Map Battle 5 : Generator

[InZaneFlea]

Wow. Turn on fastvis until final compile?!?!?!?

[KILLA-COW]

I'm changing from hoover Dam to a dam in like a forest or something maybe? where its quite run down and then it can be smaller but still have Dam esque ness? ??!!?! anyways thats probably what I'm Going to do what you all think? I'm still using dam just scaling it down

[ferret]

man my map is so huge, it compiled in like 3 hours and i had to cancel it took so long and was 130 megabytes will i lose poitns because my Dam isnt as big as it should Be? mayb i should screw hoover dam and create my own?

Let me guess, you didn't nodraw all non-visible faces, and you put a huge skybox around the whole thing with no hint brushes -- I can't believe your map is 130mb while that huge Minerva: Metastasis map was only 13mb

Anyways, I feel bad about this battle because I really want to do it, but I'm too busy with work, school, and the machinima (which is taking hours of my time every day)

[RSX WHEEEEEE]

Wow.

I think i might actually do this!

I got a very frothy idea

[InvestmentBanking]

I'm changing from hoover Dam to a dam in like a forest or something maybe? where its quite run down and then it can be smaller but still have Dam esque ness? ??!!?! anyways thats probably what I'm Going to do what you all think? I'm still using dam just scaling it down

130 megabytes? Mine is huge but the file size isnt that big...? Oh well, Ill preobably have some wip shots soon.

[wisemx]

Anyone know what map these models were used for?

/models/props_canal/generator01.mdl
d1_town_01
d1_town_05
d1_eli_01

/models/props_canal/generator02.mdl
d1_canals_07

[InZaneFlea]

Awesome man, thanks.

[Hyp-R]

I would like to try a map battle but im not 100% confident of my skills yet.

Maybe if somthing that gives me a great idea comes along I'll give it a go.


Btw. to whomever was doing the hoover dam, it doesnt have to be like exact height. Have you ever seen anything on liek camera tricks? You can like adcjsut the camera and stuff, making it look bigger or smaller. so you can make your dam like 50% smaller but make it look jsut as big.

[ferret]

Btw. to whomever was doing the hoover dam, it doesnt have to be like exact height. Have you ever seen anything on liek camera tricks? You can like adcjsut the camera and stuff, making it look bigger or smaller. so you can make your dam like 50% smaller but make it look jsut as big.

Or you could just learn how to optimize so your bsp isn't 130mb

[RSX WHEEEEEE]

Well in case any1 wants 2 try and 1up me with my idea, it is currently a giant laser with the long generator as part of the barrel, currently set in a snow bunker.

[Hyp-R]

Well in case any1 wants 2 try and 1up me with my idea, it is currently a giant laser with the long generator as part of the barrel, currently set in a snow bunker.

pretty wicked idea haha. creativity!

[KILLA-COW]

Btw. to whomever was doing the hoover dam, it doesnt have to be like exact height. Have you ever seen anything on liek camera tricks? You can like adcjsut the camera and stuff, making it look bigger or smaller. so you can make your dam like 50% smaller but make it look jsut as big.

Or you could just learn how to optimize so your bsp isn't 130mb

Lol i didn't nodraw the Dam, my bad lol dw now I'm making it in a forest valley kind of thing.

[ferret]

No problem, my map for the pyramid map battle was 65mb and it wasn't even finished

Whoa, 500th post!

(an excessive use of smilies is justified)

[The Watcher]

Argh, I really want to participate in a mapping contest, but I have a habit of always perfecting my maps b4 release, which takes WAY too long. And I also don't have all the time in the world to participate (school, homework, my other hobby (drawing), etc.)

When I saw your creations in the other mapping contests, I felt rather jealous; I WAS going participate in Mapping Contest #4, but I was tapped out of ideas and gave up.

P.S., plzz dont delete this post, I had no where else to post it.

EDIT: its on topic, so dont worry. BK

[Mr_E]

hey

i was just looking around and this seemed to good to pass up.

heres my WIP








i also noticed im like the second newbie to post here. maybe you should do things like this more often to get more people to join