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Ode to pants (or lack thereof)
2003-10-20, 8:41 AM #1
It's a little duel map:
[http://www.massassi.net/ec/images/13161.jpg]
[http://www.massassi.net/ec/images/13162.jpg]
[http://www.massassi.net/ec/images/13163.jpg]
[http://www.massassi.net/ec/images/13164.jpg]
[http://www.massassi.net/ec/images/13165.jpg]
[http://www.massassi.net/ec/images/13166.jpg]
[http://www.massassi.net/ec/images/13167.jpg]
Yes it's dark -- I don't get the same atmosphere with the sky shader's sun set above 300... the textures get bleached, green glow isn't as prominent, etc.

Anywho, the only part I haven't shown is the spawn points, 'cause that's going to be a little surprise for the beta testers. A beta will be ready soon and testing will begin this weekend.

Any suggestions would be helpful and appreciated. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]

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2003-10-20, 8:44 AM #2
I think you definately need to find a way around the problems with the darkness... because for some people, that will probably be unplayable. Archi looks good though.

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2003-10-20, 8:46 AM #3
Awesome! I can't wait to play this level! You showed me screenies of this but I don't think I saw the spawn points either. Hmm I can't wait!

So.... who exactly is on the beta tester list? *crosses fingers*

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2003-10-20, 8:47 AM #4
Keep in mind that -bounce hasn't been used yet. This should lessen the contrast quite a bit. Also, I can't make it too bright because of the sky shader. As you can see, it moves, and has pockets of darkness. It wouldn't be believable if I overdid the brightness. I'm still tinkering with ways to light some of the dark spots, but I deleted my test ideas because... I didn't like them.

[This message has been edited by Blood Asp (edited October 20, 2003).]
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2003-10-20, 8:48 AM #5
Please dont trod my 'Ode to X' naming convention. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/frown.gif]

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2003-10-20, 8:48 AM #6
Question on the Grates for you - do you use a caulked brush with the grate texture on top and bottom, a brush completely covered with the grate texture, or 2 simple patch meshes, or some other method?

I can never get my grates to look quite as good as yours...

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2003-10-20, 8:57 AM #7
I like the simple design and the tone given by the green light!

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2003-10-20, 8:58 AM #8
I used a Raven texture. To get my shader to work the way I wanted, I pulled the texture from the .pk3, then modified the shader to this:
Code: 
textures/Inclusion/cat_floor2
{
	q3map_material	HollowMetal
	surfaceparm alphashadow
	surfaceparm nonopaque
	surfaceparm trans
	cull none
    {
        map textures/Inclusion/cat_floor2
        blendFunc GL_ONE GL_SRC_ALPHA
        depthWrite
        rgbGen vertex
        tcMod scale 4 4
    }
}


I just applied the texture to the top surface of my brush, and used nodraw_solid shader on the remaining surfaces.

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2003-10-20, 9:19 AM #9
And the grate flickering problem is solved?

You know i like it, especially the spawn point idea. But err.. you forgot to mention that the sky is ****ing beautiful thanks to it's movement, b***! [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Thrawn42689:
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2003-10-20, 9:35 AM #10
"cull none" solved that problem. the original shader file had one-sided culling or something like that... yes, the sky is beautiful.
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2003-10-20, 10:10 AM #11
Whazup? Massassi goes more and more into art levels, first GothiX, now this - that's just art. Wow

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2003-10-20, 10:31 AM #12
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GBK:
Please dont trod my 'Ode to X' naming convention. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/frown.gif]</font>


<Gonkish> I could paint legs on a car and GBK would try to hump it.. and fail.. and then write several crappy poems/songs/JK levels titled "Ode to that '82 Chevelle" about it.

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2003-10-20, 10:48 AM #13
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Echoman:
I like the simple design and the tone given by the green light!

</font>


Same here. Don't lighten it up too much

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2003-10-20, 12:56 PM #14
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Emon:
<Gonkish> I could paint legs on a car and GBK would try to hump it.. and fail.. and then write several crappy poems/songs/JK levels titled "Ode to that '82 Chevelle" about it.

</font>



aaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha.


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oh yeh wlel i jsut gots finesht wiht my morrwoind mod for teh JO An it takes up teh 900 gigabiets of spaec but i wlil not sowh yuo gyz teh scrnshoots becasue we dunat kare wut u gyz tihnk ne1 no wear i kan get ti hostad 4 dounlowd!!!!11!111 --Checksum
2003-10-20, 1:10 PM #15
o_O

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2003-10-20, 1:49 PM #16
Purdy. I also like how the screens match the forum color [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2003-10-20, 2:02 PM #17
You might try to break it up a little with small areas of different-colored light, for a two-tone color scheme. Right now it looks a little monochromatic. But I love the way it's shaping up so far. Good work!

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2003-10-20, 2:05 PM #18
Ouch Emon, ouch.

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2003-10-20, 2:12 PM #19
*vomitage*

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oh yeh wlel i jsut gots finesht wiht my morrwoind mod for teh JO An it takes up teh 900 gigabiets of spaec but i wlil not sowh yuo gyz teh scrnshoots becasue we dunat kare wut u gyz tihnk ne1 no wear i kan get ti hostad 4 dounlowd!!!!11!111 --Checksum
2003-10-20, 3:49 PM #20
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Emon:
<Gonkish> I could paint legs on a car and GBK would try to hump it.. and fail.. and then write several crappy poems/songs/JK levels titled "Ode to that '82 Chevelle" about it.

</font>


Thats really funny. Haha. But I never considered OTS to be crappy. At all. Infact, if I recall, it got good reviews.


And besides, I dont think an '82 Chevelle would be as good an inspiration for JK editing as a beautiful woman would be.

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2003-10-20, 4:03 PM #21
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by NAS_Matyy:
Whazup? Massassi goes more and more into art levels, first GothiX, now this - that's just art. Wow</font>


I actually started this before GothiX did his... I've just been taking my time (or had a bout of laziness). I was just razzing him about doing nothing but gothic maps, so I challenged him to do a space-themed map.

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2003-10-20, 4:16 PM #22
Dark Tempasty, THAT'S a good thing.

I love the use of Green over cleche colors.

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2003-10-20, 10:47 PM #23
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Blood Asp:
I actually started this before GothiX did his... I've just been taking my time (or had a bout of laziness). I was just razzing him about doing nothing but gothic maps, so I challenged him to do a space-themed map.
</font>


And then flame me for stealing your idea's eh? [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Thrawn42689:
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2003-10-21, 4:11 AM #24
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by gothicX:
And then flame me for stealing your idea's eh? [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]</font>

LIES! accusations <> flaming. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif] Anywho, I was just kidding about that whole idea stealing bit, but that's besides the point.

Anyone interested in testing, please send me an e-mail (located in my profile), and be sure to include your Massassi Username so that you'll be given proper credit later on in the readme. I'll try to let as many people get in on the testing, so be sure to e-mail me.
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2003-10-21, 11:30 AM #25
Ah, that would explain why they look so similar... but both are cool.

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2003-10-21, 1:01 PM #26
w00ta let's all make a space map pack. It wouldn't take that long either.

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oh yeh wlel i jsut gots finesht wiht my morrwoind mod for teh JO An it takes up teh 900 gigabiets of spaec but i wlil not sowh yuo gyz teh scrnshoots becasue we dunat kare wut u gyz tihnk ne1 no wear i kan get ti hostad 4 dounlowd!!!!11!111 --Checksum
2003-10-21, 1:03 PM #27
green!

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2003-10-21, 2:17 PM #28
^ like these forums! Coincidence?

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2003-10-22, 10:07 AM #29
It looks incredible. It has a look that seems to be both simple and complex. The one thing that seems out of place to me is the yellow/black striped texture in the 3rd shot. The textures in the area surrounded by the four pillars seems a little out of place as well. They may look better in game, however.

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2003-10-22, 10:28 AM #30
I don't realy care for stealing, I want both!

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2003-10-22, 12:13 PM #31
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GBK:
But I never considered OTS to be crappy. At all. Infact, if I recall, it got good reviews.</font>


People keep telling me the gameplay is rather shoddy, and it got a 7/10 from thirteen votes.

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2003-10-23, 6:06 AM #32
now thats what I think Massassi's RL color scheme would be, if it were built

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2003-10-23, 7:28 AM #33
Believe it or not, the color scheme has nothing to do with Massassi. I don't know if any of you have been in a tornado, but the sky turns a dark green and gives off light like you're seeing in my map. It bugs the hell out of me since I've been in a few, but when I first tried the skybox I knew it was perfect.

Anywho, minor updates:

[http://www.massassi.net/ec/images/13219.jpg]
[http://www.massassi.net/ec/images/13220.jpg]
[http://www.massassi.net/ec/images/13221.jpg]
[http://www.massassi.net/ec/images/13222.jpg]

The outside is a little darker than before 'cause I was tinkering with lighting a bit. I only posted these to show the new lighting on the platforms (and the working elevator).

One more thing... the thread title has nothing to do with my map; it was a spoof of GBK's maps. However, I was not counting on people bashing GBK. So GBK, my apologies... and please stop giving him a hard time.
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2003-10-23, 7:31 AM #34
Chevy!

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2003-10-23, 7:33 AM #35
I like the abundance of detail. Detail is good. Mmmm...

Hehe, after commenting on countless good levels, I am running out of things to say... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]

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2003-10-23, 7:41 AM #36
That level is SO sexy, I demand you get banned for posting pr0n.

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2003-10-23, 8:08 AM #37
Why am I even bothering with mapping?

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