right now im working on a map thats basically just a large abandoned beach resort hotel on the beach. im modeling the hotel right now then im gonna put it in the map later. this is what i have so far:

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/hotel.jpg

it doesnt really look like much right now but i still have a lot more to do. that brown part you see sticking out is the walkway to the beach. on the other side there will be a parking lot. im hoping to get some scenery of old beat up cars to put in the parking lot, so if anyone knows where i can get these that would be much appreciated. so the first floor is the lobby, it might be one base, and the top floor (penthouse sweet) or the roof will be the other other base. all the other floors are just rooms with nothing in them cause everything was taken out or looted.

i got this idea when i was on vacation a while ago and there was this hotel that was being knocked down.
Edited by corndogman939 on Jul 6, 2007 at 11:26 PM

thats a great idea i will look 4 some tags 4 u.

thanks, i was just working on it and i had the staircase almost completely done when my computer just restarted itself! and i didnt save it so im gonna have to do it over again. not the whole thing just the stairs. so bummer. im gonna re-do it tomorrow though cause im tired right now. (its 1:00 am here) and i just saw Transformers!! woot woot! its a Sweet-@$$ movie fo-sho. go see it. bye for now.

In the create tab, pull down the menu and there should be a stairs category. Just mess around with it, and attach it to your hotel. Awesome idea too.

i know thats what i did in the first place. but im having trouble with the stairs that go to the roof from the top floor. its kinda hard to explain with words but maybe ill get a screenshot or to. i made the stairs U-shaped stairs that are actually on the side of the building not inside. kinda like those emergency escapes they have on the apartments in new York, except enclosed in like a concrete wall thingy. also for the inside of the rooms i was hoping to have a texture of wall paper that looks like its peeling of to give it that "abandoned" feel. i'll get screenshots in a minute hold on.

Edit: Ok, i got some screens
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/hotel2.jpg

this is what i did in the first place but as you can see the top stairs dont line up with the roof because it sticks out further tha the rest of the floors.

so this is what i did instead:
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/hotel3.jpg

and im gonna add one of those things on the top thats like a doorway sticking up from the roof where the stairs come out at.
Edited by corndogman939 on Jul 7, 2007 at 11:18 PM

thats an impressive staircase..how long did that take you lol.

once i got the first one the way i wanted it, i just cloned it and moved it up 100 units to where the next floor is. until i got to the top cause it wouldnt fit there. it didnt take long. id say im about 50% done modeling. and then comes the hard part... texturing.... everything.. which i suck at doing. im gonna save the model as a different name before i start texturing cause i'll probably mess it up real bad. i need to learn more about texturing an practice it.

and just to clarify, when you make a water material, what do you call it? its like Water!$ or something right? i ask this cause its set on a beach.

anyways im hoping to get this done in the next week which probably wont happen. and if it does it wont be as good as if i took my time on it. reason eing is that im leaving for a week next week which means i wont be able to get it finished until august. but i might be going on vacation with my family too.... oh well, i'll let you know whats going on.

You do realize that the Autocad programs will not only do a better design and detailing but they allow you to make custom vehicles and weapons right?

My suggestion... find some killer ai and random vehicles for the place.

Uhh, we don't use Autocad. Just 3ds max or Gmax.

yea.... no. no ai and NO random crazy vehicles. im going for the whole non-noob thing here. im gonna have to get back to work on this cause ive been working on making scenery for kid's big desert map.

I am still looking for good tags.
Edited by jjwk544 on Jul 9, 2007 at 08:48 PM

im almost done with the model of the hotel right now. the staircase is finished and textured. now i have to finish the rest of it like the rooms and stuff. and then make the skybox. i think im gonna make it an island, with a bridge leading to it but its blocked of by rubble. and i wanna learn how to make custom sounds, and have it play the song "Hotel California" on the beach .

maybe i'll get a screenshot soon.

Brilliant stairs man! Bravo!

i'll get some new pics soon. im still modeling but ive got some textures on the inside now like carpet and stuff. ill show you a picture of the stairs and the hallways. im still looking for a good texture to put on the outside but i think i know where i can get one. (the outside of my house) i just made a bridge that leads out of the map, but its going to be blocked off by rubble and stuff. its on a small island by the way. pics coming soon.

Edit: i got pics:

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/hotel4.jpg

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/hotel5.jpg
Edited by corndogman939 on Jul 10, 2007 at 11:26 PM

I CANT WAIT TO PLAY IT!

awsome hotel!!!! i love hotels!!! i wana like watch TV, eat, drink, and also u should add a pc in some hotels

well its actually going to be like an abandoned hotel. so no beds and watching TV. but its still gonna look cool, im gonna make a texture for the walls that looks like the wallpaper is peeling off. i also want put blood stains on the floor if i can. the hotel is nine stories high. 1st floor being the lobby, the next 7 are rooms, the ninth is the penthouse sweet, and theres a roof.

i want to know from you guys:
1. where do you think i should put the bases for CTF? some places are the lobby, the beach, the roof the top floor sweet, the parking lot, etc.

2.what vehicles? im putting in a warthog, a ghost, and probably a banshee. what else?

can you make it in two versions one with it abandoned and the other one with fancy rooms. like gmax5 said. just to have another novelty map like that movie theater map being made. these are fun! besides there is no map with a room that you can stay in that has a bed, tv, tables, etc. of not can you at least make the penthouse with a bed and all those other things?

anyways... i think both bases should be on the beach. one on both sides of the hotel... to make better gameplay. the hotel would be the only way to the other place plus it is a good snipe place. if the bases were on the hotel it would give one side an advantage... thus bad gameplay.
Edited by squeaky on Jul 11, 2007 at 08:10 PM

thanks, i'l get a screenshot of what the island looks like tomorrow or tonight because i goota work on it some and im going to see harry potter in a few minutes. i have a good idea of what it should look like now. i think im gonna put a banshee on the roof of the hotel and some snipers. ill make the novelty version of the map if i can find good textures and some scenery of beds, tv's, etc.

also, does anyone know where i can find some scenery of cars to put in the parking lot? that would be much appreciated.

well for now you can just have some hogs in the lot... if you don't want them to move just remove the seats and guns.

im looking for some scenery for vehicles but i havent found any yet.

EDIT: oh for the tv's just put a box and a pic in the middle... the movie map guys had a problem with that... put a screene of masterchief there or somethin. anything else will take too long or would be impossible.
Edited by squeaky on Jul 11, 2007 at 08:26 PM

i want to have some hogs on the beach cause driving hogs on the beach is always fun. i think ive seen those cars in a few maps. thse would look real nice in the parkinfg lot. i know they have them in halo2. i might actually be able to make this for h2v because my brother has it. but im not gonna worry about it right now.

see my edit for the tv's /\/\


ill bump it for ya if it gets lost in the pages... don't worry! i did this for the stingray thred when it got second page, saved it... whew!
Edited by squeaky on Jul 13, 2007 at 04:17 PM

ok, well ive started work on the skybox, which is an island. im pretty much done with that, im just texturing. still texturing the hotel. i finally got my blitzkreig set up, so i can export it now once im done. (chimp was being an @-hole) sadly i dont think this will be done before i leave next week, but i'll finish it once i get back.

i got pics!:

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/islandhotel2.jpg

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/hotel%20map/islandhotel1.jpg
Edited by corndogman939 on Jul 14, 2007 at 03:46 PM

please hurry, i have yet to see a decent "earthbound creation" (any map that has some earth building-like qualities) map

hmm, well im working all day tomorrow and i'll have a little bit of time to work on it this weekend but not much. im not sure but i think im leaving on monday for a whole week. or it could be the next week, im not sure. but today i just really did not feel like working on it. plus i had a bunch of friends over today. so anyways if i get any further on this i'll update. but by the time i get back this thread will be long gone in the pages of the halomaps.org forums.

so any progress?

do ya think some boats would go nice in here? either scenery or vehicle. also add a scorpion, one per team would do nicely.

BTW: ill keep bumping for ya!
Edited by squeaky on Jul 14, 2007 at 04:13 PM

ill work on it when i get back next weekend. ive been working on the skybox not the hotel itself. im trying to figure out how i should set up teh rooms. not that it really matters though. cause the combat isnt really focused on the rooms. well in CTF anyways. im gonna put a base on each side. heres a diagram:

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/islandskematics.jpg

im gonna work on it some more now but this will be the last time i'll have time to work on it.

A WHOLE WEEK! i dunno if i can go that long without a progress report! this is gonna be so sweet! HURRY BACK!

right now im making a texture for the walls, its wallpaper but it looks like its peeling off. also im gonna make one that has graffiti on it, saying "covie 4 life" lol. you know those gangsta grunts. but that should keep it somewhat halo oriented. ive also decided to add a few secret rooms because i can easily do it, and it wont effect gameplay at all. dont worry im not gonna put a scarab gun or nuke launcher in there. i might make a DBZ room for me and ganon to hang out in. lol im gonna put blood stains in the rooms too.

How long do you think it will take for the first version to come out???

if i can get the model done today that would be great, but not likely. and im certain im going to run into a bunch of errors, because i suck. well i hope i dont but i seem to get errors a lot. after i get back next week it should only take a few days as long as i dont get a lot of errors. but populating it is going to be a pain. then i'll uploaded here to the site, and also to filefront for those people who cant wait for dennis to upload it. ive already figured out the vehicle and player spawns, i just need to figure out wherre the weapons go. and im gonna find a good base to put in it.

Cheers to you killer! This map is gonna be seriously sweet! Im thinking about freezing myself until the Halo Movie comes out in 08, like cartman did with his Wii, but by then, IT WILL DEFINITLEY BE OUT! HOO RAH!

the bases i decided to put in it are the bloodgulch bases. from there you'll be able to teleport to one of the 2 secret rooms. i dont know what im gonna put in them yet though. im gonna find a tutorial and make a custom sound tag for the song "hotel california" i think you know why.



lol, i should of done that. i just got my wii like a month ago. funny show.

:D YEAH! and please please please...not that im complaining so people dont jump down my throat and say that "I should make it myself". There are plenty of other base models you can use. Those blood gulch bases just got so old. If you really wanna make your map different, use a base model nobody has used in a while.

which one do you suggest?
Edited by corndogman939 on Jul 16, 2007 at 01:29 PM