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a mate uploaded the map for me so yeah...

About the map...

The theming isnt present actually, even tough its like a turbine remake. It's like a mix of a cavish, industrial, spacic map. Makes it pretty unnatural. Try to stick to 1 theme instead of many...

The name doesnt got any sense at all, because like your saying it has dynamic lighting, it doesnt has because sauerbraten isnt supporting such thing (only at muzzleflash, but not at mapping). When you would have used "pulseworld" or "pulseglowworld" as shader for textures, then it would have at least made some sense, but now it just doesnt...
Btw, It's not original to take "core" in the name of your map, since Kretren used it often already. Try to take something different than "stealing" parts of someone's names...

The texturing is pretty undetailed. A lot of textures has been used, but they just dont fit each other (like you've used the trim-texture "064-20b" of techsoc, as wall-texture in hallways, spamming light-textures on walls, etc). The light-textures like "032lig20yb" of techsoc arent using a glowmap on default, but they can have a glowmap if you set up an own configuration file for the map (wich is pretty common to do and looks much more proffesional. Besides, you learn how to assign textures and how different shaders can be used too).

The lighting is pretty fancy, but its sometimes way too big compared to the size of the light-texture. Add a different (a bigger) light-textured to such place or decrease the light. Try to create an atmosphere, not just some lights "wich could fit each other".

The geometry isn't bad, but could be much better. When I look at the ammount of world-traingles, it seems like you havent used them efficient. This map looks like it only has like 40k of wtr at max, but instead, it has 124k of wtr! Try not to use the smallest gridsize and remove things wich arent in sight of play (like pieces of the mountains). With a lower ammount of wtr, a map gets much easier to play for players wich have an older pc.
Another hint is to decrease the detail of those bars wich are above the "running" sand. Those bars are made with the smallest gridsize, while they can be made with 1 gridsize higher (without losing that much detail)...

The detailing isnt great, because you've repeated a lot of geometry/lighting/textures multiple times. Try to make places unique, this makes it less confusing for player either.

The clipping/noclipping can be done better. Your able to get on the mountains by some trickjumping pretty easy. You commonly get stuck at arches or lights in the map.

The flow isnt nice. You bump against ceilings pretty often and there are very long hallways. This should be avoided because its annoying and boring. Try to add more layers of platforms/areas in it, instead of using long hallways to connect rooms wich have a huge distance between each other.

The gameplay is bad. No pickups added and because of the flow, the gameplay is really boring. Havent checked the playerstarts but I'm not expecting anything good from it either...

I wont give this map a high score, just because its not deserving to be high ranked (yet). Maybe when its more finished...
That's why I'll give 2/10...

Lol I was gonna mention the core thing too. Actually core_pulse came to mind a while back. Not that I've pissed on the title or anything..

I think by dynamic lighting he meant that it isn't boring from place to place - it varies in brightness and color depending on location. I'll say this: It's not boring, but look at a map like Tempest before calling your lighting 'dynamic'. That map might be symmetrical but the lighting changes the atmosphere completely.

I'm actually interested in this layout idea, with one flag on the surface and the other underground. The only issue I can think of would be that gameplay is slightly different for each direction; usually the player with higher altitude has an advantage because he can quickly drop down, whereas the lower player can only rise slowly (without a jumppad, that is).

I think there are wayy too many paths. I started in the surface area and thought the map was quite small, and then realized an entire underground network exists.. The map feels incredibly massive in some parts, while small in others. Alot of the side-tunnels aren't really that great for gameplay, and I would be very wary of making maps symmetrical through the flags rather than through some center point (if that makes sense). Simply put, it doesn't guarantee even gameplay between flags, and makes every path have an alternate on the other side.. It makes the map either really confusing or really open.

Texturing / detailing aren't the best here. The top area especially is very basic, with repeated geometry everywhere. You can repeat geometry all you like, but if it remains constant through the entire panoramic view, then it's hard for the player to orient himself.

The underground sand idea is cool, but in the 'sand pool' underground it simply doesn't look natural. It's too flat.

Also, in the top area the sand flows down into a seemingly endless hole. The effect from the fog is cool (maybe change the color of the fog to black instead of blue so it's more natural) but since you left the hole open rather than placing a cube at the very bottom to seal it, the bottom is very apparent. A cube put at the bottom would be completely colored by the fog and I think look pretty good.

I'm out of shape for Sauer so I can't really critique the layout and whatnot.. But I've given you a few things to work on, most of it a reiteration of Sui. Anyways, cool idea, but improve the execution.

thanks kreten, me and pluton!um can work on it abit more and take your advice into account. xD

Hm I didn't read that this was part of a SERIES of core maps.. Idk can you find a different name for them?

i only have to disagree with one thing mentioned. you can make a amazing map if you know how to clash themes right. like space to snow to desert in one map. it can be done right, and look good.

I'm interested in the map's basic concept, also some of the design was quite convincing and well done, on the other hand you might try to add some more horizontal detail in the bigger areas (when I was in the underground base I had the impression it was xmas).
I think suicizer has pretty much said everything there is to remark upon all the other aspects, I might just add one more thing:
Check on the clipping please and be more precise, since I could effortlessly riflejump out of the map, walk on the otherwise deadly quicksand-fall, check out the heightmap landscape (which had a few flaws here and there), take a stroll in the newmap-like desert and fall off the map (all the things you wouldn't want a regular player to do or see).

There's a name problem? Based on Kretren's first comment, I'd call it "deception". :D