Ns_halo

lillbrorsan

<div class="IPBDescription">Overview, name in progress</div> I got tired of mapping for non fun mods like Counter-Strike a while ago and wanted to start mapping for Natural-Selection after i played it for a while. I started a little bit were the marine start is now and then my brother wanted to continue. So we are now 3 persons that are working on the same map o.o

Anyways, i have here a brand new overview thats still in progress that you may
can see cause one hive is not filled in.

r_speeds? DONT WORRY, i know about r_speeds and they WONT BE A PROBLEM.

Questions? Suggestions?

I would like some suggestions to improve it.

Thx

<img src='http://toffe.kladdpapper.com/ns_halo.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

U may be wondering, why Halo? Well, if you have played Halo you will recognize the marine start...

sk84zer0

The marine start is pretty damn big

Mr_Headcrab

looks pretty good, just be careful of making "LerkPack lands".

Xzilen

Ah, can't wait for some screenies man.

FANoelson

looks promising

lillbrorsan

I know, some of the stuff in the overview is too large scaled, need to fix it further on, so dont worry mate <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

JoltGris

Wow, tell me if you need any help <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

//Tama <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

lillbrorsan

Some of you wanted ingame pictures, here they are.
About 20 mins put down.
r_speeds at 300-400.
Rock and grass texture WILL change.

<a href='http://toffe.kladdpapper.com/ns_halo1.png' target='_blank'>ns_halo Pic 1</a>

<a href='http://toffe.kladdpapper.com/ns_halo2.png' target='_blank'>ns_halo Pic 2</a>

<a href='http://toffe.kladdpapper.com/ns_halo3.png' target='_blank'>ns_halo Pic 3</a>

Ignore the hive

Caboose

Heh you got the pokamon hive!!!!!

lillbrorsan

And the rest that follows that ugly stuff <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

sk84zer0

yea i agree, the map looked good in your first pic but eww its ugly.

lillbrorsan

sigh, do i have to tell every idiot this???

I made that in 20 minutes, becuase some wanted wip pictures of the map.
So what do i mean by this?
ITS NOT FINAL

Learn the last line and reply when you know what that line means.

Thx

Redford

Saying RSPEEDS WONT BE A PROBLEM in caps, and actually making a map where rspeeds won't be a problem is two diffrent things, just so you know that.

lillbrorsan

Wow im getting a lesson in english now, thx, more ppl want to flame the 20 min map or my good english?

Olmy

I don't see whats ugly about it at all. Looks pretty damn good considering how you have even told us what different parts of the maps are made of (grass, rock etc). Marine start is too big, to be honest though (i know you said its scaled too big but even if its smaller lerks could make marine start a horrible place to stay in make sure there isn't direct line of sight right to the start from the passage way. Finish the other hive! C'mon this is looking interesting.

[edit] i was reffering to the map overlook. the screenies DO look ugly, but understandable if you did it in 10 minutes.

CrouchingHamster

If you're going after a "Halo" feel, might I make a small suggestion?

How about a custom skybox based on the second screenshot down on <a href='http://www.marathon.org/story/halo_culture.html' target='_blank'>this page</a> or the Iain M. Banks cover above it, y'know so you can see the rest of the Halo in the distance?

I imagine it'd be possible to find higher res pics you could use.

Didn't play a lot of Halo, so whether this is prominent in the game, I dunno, it's just I was reading that page last night and the idea popped in when I saw "ns_halo".

/me shrugs

Olmy

Good to see someone realises that Halo was a rip off of Consider Phlebas. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> I was actually gonna buy that book is it any good? Sorry /me tangents

CrouchingHamster

It's* an excellent book, although like all his "Culture" novels, it's not for everyone. There's a fair bit to take in before you start to understand how his weird universe works. Check it out from the library I'd say.

*"Consider Phlebas" that is..no idea about Halo books

( "Excession" is best imo, but avoid "Feersum Endjin" , because it's crap. )

Sorry, resume thread.

Edited to avoid further confusion.. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

WarpZone

The Halo book? Or Consider Phlebas? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->

I haven't read Consider Phlebas, but the Halo books are kinda... thin. The first book is interesting if you want to know the backstory behind the game, but the second book is pretty much just a retelling of the game, though it does provide some new insights into what the heck was going on, as well as some interesting slice-of-life stuff about the covenent. It's hardly a gripping read, though. I'd call it a good book to read in bed while trying to get sleepy. It's interesting enough that you will continue to read it, but dull enough not to keep you up all night reading.

Oh, umm... and the map... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> An interesting start. I recommend you chop those cliffs up into triangles so you can deform them, find a better rock texture somewhere, and give it a lush day sky, perhaps even with a ring if you can figure out how to make one. Custom textures remeniscient of Halo itself (tech, stone, energy beams, etc.) would be even cooler, but are not neccessary.

lillbrorsan

I have decided to currently stop the map.
Reasons, well, first it dissapeared from the
computer and then its the new gamemode thats coming.

Im afraid if i make this map, and even make it good, people
wont play it because they are all playing OC gamemode.

Am i doing the right thing here ?

Olmy

<!--QuoteBegin--CrouchingHamster+HiddenElvis,Sep 23 2003, 02:08 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CrouchingHamster @ HiddenElvis,Sep 23 2003, 02:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's* an excellent book, although like all his "Culture" novels, it's not for everyone. There's a fair bit to take in before you start to understand how his weird universe works. Check it out from the library I'd say.

*"Consider Phlebas" that is..no idea about Halo books

( "Excession" is best imo, but avoid "Feersum Endjin" , because it's crap. )

Sorry, resume thread.

Edited to avoid further confusion.. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm a big fan of Greg Bear books like Eon, and Eternity. If there's crazy physics concepts it's probably my kind of thing <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

[edit] sorry that i kinda hijacked your topic lillbrorsan <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->