Keeping the triangulation like what you already made can help to reduce portal problems if you need, don't optimize it too much if it's not necessary.

Is the train really going to be in it? =3

yes. if i can get kirbys help i will test the train in it... if it gets too laggy ill have to remove it but if not its going to make the center of the map a bit more interesting

bumped for small update

alright so finally i have had some time to get away from my studying to work on my bsp for a little bit. i just spent the little bit of spare time i had to widen the roads as i realized they were rather narrow.

this portion of the map is pretty much finished shape wise. all i need now are my fine details which i will make after finalizing more areas of BSP



this area is going to have lots more details added such as girders pipes and vents to give it a more back alley feel.


i am not sure what i am going to do about the other buildings around here, i don't know whether i want to make the bridge go over the tracks or not. i am worried that it might throw off the line of sight in that section of the map.


the tall blue building is a hotel which will have a lobby that you can walk around in, (the other side of the map will have one too) in that lobby there will be either a sniper or a BR. i will not make a second level to access as it will definitely screw up the map with camping snipers


that is all for now. if you guys have any ideas feel free to share them. any suggestions dealing with the buildings is appreciated as well.

cool

Really nice, Love how you got the human style down to an artform.

Looks excellent.



For the OS version, it would be nice if there were switches affecting things like the barriers above, allowing players to directly modify the flow of the map. (Recall Halo 3's 'Longshore').

I don't think you need OS to make that happen...? (but yeah, having active changes to the map like that would be really cool, actually)

Its possible without, but it doesn't sync up perfectly. Works though.

you can make it sync so long as you have a sync room.

The tunnels in pictures 1 & 2 (the lower footpaths) look like they would lead to parking garages (inaccessible, of course).

The elevated flat in picture 4 seems like it would make a nice courtyard/patio, especially being right next to the hotel. If you want to go the extra mile, it would be nice to throw in some "vehicle-as-scenery" tables and chairs. With really low weight values so they go flying at the slightest force.

I planned to do a lot of physics scenery. It will be more work but will be cooler in the end.

I will try and see if i can get more done on the map this week.
I have been rather busy with other projects recently as i am part of a team now i am limited to working on this occasionally when i get the chance

You should focus on this. It shows more potential than most things this community produces.

i got a little more work done. progress has been slow because i have a job now and it means 12 hour days for 7 days straight. but i do get the next 7 days after it off so i am trying to get a little progress done.



a small addition is the train station. more work to be done but its getting places.


still figuring out the buildings. these ones are temporary untill i get more layout design finished


i got an older build ingamed and i did not like the scale of the old maglev tracks so i scaled them down and changed the geometry slightly


i am getting this new build ingamed so that i can playtest with SBB on recording day. so expect a video this weekend of the first playtest :P

Awesum.

ok after being afk for a long while i have a little update on stuff. i have been busy with work since october and my scedule has not allowed me much time to work on projects. but in this time i have been off the radar i did get a little done.

first scaling tests for this bsp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqZBLlZVzBc

an old speed model i never uploaded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D4KbuV-sZ4

and a new custom bsp which i modeled in the course of 2 hours one night:


both these projects are on the side atm as i have stuff to work on for takedown extermination and stuff for the mapping team i am a part of.

but they are anything but canceled. both bsp's are going to get some detail added in the near future after some of my bigger projects are out of the way
Edited by killzone64 on Feb 13, 2015 at 05:53 PM

Name it "Void S"

Bubble Shield looks as good as Altis
Edited by Ubermaniac on Feb 13, 2015 at 07:17 PM

It's because that's a Halo 3 pic.

Sh**

If this map does make it into finalization I'd like to put my self forward for portalling.

BTW : Does bigass have portals altis?

YES. YES IT DOES. IF YOU WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MY PORTALS THEN MAKE BETTER ONES. MAKE ME GOOD WEATHERPOLYS WHILE YOU ARE AT IT.

I was just wondering. Not complaining, chillax latino maid.

ok. so these bsp's are being used in a project that my team is taking on at this time. i cant give any spoilers but i can leave hints here and there

none of these are finished in any way.
Human BSP

(im not telling what it is other than its an old project thats coming back)
Forerunner BSP

Covenant BSP



(it is a symmetrical layout. i was just too lazy to draw all of it)

so to all the newbies that think this forum is dead and the community is dying because of halo online or some other reason, its normally like this this time of year. everyone is busy working on stuff for CE3. and they want to keep their projects a secret so they make a bigger splash when it comes time to show them off.

i wont be posting regular updates but it would be fun to play a guessing game on what that human bsp is :P

and if the community has any feedback on these layouts id be happy to have it.
Edited by killzone64 on Apr 24, 2015 at 03:08 AM

I drew some inspiration from narrows. But a big majority of the layouts design is inspired by a forge map from reach called select.

Edited by killzone64 on Apr 24, 2015 at 03:57 AM

Needs more textures.

Does the equipment syncs? I mean, a while i go i saw some people trying to make a bubble shield with scenery, but that dint worked pretty well.
Edited by SpartanHex on Apr 24, 2015 at 07:47 AM

you can do equipment the old way with weapons that spawn the equipment when you shoot. but the method i am using was created by kirby422. it should sync fine but it requires opensauce as it utilizes some of the new scripting functions that opensauce has.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2rcnI9bEVE

Might this interest you?

http://forum.halomaps.org/index.cfm%3Fpage=topic&topicID=42486

Just make sure to get rid of all those coplanar faces!
Edited by The Spartan on Apr 24, 2015 at 06:38 PM

i worked with him on testing the plugin for quite a while and then he just dissapeared....

i prefer to model in blender but i am alright with exporting to max for stuff like animating. rigging is something i am not a fan on in max, but sadly we don't have a file format that carry's rigs over properly yet

WARNING THIS WILL BE RATHER PICTURE HEAVY

since i cant show off new stuff i decided to show off some super old models i found floating around on my desktops hdd



















lots of old stuff some of them ideas that i just did not have the skills to put into use at the time. and some stuff still sits around unfinished XD
Edited by killzone64 on Apr 25, 2015 at 02:10 AM

did you ever finish rats nest, or come somewhat close?

That model was sadly lost in a harddrive failure...

I did come very close to porting it with the help of mikecyborg. But we kept hitting limits on all fronts. You guys will be seeing more of it at CE3 this year. But has gone through some major changes since then...
Edited by killzone64 on Apr 25, 2015 at 03:40 AM

bigass? the turret is cool your others bsp are great too
Edited by pablolinkone on Apr 25, 2015 at 04:27 AM