I spy with my little eye, about 500 thousand wasted polys.
If the edge does not alter the silhouette then it is unnecessary. You should spend a while either collapsing or target welding verts.
Looks like a fun map though, keep at it.

yeah, there are many polies that i already got on my list to delete, i just want to complete the terrain model before i do that, hehe

I can see a great area to model a crater in the last pic.

The empty cliff area to the left similar to the one in h2 coagulation.

Looking pretty cool so far keep working on the cliffs. also i like the big rock mound thing on the top, perhaps copy it around and change it up a little bit, you could also stack them and add filler trees to create an "enclosed feeling" around the map

:O
looking great man, keep it up

ohh... i fell dumb right now lol thanks xD

Well, since i didn't have anything to do this Friday i kept working on my map:


More polishing to the cliff walls and terrain in general









I'm starting to make the blue base, i really hope you like it, and feel free to post suggestions on how to improve it






This area will have something else, perhaps some kind design that goes up and has the classic angular design... but i can't think of anything :c

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj526/ChBgt909/WIP%20ChBgt909%20unnamed%20map%2001/45.jpg
I think there should be a long bridge or a base for banshees.

Banshee platform would be cool, I see a long type of thing that tapers inward kinda at the back - thatd be cool.

Also, there is alot of polys according to the wireframe that could be collapsed together on your terrain.

make it two banshees at the most, and if you do make sure not to leave the upper map and skybox bare!

nothing is worse than having an arial view of the placeholder color behind the skybox

i always add player clips when my maps have banshees

Edited by Super Flanker on Apr 10, 2016 at 02:31 PM

send him a PM, don't derail this thread haha :P

love all the changes :D

Well i got more updates, i'm not done with the structure either, i will add more details and modify things


Entrance





"Interior"






View from behind

reminds me of Narrows :3

i like it, its a big improvement from any of your other maps. and it does remind me of narrows as well

can I get a forward assurance that you will put emphasis on the natural aspects of the map, so that they look more organic?

didn't "core" and "imposing" look organic? haha

integration was ok, but more plants would be nice

and it would still be nice if you reworked the BSP around the central pit in "core" :P

i added a decent amount of plants in those maps (at least more than in bungie maps) the problem is that if i add more plants the game can be laggy for some people, the trees i used in those maps have thousands of polies :s that's why they look good (the trees) and yeah, core needed more polishing on the model but i had that idea of keeping the poly count low and well... i'm not applying that for this map haha

Will the terrain be optimized?

Yea, he said he is going to optimize after he finishes modeling everything, which I hope is true D:

im really liking what i see here so far, continue the great work

Also, for the back of the base, maybe try to add an upward area near the back that comes up as a sniper roost? it'd probably be somewhat difficult to make but i dont think that it'd be impossible. Also maybe warthog placement outside the base would be a good idea, if not mongooses

And for naturals, you could always use Broke's Trees, mushrooms and bushes from Project Reviere

one

2000 per team ☺,but really in all seriousness I would say 1.
Edited by Spark on Mar 10, 2013 at 11:38 PM

Sorry already pm'ed him before but no answer.
He pm'ed me back though just now.


Question. How long did it take you to model this BSP?

well, like 5 days, 1.5 to 2 hours each day

i like how the blue base looks like, it's gonna be great!

Don't put the turrets in such an open position

also, I'd have two ghosts per base, one one either side of the ramp thing, facing out.