[Ermac20]

thespectator posted:

I'm not entirely sure why I spent so much time doing this.

Roughly 3500 brushes.

what does the inside look like?

[Legend286]

Incase anyone misses it;

[DildoOfDaDoom]

Shirky posted:

How does my road look?
Sorry for hammer shots, but I dont feel like compiling just to ask.

Shirky. Are we mapping the same by any chance?

Yours looks better though

Oh btw, are you using Content from L4D?

[ZombieDawgs]

Sweet baby jesus what size is that monitor

[Shirky]

DildoOfDaDoom posted:

Shirky. Are we mapping the same by any chance?

Yours looks better though

We might just be haha, except mine is an official map.

DildoOfDaDoom posted:

Oh btw, are you using Content from L4D?

Im just using the L4D foliage and a trashcan, but thats going to be replaced before the map is released.

[aleksas17]

abandoned safe house it will be a survival mode map. So what do you think guys?

[Pyth]

aleksas17 posted:

abandoned safe house it will be a survival mode map. So what do you think guys?

Maybe add a dim light in front of that television.

[Banshee FrieNd]

Is there any way to get a .rad texture light to animate? like "florescent flicker"?

[Stinger21]

Me and my good friend Todarac have started a little map-project.

Basically, a Gmod map based on Minecraft, now. We know that this has been done hundreads of times times before. but we're aiming at getting as close to Minecraft as possible. Most Minecraft-like maps Dont look like minecraft, They look like Source maps with Minecraft Textures.

so to properly recreate what we need, Todarac has been doing a ton of the designing. While I've been creating assets like torches, chests. and a Fully-functional Enchantment table. Take a look:

[Banshee FrieNd]

Stinger21 posted:

Me and my good friend Todarac have started a little map-project.

Basically, a Gmod map based on Minecraft, now. We know that this has been done hundreads of times times before. but we're aiming at getting as close to Minecraft as possible. Most Minecraft-like maps Dont look like minecraft, They look like Source maps with Minecraft Textures.


so to properly recreate what we need, Todarac has been doing a ton of the designing. While I've been creating assets like torches, chests. and a Fully-functional Enchantment table. Take a look:

I think Minecraft Textures should make use of Unlit shaders. But the animations are perfect.

[Stinger21]

Banshee FrieNd posted:

I think Minecraft Textures should make use of Unlit shaders. But the animations are perfect.

The top of the torches are unlit ^^

But making them all unlit would remove all the lighting, making it not look like Minecraft at all, Like Fullbright?

[mdeceiver79]

Stinger21 posted:

Me and my good friend Todarac have started a little map-project.

Basically, a Gmod map based on Minecraft, now. We know that this has been done hundreads of times times before. but we're aiming at getting as close to Minecraft as possible. Most Minecraft-like maps Dont look like minecraft, They look like Source maps with Minecraft Textures.

so to properly recreate what we need, Todarac has been doing a ton of the designing. While I've been creating assets like torches, chests. and a Fully-functional Enchantment table. Take a look:

Will the blocks be entity or prop? either way you will hit the source limits very quickly if you intend to make the landscape from blocks. If props have same max number as detail sprites (not an unreasonable assumption) then you can have 64k, that is 40x40x40 so your max "solid ground" is 1280^3 (assuming blocks are 32 units in all dimensions.)

[Queelee]

Hey guys, back with an update on my Counter-Strike Source Map!
I've also fixed the Walkway's texture issue.

[Stinger21]

mdeceiver79 posted:

Will the blocks be entity or prop? either way you will hit the source limits very quickly if you intend to make the landscape from blocks. If props have same max number as detail sprites (not an unreasonable assumption) then you can have 64k, that is 40x40x40 so your max "solid ground" is 1280^3 (assuming blocks are 32 units in all dimensions.)

We've got this figured out. Some blocks will be brushes, and some will be models. The map is going to be unique, But I don't really want to reveal what it is before we've actually got something else to show than prefabs. :)

[Shirky]

gah, what am I doing?

[Juniez]

silent hill

[Grenade Man]

A good screenshot this time.

This will look so good once i fake shadows i promise you.

A few things to note:
I still have to fix some of the detail sprites.
This is not the actual map yet. I'm just testing lighting and effects.

[~ZOMG]

Grenade Man posted:

A good screenshot this time.

This will look so good once i fake shadows i promise you.

A few things to note:
I still have to fix some of the detail sprites.
This is not the actual map yet. I'm just testing lighting and effects.

The foliage is great and everything, but the lighting is not on par with the rest of the map. It's really dragging the whole scene down.

It's not necessarily bad lighting, just not amazing like the other assets in the map.

[thespectator]

Ermac20 posted:

what does the inside look like?

If you want to make an inside be my guest. I have no intentions of touching it at all, its way too messy to deal with.



Currently trying to clean it up so I can run it through propper. Propper wont take it in its current state.

[Shirky]

I really need ideas on what type of atmosphere this map should have. I really dont like any of the ones Ive made so far.

[.FLAP.JACK.DAN.]

-snip-

[simzboy]

Shirky posted:

I really need ideas on what type of atmosphere this map should have. I really dont like any of the ones Ive made so far.

I really like that one.

[Ermac20]

thespectator posted:

If you want to make an inside be my guest. I have no intentions of touching it at all, its way too messy to deal with.



Currently trying to clean it up so I can run it through propper. Propper wont take it in its current state.

suppose you could visgroup most of the stuff and make an inside?

[Shirky]

Ermac20 posted:

suppose you could visgroup most of the stuff and make an inside?

All you really need to do is make one floors rooms and stuff, and copy and past above.

[thespectator]

Ermac20 posted:

suppose you could visgroup most of the stuff and make an inside?

I suppose, but it'd take more time than I'm willing to spend.

[Mr. Chop]

Sorry gents, it will be a closed event, but expect to see a map pack release and maybe a video documentary if someone is up to it.

[Banshee FrieNd]

Help me with this lighting.







a10.RAD

banshee/HaloTagSystem/halo/levels/a10/bitmaps/halogen_on 210 227 255 120.0 //Main Light Fixtures
banshee/HaloTagSystem/halo/levels/a10/bitmaps/flourescent 216 237 225 8.0 //Lights Under Walkway
banshee/HaloTagSystem/halo/levels/a10/bitmaps/red_light_dim 255 0 0 0.25 //Hidden (don't worry about this)
banshee/HaloTagSystem/halo/levels/a10/bitmaps/tech_rack_mount 88 122 71 0.1 //Might as well not even be here :(

Cryo_Glass.vmt

"LightmappedGeneric"
{
	"$basetexture" "banshee/HaloTagSystem/halo/levels/a10/bitmaps/cryo_glass"
	"$bumpmap" "banshee/HaloTagSystem/halo/levels/a10/bitmaps/monitors_bump"
	"$envmap" "banshee/HaloTagSystem/halo/levels/a10/bitmaps/cubemap_glass"
	//"$normalmapalphaenvmapmask" 0
	"$surfaceprop" "Glass"
	"$envmapmask" "glass/glasswindowbreak070a_mask"
	"$translucent" 1
	"$multipass" 1
	"$nocull" 1
	"$crackmaterial" "glass/glasswindowbreak070b"
}

The problem with the glass is not enough of it shows up, it should be "foggier"

[mdeceiver79]

The halo map needs more smooth groups. Smooth the window panes and the columns on the ceilings. I dislike the textures they look cartoony, i know they are the originals but why aspire to make something which was good 6-7 years ago? (and hope it will look good compared to stuff people are doing these days)

[Banshee FrieNd]

mdeceiver79 posted:

The halo map needs more smooth groups. Smooth the window panes and the columns on the ceilings. I dislike the textures they look cartoony, i know they are the originals but why aspire to make something which was good 6-7 years ago? (and hope it will look good compared to stuff people are doing these days)

In Halo, Human Structures were very modular. I must disagree with you on your opinion of the textures. And Halo is 12 years old.

[Grenade Man]

~ZOMG posted:

The foliage is great and everything, but the lighting is not on par with the rest of the map. It's really dragging the whole scene down.

It's not necessarily bad lighting, just not amazing like the other assets in the map.

What do you mean by lighting? If you are talking about the dark parts on the trees, I would love to fix that but I'm afraid its the way source lights static props. My hands are tied. If you are talking about the general tone of the map then please give suggestions.

[hiyougami]

TangoGorila posted:

I thought I would go ahead and try to make something that would break from my usual style to try and break myself from my mapping block.

Stinger21 posted:

Me and my good friend Todarac have started a little map-project.

Basically, a Gmod map based on Minecraft, now. We know that this has been done hundreads of times times before. but we're aiming at getting as close to Minecraft as possible. Most Minecraft-like maps Dont look like minecraft, They look like Source maps with Minecraft Textures.

so to properly recreate what we need, Todarac has been doing a ton of the designing. While I've been creating assets like torches, chests. and a Fully-functional Enchantment table. Take a look:

Neat, neat! Here I can help you with lighting. I'll send you a preset vmf, just drop me a message when I come online tomorrow and I'll be there.

[Greatdictator]

I tried to follow the from what i understand general advice of useing spotlights that i hear often here.

But i just dont get it its CONSTANTLY too weak and i dont know how to make it much brighter , as in more light .

so can anyone give me some advice on what the best settigns for spotlights are ?

[mopman999]

Make them slightly bluish, I use 300-400

[TangoGorila]

hiyougami posted:

I tried using light_spots previously, but no matter what how I set them, they wouldn't provide the amount of area lighting I needed without having a dick load of them all pointing at specific areas to keep everything lit, rather than having just one entity that lit everything.
Besides, that visuals weren't the point, the functionality of everything was really what I was showing, thus the video. But I'll keep the lighting in mind, thanks for commenting.

[Legend286]

Map as of 8PM (when I finished mapping.) Currently unlit but only so I could test it without waiting forever.

[Brandon]

That grass looks bad to pale

[Legend286]

Brandon posted:

That grass looks bad to pale

The blend textures were flipped, blame Garry.

[IronPhoenix]

Are those phx tracks?

[Legend286]

IronPhoenix posted:

Are those phx tracks?

They are 80 units wide if that's what you mean (the inside.)

[Banshee FrieNd]

Does anyone have any advice on how to improve my lighting?