needs moar bushes and vines :D

You should put some rocks at the separation between the cliff walls and the ground to dissimulate that contrast

This looks fantastic!

Bump bump, any new updates?

UPDATES!

Population of the bsp as well as the generic lighting with radiosity
i still have to add the vehicles, weapons, and detail objects properly, and i'm still working on the lighting using aether
(i can't add more objects, because it leads to issues when you are playing, like players disappearing when they get inside vehicles as well as other rendering problems)

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Edited by ChBgt909 on May 21, 2013 at 09:57 PM

Wow, looking great so far, but I think the sky could be a bit less blue? Just me.

0_0 ......



that is extremely impressive. now let someone sauce it and it will look almost like reach

Oh sorry, I haven't read anything since page... 12-13 maybe? I just saw the pictures.

it could be better, i actually wanted to make most of the rocks part of the bsp, however, my laptop is having problems handling too many polygons, even tho i divided the bsp in many parts :-(

i think i'm gonna change the placement of many of the objects and i still have to make the lighting with aether (still practicing tho)
Edited by ChBgt909 on May 21, 2013 at 10:17 PM

Even though the sky IS a placeholder, I like the color. If you have any better ideas by all means go ahead, but the bold blue looks great.

Is this using OS?

apparantly not

(I'm honestly starting to take a liking of the placeholder -or at least its dark blue hue)

Lovin' it more than ever! :D ... the new lighting, somehow, made me think this map is Lumoria-inspired for a second, even. o.o

I really like the dark blue hues, you should keep them as well as the clouds. Then add your other parts of the sky

wow! impressive! do u have a release date and a name for the map in mind?

Edited by Ubergoober on May 22, 2013 at 03:59 AM

I think the blue is too intense :/, anyway...

I'm starting to have a "Foundry" feeling with this map!

more brush and vines? :s


I've always wondered what separated CE maps from that of any other game, from what I can tell, there is just simply more detail in the map, anyway to replicate that through some clever portaling/texturing?

i tried to add more objects like trees, bushes and stuff, but not only i had issues with lag, but the engine itself has a limit of objects per bsp. i got this problems when i exceeded the limit:

- the player disappearing when getting out of a vehicle
- all the weapons disappear, as well as some smaller objects, etc

so yeah, even if i want to, i can't add more objects... in fact, i had to remove some more because of those problems i listed above

oh, and those are all the details i'm capable of adding, i could try to add more, but my laptop is having a tough time handling the amount of polygons my bsp has right now, so i can't :(
Edited by ChBgt909 on May 22, 2013 at 10:43 PM

Portaling should fix anything dealing with dissapearing stuff. Adding some light distance fog might help too

portals won't help in this case, an scenario always has an object limit, if you exceed it, many issues like the ones i listed in my previous post happen, there's nothing i can do about it (did i mention that my map already have portals? many clusters actually)...

as for the distance fog, i though that bluish atmosphere fog color was noticeable, adding more fog would be difficult, unless i add some kind of mask on the bsp itself like i did with the clouds
Edited by ChBgt909 on May 23, 2013 at 12:16 AM

There is like 250 object limit and then issues appear.

hmm, i atually like that cliff wall texture, you should keep that imo
other than that i'd love to see the chages you've done on the bsp :D

Well these are the modifications i have so far... do you like it?

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that depends heavily on how you texture them :|

This is quite possibly the most playable, AND aesthetically pleasing map I have seen in MANY a year. I'm not even going to make recommendations TBH because I can see you have an idea for the gameplay and with the limits of the Halo engine, you have done a tremendous job at layout of everything shown so far IMO. I am not sure on the weapon placements of course as of yet since I do believe you haven't shown those yet, but I got to say dude, if you populate this as well as you mapped it, I simply can't wait to play it with others.
I am interested to see how you will populate for other gametypes such as Race and KOTH especially. Really make sure to put a lot of mental effort into where to place everything such as race points and hills. If you do, I have a feeling this map will be simply incredible.

Wow. Truly inspirational work!

Can't wait for the classic version

I'm not really a fan of classic versions myself because of one fatal flaw. Bungie made a huge error in judgement for original Halo. 500 years in the future and the assault rifle is 10 times LESS accurate than any today? 'Splain me that! WTF UNSC Y U NO KEEP GUNZ WIT SHOOT RITE!?!?!?. xD
The later Halo games started to get it right though thank god. If I was given that gun in H1 by the UNSC, I would find the nearest museum and get even an AK over that trash.

Assault rifle works fine for me

Lol

Hey, you don't exist..

Those rocks look like orbs, not rocks. Make them sharper and more rock like my abs instead of smooth and curvy like a nice females butt.

First large plateau sure, and same with the small flat one in the last pic. They look fine, though I'd think the first one should be shorter that way you can jump on top of it, or at least build a cave so you can easily walk through it. This would match the rocks right next to it.

HOWEVER, the cluster of the three turtle-shell-ish rocks ruined the map for me. Everything you have going on right now looks killer, but those three rocks kindof made me cringe.

Also, what happened to the little mini-base thing? It's missing in the second pic. I hope you don't plan on removing it, I loved that little guy.

Looking at your previous picture, it says you're using only 27k tris, which isnt a lot at all. If your laptop cant really handle that, then i'm willing to assume that all the errors that you were talking about concerning dissapearing faces and whatnot was probably on the fault of your laptop, not your map. Hopefully that IS the case, and there arent any extra issues.

Agreeably, the rocks do have a bit of odd shaping, so im glad that you're changing them up.

Side Note: Maybe you should have a preliminary play-test to see how your map plays out in a bare-bones type of way. It might give you some ideas on how to fix certain aspects of the map or add in extra stuff if you feel so inclined. Up to you though