This is my first level for um... well anything.. it's for jk and don't ask me where I came up with the name cause I'm not quite sure...(it might have been because the level is vaugly octagon shaped...) perphaps you culd give me your rating of the pics...






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[This message has been edited by Anydrez (edited March 13, 2004).]

Pics coulda been better, but the level is nice. Great job for a first level I'll tell ya

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Somehow it reminds me of DF, but I don't know why. *scratches head*

The archi and texturing is really boxy and bland, thats why it looks like a DF game.

At least your trying to put some archi into it, you may want to increase your screen resolution in game tho, makes the screens bigger.

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Yeah, it's "okay" for a first. Try working on the textures, archi, and umm... lighting tends to make things look a little better to.

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After playing it, I've determined that the layout is good. You just need to work on the archi, the texturing, and the lighting. Also, I'd suggest getting rid of the conc, and leaving just the conc trap.

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[This message has been edited by DSettahr (edited March 13, 2004).]

maybe I shouldn't have asked for ratings... waaa... I didn't think it was that bad... I mean leik... jhs sucks with all it's bugs and it's a zone favorite.; I suppose it could use some lighting...dangit I suck at lighting though...

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Just practice with the lighting stuff. I can't say it'll definitely work but I'm sure others can .
I'm usually doing mods, not levels, so I have minimal skills with lighting. I'll get to levels later, though; got one started from last year, but I took a BIG break from it.

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Heh, well now i wouldnt put the good-ness of any level in the hands of zoners... they will play anything that they can ruin with their 'hacks'.

But yeah... i think some of it could stand to be more detailed, but in other areas (like in image 4) some nicer fitting textures would do the job.

Overall, it looks nice for a first level



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Hey now, dont be knocking on JHS.

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Hmm...you are Juz's brother right? Might want to get him to help you.

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Way better than my first attempt.

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Lighting would definately help.

1) Use more than 5 textures.
2) Use different textures.
3) Dont use those flashing directional signs as a ceiling mat. Its obnoxious, ugly, but for some stupid reason its hugely popular with new JK editors.
4) Lighting. You have to light the level.

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Yeh.. I know about that, it's just that it goes chopy on my computer when I do and I forgot to do that before taking the pics, I will do big pics when I release.

Um.. yes, I am Juz's Bro but it's hard to contact him(I dislike using the phone) and he's proly to busy to help me with my jk lvls anyway..


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What are your computer specs?

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You could also take a look at this:

http://www.massassi.net/guide/

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I had the same impression Grismath... I think it's the low resolution and lack of bilinear filtering combined with the use of those stone textures...
As for the comment referencing DF's textures and architecture as being boxy and bland just isn't true. To some extent boxy is, but this can be overcome in ways... and if the level is well made, it's not very noticeable. A current example would be what's been seen of DT4, and one of my other favorites was always Code Red... In regards to texturing... well, I've always found DF's textures to be just beautiful when used right.
Sorry, just had to defend DF.
Other than maybe those stone textures... well, actually green one should change too... yeah, pretty much retexture all of it. And please, stitch your textures. Those stone ones would look nice I think, if you chose a more appropriate ceiling and darkened everything a bit. If you really can't do the lighting (which can be confusing due to the odd way it's handled...), you could always try using sector lighting... It'd actually be more like DF then, lol. But, it's an easy solution for new editors, until they get used to vertex lighting. It can be useful at times, and can get better results depending on the architecture for those used to vertex though (without doing a bunch of cleaving and rearrangement and tweaking, I mean). Anyways, to do this, just set the one light to a near 0 intensity, press control+l to run lighting. Then go through in sector mode, and set what you think is an appropriate lighting value (0-1... 1 being fully lit, .5 half lit, etc). It doesn't get some of the nice effects you can get with vertex lighting, but it's better than nothing.

(Ok, admittedly, I was bored as hell when writing this post...)

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Um... yeh... that would be usefull to me if I hadn't already read and reread the entire massassi tutorial so um... yeh.. I suppose I should retexture it and light it.. know any good texture packs that would work with this lvl? That would be easy for a newb texturer like me to use.

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Theres nothing wrong with the JK textures. I'm especially fond of 09Fuel myself.

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