Hipshot wrote:That's cool, but what is it for?

Well it's actually just a project I had to do at university.
More or less a 3D still life kind of thing. No sense, no reason,
no game, just a scene.

Has nothing to do with Quake, it's a quick & dirty project I had do to for university.
Maybe I'll have some time now working on my map again

Hey guys, thanks very much for your feedback! I'm still working on it, but my spare time shrinked down to a few hours per week again ... so it'll be a little bit before I can update the map.
@Salinga: Sure you can, no problem at all.

Looking at your map, trying to understand how you created some of the geometry, I noted three areas with sparklies, especially the ones at the JP and the steps, would be good to fix, IMO: [lvlshot]http://aemap.hugelaser.com/misc/thomasc4_01.jpg[/lvlshot] Cheers, The second and third are fixed. I'm ...

I found one place where the r_speeds went up over 20k. I don't know what the limit to acceptable r_speeds is nowadays, but I noticed some slowdown there - and nearly nowhere else on the map (it's here at this spot ). This is fixed now, a brush that should have been structural was detail. You had fu...

Would you allow me to "trace" the (mostly wall) textures used in your map to let my add them to the AEcell texture pack? Yeah, sure, as long as you give me proper credit for it in the readme. Oh, and I don't know which naming conventions you use for your texture pack, but it would be nice...

Just to let you know I'm still on it, but real life's got a strong grip on me at the moment...

For a first test not too bad, but a real skybox will probably be my preference. Looks intersting visually. If you go for a skybox, how about one with drawn clouds where you just see the outlines in the same color as the textures? A moving cloud layer would than be even better then a skybox. And I k...

Alright, it's better than I thought then I guess. Still, since you're putting so much time into bot clipping anyway, I would just use fixaas in the future instead. Even though the .aas file is simplified the filesize is still huge because of all the complexity buried behind the botclip. Also, there...

About the PT dead end - you can jump from that PT platform onto the platform behind, bit of skill there (not much though), and you can also jump back. True. ... it is pretty rare to have this many alternate and intricate paths to play, and IMO this is actually fun for a map... learning all the poss...

First of all, thanks for your feedback guys, it's really appreciated :) The only thing that really bothered me about the visuals was the lack of a distinct secondary color. All I'm seeing is brown, orange, reddish-brown, etc. This is intentional. I do want the player to focus on playing. Also, there...

ui, u could improve the explodin barrels! <: Well, how exactly should I improve them? What do you not like about them? [*] You might want to add some "vertex" animation to the flags, i.e. what id did to their flags. The flags look very "dead" just hanging there, IMO. I added som...

Wait, im confused. Did I misunderstand you or did you say you made these textures? Yes I did. :D Hello q-fraggel? And you're right it's me. I'm doing professional game business stuff for quite some time now and I want to represent my work with my real name and not an alias. That's why I'm using my ...

InsaneKid wrote: ooh, Thomas, ur still mappin?
i cannot extract the pk3!

Yes, but very rarely. Sometimes What are you up to?
The .pk3 was corrupt, I uploaded a new one that works, at least for me when I just tested. Hope that works for you too now.

Thanks for the feedback :) I already uploaded an updated version (beta2) which fixes some of the stuff mentioned. Pity most of the map's gameplay is in the "nether regions" It's only playing with bots like this. I already tried with friends and it's totally different with real people. [*] ...

Hi, here is the beta version of my upcoming map "Aussenposten 08". Feel free to test it and to tell me what you think about it. Cheers! ( UPDATED: Beta2 ) Download: http://www.creutzenberg.de/thomasc/map- ... beta2a.zip (Old) Screenshot [lvlshot]http://www.creutzenberg.de/thomasc/thomasc4_...

Hi, here are some screenshots of the map I'm still working on from time to time. It's nearly finished. Tower 1 [lvlshot]http://www.creutzenberg.de/thomasc/thomasc4_tower1.jpg[/lvlshot] Moved to this topic including Beta version: http://www.quake3forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=41833&sid...

I don't know if it already was said before, but if you set _lightmapscale in the worldspawn,
everything will have this lightmapscale EXCEPT func_groups. I.e. you have to maually set
the lightmapscale for every func_group, too. You can also set different lightmapscales for
different func_groups.

Cheers!

Yes, there are Quake 3 style fake lens flare sprites on the lights.
I actaullay really like them and it looks way better with them in
game than without them. Also, in vertex light mode, you won't
see them. So all the lego-quakers (like me sometimes) won't get
distracted

Aussenposten 08 for Quake 3 Arena. Coming soon. Probably. Or similar. That doesn't make sense. Right. http://www.creutzenberg.de/thomasc/thomasc4_01.jpg http://www.creutzenberg.de/thomasc/thomasc4_02.jpg http://www.creutzenberg.de/thomasc/thomasc4_06.jpg http://www.creutzenberg.de/thomasc/thomasc4_0...

Great! Thank you very much! That's exactly what I was looking for

Hi there! I actually can't find an info that nor was I able to figure it out myself ... Is it possible to create a shader for an autosprite so it will only show up in lightmap mode and not in vertex mode? I do have an autosprite2 light beam and would like it to show up only when lightmap mode is act...

Oh, I just tried the -cpma switch with q3map2 which says it simulates old style vertex light, but it q2map2 says it's not working ... Is there a way to compile the map once with and once without patchshadows and then merge them into one? When I compile the map without patchshadows vertex light looks...

Ok, thanks. But there isn't a shader trick or something else like a q3map2 switch?

Example 1: The stairs are a little bit inside the wall, which is a curve, so it won't be possible to perfectly align them ... Some of them even change color from black to normal when moving up or down the stairs. Scary! Anybody got any clue how to get rid of this problem? Also, please note the stran...