Hey Fjoggs and Hipshot, which texture-sets are those?

And nice tutorial Method, thanks!

Tears roll down my eyes, such a beautiful looking map, the details, the mood.. :')

I also suggest you post your maps for review here, maybe even the .map files if you want construction/efficiency feedback.

a13n, stop worrying about the code and map more

"This is something where mappers go wrong with when mapping for CPM and feel obliged to fill a map with ramps, they need to remember less is often more."

Blasphemy! This map really could use some little spice in the tricking department though, even cpm3 has tons without a single ramp.

ok ok i'll shut up

That ledge/nook is too deep ;P (ix knows what I mean)

"It's my map, I made it and this feels good. I've already done maps together with a friend and I'll soon do so again, but this form of industrialisation (and that's what it is) you mentioned (like a production line of specialized people I don't know) is definetly not what I am interested it. An...

I still map in Radiant 2.02 and I havent seen a reason to change yet. My longterm-goal clearly is on getting lots of people playing my maps though, which doesnt correlate with the editor or amount of models and shaders I use. But I'm getting snobby again :) I envy the mappers who make beautiful maps...

That's amazing, method

http://portfolio.hourences.com/levels1.htm

That's some wild shit, man!

Ah well maybe I was off with the scale, dunno. But the size and architecture of the LG room make it perfect for quad or the like, add one more atrium like that and it's ready for 4v4 IMO. And dont misunderstand me, I'm not for very tight maps, just that the layout and architecture remind me more of ...

Hm, I guess I have a different approach when I map :) The points I mentioned are suggestions anyway but I think you know what I tried to say so it's cool. Well about the size I can very well be wrong *takes look at map again* but it for sure is spacious... The 16-unit floor is above RA mainly, it's ...

I can imagine why no one wanted to say anything :) The map is solid IMO, two atrium, easy to learn, distinctive areas. But it feels like it's not quite sure itself what it wants to be, there's no quad but for duel it's kinda huge. To make it short: it lacks playtesting. Playtesting would probably sh...

I liked the texturing better before. One thing to keep in mind: a good map is a good map, cpma or not. Cpm4, cpm1a and cpm3 come to mind that got played in vq3 as well. Also consider that the cpma community is more likely going to play a good new map than the vq3 community. Couple of issues here (on...

I recommend taking a look at cpm3a for a textbook item layout. Height dominance, "weight" distribution, all accounted for. It's a really formulaic item layout. You'll find those patterns in all successful maps. Of course they will rarely be as clear-cut as in cpm3a since maps have inherent...

Some people still insist in voting for dm17 on CA servers haha. Tourney2 is overhyped and not a good map at all, released today it would get a sound thrashing for symmetry and those jumppads and would probably end up in a ra3 mappack ;) Thinking about it, I know more beautiful maps that nobody plays...

Yeah, imagine "Mommy says I'm special" said by Prozac in one of the esr-interviews. Meaning almost every map is great and creative and has ideas but how do you know which one really is the kicker? Many maps get great reviews and are deemed "special" but only a small handful make ...

Very interesting turn of things indeed :) The point of timing and niche fascinates me, in hindsight it's obvious... as v1l3 said: b0_beta3 was that, a niche (at least for CPMA) and with the right timing. Picking up tried and true elements (its core is the jjm-concept along with defrag), taking them ...

A new year begins and I thought it time to ask a very basic question: What makes a good map and what breaks it? What is the secret combination that makes players vote the map on servers, that makes it 'standard' for certain gamemodes and popular throughout the community? What is so magic about q3dm6...

It looks awesome imo, clean and nice lighting

I like that style, even though some people surely think it's overused.

cardigan wrote a bot guide for two of his maps, that should help you

How will it be published? PDF ;) ? On the page? Podcast? Print? Video-Mag? What will it look like? Is there a layout/format? Some sort of guideline about the way it's written, the language, the length of articles? Ideas about series, specials, returning features, collaborations with other sites such...

hah! I remember that, with the pg and rocket shooting triggers, jeez. Nice stuff

Looks brilliant indeed