CSDM_DeathCanyon

[Serever]

Little deathmatch map ive been working on for a few days. theres 40 spawns, and it should be ok to play with 40 people. Anywayz, screenies:









Also, to blink/dux/haxel/sigs/cr4ig, would it be alright if one of you could host it on interlopers once the sites back up?

[wiggle987]

serverereververeverevvrereververrer wins, try getting some bots in there for some action screenies

[Spartan]

Very nice map but its not done. Your canyon walls cut off at the top and look very ugly. I suggest making them higher and then curving them outwards at the top. Make sure that the player thinks that they are actually in a canyon and nut just a floating platform of brushes.

[Serever]

im over it. ive started a more serious map now anywayz, and im pretty sure i lost the vmf for this one when i formatted, but ive still got the bsp so ill still try and get it hosted.

[Spartan]

I'd like to see you finish this map.

[slayera]

If he raises them too much then he will have a lighting problem.

[Serever]

if i raise them much more than fuck all, ill have a stretched out texture problem too

[Jest@]

I think spartan has a point. The main canyon walls all end pretty roughly, and they're all at roughly the same height which doesnt help the visuals. If you still have the VMF do a bit of 3D skyboxing - it's perfect for this kind of solution. Just some 3D skybox caps on the canyon walls.

looks pretty cool though, a big improvement from the WIP shots you put up. wouldn't mind having a play on this at all.

[Serever]

i did a search and i most definitely dont have the vmf anymore, which sucks hard. ill look on the backup dvds but im pretty sure its gone.

EDIT: yea i found it. ill try and fix the canyon walls but it wont be easy.

[Spartan]

Buy yourself a USB flash drive. You'll thank me later. The things are wonderful for anything you want to keep backups of or move over to other computers. cough*rmf file*cough

[Serever]

as i said i found it. ill have a poke at it later.

[Serever]

i decided that id gone a bit apeshit with the little bushes, and went round and deletd about half of them. i also doubled the height of the cliffs, which seems to give it a more inescapable, claustrophobic feel. im in the process of adding trees to the tops of the cliffs atm.
screenies:




p.s. thanks for the constructive crits Spartan. youre a changed man

[Cyberblast]

Looks better now
Looking foward to play it

[Jest@]

p.s. thanks for the constructive crits Spartan. youre a changed man

heh, you wish.... good work serever, looks much better. Closed, claustrophobic feel = perfect for the look.

[Serever]

k small update, and now complete.
finished detailing the cliffs with trees n stuff on top of them. fixed a little bug with the fog. as i said before, the walls n stuff are way taller. i changed the light angle so its about 50/50 light/dark. hers the layout in hammer:

ill compile now and post again with screenies in 10-20 minutes.