Bast-colony...

Timberwolf · April 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">Discover more of the colony</div>So here is some shot i took in my map Bast-Colony(the name is not final but i want it to have a link with Relic ship's)
so here they are by the way i added some gamma to those shot's in ps6 so they can have the same gamma as ingame i'm not sure if its does the same effect but its brighter <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> and the shot were reduced to medium quality because of forum file size limit so enjoy and the lightning is not final...

Timberwolf · April 2002

here more

Timberwolf · April 2002

this is a shot of an hallway i'm working on

Timberwolf · April 2002

and here is a shot of my "storage room"

blueman · April 2002

looks nice so much space to move, xDDD

-> <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

pielemuis · April 2002

I really don't like your texture use, and your lighting could use some work, but maybe that's just the PS thing, it'll look prolly better ingame.

Merkaba · April 2002

Whatever, I love it!

realityisdead · April 2002

The storage room is very cool. Great job there.

The main thing that bugs me in these shots is not the texturing, but the lighting. Besides the fact that there really isn't much bold contrast at all... I just doesn't work out too well in most places. Just too plain if you ask me. Especially that red in the first shot. Try for a bolder red with some nice harsh white in there.

Other than that, I looks great. I really like your architecture.

ChromeAngel · April 2002

1,2, and 3 look cool, number 4 looks rather 'bitsy' to me.

Slycaster · April 2002

the texturing looks VERY similar to basts, almost the same, nice job timber, the lighting needs a tad of work though

Black_Dog · April 2002

i also love the sotrage...i think that on the texturing u got to work a little...but the main thing i don't like is the lights placement. i'm not talking about lightining,i can read and i know u got to work more on that <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>
continue this way btw

realityisdead · April 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Black Dog @ April 22 2002,16:42)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i'm not talking about lightining,i can read and i know u got to work more on that <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
But is there anything terribly wrong with giving suggestions on how to improve it?

No... there isn't. Enough of this "at least I read the posts"

It just isn't very nice to see after you donate your own time to commenting on someone's work.

Tzarcon · April 2002

I think texture use in the first shot isn't that great, sorry, same with lighting. But, shots 2 and 3 are absolutely marvelous

KungFuSquirrel · April 2002

I personally think # 3 is the weakest of the bunch... It just doesn't look right, IMHO... One possibility might be the angle at the peak -- you slightly rounded off the supports at the side, then just have this angle out of nowhere in the middle... the flat top (or appearance as such) doesn't really do it for me, either.

Greedo · April 2002

Oh man. Revelation. After seeing those shots, and especially the last one, I've come to the conclusion that a lot of textures in an area, when pulled off correctly, can be really sweet looking. And I think that you, mister TimberJack, have done just that. You say lighting isn't final, so okay, but man is that architecture ever sweet looking.

Flayra · April 2002

Wow, nice work Timber. I especially love the architecture in the 2nd and 4th shots. Very vertical feeling, interesting level over level gameplay, and really nice visually.

Btw, I'm not sure how many people know this, but Timber was the first mapper on NS. He helped create some of the earliest maps, including the map you see in the DIVX movie, in the commander mode and alien POV footage.

Keep at it, I hope you finish this.

Killtoy · April 2002

I like the structure, definatly attractive while being considerate of gameplay. Overall, I think you're very creative with your texture use, and I like that. I'm not so sure about using NOS_SUBLIGHT1 as a texture light(as I think I'm seeing in shot #4), but thats your call. Have you considered using an additive illusionary to give only those slots the appearance of illumination?

I guess outside of that, I'd like to see a little less texture lighting overall, and compensate their omission with a couple well-placed light_spot entities.

In any case, the map looks good! I look forward to seeing more of it.

Trane · April 2002

I really dig your archetecture, so while your improving your lighting, try to make it accentuate your archetecture. Somehow or other, dont ask me how though, lol. Nice work

pielemuis · April 2002

Ok i read ;y post again and it seems to me I was a little over negative, I like the architecture (like I told you in IRC)and aftertaking a closer look at the textureing it doesn't seem that bad to me anymore, well in the first shot that textrue you used for the bridge still looks like a ventcover ,the third shot really needs some retexturing (I thinks it's that texture you used on the end and the fact that that floor really stands out like that). And I'm sure every1 knows who he is Flayra, but I liked his earlier shots better, it's prolly just the lighting here, it lacks power, the colours need to be more intense, shadows darker etc.

Comprox · April 2002

I have to disagree with most people on one picture, for some reason I like the texturing in the 3rd picture. I di grant it is a different style, but I like the style, it's quite different and unique. (But I do agree, the first one needs better floor <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'> )

Black_Wolf · April 2002

Killtoy:
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I'm not so sure about using NOS_SUBLIGHT1 as a texture light(as I think I'm seeing in shot #4), but thats your call. Have you considered using an additive illusionary to give only those slots the appearance of illumination?
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mmmm, thats what i did, heres the texture if anyone wants to use it.

Timberwolf · April 2002

Thx for all those reply first of all ill change that floor that every one hate <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> and for the nos texture light ill use that illusionary trick because i was a bit unconfortable with the current effect...and for those litle nos light ill change them(not all...) and i must relly redo the lightning i know i did better thx for all those great comments i have more to come i already drawed the ½ of the map on paper with two hive(one last to put) and i drawed my Dentention Sector(alien sample and g-nome) i have some pretty cool design in head and if anyone have some great colorfull texture for light i would be happy to use them <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>
ill put more blue/red/white and orange,green...heh well most of the great color's

Bast-colony...

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