Quake3World

Created a new ivy texture, that I use for falling and growing ivy - so I've pretty much locked down the graphical design on the outside areas now, now I just need to polish it a little bit more add some background structures and so.

This is the old ivy:
http://zfight.com/misc/images/maps/m8/m8_17.jpg


The following shows the new.

[lvlshot]http://zfight.com/misc/images/maps/m8/m8_27.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://zfight.com/misc/images/maps/m8/m8_28.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://zfight.com/misc/images/maps/m8/m8_29.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://zfight.com/misc/images/maps/m8/m8_30.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://zfight.com/misc/images/maps/m8/m8_31.jpg[/lvlshot]

Also I need to fin up the boring parts on the insides - I'm gonna sit a lot this weekend.
Trying to get every second I can these days, I speed-eat at lunch so I can sit more =)

From the beginning this level should have been fin like two months ago, now I hope I can get it out before December...

Kat wrote: @ jal_: no it's textured in the 'traditional' manner as there's a 4096 texture limit; the mesh itself is almost that size so creating any form of 'megatexture' of suitable resolution would pretty much use up the allotted max.

The traditional way being? Because I have a hard time telling that can be alpha blending.

Kat wrote:...there's a 4096 texture limit...

Hey get with the times, it's 8192 if you use any hardware released over the past few years! :P

Guardian hub room ...
[lvlshot]http://www.simonoc.com/images/design/maps_q3/moteof1dt1l_1024.jpg[/lvlshot]
[lvlshot]http://www.simonoc.com/images/design/maps_q3/moteof1dt2l_1024.jpg[/lvlshot]

@both sock and hipshot

First of all ignore the overall lighting and background, it was a test area. But here you can see the difference in graphical quality between RtCW/ET era Construction Zones and OverDose Construction Zones. I haven't shown you the flag on the model because while the texture is complete, the animation of it blowing in the wind isn't:




Second of all heres a WIP shot of the FuelDump starting area:



And heres another compare shot of the start entrance:

Grenader wrote:

Kat wrote:...there's a 4096 texture limit...

Hey get with the times, it's 8192 if you use any hardware released over the past few years! :P

lol, no, there's a texture limit for the Unearthly competition.. everything has to collectively use no more than 4094x4096.

Wasn't there a polycount challenge to have people make models of only something like up to 100 tris and using 64 x 64 textures?

Sock, when are you going to release that map?

@Chi, sorry got no idea, still got one more area to complete and countless others to detail and finish the art pass on. Maybe in a month's time if things go well.

@o'dium: Those crates are really great.

I've not had alot of time to work on mapping for awhile, but I played around with my curved wall section today, I want it to be much better looking eventually :E:

[lvlshot]http://student.cs.appstate.edu/freemancw/junk/shot0043.jpg[/lvlshot]

I love that brick trim, one of the better brick textures I've seen. I'm having mediocre success at painting my own set. I'd like to look at it strictly for educational purposes. I can haz?

You need to work a little bit on the texturing between where the curve sections meet with the brushes, there's a clearly visible seam on both curved corner edges.

You may haz good sir, ill pm you

Some of the things I remember doing:
-use the paint bucket with "all layers" selected and play around with the tolerance for "worn paint"/dirt look
-painstakingly select individual bricks from a photo from cgtextures and resize them onto the grid so that everything is all nice and neat

Yeah, the seams are pretty shabby looking, I'll spruce those details up in the near future.

Kaz wrote:I've not had alot of time to work on mapping for awhile, but I played around with my curved wall section today, I want it to be much better looking eventually :E:

[lvlshot]http://student.cs.appstate.edu/freemanc ... ot0043.jpg asdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdadasdad[/lvlshot]

Cool! When will be see a test level? Is it very different from the one I saw a few months back?
Take a look at this, I know the styles different, but I was thinking about the ceiling solution I did here, with the lamps. Might be something for you to look at...
http://zfight.com/misc/images/maps/m13/shot0937.jpg

o'dium wrote:First of all ignore the overall lighting and background, it was a test area. But here you can see the difference in graphical quality between RtCW/ET era Construction Zones and OverDose Construction Zones. I haven't shown you the flag on the model because while the texture is complete, the animation of it blowing in the wind isn't:

o'dium - when we will see anything playable? Those screenies from Overdose are just great. And I mean everything you posted during all those months, not just recent ones. I want to play it! (Btw do you guys maybe need help with beta-testing or mapping :P, I really love whole project).

Sock & Hipshot - mindblowing

Trouble is mostly that we are making a game with 2 people working on it... So its not exactly going quick. Don't get me wrong, I've done gigs worth of art, maps, textures sounds and models, but its slow because I can't do the really cool stuff, like characters etc... Even with all our concepts.

Other end of the room ... what!?! not another portal!
[lvlshot]http://www.simonoc.com/images/design/maps_q3/moteof1dx2l_1024.jpg[/lvlshot]
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cool teleport! maybe add a little blue light?

Sock, I may have to ban myself from the screenshots thread until you release this map. QUIT TEASING!!!

-pat

the beginning of my noghost comp map

OMG fkd has returned and bearing screenshots of Q3, ummm the UT3 holiday was short? Nice lighting in your screenshot with the orange from below, you certainly love the shiny metal and as always the wall detail is lovely put together. Are you planning to make any of the stuff different? Like the fans, broken or missing slates, different sizes or heights? Maybe your own design for a teleporter at the end? I assume you are going to hang wires and cables in certain places?

@Pat, At the moment the look of the map is not final so it just a screenshot thing. A map release will eventually happen, but unless you like puzzles you will not like it. I can't imagine there is any harm in you posting screenshots of your noghost comp map either, keeps the screenshot thread alive!

Recently I created a new stone trim texture and loved it so much I decided to paint the whole room with it, but unfortunately forgot about the overall colour palette and ended up with a very mono styled look instead. So to change this I created a classic split red/white marble combo and here is a before and after shot with the changes, any thoughts? preferences? Are you a before or after person?

[lvlshot]http://www.simonoc.com/images/design/maps_q3/moteof1dx4l_1024.jpg[/lvlshot]

I'm a "before"-person. I really like how subtle and realistic the earlier version is.

@Sock,
I'm more for the golden middle path ... IMO the above version is subtle but too gray, the lower version, is much more saturated, and I'd tend to prefer that, but a texture that is about halfway between the two extremes regarding saturation, should still be subtle enough but not as "gray" ("boring").

After is better imho. The contrast makes the room look higher.