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Mercenary
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PostPosted: 07-04-2005 07:48 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Final version of Central Hub (methctf1) has been released.

Screenshots:

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Download the map here.

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PostPosted: 07-07-2005 05:28 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Wow. What strikes me first is how much this could be a Quake III map. The architecture, use of textures and way of lighting looks really Q3-ish for some reason.




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PostPosted: 07-07-2005 01:26 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Not sure about Quake 3, but I was going for Quake 2 gameplay wrapped in Doom 3 engine.

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PostPosted: 07-07-2005 03:32 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Eraser wrote:
Wow. What strikes me first is how much this could be a Quake III map. The architecture, use of textures and way of lighting looks really Q3-ish for some reason.


it's the brown/blue combo that gives it a Q3A vibe




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PostPosted: 07-07-2005 03:57 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I think it'll be hard to have similar atmosphere with Quake 3 vanilla textures. Also note that Q3 doesn't have normal and specular maps, so the textures won't look as real. Lighting in Q3 is also not as dynamic as in D3.

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PostPosted: 07-07-2005 04:23 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


It reminds me of a mixture between Q3, DOOM 64, and of course DOOM 3. Good job.



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PostPosted: 07-07-2005 08:25 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Thanks for the positive comments guys.

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PostPosted: 07-08-2005 01:29 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Method wrote:
I think it'll be hard to have similar atmosphere with Quake 3 vanilla textures. Also note that Q3 doesn't have normal and specular maps, so the textures won't look as real. Lighting in Q3 is also not as dynamic as in D3.

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well, q3a does have spec, and it looks ok if done properly (I don't mean env mapping), and bumpmapping is possible with q3map2 but it isn't as effective as d3 and needs the right kind of lighting to bring it out.




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PostPosted: 07-08-2005 05:34 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


An interesting factoid: the Trinity engine (i.e. Q3A) initially was to support bump mapping. But iD dropped it somewhere along the way, assumedly because most hardware in those days wasn't fast enough to do it properly.




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PostPosted: 07-08-2005 06:15 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I remember looking at the early quake 3 shots and being so excited with the amazing level of detail. The original player models were all id team mebers, and they looked stunning... Now of course, its all block heads and low res textures with zero detail, but the point is back then, Quake 3 ran SHIT on anything. Everybody and their dog upgraded a few times to get Q3 running smooth (40 FPS, FUCK ME THIS IS SMOOTH!!!). So taking out bump mapping was a good idea.

Its still a shame that they had to drop the detail level so much back then from what the original shots had. Some of the levels and particle effects were stunning. But of course, we were all running picmip 16 back then anyways, so the missing detail didn't matter.




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PostPosted: 07-08-2005 06:17 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I think people are making the comparisons Meth because your level is bright, vivid, detailed, and colourful. Most Doom 3 maps however, are one colour, with dark lights and over-use of static meshes.




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PostPosted: 07-08-2005 07:17 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Method wrote:
I think it'll be hard to have similar atmosphere with Quake 3 vanilla textures. Also note that Q3 doesn't have normal and specular maps, so the textures won't look as real. Lighting in Q3 is also not as dynamic as in D3.

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True. But a lot of Q3 maps go for this sci-fi tech/industrial theme with custom textures.




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PostPosted: 07-08-2005 07:25 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


The level is not really bright, I just made the screenshots a bit brighter. The lighting in map is medium, not dark and not bright.

I'm already testing new gameplay ideas for my future Quake 4 CTF map. Are you guys planning on buying Quake 4?

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PostPosted: 07-08-2005 07:26 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Hell yes, it should be a lot better MP wise than Doom 3. Im not sure if it will take over Quake 3 again, because the game still looks quite a bit iffy.




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PostPosted: 07-08-2005 02:04 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'm definitely buying Q4 as well as Quake Wars: Enemy Territory.

Hopefully my 6800GT will still make the cut.

Any chance for a Q4 port of this map?



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PostPosted: 07-08-2005 05:01 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Yea, I might port this map to Quake 4, but completely retexture it. Like I mentioned before, I had some problems texturing this map, due to the lack of non-shiny textures. Quake 4's atmosphere looks more grittier and darker than Doom 3, which is a good thing.

I have GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 128MB and I'm hoping it'll run Quake 4.

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PostPosted: 07-08-2005 07:42 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I've bought every other quake game, I'm not about to break tradition with 4. I'll definately have to upgrade my vidcard for it though.

I don't play ctf, but I'll give this one a runaround. Looks great. :icon14:




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PostPosted: 07-08-2005 09:42 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Thanks, you can try the map on the following servers:

- Official PlanetDOOM CTF Server (runs on weekends)
- MHGaming.com CTF Server
- eXg Clan Server

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