Screenshots

Post by **Hipshot** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:33 am

Are you mapping for Q4 now kaz?

Post by **Kaz** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:05 am

Nope, my 9200 doesn't like the new renderer Q4 added :[

Post by **Oeloe** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:59 pm

Hex wrote:by default its the "F11" key.

or change the key by bringing down the console and typing

"bind <key> screenshot"

more info :
google for "quake 3 screenshot bind"

Bad advice, because his next question will be how to open .tga files.

Use "bind F11 screenshotjpeg" to make .jpg screenshots.

Post by **Lenard** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:48 pm

Hipshot wrote:Don't take a underpayed level design job, you would regret it badly.

What happened hipshot?

Post by **Hipshot** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:54 pm

Lenard wrote:
Hipshot wrote:Don't take a underpayed level design job, you would regret it badly.
:tear: What happened hipshot?

Nothing happend :D I'm dicing on, doing great ;d

I'm just saying, never take underpayed LD jobs cause it's a job like anything else, if you don't get payed what you feel is good, you will underperform, feel misstreaded etc...

Post by **Lenard** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:07 pm

Gotcha. What are you working on then?

Post by **Hipshot** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:15 pm

Can't say. Not yet. Soon though.

Post by **Hex** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:15 pm

Screenshot thread. Less talk. More screenshots.

[lvlshot]http://mhgaming.com/forums/q4hexdm1rshot1.jpg[/lvlshot]

Post by **d3mol!t!on** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:12 am

Whilst I was looking for a few ideas for my upcoming Q4 CTF map (by looking at some of Q3's CTF favourites) I stumbled across The Velvet Yard (one of Hipshot's creations), so I decided to take a high resolution screenshot of it. On a Pentium 4 3GHz, Nvidia 6800 128MB and 1024MB RAM I was getting just over 10 frames per second when I took this screenshot, at a 1600x1200 resolution with 16 times anisotropic filtering and 8 times antialiasing... I think we can still crown it as the highest detailed map Quake 3 Arena ever did see

Set as your wallpaper and remember the good old days :icon34:

[lvlshot]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/demolition_q3a/quake3/tvy_wall.jpg[/lvlshot]

[edit]Sorry, I just noticed I moved up a little bit high and got a few non-drawn faces

Post by **StormShadow** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:02 pm

Post by **Hipshot** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:21 pm

@ StormShadow, nice there!

Post by **Lenard** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:59 pm

I liked it before he took out the extra effects. I don't know why the hell you would do that because it is just a showcase map anyway. You should release a version with all the cool shtuffs.

Post by **Hipshot** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:22 pm

What effects were that?

Post by **voodoochopstiks** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:53 pm

@Stormshadow, looks pretty nice, one small crit is that the two rusty pipes have exactly the same texture alignment, perhaps consider spicing that up a little? the quad(or is it mega?) in the middle area I don't like much, sorry. Otherwise looks quite nice.

Post by **Hipshot** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:56 pm

@ Hex, you need to fix the sun in the skybox, the contrast makes it look very odd... add a white glow to the sun borders.

Post by **voodoochopstiks** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:57 pm

@Kaz: Nice textures, looking very good, refreshing break from rusty q3 and plastic d3

Post by **Hipshot** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:12 pm

An ingame movie snap from my soon to be beta map. Played with the guy above me.

[lvlshot]http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/1484 ... 5857xx.jpg[/lvlshot]

It's worth a look.
http://www.zfight.com/misc/files/q3/int ... e-xvid.rar
50MB, Xvid...

Post by **Oeloe** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:44 am

jumppad models

The map looks great. Did you use some elements from that map you were working on (like six months ago)?

Post by **Hex** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:45 am

Hipshot - don't worry. It doesn't look like that ingame. Just in screenshotjpegs. I did mess with the saturation, color balance and levels to get the look that it has now.. you can dl the pk4 if you want to have a look and reserve the right to veto it.

[lvlshot]http://www.mhgaming.com/forums/q4hexdm1rlvlshot.jpg[/lvlshot]

Post by **Lenard** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:49 am

Hip: Wasn't there an earlier version of that with like... fog and more weather effects? I remember it not looking so photoreal, more fantastical. Oh, and: That map looks awesome. The map looks awesome. That is an understatement. I want you to understand exactly how I feel about it. So...

IMO Q3 is a game that now will be played by mostly hardcore and highly skilled q3er's. They will be dedicated to the game specifically because of what makes it great: the gameplay. This will be especialy so within the cpma community. I foresee great things for the q3 and q3 level design community. I foresee a small group of highly skilled mappers mapping for a small group of highly skilled players. Don't get me wrong, q3 is still a very popular game and there are many n00bs, but I really think it is a time that it stopped playing toward rookie friendliness. I foresee more high flying, physics oriented maps. The kind that will exclusively be possible to play once at least a firm grasp of the physics engine and trick jumping are in place. The map it's self will become half the gameplay. I see players jumping from ledge to ledge, rjing, ramping and double jumping all at great speed while trying to collect items and fend off oponents. The learning curve for these maps will be unbelievably high, and when people spawn into the for the first time they will simply say, "What the fuck do I do." But those who have spent the long nights learning every morsel, every nook and every cranny of the map, will be flying above their heads at lightning speeds with precision and ease, enjoying a greater gaming experience than those of weaker abilities could even imagine. They would be gods among men. Yes, I foresee great things yet to come... great men... great maps... gg's.

E: Just to clarify, I don't really think your map looks all that complicated, it seems like mostly a geometry thing, but in some places it looks like a step in the right direction. What I am saying is that a competant mapper should no longer feel it necessary to make everything easy for the players. In my world, your map probably wouldn't have so many jump-pads, but competant players could achieve the same amount of connectivity and vertical gameplay without them, or with their minimal use. There would be no such thing as an easy jump-pad. Maybe even pads that point in the opposite direction of the ledge you are trying to get to that would require extra meneuvering or even an rj, but would yield plentiful rewards.

Post by **Hex** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:22 pm

Lenard, you should see this video:
http://www.own-age.com/vids/video.aspx?id=2885
"Live to Fly"

screenshot for the screenshot thread:
[lvlshot]http://www.mhgaming.com/forums/q4hexdm2betashot4.jpg[/lvlshot]

Post by **voodoochopstiks** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:40 pm

@Hex: Heh, your description fits so well with my latest map: http://www.chimpans.se/astronomy/

Btw, in response to your post, I think trickjumps should not be REQUIRED, but greatly aid the one who uses them and pulls them off. Areas should be accessible without trickjumps, even if the route is considerably slower, but trickjumps availible as shortcuts. The higher the risk, the more the reward.

Post by **maz0r** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:07 pm

Hex wrote: [lvlshot]http://www.mhgaming.com/forums/q4hexdm1rlvlshot.jpg[/lvlshot]

reminds me a lot of the doom2 marble textures. used them nearly everywhere back in these good ol' days. but i have to admit, that imo the floor texture does not fit at all the whole scene. anyway, keep up that good work!

Post by **StormShadow** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:47 pm

voodoochopstiks wrote:the quad(or is it mega?) in the middle area I don't like much, sorry.

Whats wrong with it? Would you prefer a treacherous mega spot?

I went with the pro-dm6 mega placement, with the mega on the floor of the central atrium. Ive tested other locs, and this is the one that works the best. Its very condusive to flow and really creates a great focal point for the map.

Post by **voodoochopstiks** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:52 pm

Well, the issue is not so much of the placement, but the fixture thingy below it, it does not appeal to me from an esthetic standpoint.