JN_CBricks

crates? remember my comment about the awp towers and how it should have crates everywhere? that was sarcasm. crates just show ppl that ur very new to playing cs, or just having a map-designer's "block". try using other things that would be found in, say, a two story apartment. Like, a bed, kitchen counter, or even a refridgerator. if you want to be really creative, make the doors to cabinents, closets, or the refridgerator toggle with a use key so that ppl can crawl inside.

another thing to start trying is atmosphere. besides making a leaky, dirty, falling-apart dry wall ceiling (and maybe even a small puddle with dripping sounds near it) instead of bricks, you can use things that will never be used just to add to a feeling of reality. try putting a door for the "entrance" of the building, that doesn't really do anything but look good. maybe a wooden one with a rounded top. put windows on one side of the building with glass, and outside of there put a flipped copy of the building's side to show that you're in a neighborhood. if you want to get really into it, put a street and sidewalks with a small stairway in front of each door.

maybe you can really expand this map. put an emergency fire exit in a side window that goes into an alley with a dumpster. make six copies of this building (if it's small enough. i'll find out for myself soon.) and put three on each side of the street. put doorbells on them. put a few ct's in one and t's in the other. maybe make a hostage rescue map.

If you need any help with these things feel free to email me.

Aaand a step down. Dark box rooms aren't fun. Controversial, I know.

Bricks and crates and crates and bricks