[Cancelled until further notice][WIP] zm_refuge

[Devil Mudger]

Definitely duller/dirtier.

[Scrap.est]

I was trying to edit photos for custom textures. Does this texture stick out too much? Should I make it duller/dirtier?

God damn you. As soon as you say "Don't think about the elephant" people will think about the elephant.

Just because you mentioned the texture sticking out it started feeling out of place.

[Dissident]

I must be the slowest mapper ever, ah well. Have some screenshots.

First up, the drain. Oooooh, dramatic.



//Rest of screenshots moved to 1st post.

I hope the screenshots so far have pleased those browsing this mostly abandoned section of the forums. So far I've barely completed any significant portion of the planned end map, so it'll be in the works for some time to come.

[Marauder8]

This map is beautiful. Citizen better step up his game!

[Dissident]

Another few screenshots. Work has been slow as I've just been amusing myself by messing about with things.



Lastly, the bird's eye view. I guess I should've shown one earlier.


//Rest of screenshots moved to 1st post.

[Skull_Boy]

Very nice. I see you added a lot of details everywhere. A lot better than Resilence Awakening (Why did you make another Zm acc if you already have one?)

And I don't think that you're the slowest mapper ever. (It could be me O_O, I get very lazy sometimes.) So how long did it take you to make this much of the map? Whats the progress of the map?

[Dissident]

I'm not too sure about the exact time it has taken so far, since I just add to it now and then and sometimes neglect it for a week. As for progress, this is pretty much the spawn area.

[Dissident]

Sunset and dust.


If anyone has any ideas on how to make the map look better, I'd be grateful to hear from them.

[Skull_Boy]

Dusk*

It looks awesome thought.

[Dissident]

It's dust, because there's dust blowing around in the wind :D, thanks anyway. I'm still trying to decide on a time of day for the lighting of the map, always open to new ideas.

[Mehis]

Little fog won't hurt. Make sure the density isn't 1 or it looks ugly.

[Dissident]

Newest screenshot in the first post. I hope you can see the fog (smoke actually) clearly, though I'm thinking about removing it due to performance issues and just using the fog controller on its own.

[Devil Mudger]

I'm loving it.

[Dissident]

Nothing new, except for a new lighting test: Rain/storm.

[Skull_Boy]

I'll go with light rain, minimum fog. If the map ends in a helicopter rescue. I personaly like this one the most. On a dark-ish map pepole would often relly on their fashlight, that runs out in ~5-10 mins. Then they will be lost in the darknes. (Though that's pretty good for the Zombie Master.)
I forget what you can do if you spend extra time on your maps. Keep it up!

[Dissident]

Thanks, I've been experimenting with new story ideas lately, but I have nothing I feel is worth showing.

[Scrap.est]

This thread reminds me when I tried to map. I spent like a week mapping a ventilation shaft and adjacent rooms. I had to have a good shadow, every texture pixel aligned, every prop not out of place, everything perfect or I would go all OCD on myself and would not get any sleep. Well I never got past that shaft and my map never left the first few rooms, hope you will do better.

[Citizen_001]

Sunset and dust.


If anyone has any ideas on how to make the map look better, I'd be grateful to hear from them.

Definitely this lighting scheme. It has just enough light to bring out the details of the map and contrasts with the skyline in a very natural way. I'd recommend this strongly.

[Dissident]

It has been a very long time.







I haven't managed to compile this but it's the mechanic's place, a bit further down the street. Any thoughts?

[McViolent]

It would be cool if the mechanic had an engine hoist:


Awesome lighting, by the way.