Lm Community Made Map

[Satiagraha]

Hallways under MS = hallways south of MS. 'Under' it on the 2d layout view.

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Doh! I feel stupid now... :blush:

[BobTheJanitor]

Wow that's huge. I'll have to go download that and actually check it out. I'm assuming that goes all the way up to the edge of the elevator room. Hrmm... Well, let me just look at it before I start ranting again.  :p

Edit: Ok.... this may need trimming. This is ONE. HIVE. ROOM. It should not take up 1/4th of the available mapping space........

Edit Edit: Ok, I'm seeing the design more, it's not all hive, it's just confusing with all infestation textures. I see where it fits.

Ninja Edit: What you've got does look good geometry wise. The lava, I'm not so sure about. I'd like some more opinions on it. Big rooms with pits of lava always felt sort of goofy to me. Can you actually see someone using a bridge over a giant pool of lava? Wouldn't breathing in that room sort of vaporise your lungs? Also, the lava room looks like a good camping spot. Stand by the RT and you can cover anything coming out of the hive from that direction. So more cover may be needed. But again, I'm getting ahead of the current phase of development, so I'll TRY and shut up. I make no guarantees.

Psycho Edit: Bijiy's hive = looks nice. Too dark, too tiny, and there's some sort of weird hiccup where the edge of the RT platform meets the platform with the box right next to it. Walking over it a couple times I somehow got stuck and then took falling damage. Maybe scoot one of the platforms over a bit. And if you get inside the hive box thing area, it's kind of hard to get out without trick jumping. Might be a pain for gorges. And the door sort of needs to be on the other side of the room, where the hive is... >_<

[Decimator]

Well, we'll see what the popular opinion is.  I personally love the room the way it is, but if nobody else does then I can very easily convert it to a pit of doom.  I've been adding more cover and now it's possible to get directly above the rt without being seen from down there at all, possibly even onos will be able to, I'd have to try it.

[Mr.Bill]

uber dark picture time. Im still trying to figure out a decent lighting way... so far most of it looks bad. I took off the floor lighting and added some from that "halo thingy on the ceilling" Still looking for more light in it, could be fixed with gamma though

[Dubbilex]

Wow, Deci - I didn't realize that you had that much finished

Since I'm in a rather do-nothing position right now, i'd be willing to help you texture and light your half if you need the help.

[BobTheJanitor]

Idle in #lm-map so we can organize.

[Satiagraha]

Ok, I couldn't stand looking at that crappy picture any longer. Color purification FTW!

[BobTheJanitor]

You have haxored my mspaint skillz! OMGZ!!!!

[Dubbilex]

Now I have a question - is there anybody currently working on the area in the center of the map?  

If not, I've got some energy today and can start on it.

[Mr.Bill]

Well, Today is hammer pic day for you poor people you. Photobucket is a tad slow to that helps too. :-D

I think it goes in order starting from ms, moving to the right of the map then down towards the hll underneath ms, which is really AN OUTDOOR AREA OMGFTWH4X!?!?

 I decided to defy bob today and made it. If i dosn't pan out Ill just dd a glass cover or something and it an indoor tunnel with a window. chances are I wont be doing that unless I have to. the other alternative is redoing it compleatly.. *sighs*
Other then that I managed to fit in my own pipe orgy. (MY TURN). So if thats ok'd Ill be happy. :-D

[BobTheJanitor]

For the very curious, here's a crappy hammer wireframe 2d overhead pic of what's going on. (It's all highlighted because hammer was drawing it in some weird colors that made it hard to see, that's why it's bright red)

http://bob.thezazi.net/mapmess.bmp

(Linked because apparently I can't post a bmp?  :blink: New forum software broken?? It's a crappy 256 color bmp, ffs)
Decimator undertook the task of piecing everything together. Compared to the layout, it's actually looking pretty close. Dubb is currently fixing some texture problems, and I'm starting on the south hive room which we'll stick in later. Progress is being made, never fear. But you wouldn't want to see the map right now. Trust me.  :p

[Bijiy]

My hive isn't tiny D:, it's cute.

[lolfighter]

My hive isn't tiny D:, it's cute.

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Best. Excuse. EVAR.

[Bijiy]

My hive isn't tiny D:, it's cute.

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Best. Excuse. EVAR.

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It really is.

[lolfighter]

Your gf is getting tired of it though.

[BobTheJanitor]

Feel the burn!

The problem is you can't really have any sort of battles in the hive. It's one tiny room. Can you even fit 16 info_team_starts in there? Have you tried?

[Dubbilex]

Okay - as a small update:


Sorry for the lack of activity yesterday - I ended up getting home at 10 pm and was dead tired.  So I did what dead tired people do.  You know - sleep.

I recently finished fixing the geometry of Bill's Northern section.  I've optimized it (using null textures, etx etx) and will begin the actual texturing process today.  Now, I would consider myself pretty speedy at texture work, so bill's entire section should be finished by tomorrow evening.

And then, if y'all want me to, I'll start Decimator's section (that is, unless Bob or anybody else wants a go at the funfunfun!)

[Mr.Bill]

Oh noes! mein baby!

Oh, if my pipes are replaced with halls someone is going to pay! *looks at bob*


but other then that Im pretty sure theyll let you d it dubb

[BobTheJanitor]

OK Bill. You're charming, you're lovely, and everyone wants to be like you. But if you honestly think we're going to let a hall with both walls and the ceiling made entirely out of pipes make it into the final map, you're crazy.

Dubb - I'm happy to do retexturing, just let me know exactly what textures are available for my use and abuse. I'm planning to start the southern hive, but I'd rather build out from what we've got now instead of starting yet another part of the map out in space. So I'd rather we got this part done-ish, then got the elevator room that you're working on completed. Then I can build the middle room and hive below it and know exactly the space I have to work in. Also, I've been out sick lately, so not much progress may be made very quickly at the moment.

[Mr.Bill]

it's 1/4 of the entier thing! like 4 pipes big even! ftw!? :-D

Im not asking for the ENTIRE pipe orgy, but just for that section I put in.

and if you dont think im crazy yet..