cs_ballroom (only partial layout done)

[Monktallica]

NOTE: the floating lights are these because i gotta go and have no time for a quick edit, ill be adding wooden beams up there and attaching them to a rope or something.

well, this is what i hope ill be able to call my first, "real," map. everything else ive started or made is pretty much shit . just a warning, this map is still in very early development and im a nub. try not to pay attention to the extremely repetitve texutres, theyre just in right now so i can see something halfway decent.

pics:








as you can tell the ballroom is enormous, im gonna add some side rooms to it like a kitchen, bathrooms and closets or something.

so thats it for now, the counter terrorists will start in the parking garage thing and the terrorists will start near that fireplace, once i finish the inside layout im gonna work on a fenced in outside area where they can wander around under parts of the building.

any suggestsions/feedback are welcome (specifically for some elements i could add in the ballroom that are both reasonable and would make for some good gameplay)

[YokaI]

needs way more detail

And for gods sake, dont use light entity, or atleast dont make it right up agains teh roof. or something

[matteh]

And for gods sake, dont use light entity

Why not? it has its uses, otherwise it would'nt be in the SDK.

back on topic though, This is a promising start. Just make sure you do add more detail. Some of the screenshots look very dark, Consider adding some more Lights.

[KiGrind]

Well if Valve uses it, I'm useing it. Maybe textured lighting is old school?

[BaRRaKID]

he meant that a light_spot works better then a light.. i think

[Monktallica]

what light should i use, yokai?

in game it doesnt look that dark and i have my gamma at the refault setting, so i dont know why its looking so dark (maybe due to the shit quality of mspaint jpg's).

any ideas for the ballroom?

[KiGrind]

They want you to use textured lighting. This is were you basicly give a certain texture properties of light. It SOMETIMES looks a lot better if used correctly.

[Monktallica]

oh yeah and im gonna be adding windows on the ballroom ceiling and some chandeliers eventually...

[dDG 007]

light_spot and light should usually be used in concert with each other to achieve a "realistic" light. Usually I put a light_spot at a reasonable brightness for the actual "light" then I use a regular light entity for the light that shines back onto the light model and the ceiling. Usually the light entity isn't much brighter than 10 though.

Hope that helps.

[Grim Reaper]

One Word: DARK

Lol

But its a nice map just need more lights, and the room with the fireplace, i hop your going to add some more models because it is very bare!

[Monktallica]

One Word: DARK

Lol

But its a nice map just need more lights, and the room with the fireplace, i hop your going to add some more models because it is very bare!

yeah, im going to. i started making that room when i first came out with the layout, and then i was like, screw it im gonna finish the layout before i do more detail like that.

[Shifty31]

One Word: DARK

Lol

But its a nice map just need more lights, and the room with the fireplace, i hop your going to add some more models because it is very bare!

yeah, im going to. i started making that room when i first came out with the layout, and then i was like, screw it im gonna finish the layout before i do more detail like that.

I seem to make my maps that way to. I create the layout in my mind > draw it up at school > draw up in Paint .NET 2.1 > Make layout in hammer with crapy textures to get all the sizes right > add nice textures, detail, bomb sites and by zones and so forth > optmise for my crapy computer

Shifty

[HybridFlash]

Im not liking what im seeing. Looks waaaay to blocky, textures dont fit and whats with the light?

[Shifty31]

Im not liking what im seeing. Looks waaaay to blocky, textures don’t fit and what’s with the light?

Do people read these days?

If you read his 1st post and he has made lots after stating that this is only a layout and has no detail as of yet and the lights are just so you can see the layout. Next time read the topic before posting

Shifty