Paradise Lost | Quadropolis

Kaiser | 2008-04-24 13:22

Paradise Lost

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Blurb Eden has gone to hell

Screenshot Paradise Lost

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Okay so I have been hearing a lot of complaining that I haven't been making any maps as of late. It has only been 6 months... okay so that is a long time. So here is my 4 day rampage attempt at a map that I think rolls pretty well. You will need CVS for this and it supports CTF and Capture as well as kicks it hard in the FFA part of the design. This is my first nature map and I have to thank Nieb for tossing in a bit of architecture on it in a little coop we did together. Tear it apart and let me know if you find any glitches or mistakes so I can fix them before release.

Update 1: 4-24
Changes some of the geometry around so that it is harder to rush right to the flag in CTF. The quad and the yellow armour are spaced so they are about the same distance from each spawn. Minor lighting and texture changes.

Update 2: 4-25
Moved CTF spawns around and worked on the lighting a bit.

Map file paradise.zip (710.72 KB)

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Comments

AGNX | 2008-04-24 20:12

This requires new version of cube2. Does not work with Assassin 12_22. :-( I really wanted to try this. I don't want to get the CVS.

tentus | 2008-04-25 02:11

I like it, but it's really, really easy to get turned around. Without the radar you're completely hosed. But you did a great job of making that damp, foresty feeling.

dreamzzzzz | 2008-04-25 08:13

fun map... one is liable to get a little lost/dizzy because of the irregular geometry/regular texturing, but that only serves to heighten the feeling that one is exploring an organic environment =D the map forces us to wrestle and conquer the terrain and comprehend the lay of the land... reaching the high ground really feels as advantageous/as much of an achievement as it should for a nature map... i didn't rate it, because i only saw what you put up on the servers, and i don't know if that was the final version/ if whatever is going on in CVS is important enough to influence the rating... i probably would have given what i saw in that game 4-5 stars...

- jb (aka dreamzzzzz)

Xsaii | 2008-04-28 03:44

Right at the start, I notice it it too blocky. This is probably a big pain to fix at this stage, but it is bugging me. Make it rockier, take off some chunks, don't round the edges TOO much... At the moment it looks 'carved'.

Secondly, it could be brighter. It seems like thick smoke in the evening... with the sun. I added 20 to my gamma and thought it looked significantly better.

It does make up in quantity though. One of the bigger nature maps (and multi-layered!).

I would give it a 4/5, but I want you to improve upon it first. :P

Kaiser | 2008-04-29 18:34

the lighting is something that is independent for everyone. I actually took these screenshots with my gamma set at 75. Meaning what I see is darker than normal. I have a bright monitor and need to compensate a bit on the lighting. Even at 75 on the gamma this map is plenty bright for me which says that if you have having lighting issues then A) Get a newer monitor and stop using lightning bugs as a backlight or B) Turn your gamma up to compensate for your dark screen. I ran this on my older monitor which is a good bit darker and it came out fine on a gamma of 100 so it should be fine for anyone if their monitor has proper brightness.

AronNWA | 2008-04-29 01:45

This looks nice already, but i dont understand cvs, so i cant get it. =/

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