Radio Station - DEVBLOG!

[JLea]

Sorry for the lack of updates, I'm back on this now.





This here is a trainstation which connect's this map cell with the rest :v: The train is controllable and some gameplay is going to revolve around combat on a moving train.

And here's a screenshot of the entire map.

[Gradius]

God. Daaaaaymn.

[JLea]

now i neeed to detail it, add dustclouds. but texturing is nearly done :v:

[skoften]

Nice progress, i'm sure this will be a great map visually

[Jman]

I don't know if the source 2007 kit supports this, in fact I'm fairly sure it doesn't, but try $seamless_scale on the textures you use for the displacements so they blend nicer. If it works you might as well try ss bumping them so they light correctly.

[MáØ]

$seemless_scale is in 2007 but you can't put bumpmaps or normal maps on textures with $seemless_scale if I remember correctly.

[Mr-Jigsaw]

The distant mountain range on the horizon is a nice touch. Or is it more than that, is it FORESHADOWING?

Though that pile of trash looks kinda funny at the moment.

[thefight]

those textures look really good, i like the displacements a lot too

[Shrinker]

Wow, one rarely sees such an open area in any regular FPS environment. That is a rather good job, and it must have been a lot of fun to run around while developing it! I bet you've inspected parts of your map from a high point a lot, through a scope :P

With an environment at such a great scale, it even makes sense to introduce some sorts of functional transportation, like a cart on rails or something like that :D

[Ich 666]

$seemless_scale is in 2007 but you can't put bumpmaps or normal maps on textures with $seemless_scale if I remember correctly.

Thats why he said SS Bump.

[JLea]

Wow, one rarely sees such an open area in any regular FPS environment. That is a rather good job, and it must have been a lot of fun to run around while developing it! I bet you've inspected parts of your map from a high point a lot, through a scope

With an environment at such a great scale, it even makes sense to introduce some sorts of functional transportation, like a cart on rails or something like that

Yeah, going to have some cross-country train shooting



I think this area has sufficient cover now

[Psy]

The cliffs look far too smooth and repetitive I'd say.

[jgoodroad]

bits of that map remind me of an old park I used to work at...

but I think your ground does need more cover, mainly dead plants and rocks... I would also like to see some kind of ditch path (there is a name for it...but I can't remember...)

EDIT: ok I remember, I am thinking of a wash, which occurs after heavy rains over a long period of time. so they are natural ditches and paths surrounded by rocks, plants, and steep hills.

EDIT: the above would be fairly location specific (areas with hard storms followed by droughts) so...
where is this map taking place?

EDIT...again: It would be like this, but the walls would be shorter, and covered in plantlife, this pic is more of a wash found in the american southwest...It was harder then expected to find a good pic


ANOTHER EDIT: found a better pic

[JLea]

Thanks for the tips, this is actually set in Central Asia (Aral Sea) so it's a fairly flat area. I agree with the repetative cliffs though, Red Dead Redemption has given me some good ideas on how to make deserts

[jgoodroad]

still needs more plants...