Read it on how to use solids (f).

My best advice is to re-release a tweaked version of the map - could be very cool when it's done. Overall, I'd give it two stars - one for the idea, and one for the effort.

The 'total darkness' idea is rare - especially with new mappers (They tend to like 'fullbright' maps. The fog kills the effect though. Try making a cfg file (Copy autoexec.cfg, rename it to (Mapname), place it in the base directory, and edit it with wordpad) and add/edit these lines:

fog 75
fogcolour 0

This creates a VERY close, dark fog that makes the map really creepy. You could also try adding a particularly spooky soundtrack. (check out http://cube.dietmarpier.de/)

Also, eliminate rooms with only one entrance (unless they have something good in there like the quad - be sure to make them fight for it). Also, small doors are bad - this map is supposed to be creepy, not annoying. Since detail is not of importance here (you wouldn't see it anyways), you should make a large map to compensate - make plenty of tunnels for a maze-like feel (copy and paste is good for this). Be sure to include plenty of ambush points and maybe even a couple traps (a deep pit would be sweet).

If you want more ideas (I have tons), you can e-mail me at bryanshalke@aol.com (no spam though - I have my own way of dealing with spammers)

Sorry about the long rant - hope it helps ;)

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This map large, very large, and boring. Most of the map if made of narrow corridors. Sometimes there are doors leading to... 1) a room, 2) another narrow corridor. And all doors are small (and very easy to miss).

Most rooms (except the middle one) have only one exit.

Once, when I was at middle room, I was moving around and could not exit it! Why? Just because I missed the exit!

Most of the time you will have this view of the map (link to screenshot). In words, you will se a long, long and narrow corridor.

I played this map once in multiplayer. Oh... it was boring... Most of time we were trying to find other players...

Another problem: playerstart points are facing to walls. So, when I respawn, I need to turn around to have an idea about where I am.

One more thing: when mapping, keep things on grid. I saw a lot of odd-positioned things (like walls 3 or 5 cubes away from blue lines). Where you place things make a lot of difference for Cube Engine. RTFM to understand why. For the exact same reason, you should avoid 1-cube-width walls.

I think you might want to read this article from makkE.

As makkE said in his comment, you should use "solid cubes" (key F) to make walls, and not just raise them. After some small changes on your map, I managed to lower "wqd" count by half in most places. My modified version is found here: http://rapidshare.de/files/2581627/thetunnel2.cgz.html The changes are:

- Most corridors had a (useless) 1-cube-width non-solid "wall" at side. I changed all of them to "filled". This reduced "wqd" of corridors by half.
- Center room had a "wqd" count of about 4000. That room does not have any details, this high "wqd" value is not acceptable. The center wall was placed 3 or 5 cubes from blue lines (IOW, completely out of the grid, needlessly). So I moved the center wall and one of the side walls to be aligned to a 2-cube grid. This reduced "wqd" count to about 2000. The better would be aligning all walls to blue lines, but this will require to move many items and lights. This is a work for Acieeed, not me! :)

The good things of this map: creativity, nice combination of textures and lighting.