Random Dev. Shots

[your face]

aka: moving the texture

[Thorn]

Not really.

[nubcake]

In this thread: one or two people actually contributing, 10 people criticizing.

Draeke, I dont think there is a single custom map that has been added to regular server rotations since 2007 (UTCS, Gloom, Pushcannon, Mission 1 - all pre 2008). IMO Dont change your map because people ask you too, because for your hundred hours of work, it may only be played 20 times before people forget about it. If you are going to spend heaps of time on your own map, make it your own with your own style. All too often people will jump on here and throw there 2c worth in on a map they spent 5 seconds looking at, then it will be lost to the wayside.

PS I think your map looks very proffesional. Good work.

Double P.s if you want your maps to be played, UrT LOVE custom maps, I would recommend porting once you have finished it for trem.

[your face]

In this thread: one or two people actually contributing, 10 people criticizing.

I don't know what you're trying to get at, but that's the way it should be.

Double P.s if you want your maps to be played, UrT LOVE custom maps, I would recommend porting once you have finished it for trem.

UrT plain sucks.  Please don't advertise that crap.

[nubcake]

I prefer trem over UrT, but from a mappers point of view and in terms of exposure, Urt has a) more players b) regularly updated (hence why its a growing community, not a shrinking one) and c) the players PLAY custom maps, not ATCS over and over and... you get the point.

With the post about 2 people contributing, I mean, its meant to be random development shots, not 'OH HAI EVERYONE COME CRITICIZE MY WORK PLZ '

[your face]

What do people expect by posting their WIPs here?  People post their dev shots here because, a) they want to show off their work to the community, and b) see what the community thinks about their work.

[nubcake]

What do people expect by posting their WIPs here?  People post their dev shots here because, a) they want to show off their work to the community, and b) see what the community thinks about their work.

To show what theyve done. I never posted here for people to say "CHANGE THIS. CHANGE THAT". From my years of experience people generally have nfi what they are talking about anyways

[your face]

I always thought you were egotistical, but posting your pictures for the sole purpose of showing how oh-so-wonderful you are, and not to take criticism is ridiculous.

Many people gave Draeke good advice that will help make his map better, and judging from his progress, it definitely has helped him.

[nubcake]

I always thought you were egotistical, but posting your pictures for the sole purpose of showing how oh-so-wonderful you are, and not to take criticism is ridiculous.

Many people gave Draeke good advice that will help make his map better, and judging from his progress, it definitely has helped him.

Re read what I said, take particular note of how i mention that it is a way to show what you are doing, not to be judged...

[mooseberry]

Sure one can just use this thread to show off one's pictures, although I see that as stroking-of-ego, if not to recieve feedback on pictures of a map you've worked on, which I and many many other people have posted here for that reason, I don't see a reason to post here at all.

[amz181]

1.) Draeke would want his map to look the best it can within his skill and time constraints (sorry for being so damn right presumptious, but i think the assumption that one wants your map to look good, is correct for most mappers)

Thus, well founded criticisms by people who know what looks good can only be a good thing. If you look at draeke first screen compared to the last, it looks miles better.

2.) 2 contributors, 100 criticisers. Whats wrong with that? I'd love to contribute aswell, but i really dont have the time, but i do have the time to try and give advice on maps to people, in the hope it will be better.

3.) The comment about maps never being played. As much as i hate 1.2, 1.2 will change the fact. The auto download function thing will change the currently arrid map rotations.

4.) The advice given is what it is: advice. He doesnt have to take it if he disagreed.

5.) amz181 is god

[gareth]

Stop the haet.

[Supertanker]

Start posting content. Stop complaining.

[A Spork]

Nice, although that little red light looks a bit out-of-place to me.

[amz181]

OMG SUPERTANKER! I THOUGHT U LEFTED!

Ok supertanker, we all know you can do alot better. Why show us your half assed crap. Gimme the eye candy.

i be trollin. i know your showing of the fan.

it looks damn good, however, the rotor blades look too flat and 2d (as to be expected from patch meshes) so i'd suggest having it a little bit in the distance. rotor blade texture looks a little bland, it needs more rust or blood (OMG BEST IDEA, have it instakill on contact, and add a bloody texture).

DOES IT SPIN?

why is there a random lickle red light?

[Demolution]

Nice, although that little red light looks a bit out-of-place to me.

why is there a random lickle red light?

Really, why is it there?

[Supertanker]

Who said anything about patch meshes? This, m'boy, is a Blender model. Made by yours truly.

This is a concept map, so I haven't actually put much detail into it...

And yes, the fan spins.

[Bissig]

Looks too much like a fan for a pc case to me. Especially the three bars/structures holding the center piece of it.

[mooseberry]

Looks too much like a fan for a pc case to me. Especially the three bars/structures holding the center piece of it.

Maybe the map takes place inside a computer? Did you ever think of that? No, so don't be so critical.

[Supertanker]

Mooseberry: sssshhh, don't tell.



They'll never guess.

[Demolution]

That's one hell of a furnace for a PC.... Must be a quad core.

[Thorn]

AMD. No argument.

[Bissig]

Looks too much like a fan for a pc case to me. Especially the three bars/structures holding the center piece of it.

Maybe the map takes place inside a computer? Did you ever think of that? No, so don't be so critical.

You show me a computer that has concrete inside and I shut up, k?

[nubcake]

Looks too much like a fan for a pc case to me. Especially the three bars/structures holding the center piece of it.

Maybe the map takes place inside a computer? Did you ever think of that? No, so don't be so critical.

You show me a computer that has concrete inside and I shut up, k?

or grilled floor metal... suh - nap. Coolio conecptio though...io

[amz181]

if it is inside a computer, then i mirror nubcakes, coll conceptio. Needs more circuit board textures though.

[TRaK]

Weaver

[ACKMAN]

I came

[A Spork]

PleaspleasePLEASE tell me thats gonna be for trem.

[CATAHA]

PleaspleasePLEASE tell me thats gonna be for trem.

No. Its XReal screenshot, so until trem devs stuck with current engine we never gonna get such maps.

[amz181]

Looks like mount and blade.