Mostly completed dm_RavenholmLake

[zul]

This is my first map and it was made for the contest. I sent it in yesterday, but i still might spend some time really making it final.

images: (large so watch out)

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[zombie@computer]

damn you, that makes my map look like crap

the only things im missing for a ravenholm map is traps, bodies, fire and barbeques

[Jest@]

ooooh my fine sir, that looks quite lovely.

Few things:

Screenshot 3: That light could do with a glow/texture light of some kind...?

Screenshot 4: That health charger looks really out of place in ravenholm.....not sure there's much you could do bout that though

Screenshot 8: That big billboard sign (lovely touch btw)....found thison the VERC forums, it might spice it up a bit? Thy making it flicker or something, could be a lovely effect.

Screenshot 11: That big towerblock in the background...looks kinda out of place in ravenholm, it's meant to be a small mining town isnt it? towerblock looks a bit odd.

Love the displacement in the mines...that's really subtely done.

excellent map dude, hope it plays as well as it looks.

[Cr4ig]

looks really nice.

[zul]

Thanks for the nice comments guys.

Screenshot 11: That big towerblock in the background...looks kinda out of place in ravenholm, it's meant to be a small mining town isnt it? towerblock looks a bit odd.

Yeah the map started as a direct port of the ravenholm area from the game, but as i got to making it i decided to create it in an "edge of town" sort of way. So think of this as being kind of on the outskirts of Ravenholm. (maybe between C17 and Ravenholm in a semi-industrialized area)

Also when i took those shots the other "side" of the map still was in a rough form so i didnt post any screens from it, but now it has an overpass tunneling off the rest of the lake, which is drawn in a 3D skybox to make it look larger. I would post new screens but unfortunitly my video card (X800 Pro ) got fried just this week so right now i have a temp crappy card installed.

[zombie@computer]

you mean to say you tested your map on a radeon x800 pro? what will that do for fps on the average videocard? laggy maps certainly dont win prizes...

[zul]

I'm just saying i couldn't make good looking high-res screenshots with my current temp card. Performance isnt too bad.

[wiggle987]

it looks good, but i always have something against lag + hl2dm, its a terrible thing when there is water involved

[PaulH]

Looks awesome mate, hope it plays as good as it looks. Good luck in the comp!