My first map - in-progress pictures!

[PhilsEmpire]

I don't really have a name for it yet. My plan is to have a really nice and bushy path. It's a Team DM map (I might consider Free For All as well). At each end of the path are where the two bases are. Tell me what you think of these two pictures. I might change the skybox.



Note: the geometry in the 2nd picture is not done.


Also, two questions I'd like to ask.
How do I put fog in my map? (I've tried to find how in the tutorials but couldn't find it)

..and if I release my map, is it okay using another custom map's .min file for my map? (I have a Mac and it doesn't create a .min file on my custom map's first run).

Thanks, and I hope you like it,
Phil

[211476]

Map looks great so far,

This is how to add fog to your map:(Put this into your map's SCR)

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$world farplane_color "0.752941 0.752941 0.752941" //color of fog
level.fogplane = 6000 //distance of how far player can see.the lower the thicker
$world farplane level.fogplane

[PhilsEmpire]

Thanks and thanks!

[PhilsEmpire]

Gee when I look at the first pictures I posted, they look so old compared to what I have now. These pictures below are taken with an older Mac, if you're wondering why the graphics look worse (though it doesn't really matter THAT much).

But anyways, hope you like them!

The third picture; a very mysterious river...


Fourth - Showing a fair bit of the path, then seeing it finish (or does it?) and the hills.


Thanks for looking,
Phil

[PhilsEmpire]

Oh, and I forgot to mention that the map is about halfway done

[jv_map]

Not bad, I can see you are putting some effort into this .

If I may give a suggestion, in the fourth image, maybe try using a patch mesh to round off the foliage corner, as corners in foliage tend to look unnatural. E.g., make it like so:


I think that would give that area a more convincing sense of depth.

All in all your work looks promising!

[PhilsEmpire]

I'll do that! Thanks for the suggestion

[Condor]

Looks very nice!

You should have a look at your hills, they look a bit to steep in the last picture, just smooth them a bit, especially if players should be able to walk on them.

I would not change the skybox you used on the first pictures, it looks great with the hedge and the walls.

[PhilsEmpire]

Ah yeah, I know about the hills. I have changed them lately so you're able to walk over them.
I'm using the grey and foggy sky skybox because I love the stormy look

[PhilsEmpire]

Update! Hedges now have lovely curved turns! Sorry about the slightly dodgy texturing - there was nothing I could do about it.

[PhilsEmpire]

Sorry about the triple post, but I want to ask a question. Do you think I should continue this map or start a new one? I'm thinking more about continuing it. What do you think?

EDIT: Do you know any ways how I could reduce the lag? Would making more objects 'details' help?

[Condor]

Finish it - even if you dont like it. If you make thousands of maps which are not finished (like me ), you had hours and days of work but you couldnt even release one of them.

You should only convert small brushs to detail, no structure. Texture only visible faces with gras etc., texture the invisible faces with common/nodraw.
Reduce the resolution of patches if they are too complex and trie to use less bushes and trees. Reducing the farplane might also help.

If your map is getting big, use vis_leafgroups. If the vis compile takes ages, it takes ages. Only if your map runs fast it makes sense to play it with others over the internet, so take the time, just let your computer compile it over the night.

[PhilsEmpire]

Okay then. Thanks very much for the advice! I also tend to create a lot of maps that get unfinished, but most of them are experimental.

I'll probably get rid of some trees. I do use common/nodraw behind the hedges and trees btw. Also, another question. I downloaded this singleplayer map called Town, and it came with a .map file. I tried looking at it in MOHRadiant, but everytime it loads it comes up with that annoying error

Any way to fix it, or is MOHRadiant just buggy?

[Condor]

Which error? Where can I find this file?

[PhilsEmpire]

Well I'm not exactly what you'd call it, but it's that error with the Don't Send and Send Error Report buttons.

The map can be found here: https://map.moh-central.net/review.php?id=22
Oh, be aware that you'll need a Fileplanet account to download it.
Phil