Been working off and on for a while now on my map. Sofar I think its coming along great, I just need to come up with a name for it before I put it on my clan server for beta testing.
What do you all think of my map:














If you have any ideas on a name for my map, please let me know; I'd greatly appreciate it.

~Vistrum

looks awesome, is mp_unnamed the final name? :P

off-topic: I hate how fog doesnt affect the skybox though... you see how there's atmospheric perspective (the further away something is, the more blueish/fogged it becomes) but it doesnt affect the skybox? this makes stuff look flat against the background...

Hmm i'm stuggling to think of a name, but i'll let you know if i do.

Some suggestions:

Lots of alpha blending!

A bit of dirt etc and grass overlapping the road would be great, maybe some small rocks at the side of the road nearer the hill. Grass models? Lots of them would be good with darker thinner grass nearer the road.

How about ivy hanging on the powerline masts?

Would be good to see light that shines outside of that house.... So if theres a light inside, then the light would extrude through the doorway onto the ground outside.

Anyway, have fun, its looking very nice!

That map looks unbelievable, looks great, seems like it's going to have a lot of great gameplay.

For the name.. urm, I can't think of one thats why I don't map.

No, I'm actually open to suggestions for names... I am hoping for something that would be significant, not just a simple little name...


This irritates the hell out of me. I'm trying to figure out a way to blend the fog better... It's very time consuming so it may take a while for me to get this worked out.


I've been slowly working on this, it's kindof hard to though because the edge of my road is a decal put on grass, and I dont yet know how to layer decals, or even if it's possible.


As of right now, there are no powerlines :P. I do plan to add them in the future, though.

I'm thinking I'll finish the inside of the map, do a rough background for the map and then maybe do a release on my clan's server for the public to see and give some ideas/opinions. Also, any tips on how to blend the water better with the ground (8th screenshot down) would be appreciated... Havent quite worked that out.

More screenshots taken today.










edited on Jun. 16, 2008 10:37 pm by Vistrum

The map looks sweet! Very nice work.

One thing I'd like to comment on is the fog, like Post #2. I don't like using Exp Fog settings because of what he mentioned there, but I think I have something for you to try. It is another way of adding fog to your map, and you can play with it a little.

Comment out your set expfog settings there in your mp_mymap.gsc. Try using what I've got here instead, just for a test, you may like it.

Somewhere in your mp_mymap.gsc slap this in...

//Fog Values

	level.fogvalue["near"] = 300;	//100
	level.fogvalue["half"] = 1500;	//15000
/*
	level.fogvalue["r"] = 20/256;
	level.fogvalue["g"] = 30/256; 
	level.fogvalue["b"] = 38/256;
*/	
	level.fogvalue["r"] = 0/256;
	level.fogvalue["g"] = 0/256; 
	level.fogvalue["b"] = 0/256;
	setExpFog (level.fogvalue["near"], level.fogvalue["half"], level.fogvalue["r"], level.fogvalue["g"], level.fogvalue["b"], 0.1);
	
	level.fogvalue["near"] = 100;
	level.fogvalue["half"] = 4000;	
	setExpFog (level.fogvalue["near"], level.fogvalue["half"], level.fogvalue["r"], level.fogvalue["g"], level.fogvalue["b"], 20);

Go ahead and play with it. These settings will darken the map up, and not make trees and houses turn white at a distance. Try it out and let me know what you think.

I would alpha blend the edge of the grass that is touching the water into a greyish mud texture, this will help define the edge of the water better and make it look like its eroded away the top soil.
Also pond weed in the water will help break it up more.

For your road I would suggest using the same non alpha grass texture on the road, but then just select the patches that make up the road, copy them, select a nice looking dirt alpha texture, hit Y and alpha blend the edges, its simple and does the trick.

Oh and I thought that was a powerline mast, but its a radio tower or somthing?

With the fog settings it might be an idea not to use fog at all, but do more like DeekCiti said and darken the map then add some mist/fog effects manually into areas like the pond.

Good luck, its looking good, bring us some more screenshots.

I've tried doing this, the only problem is, the edge texture of my road is an alpha texture... Other alpha textures will not sit on top of it properly. I have found that I can blend the edge of the road with the grass, and then put a grass alpha on top of the road and blend it to match the edge.



Yes, it is a radio tower. It doesnt seem to fit in the map very well so I'm contemplating removing it. I'm also having troubles with my reflections off the water; it looks like the reflections are about 45-degrees off counter-clockwise