LavaLab: Erupt by darkphoenix_68

HLDM

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-24 06:38:27 UTC • Completed • Half-Life: Deathmatch

Name: LavaLab: Erupt
By: darkphoenix_68
Type: Map
Engine: Goldsource
Game: Half-Life: Deathmatch
Category: Completed
Included: BSP

Created: 18 years ago2005-08-24 06:38:27 UTC
Updated: 18 years ago2005-08-24 06:38:27 UTC
Views: 2123
Downloads: 711
Comments: 8
Rating: 3.67 (3)
Reviews: 0

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This is a research lab nestled precariously in the caldera of an active volcano. Above the close-study platform, enclosed in a cube of concrete, are three levels: storage, recreation, control. The only means of access for scientists travelling to and from the lab is the weekly helicopter drop to the helipad on the roof.

This is a cut-down version of "LavaLab" (making a cut-down post-disaster variant of each of my levels is almost a tradition with me, these days, but this was my first.) The entire lab has been encased in molten rock, and is a lot more claustrophobic than the original...

Kasperg

Commented 18 years ago2005-08-24 09:35:21 UTC Comment #8676

I'm rating this map after having played the first lavalab. This version has the good brushwork of the original, but like the description says, it's much smaller. Access to the outside area has been cut, as everything around the lab seems to have been flooded with lava. While the intention is good, the post-disaster elements (decals, sparks, lighting) arent enough to replace the original freedom we had with the other map.
Judging it by itself, it's still a good map.

Daubster

Commented 18 years ago2005-08-24 12:10:30 UTC Comment #8684

It's the same lavalab without the outoor area... I don't have anything new to say... Just read the lavalab review. And one more thing for both lavalab and lavalab_erupt. MAKE THE DARN GLASS WEAKER!! I shot like 3 crossbow mags into the dam thing until it broke!! >:|

Daubster

Commented 18 years ago2005-08-24 12:11:32 UTC Comment #8686

rowleybob

Commented 18 years ago2006-01-18 02:22:42 UTC Comment #10528

3 stars? you guys are on some serious crack if you rate this 3 stars. If I had a top 5 for favourite maps, this would probably be in it.

Superb architecture, texturing. and lighting make this map a pleasure to walk through. Even though this uses original HL textures throughout, they're applied so well, you truly don't notice it. Excellent transitions from light to dark areas and to the lava area where you can almost feel the heat

I loved the glass observation structure above, the helipad area, and the detailed holes/damage in the computers looked superb.

Superb work! I must have spent 20 minutes, just walking around with my mouth open

5 Stars

rowleybob

Commented 18 years ago2006-01-23 05:07:48 UTC Comment #10631

Oops, that review was intended for Lavalab, not Lavalab Erupt... sorry!

darkphoenix_68

Commented 15 years ago2008-09-22 22:35:44 UTC Comment #16883

In the comments for "LavaLab" Daubster said (among other things) "the cliffs were rather blocky"; in the comments above Kasperg says "the post-disaster elements ... arent enough to replace the original freedom we had with the other map".

The blocky cliffs are the main reason I decided to revisit the LavaLab concept in my new (almost ready to be released) Lab11_Lavalab. And Kasperg's comment on freedom -- well, let's just say that Lab11_Erupt will reduce the size of the map a little but, if I get it to work as envisioned, you will possibly have more freedom than in Lab11_Lavalab.

SoulAsylum

Commented 15 years ago2009-02-25 18:16:17 UTC Comment #17329

Linkie no workie!! File doesn't exist.

darkphoenix_68

Commented 15 years ago2009-03-13 02:02:03 UTC Comment #17351

Links fixed ... not sure how they broke!

LavaLab: Erupt

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