he's not here anymore, so stuff him!

StriderTuned to a dead channel.

The Mad Carrot

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-15 12:45:56 UTC Post #276631

So... does Maya allow import and export of smd's?

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Unbreakable

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-15 12:55:31 UTC Post #276632

no it does'nt but you could export the model as an obj into softimage.

the plugin for maya is called prawl or prall or something

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The Mad Carrot

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-15 13:00:37 UTC Post #276634

In that case, ill stick to Max then...

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Tetsu0

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-16 14:21:21 UTC Post #276666

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2037599&id=37403282&l=4fe177076a

Feel free to check up on that from time to time. I'm just gonna upload all my screenies to facebook into a nice, sharable, photo album.
New italy themed map in there.
VERY much a work in progress.

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quailcreek

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-20 12:41:36 UTC Post #276786

Updates on *that one map*.

Some pipe stuff:

Updated Japanese fan room:

The ones below have been mapped for a while.

Barney spawners:

Security room:

quailcreek

Archie

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-20 12:58:21 UTC Post #276787

looks awesome. Really.

ArchieGoodbye Moonmen

quailcreek

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-20 13:54:47 UTC Post #276788

oh like I can't see straight through you and your little santa hat and your pea brain there. Look maybe I can't map an indistinguishable-from-reality fantasy scripted sequence of you sexing your mom in the ass Goldsource sytle but that doesn't mean you should be degrading of my efforts.

quailcreek

Archie

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-20 14:03:15 UTC Post #276789

....

what.

I was being sincere. It looks awesome

ArchieGoodbye Moonmen

quailcreek

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-20 14:06:30 UTC Post #276790

I know. I'm in a bit of a mood today. A good one. Makes me type these things. Thank you for the compliments.

quailcreek

psilous

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-20 20:33:07 UTC Post #276802

i like it too.. its elegantly sheik..

and the pipe room reminds me much suspiciously of that game where all the indians were being rounded up into the spaceship and stabbed in they tummy to make starship fuel (i forget the name of it at the moment)

psilous

Oskar Potatis

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-22 17:27:33 UTC Post #276861

A spaceship map for the TWHL HLDM server:

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Archie

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-22 17:35:40 UTC Post #276862

looks very bare at the moment. Add some details, and it'll be great.

What is a fifties tape reel computer doing on a spaceship?

ArchieGoodbye Moonmen

Oskar Potatis

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-22 18:03:38 UTC Post #276863

They ran out of modern computers and had to use use on from the ship's museum? I have plans to make it look like a modern computer (or if that fails; replace it completely), there's much you see in the screenshots that will be improved or replaced. There are more rooms but they are less complete.

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The Mad Carrot

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-22 18:05:52 UTC Post #276864

You should use the glowing texture versions for the computers and stuff.

Here are the rad values:

mod_light1a			240 240 210 10000
mod_light2a			190 30 30 5000
mod_light3a			45 45 245 5000
mod_light3b			135 135 245 5500
mod_light4			252 200 105 5000
mod_lights1a			255 230 205 5000
mod_lights2a			240 120 120 16000
mod_lights3a			150 120 240 8000
mod_lights4a			120 230 160 6500
mod_thinlighta			135 135 245 2500
mod_thinlightb			240 220 170 3000
mod_labsideligh			140 140 200 10000
mod_spot1			220 240 255 500
mod_screena			50 140 240 1500
mod_screenb			50 140 240 1500
mod_screenc			50 140 240 1500
mod_screend			50 140 240 1500
mod_screene			50 140 240 1500
mod_screenf			50 140 240 1500
mod_screeng			50 140 240 1500
mod_screenh			50 140 240 1500
mod_screeni			50 140 240 1500
mod_screenj			50 140 240 1500
mod_screensa			50 200 240 600
mod_screensb			50 200 240 600
mod_electro2a			50 140 200 800
mod_electro2b			50 140 200 800
mod_electro2c			50 140 200 800
mod_electro2d			50 170 200 800
mod_elec1a			50 240 200 1000
mod_contpan1a			50 190 200 800
mod_labcab2a			50 120 220 500
mod_labcab2b			50 120 220 500
mod_labcab2c			50 120 220 500
mod_labcab2d			50 120 220 500

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Oskar Potatis

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-22 18:12:48 UTC Post #276865

Glowing computer textures? Haven't tried that... Thanks for posting the texture light values, but I prefer to write my own. Waits for endless compile to finish

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The Mad Carrot

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-22 18:18:50 UTC Post #276866

I used the glowing effect in this map: http://twhl.co.za/vault.php?map=5313

All you do is place a 1 unit thick brush in front of whatever you want to add the effect to, texture all the sides except the front with BEVEL, apply the glowing texture on the front, turn the brush into func_illusionary, rendermode additive and fxamount 255.

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Oskar Potatis

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-22 18:34:13 UTC Post #276867

Hah! Thanks for the tip, I'll try it right away.
Edit: It stops decals from gunshots from showing up.

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DiscoStu

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-22 18:37:10 UTC Post #276868

Atom: Wouldn't that make glowing stuff extruded from the normal object? That tends to look odd.

DiscoStu

Oskar Potatis

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-22 18:39:17 UTC Post #276869

It looks blurry.

Oskar Potatis🦔

The Mad Carrot

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-22 18:40:20 UTC Post #276870

Potatis: yeah, they appear on the solid brush behind it. You can use a func_wall instead.

Stu: if you look at it sideways, yeah.

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Oskar Potatis

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-22 19:02:05 UTC Post #276871

New screenshot:

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ATDestroy

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-22 19:47:24 UTC Post #276872

I haven't tried it out yet, so I'm pretty sure I'm asking a dumb question here. but why not just make the computer itself emit light? why do you have to go through all the func_illusionary and stuff?

Edit:

Oh fuck me sideways.

I'm so stupid, never mind me. I just tried out that map.

Did you also use that glow effect for some of the lights? I used the decal test to see, and some of the lights didn't show the decals.

ATDestroy

The Mad Carrot

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-23 12:16:14 UTC Post #276879

I haven't tried it out yet, so I'm pretty sure I'm asking a dumb question here. but why not just make the computer itself emit light? why do you have to go through all the func_illusionary and stuff?

Because a light emitting texture will always be fullbright ingame, including the parts that don't have any computer gizmo's. It'll look weird.

Check it out:

Without a light emitting texture: