mad this map yesterday:




i don't know what to do for bases yet so i just but human and covie barriers and covie storage.

I love the fog, it looks sexy. But qwertface is right, it looks really flat.

made it a bit bigger:




and i wanna add banshee's but i have render only stuff and a fog wasteland out there soooo... how do i made those push back barriers like in reach? if possible. if not then i'll either place player clip or no banshee's.

Actually, I think it looks like it would be more balanced without banshees. Maybe create a few more differences in the elevation in some of the flatter places and make the texture just a tad darker, and this might turn out pretty decent.

the tiles looks bad in the ground and the grass too

ok new pic and i did all of those things plus added more to the map:



what do you think of the bridges and side passage?

and now it looks even awesomer:



ok now i wanna put bases but i don't know what kind i wanna add. i want it to be forerunner but i don't want it to be beamstructures or BG bases. i need a really good forerunner architecture tutorial because i wanna learn so i don't have to go searching for base models lol.

Very good improvements. Keep it up.

Cool. I think you should place some kind of structure or a similar point of interest housing a power weapon or vehicle in the center of the level though. And on the small side route you made you could place something to counter the power vehicle of the center :O

It looks good, but try adding some variation to the terrain, i;e Hills and stuff. This looks like you could just get sniped from the other side of the map. Give people something to hide behind.

Valhalla base maybe?

pretty!

(goes and plays spyro again**)

Or two custom bases as well as a custom structure in the middle would do fine. Don't be satisfied with anything below awesome.

ok now i have bases and some more terrain diversity



any other suggestions?

just looking at the main ground bitmap, I recommend patchy grass areas in the sandy regions. They will make it look more worn and not like a beach and it will also help to break up some of that tiling I am seeing. Also I would recommend patchy darker areas in the grass. Not huge differences, again, just something to break it up and make it look a little more natural.

ok i added some green patches but they feel weird:



i also added a little land bridge in the middle. meant for KOTH. this way there's no direct path for hoggers to just run ppl over.

I always see the bright sand and bright dirt everywhere.
I think the the ground should be darker

kinda looks like grass growing on sand with no dirt.
Edited by spiral on Dec 11, 2011 at 03:18 PM

well is this better?



oh and i have decided to add banshees. but i should warn you. don't go too far away from the battlefield. or you will be put on the targeting roster.

it definetly blends better now.

Targeting roster? I'm intrigued. I hope you mean guardians.

lol in a way yes they are guardians.

DO THEY FIRE LAZORS?

lol yes. and there's no warning lol.

Looking good man.
Stock weapons/vehicles i hope.

yes. why not stock? the maps i make are meant to bring back the spirit of just making the maps and not changing the equipment.

Cmt tagset? Or dare I say it... Halo 3 tags.

i could go with cmt tagset. if you guys really want that. here's a new picture:



what do you think of the guardians? should i make them not so squared? or wide?

definetly make them not so squared in shape, they don't look like they fit in
with the angles you have with the bases i know they are not near the bases but they don't look like part of the surrounding yet. maybe go for a more greyish texture aswell for them,
something similar to the bases?

Maybe you should try turning the bases around, too, so you can drive up them on a race gametype.

Map's looking awesome.

I assume those towers a little way away from the island are the guardians? If so, I suggest a more mechanical look.
That is if you have enough time and skill. I'm afraid I'm not a modellor so I don't have any experience in that area but having some more detail in the towers would be great. :)

I agree with this guy.

Same. The stock tag set would just work (and look) so much better for this map.

exactly. and now more pics:




does that look better? oh and if you didn't notice i shortened the beam emmiter beam so that the blue flame effect is more dominant.

The structure looks a bit too green don't you think?

yes i realize this and im working on the shader. i don't know why models aren't affected by shaders the same as bsps. im using the same shader i have on the bases but they look completely different. and i also don't know why bump maps don't work on models either.