Chronos by Kaiser | Quadropolis

Kaiser | 2006-07-07 05:12

Chronos by Kaiser

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Cube 2 (Sauerbraten) | Deathmatch | Medium (5-8)

Blurb A medium map in a space environment that should be fun to play... Updated... Again

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This map didn't take me too terribly long to build surprisingly yet out of all of the maps I have created thus far this one I am most pleased about. The lighting is a tad sketchy in some places but overall it runs well. I might have gone a little overboard on the ammo, if so tell me and I will put this map on the Atkins Diet. There a a few tricky things in this map you need to watch out for and believe me when I say that not everything is how it seems :)

UPDATE: Okay I fixed a few things in the map. Got rid of the two quads (I forgot that I already had a third one). Moved the armour around just a little bit to make it easier, and actually possible to get. The biggest changes came with the doorways which now have a lot more going for them. Last, I modified some of the lighting for the rooms and added trimming in parts of them to again improve the look. As for the neon look, sorry that is the way it is going to have to be ;)

Update 2: Texturing changed to try and make people happy. ARE YOU HAPPY?

Map file Chronos.zip (1.42 MB)

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Comments

shocktrooper1 | 2006-07-07 07:46

Holy &#^@*$& crap, dude. That map is incredible. The designs are exquisite. I gave it 4.99 bowls of sauerbraten. Then I rounded up. Nieb gave me some good advice, or was it metlslime? Either way make a boring doorway and room exciting with trim. Other than that I was blown away. Thats some fine mappin' Kaiser.

shadow | 2006-07-07 15:40

The geometry is pretty nice, but the textures need some work. You used trim textures on pretty much the entire thing. And yes, 3 quads is definately overkill.

Oh, and tone down the neon thing - its giving me a headache ;)

"ONE SHOT, ONE KILL"
-Official Motto, U.S. Army Sniper Reg.

Xsaii | 2006-07-07 17:35

Hrm, I don't know what is wrong with it but it just doesn't appeal to me for some reason. Maybe I just never thought of something in space being bright red an blue hehe.
One thing though is that you don't need 5 shell boxes right in the middle of the room. 3 is enough for max ammo, 5 won't change anything because chances are you are going to pick them all up anyway.

Kaiser | 2006-07-07 18:03

I understand that 3 is enough. But what about the next guy in line? :)
Besides, the whole purpose of the shells is that they are more or less useless in such a large scale map so even if there were a dozen of them it would matter a whole lot to begin with since the shotgun is not a good weapon to be using.

Kaiser | 2006-07-08 01:26

When I went to put this onto my PC I noticed that the extracted file was a .sit file. This is the archive format of stuffit and only works with stuffit as far as I know. I have fixed it now so that it works as a regular .zip file so if you had any trouble with it before the problem is all better. *slams head into table*

shadow | 2006-07-08 06:11

I didnt mean add trim to make the doors look cooler (although they do), I meant you're using a trim texture on things its not meant for. Like the floor and wall textures - it just doesnt look right.

"ONE SHOT, ONE KILL"
-Official Motto, U.S. Army Sniper Reg.

thojoh370 | 2006-07-11 19:26

Don't slam your head onto the table. If you do, you won't be able to create more maps that is as good as this one!

My rating: *****

Passa | 2006-07-12 23:15

Ok, I finally downloaded and tested this map out :)

Nice, very very nice. The layout is solid, it is not too complex. and not too simple.

The geometry was nice, in fact it was great, you put alot of detail in, the only thing I would complain about is that you haven't stuck to one style, some things are curved, others look boxy and rigid, its sorta either one style or the other.

Texturing could be better, alot of the textures used are not suited to the map, and it lacks trim in alot of places.

Lighting is nice, I don't mind the neon look, it somewhat reminded me of Unreal Tournament...

Good work :D

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