somewhat serious sam inspired map... might find a better rope texture, though. still have to make the rope bridges in the other 3 places, and the buildings/border around the map. probably gonna trisoup the ground so its not flat, and more sand dune-ey.

any ideas as to what kinda buildings to have around the map? i was thinking aztec temples, but any other ideas?

[edit]skybox might not be final, prolly gonna add palm trees, and shadows will be much nicer when i have the time to do a long compile[/edit]

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[This message has been edited by Cazor (edited August 24, 2004).]

Thingy!

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I'd say maybe for a surrounding, put like a small tatooine village or something.. but not so star warsy

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well, the thing is... im surrounding it by a wall, so the player prolly wouldnt see small homes in a village. im thinking big buildings like temples/monuments. prolly gonna have a pyramid, an aztec temple, and two other things. if you have any pictures for ideas feel free to post them.

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Sounds like it'll work. Whatever happened to your Goldeneye map?

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ehh... pushed it off. think ill just release it with tmu or something. most of the mock 007 weapons are based off the real weapons we're putting in the mod, and its one of the best MP maps ever, so.. why not?

ahem, anyway... i increased the lighting a bit, so it matches the skybox better. ill show it once i add more stuff.

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added the rest of the bridges/palm trees/pyramid. next comes the wall and the other scenery. (yeah, ill prolly make the stuff beyond the wall a portal sky, but for now its just there)

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I REALLY like the feel, but I think a more fantasy, sci-fi feel should be taken with the skybox and surrounding. I also think the ground shouldn't be sand, but some cool aztec-like grate with nothing below it but the ocean, or something like that.

Just me, but I love the look of the current archi.

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After seeing the new shot, I think There needs to be a center piece on the two bridges in the center we see here, like, aztec towers with interiors, and 2 mini towers on either side of the top of that for gunning, assuming this is a gun and or saber map. (I'll draw this center-spire if you're interested)

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well, it's gonna be somewhat fantasy ish because you're gonna see structures from totally different eras/geographic locations all in one area. pyramids near an aztec temple is already kinda out of the ordinary. im just sick of the whole sci-fi/SWey stuff... so its all gonna stay ancient architecture. actually... just had an idea to do a taj mahal kinda building on one side...

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added jump pads to get to each tower, but jump pads with a twist.



air blows you up! yay.


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1. Make the particle spread out as it raises, there should be steam effects that already do this.

2. You're still using gonkbox!! yayay makes my happy.

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1. Change the ground texture to a more reddish/orange sand texture
2. Make it duney/wavey, like real ground
3. Add Adobe houses.
4. Play JO/JA Central America style.

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oh, and im thinking about calling it Antediluvian. or antediluvian arena. something like that.

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Now I'm out of the shadows.... Looks good, I'd put some awesome looking statue in the middle though... Thats not a pole.

W00t.

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added the walls around it, and moved a random board on eachbridge to a side so they're not all straight and it looks more natural.

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good 'cept rope bridges are crap. make fallen boards, broken ones, holes, misalignments etc.

much more visually interesting that way

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There needs to break something up in the bridges, or else they won't be played on. Running right at eachother, with nothing to do except stand face to face swinging away, or shooting away. People will just jump down and saber on the ground, in open spaces. (That's why making JA levels is useless)

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I'm fine with that, if it is the case.

but, (no offense whatsoever(and in response you your "making JA levels is useless" comment)) im really not sure how extensive your JA level knowlegde is, because ive heard you say things that make it obvious you dont go farther than massassi when it comes to JO/JA. i dunno if you know what people over at lucasforums, pcgame mods, jk2files, or other places like that want in a level, because all your opinions on it are based on how much JA is edited here. but in reality, the percentage of people who are going to play this level are about 10% at massassi. so dont just go saying making JA levels is useless, mmmkauy?

i just think its ironic how you're telling me that while you edit a game thats only played by a community at one website(with less than a dozen normal players who actually set up games and play together), copmared to one that is played by at least a dozen large communities or more.

and yeah, opus, i added some boards that are broken in half and still hanging, and the other half is laying on the ground below it, and others with chunks taken out of the sides.

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[This message has been edited by Cazor (edited August 26, 2004).]

Are you going to make the pyrimid huge using portals (or whatever they are called)?

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yeah. i dont know how big, though.. cause i havent really done a portal sky, but im gonna try to make one with all the buildings outside.

[edit]...uh... kirby. ya know... my post is below his and is talking about things he said [/edit]

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[This message has been edited by Cazor (edited August 26, 2004).]

Eh, Kirby has a point. He doesn't say making JA maps is useless, he's saying it's useless to create good gameplay in them - people will just run to an open area and omgduel.

well then thats what they're gonna do.. i cant do anything about it if they're not gonna play the level the way i intended. at least i hope they dont, cause then everyone would play the exact same way. if they want to just fight on the ground, thats fine. the towers and rope bridges would be setting the atmosphere instead. or if there are some smart people, they'll figure out that they can snipe people from up there.

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if you're thinking aboiut calling it antediluvian anything nix the desert and do one of two things.

green hills, with 1 mountain. or water everywhere.

it doesnt feel antediluvian to me, but its your map.

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well, antediluvian is just a facny word for extremely old... so the desert and ancient buildings fit into old. and whenever i think of ante, i think of a pyramid. prolly not eveyone knows about antechambers, but that might be why it fits for me.

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Well, I guess I should have elaborated on the statement 'making JA levels is useless.' By that, I mean that making your own JA level is generally useless because there's no difference between gonks amazing map and some crappy map a newbie puts out. Either way, the general gameplay you get out of it is going to be the same: Either jumping around in the most open space trying to saber the oponent, or force-kicking them in a more closed in area so that it's harder to shake the grip/pull. Even IF you plan for gameplay, people don't want to have a stretegic battle on a long suspended bridge, they want to jump around smashing their finger on the mouse button while trying to get behind the oponent.

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Live on, Adam.

Sniping on all those saber-only NF duelzz servers is impossible. besides, all the smart people you refer to have moved to newer, better games.