I'm taking another day for speed tweaking, because one room is a few hundred polys too high. If anyone is good at placing hint brushes... let me know, because mine suck.
<!--QuoteBegin-Nazul+Jun 15 2004, 11:53 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nazul @ Jun 15 2004, 11:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->no screens , no beans<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> lol i remember gettin this shoved down my throat when i posted my first cs map.
Anyway, dont get rid of <i>all</i> of the grey lighting, i love it. gives the map an eerie mental institution feel. u shuld add some screaming and groaning to the ambience as well <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Well, the bad news is this version has an error (2 actually but only 1 that matters)
There are two null textures visible underwater. You can just pass through them but they look really ugly. I can't fix this tonight, so another version will follow in a few days
You really need some work on lighting. Mainly it looks just dull. Where are the shadows? Make it darker and add few brighter spots for contrast. It gives better atmosphere for sure. Also, your texture scaling in some places look horrible. Don't get me wrong, you have some unique architecture from what I can see. Especially I like the 4th shot. If you think the gameplay is now good, you could try to improve the visual side a little.
It's fun to keep editing the map for optical improvement, but I'm obviously not the most talented mapper in the world. However, I'm still concerned about the playablity of my map layout and the paths. Problem is, I never see servers running custom maps, and I KNOW THERE ARE A FEW. Sure I'd love to play my own map online, but basically I just want MORE MAPS ONLINE which seems to be a problem. In fact, I am considering to run my own dedicated server. But then no one's playing custom maps anyway, so what's the point... The NS community is not dead, but WHO WANTS TO PLAY CUSTOM MAPS?
I'm sure people would play custom maps more if there were more servers to provide them. It can only be helped by creating more custom map servers. Main reason to run "official maps only" servers must be that they are more popular.. that's the problem.. many people just don't bother downloading custom maps and change server... I wish they published some sort of an "official custom map pack". Maybe that would work.. ;D
(edit) damn, I liked to run a server, but it just isn't possible with my shared connection...
Apparently the guys at KAOZTRIBE.net are willing to try custom and fun maps Their NS server is called WurSTsEleCtioN. Maybe NS_platzangst will be on tomorrow...
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lol i remember gettin this shoved down my throat when i posted my first cs map.
Anyway, dont get rid of <i>all</i> of the grey lighting, i love it. gives the map an eerie mental institution feel. u shuld add some screaming and groaning to the ambience as well <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<a href='http://www.brywright.co.uk/downloads/files/index.php?dir=natural-selection/maps/ns/&file=ns_platzangst.zip' target='_blank'>http://www.brywright.co.uk/downloads/files..._platzangst.zip</a>
There are two null textures visible underwater. You can just pass through them but they look really ugly. I can't fix this tonight, so another version will follow in a few days
<a href='http://predator-distribution.de/Maps/ns_platzangst.zip' target='_blank'>NS_PLATZANGST.zip</a>
<img src='http://predator-distribution.de/Maps/screenie.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
But for some reason it feels like... it lacks something... I can't quite put my finger on WHAT though...
The NS community is not dead, but WHO WANTS TO PLAY CUSTOM MAPS?
(edit) damn, I liked to run a server, but it just isn't possible with my shared connection...
Their NS server is called WurSTsEleCtioN. Maybe NS_platzangst will be on tomorrow...