Yeah, ImageShack has a new system so before uploading you have to change the option "resize" to "never resize" to avoid that.

yup nice job, ur sky is very eyecandy

Hey Steve, those pic remind me alot of CTF-Stratus.

Top work!

Just wondering what happened to those BSP gremlins?

He means the or the UnrealEd Goblin, also called BSP Goblin from time to time (I prefer BSP Goblin for example).

However, if you don't know who the evil BSP/UEd Goblin is, I can tell you the nice story:

At the beginning of the Unreal Engine, when the Engine God created BSP landscapes, AI and all the possibilities for the mappers, he also created the evil UEd/BSP Goblin (rather per accident) who is always hungry and prefers some BSP as a snack, so if you're not paying attention he walks around in your map to search for a nice place where he can eat some BSP. That's when BSP holes show up in the UEd - but not only that! The Goblin also likes apples as a dessert, so if you place too many apples into your map the Goblin will just eat some of them and make your map crash when you save it so that all your progress is "lost" (in other words: he eats your whole map). There are also some moment when he likes to place his solid invisible tent at some places of your map to hide there and eat some BSP, so that the players get annoyed of crashing against "an invisible wall" and the mapper starts raging.

The end.

Now you might think "How to recognize the BSP Goblin?"

I made an identikit picture:

 

I hope now you know who or what the BSP goblin is

Thanks,
but I forgot to mention that the BSP Goblin has magic powers and can curse brushes! This happened to me in CTF-Deadlock some days ago: brush 257 cannot be changed anymore or the UEd3 will crash when rebuilding or even while saving! I can't remove anything from it or place zone portals in it either, the goblin cursed it! So you see... he is a real danger to our maps! :O

Hehe, thanks! Drawn from scratch on paper and then I drew it on my PC with my mouse and drawing tablet in about 1 hour + like 45 minutes for the colors. Was a quick one. :)

PS: Steering a bit off-topic, don't want to highjack a thread so... EFF, YEAH!

Thanks for the compliment! It was a quick one though, I could have done it better if I wanted to
I have to admit that your map looks at least as nice as my drawing

First post updated again but this time with original pic size.

THX m8

I'm happy you like the pics

There are many customs materials in those pics. The caution bars for example

It's not obvious to mix all those assets together to obtain that look & that is why it take me so long before releasing beta 1.

I apply different materials when the meshing is done (when I get an interesting shape) & choose the best combination of materials before selecting the right combination. The "X" shaped SM is en example. I use 3 different materials only for that SM.

I wasn't satisfied of some areas but now I am so that is why I post some pics.

Going back to meshing now

THX Odedge

While I took a break from it to work on Fatima, can you believe, I'm working on this map since December 2009 & by that time many of you as release several maps!

I wish I would like less the details so it wouldn't take so much of my time building something!

At least the result is rewarding for myself

Right one! Definitely. Looks classic, like a texture from the first UT
Classic is always good!

EDIT: It looks more 3D too, better bumpmap I guess.

-- Edited by Sly on Thursday 9th of June 2011 06:37:44 AM

+1 to the above posts!

I'm really looking forward to your map!
I'm pretty sure it will be a hit and a "must-download", just like Cr4zy's DM-Cipe or the UOF Map Pack!

How about including it in one of the future UOF Map Packs, steve?

left one too,srry for late reply, just recovered my connection after internet provider change...looking good

@blitz

Well couzin, which one you prefer the most, I dunno which one your saying it look good ?

@sly

Well, I hope I won't work to much on it from now on ! I want to finish it before UT4 LOL

omg....pills! the RIGHT one...i was thinking right and i have wroten...left +.+

...the right one for sure!(with rectangles )

Ok, so I finally to keep both of them (square+rectangle tiles) & tweak the one that most like (rectangle).

I'm satisfied with the result so far & use all 3 of them everywhere :D

Yep, I understand what your saying m8 :)

In the other hand, I won't mesh the roof more, I found the material enough detailed as it is & since the map is heavy meshed, Unlike Nano, I want some part to be "light meshed". But I might add BSP trims with the time, dunno yet.

héhéhe...that map pack III smells quality

Okay dudes, after almost 2 years of hard work you'll be able to play with it at last !

90% of my time went into meshing / lighting. I've obtain a nice overall map now so I'm at ease to share with ya bud's Some spots could be better meshing wise but you must know when to stop or else I'll never finish it.

Note that this first version contain the red side only BUT is fully playable, ence the RSO syntax

What I need to finish is :

- Finish some materials.

- Get rid of all known issues on the red side & duplicate it for the blue side.

- Finish BV / collisions in the center of the map when both side will be finished.

- Add preview pic + readme.

Check the first post, the link will be there in ±2 hours.

THX team

Damn......... no one played at least once since yesterday

Well, I've decided to build the blue side & finish it. It took me like 18 hours just to duplicate the red side & after adjust everything ! I was hoping it would work without any issue because this map is really HEAVY !

I had to make many changes for the BV & collisions when both side reach the middle of the map & adjust many lights on the blue side.

It take 1.20 hours to perform a full rebuild, yikes

Now, I can say that I'm happy after all this time !!!!!!!!!!

So expect RC1 next week

I have many maps in the work & I'm working on them since to long for my taste so I'll try to get them out of my HDD soon. I feel that I have other games to play on PC & my PS3 & I'm less motivated to map for UT3 now knowing UDK is so much better.

Sry for the delay dear Steve - this is such a detailed map and while i played several times - its alot to take in and most crits are pretty sparse, so the delay was directed towards posting something meaningful.  (not sure I have though). 

Wow, so many things to like in this map :) The style reminds me of a mapper Buzzwanno, particularly CTF-Stratus.

The layout is awesome, it flows so well. The rounded edges on many platforms added to this.

The music reminds of the score in the matix a little, it has that 'running music' that fits so well. Great choice from me
All those little details like those emissive light emanating underneath the water. And all the detailing on the ceiling, walls and floors just ache 'cool'

I am hard pressed to find any real errors.

FPS is solid only dipping into the low 50s at the most busy areas. Bots seem to behave well. Weapons / ammo all seem balanced to my eye but I would chose either belt or super health. The Udamage seemed  hard to find, perhaps some emissive lights or to help clue in to it location? Lighting /shadowing is good. The level is smoothly covered in sounds fx. However I noticed the central confluence with all the pipes has only faint to nil 'water in pipe' noises, which I had expected.

I like sky it's quite nice, however the panning stars seemed unintuitive (to me). Does that mean the planet is rotating/ moving very fast?

Well there is quite a bit of aggressive occlusion at the end of the map. When one goes for the redeemer -see pics.
Before:

After:

Its hard to improve on perfection...

Extras?
-Shooting stars
-Leaking pipes

Simply awesome. Thx for letting us try out your master piece.

-- Edited by Achernar on Saturday 15th of October 2011 07:14:47 AM

You have been so busy with map releases. I am wondering how long before a game company comes along and starts 'taking you out for dinner'

Your current map is a great testament to Epic to update their engine for UT3. If this is the sort of work that can be released with such an old engine it would be a big shame not to give back to their faithful community.'But this feels like a just a dream'

I'm not saying your map copies that author just the quality and theme share a common echo.

Well I guess I was right - I had heard that sound track before, just old enough so I couldn't place it :D

Ok I figured the stars had a story.

No worries, look forward to the full experience (RC1)

Very very impressive meshing on this one M8!
I totally agree with the comments from Achernar!!
I'm actually surprised it ran so well, so my hat off to you for pulling off the framerate with the amount of detail that you have in this!

Bots played very well and I'm hoping that once you've duplicated the blue side the bots will use the upper left corridor a lot more(left side while looking towards blue from the red flag). Otherwise, even if they don't it'll still make for some quite impressive gameplay.
The game I played ended up in overtime which was great to see as it means bots on both sides seemd quite balanced!

I think you have quite a nack for CTF layouts M8!


Only issue I found was that if you go near the rocket launcher pickup and drop off the side of it's platform, next to the ramp leading up to the Red base. You can fall onto a concrete support just above the waterline without dying. Dunno if you intended this or if ya need a kill volume there.

Here's a pic of the spot below:

 

I also would like to know how to get to the Deemer.(if it's possible in this version)


Very very much looking forward to seeing RC1..well actually I'm itching to try it M8!