What do you think the next map should be like?
Talk about it here ! displace references, maps, anything you can, the idea of this thread is to get the feel, what people want in a map, don't be scared if your paint skills are not up to date, it's the input and thought that counts !
Pictures are worth more than a 1000 words. Lame I know, but it's true.
I think the map should look a lot like the first area of stalker SOC, this is because it has areas for lots of rp such as:
- starting town for loners and barkeep
- areas for duty and freedom to set up base
- military checkpoint, that actually needs to be passed to get to vital areas
- lots of greenery, good for firefights ( rp'd of course )
- Nostalgia x1000
I feel that Duty needs to be in an old abandoned military base ( small one ) with a bunker...
Pre-Alpha work. Trying to get a good lighting concept down. I will later add a nice 3D skybox and plenty of displacements that will give a sense of enormity in the Zone, along with some hazy fog and what not. Don't worry, there will be plenty of areas for all the factions and even unofficial ones. Though which area belongs to who will be determined by you guys. Factions will fight over the areas. The map will be large enough so loners don't get caught up in the wars.
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These are some pics of what I think an abandon hut could look like.
Heres a side view of a gaping whole in the side of the hut.
A closer look of the gaping whole. Notice the breakable boards blocking the path lol.
A picture of the front window next to the door.
A Picture of the broken down roof.
Sorry for spamming lol. Didn't see the more attachment button :sweatdrop: . The first one is the roof on the other side, the second one is the inside of the house, and the third is the back. Bare in mind that I made this in about a few hours and I'm horriable at showing something with pictures obviously since this could be hard to understand for some people so if you couldn't understand and your that interested I can whip up a bsp file for you for a test run. Also feedback would be great if you want me to change something to it. Bye! Got to go to bed.
Quote from: HostelEffect Pre-Alpha work. Trying to get a good lighting concept down. I will later add a nice 3D skybox and plenty of displacements that will give a sense of enormity in the Zone, along with some hazy fog and what not. Don't worry, there will be plenty of areas for all the factions and even unofficial ones. Though which area belongs to who will be determined by you guys. Factions will fight over the areas. The map will be large enough so loners don't get caught up in the wars.
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Looks interesting, the lighting effect shines pretty nicely, and yes we will discuss what the map needs and what features desire, after all this isn't a personal project, this is a community project, it's the community which makes this happen !
Quote from: joecwild Sorry for spamming lol. Didn't see the more attachment button :sweatdrop: . The first one is the roof on the other side, the second one is the inside of the house, and the third is the back. Bare in mind that I made this in about a few hours and I'm horriable at showing something with pictures obviously since this could be hard to understand for some people so if you couldn't understand and your that interested I can whip up a bsp file for you for a test run. Also feedback would be great if you want me to change something to it. Bye! Got to go to bed.
Seems somewhat blocky Joecwild, you have a good interest at heart, but you should really play around with hammer more, keep trying buddy !
I still got this... Its not lit nor detailed yet,nor does the swamp have water yet because it'd take longer to compile
ECO BUNKER
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PSI EMISSION OLOL
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Fireing the military mounted machinegun
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Military base(Nao with openable doors and a barish support table thingie,yap.)
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I could finish it.
Bloody good job Zer0.
Quote from: Who Dares Wins Bloody good job Zer0.
The map is freaking ugly because its like 2 % Done
Fucking, I love that machinegun.
I noticed that, but it looks nice feature wise. Although the Machinegun would probably be abused, and some kind of loner king of the hill crap might happen.
I think we need the NPP.
Nice bunker, and also the Military Checkpoint looks leet, with the garage, and the mounted turret, just love it.
Quote from: Silver Knight Quote from: joecwild Sorry for spamming lol. Didn't see the more attachment button :sweatdrop: . The first one is the roof on the other side, the second one is the inside of the house, and the third is the back. Bare in mind that I made this in about a few hours and I'm horriable at showing something with pictures obviously since this could be hard to understand for some people so if you couldn't understand and your that interested I can whip up a bsp file for you for a test run. Also feedback would be great if you want me to change something to it. Bye! Got to go to bed.
Seems somewhat blocky Joecwild, you have a good interest at heart, but you should really play around with hammer more, keep trying buddy !
Yeah. I didn't have much time last night so I kind of just "womped" it. I'm going to work on it a little bit more and add more detail.
Quote from: streex I think we need the NPP.
It's quite a challenge to get it to correct scale. Let alone even look like the real thing.
Here's my second version. Pics and all.
First Picture: The front with a better window and a ladder.
Second Picture: The Opposite view of the front with a cool chimney pipe sticking out.
Third Picture: The back view of the house with a small window for the bathroom.
Forth Picture: The inside of the window showing some of the bathroom.
First Picture: The inside where you walk into showing the window with some boards put up as a barricade (all breakable to make a quick escape for whatever reason).
Second Picture: I added some furniture when you walk in to add some style. Just 1 chair, 1 mini couch, and a table.
Third Picture: This shows the bathroom.
Fourth Picture: Opposite side of the bathroom is a room with the huge gaping hole and a bed and small wardrobe.
First Picture: Inside of the large room for sleeping but on the left side showing the gaping hole with breakable boards but also desks as well scattered across the floor that once was, and still can be used as a barricade.
Second Picture: A picture of the torn up piece of board that was once used to be a door is used to get up into the house.
Third and last picture: This just shows off that everything but the sink and toilet (since there bolted to the ground) can be movable. So if you hate the furniture and want a clean start to putting in furniture you can. I hope you like it and if you have anything to say about I'm all ears lol.
A little question. I plan on using the Far Z clip Plane option in fog settings. I will need fog to to cover the non-rendered stuff. I'm not sure as of how you make fog much like the fog in stalker redux. It looks like I need some kind of skybox fog. Does anyone know?
Just decompile the map, and take alook inside Hostel, you need to get hold of a program called "Hl2 vmex" to decompile, sadly it doesn't work in vista.
I was already aware of the fog options in the sky camera. But they don't get the fog type I want. And yes, no need for a tut. I already know how to make a skybox.
Thanks for the de-compiler Silver, I've looked at many different de-compilers but the don't seem to work that well. I'll give this one a try. This will help me immensely improve the quality of my work.
Alright, the skybox WAS the right fog option to change. I found that the stalker_redux map doesn't even use an env_fog_controller entity, it's all controlled in the sky camera.
Silver, go get windows XP and dual boot it. Now... :yes:
"STALKER DETECTED! OPEN FIRE!"
I still get nightmares about that turret...*Rolls up into a ball"
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OTrUtevuaBs (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OTrUtevuaBs)
Quote from: zer0 Quote from: Who Dares Wins Bloody good job Zer0.
The map is freaking ugly because its like 2 % Done
I'm refering to the MG and Checkpoint foo'.
Getting a hang of this skybox. And with the magic of decompilation, I've learned how to do a lot more in a short period of time.
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Quote from: HostelEffect I was already aware of the fog options in the sky camera. But they don't get the fog type I want. And yes, no need for a tut. I already know how to make a skybox.
Thanks for the de-compiler Silver, I've looked at many different de-compilers but the don't seem to work that well. I'll give this one a try. This will help me immensely improve the quality of my work.
Alright, the skybox WAS the right fog option to change. I found that the stalker_redux map doesn't even use an env_fog_controller entity, it's all controlled in the sky camera.
Silver, go get windows XP and dual boot it. Now... :yes:
I have it duel booted XD, i just don't feel the need to boot into xp anymore XD
Quote from: HostelEffect Getting a hang of this skybox. And with the magic of decompilation, I've learned how to do a lot more in a short period of time.
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Very nice Hostel !
I got an idea for a map. Idk if we are allowed to edit the stalker map we are using right now, but if we can, we should make it so there is snow on the ground, because winter is coming up :) . Also, place some new buildings in the map, which I will post some pictures tomorrow on the buildings I can make.
Quote from: SicKNeSS I got an idea for a map. Idk if we are allowed to edit the stalker map we are using right now, but if we can, we should make it so there is snow on the ground, because winter is coming up :) . Also, place some new buildings in the map, which I will post some pictures tomorrow on the buildings I can make.
I don't really want to use someone elses hard work. Anyways, it has framerate issues and I rather start out fresh.
Quote from: HostelEffect I don't really want to use someone elses hard work. Anyways, it has framerate issues and I rather start out fresh.
Alright, but still what do you think about the snow idea, I mean I don't see a lot of rp maps with snow or anything.
Do you have any reference pics I can view Sickness?
Regarding the snow idea, I have no idea yet.
CSS has snow textures, well Office atleast.
I knew the guy who made it on SAMP for a bit (He's called Strelok of all things \0/) so i'll see if I can contact him.
I would love to see a Rostok/Wild Territory map. I think it could be doable, given the size of the map the server is usually on. Probably not ALL of Rostok or ALL of the Wild Territory but it could have the Duty city (maybe a lite version of it) and then the Army Warehouses (slimmed down, of course. Most of the army warehouse square footage isn't used anyway.) This section of the game is very iconic and provides "home bases" for both major factions.
Quote from: Who Dares Wins "STALKER DETECTED! OPEN FIRE!"
I still get nightmares about that turret...*Rolls up into a ball"
Rofl.
"Run for the hills!"
You do know that turret's as blind as a T-Rex, meaning if you crawl, you can get by it.
Quote from: MattyK Quote from: Who Dares Wins "STALKER DETECTED! OPEN FIRE!"
I still get nightmares about that turret...*Rolls up into a ball"
Rofl.
"Run for the hills!"
You do know that turret's as blind as a T-Rex, meaning if you crawl, you can get by it.
Or by backtracking... there are 2 ways into the Zone Via swamps...
Quote from: Yuri Fedorov I would love to see a Rostok/Wild Territory map. I think it could be doable, given the size of the map the server is usually on. Probably not ALL of Rostok or ALL of the Wild Territory but it could have the Duty city (maybe a lite version of it) and then the Army Warehouses (slimmed down, of course. Most of the army warehouse square footage isn't used anyway.) This section of the game is very iconic and provides "home bases" for both major factions.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v353/raidenator2/Mapping%20and%20Development/ (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v353/raidenator2/Mapping%20and%20Development/)
I'm fixing up this map, to make it much more optimized.
It's a remake of Rostok, and most of the Wild Territory.
Oh dear God, that's just frigging awesome
That map must be used on the server, it must be!
Zer0s map looks absolutely KICKIN ASS!
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It looks fucking awsome! But. There should be a hill or Foliage around the lab so it is consealed from those pesky Loners(Maby in the corner or to the side of the map?), it should also, when mapped be placed Close-ish to a military base/outpost but at the same time be rather far away from DUTY, FREEDOM, and LONERS. It should be close enough for Monoliths to 'See' but not too close if you know what i mean.
-Blake.
(:
Also: Freedom and Duty should be in center of map but spread apart like to the west is Freedom to the east is DUTY.
Make some sewers or some underground places mebbe? :V
Eco lab, here i come!
Quote from: Fairy Cakes Make some sewers or some underground places mebbe? :V
The sewers is not finished yet, theres going to be alot more, and we are considering various other underground places, such as a mine.
Quote from: †Silver Knight† The sewers is not finished yet, theres going to be alot more, and we are considering various other underground places, such as a mine.
Sounds great. Specially about that mine. Looking forward.
Also, it would be cool if there was a river splitting the map or something, and a pipe from the river leading into sewers :V
And a "Day and Night" script system would be awesome.
Double post= DOH.
This is really the wrong thread to revive.. since it was started several months ago, gonna lock it.
I'm really new here(as in two days or so), but I was wondering If I could make a map for this? I'm a fairly decent mapper/texture maker, and I've been working on a zone-inspired map for a little bit now.