7 new new freon shots

nrby · May 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">New new new.</div>I started over from scratch on Freon, cut and pasted the major areas into a new map, cleaned them up and put them back together. It cut 30% of my clipnodes, 20% of the brush limit and compiles are down a bit too.

Sadly i forgot the env_gamma in this build so the shots look a little dark. The ambience of the map is very creepy and dark, but the end product will be a little brighter. Tonight an tommorow i'll finish up the detail and add some variation in the lights, some colored spots etc and the particle systems.

Anyway, here it is.

<img src="http://csnation.counter-strike.net/barney/personal/fr6.jpg" border="0">
<img src="http://csnation.counter-strike.net/barney/personal/fr7.jpg" border="0">
<img src="http://csnation.counter-strike.net/barney/personal/fr5.jpg" border="0">
<img src="http://csnation.counter-strike.net/barney/personal/fr4.jpg" border="0">
<img src="http://csnation.counter-strike.net/barney/personal/fr3.jpg" border="0">
<img src="http://csnation.counter-strike.net/barney/personal/fr2.jpg" border="0">
<img src="http://csnation.counter-strike.net/barney/personal/fr1.jpg" border="0">

SmokeMasta · May 2002

OMG that is exelent narby
/me drools
/me gets bucket
/me sees bucket full!

RhoadsToNowhere · May 2002

Wow, nice job Narby. The floors are a little flat, but hey, that's why you walk on 'em. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> I really like the third-to-last shot, it looks very convincing to have the tiles pushed out of alignment by the infestation like that.

MotherGoose · May 2002

Looks awsome, in the first shot the light on the far left above the logo looks a lil..... odd. Anyway, I like the darkness, gives an abandoned feel to it.

realityisdead · May 2002

Jeez, narby. How on earth can you work that fast? I won't hesitate to say I envy your talent there. Amazing.

Anyways the shots... Looks great! I am so glad to see you kept that freaky red room with the generator thingies in it. The whole thing definitely looks to have a more "NS" feel to it for some reason. It was great before, but this looks like an improvement. The biggest changes must be in the lighting. Texturing and everything looks similar.

/me can't really make out much in the shots though, so is waiting for the env_gamma ones before criticizing.

Greedo · May 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (n@rby @ May 23 2002,16:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Sadly i forgot the env_gamma in this build so the shots look a little dark.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Since I really have nothing much to say about these shots (besides that they look just as good as always) I'll say a little about this. Just type <b>setgamma 1.6</b> or whatever in the console in game. I don't think you need an env_gamma in the map for this console commande to work. Also, if you brightened the shots up in photoshop according to the gamma value you wanted it set to, it would still come out with the same result.

nrby · May 2002

ya i do the console command but decided not to change in PS <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('>

nrby · May 2002

I updated a couple of areas

<img src="http://csnation.counter-strike.net/barney/personal/fr10.jpg" border="0">
<img src="http://csnation.counter-strike.net/barney/personal/fr11.jpg" border="0">
<img src="http://csnation.counter-strike.net/barney/personal/fr12.jpg" border="0">
<img src="http://csnation.counter-strike.net/barney/personal/fr13.jpg" border="0">

Ph34r-Nephron · May 2002

I love you...

Those are fantastic, You are fantastic. I love you...

HeHe

blueman · May 2002

really great narby <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Black_Wolf · May 2002

if it were my map id just make the pipes in the 1st of the new shots just a little bit thicker, but otherwise its looking great.

pielemuis · May 2002

In the last 2 shots, where is that green lighting on the walls comming from? And in the 2 shots before those last 2 I would tone down the green, it looks too green and too concentrated in 1 place, also those last 2 shots, seem a bit blocky, but it's not really a problem <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Kassinger · May 2002

I like the door in the fifth image, and I like the green lights. I can't really see much when it looks dark, so I'll refrain from commenting the level further until you get up brighter shots.

Looks great though.

LPC · May 2002

/me wants complex architecture. this looks a little boxy in some areas

blueman · May 2002

i really like how you light the rooms, some areas dark, others with bright lights, and the many colours you use, really great. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

coil · May 2002

I'm not sure the green spots behind the generator-thingy in these new shots works... the rest of the room is reds and oranges, and the green clashes pretty hard (especially with the orange lights right next to it).

That said, these are BEAUTIFUL. The infestation coming through the floor is brilliant.

KungFuSquirrel · May 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">/me wants complex architecture. this looks a little boxy in some areas</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
complex != better.

I think in this case, the relative simplicity of the architectural design itself helps more than any fancy architectural eye candy would.

Plaguebearer · May 2002

Not to mention that just throwing complex architecture everywhere means your planes count go way up, and has a good chance of inflatingyour clipnodes as well.

humbaba · May 2002

I love Narb's style. It looks solid. The spartan architecture and great moody lighting in those shot's really makes it look real. Sometimes, a level looks far too ornate to be believable. These shots portray a place just waiting to absorb thousands of little metal objects flyign around the room. I can't wait to play on this stuff Narb. Great work

Cliff_Mellangard · May 2002

looks really good and after you ads those detail stuff you mentioned so must it yust get to be awesome instead. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

MariNe · May 2002

/me drools all over the Screenshots.Nice work Narby looks very real...almost scary...Cant wait to see it in action.Great work

Scythe · May 2002

In that second shot, that railing looks <b>curved</b>. That bulge of infestation pushing up the floor, Simply amazing.

--Scythe--
<a href="mailto:the_only_scythe@sumdimension.com">the_only_scythe@sumdimension.com</a>

nrby · May 2002

The bulge is really simple, the floor plates are just sheered up then below is filled with infest. Add a couple of triangles and voila
The ``curvey'' railing wasn't intentional it just sort of happened

XTS_Highlander · May 2002

Wow, this seems to be where all the action in these forums really is, the mapping forum. And I really never post here. Woopsies...

Anyway, lookin great narbs. How the heck did you manage to redo the whole map in like, a day? That's madness! I tried mapping once and the best I made was a house with a pool, and the pool was filled with blood water. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

nrby · May 2002

It was over about a week, basically the map had so many changes and rebuild the brushwork gets really broken up and fragmented, lots of brushes cutting into each other and just plain crappy bits.
All i did was cut out major areas paste into a new map then clean it up. When all the bits were done, i put them all together and filled in the gaps and added the ents.

It took 12% clipnodes off, and saved 10% on planes and the map overall has more detail

7 new new freon shots

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