First Attempt

D2AGON

<div class="IPBDescription">Ready room screenshot</div> Ok...basically I am new to mapping and just started learning this week.
I made this ready room this evening.

<img src='http://www.geocities.com/carpdady/test.JPG' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
If that doesnt work
<a href='http://www.geocities.com/carpdady/test.JPG' target='_blank'>link</a>

The names are sprites that I made freehand..should I just type them?
I kinda like the lighting...but am open to comments
I didnt finish the railings becasue I am too tired and the alien skin on the floor is just a placeholder.

There isnt much to comment about but this is my first attemp and it is only gets 115 r_speeds which is a lot smaller than I thought which gives me hope for future mapping... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

D2AGON

Oh yeah...Is there an easier way to making the railing texture work than moving its position....and I know the floor texture is kinda off...looking at it now makes me embarrased <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->

Sniper_Chance

You can select the brushes with the rail texture, and mess around with the Texture Coordination Tool until you get a desired texture alignment.

Shadowics

Looks good for your first room. The sprites are ok, though I would recommend making the background transparent. (I'm not an artist though so don't ask me how, I think you use color 255 which is usually pure blue). The lighting looks nice, you've got ok contrast though you might want to add little light-textured panels to show where the light is coming from. R_speeds in the readyroom aren't that big a deal because there isn't going to be alot of fighting in there, unless you make some big rooms or have a lot of brush based details you should have to worry about them much anyway. I'm not sure what you're asking about the railing though.

D2AGON

shadow..to make the sprite transparent you have to select the correct option in the sprite wizard. It is different than hammer entities and textures.

Shadowics

Ah, I see. I haven't made any sprites myself so I simply assumed they worked like textures. I don't use Hammer though, Quark is much better <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

NerdIII

/me has added the rendermodes from Half-Life to QuArK <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo--> - though I could not get rid of the blue parts in {-textures <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> The source code is quite complex and the initial developer does other thigs now *sigh*

If anyone knows some Delphi/Python programmers: They are always welcome to script plug-ins and help mess around with QuArK!

The transparency option is in ver. 6.4 only and can be activated in Options -> Configuration -> Games -> Half-Life -> In OpenGL window, enable transparency.

Gimpy_Doodly_Doo

nice handwriting man!