very nice mate....even shining on untextured stuff ...the lighting looks so powerfull in the new engine +.+

There was a forum reset, roughly 6 hours ago (good thing they're making backups regularily). I guess someone tried to mess with the Unreal Engine forums or maybe something went wrong during a software update, I don't know exactly.
But 6 hours ago, the last 22 hours of activity were lost, posts and threads that were hosted in that time were gone.

Now it is back up and running fine though.

 

Nice architecture by the way!
Well, now that BSP seems to be fixed, I guess you can go nuts with BSP! Not sure how it influences the performance nowadays, but good luck with your project, I'm looking forward to the end result!

BSP is like king kong.... noone can chain him

VaLkyR_Anubis wrote:

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Where is the "Take my money!" button?!....

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 ROFL...  try to map on UE4 and for sure you ll find it 

Haven't had much time on this but here's a small update!

 

 

-- Edited by Lord_PorkSword on Saturday 19th of July 2014 06:23:15 AM

Holy..! That looks great already, it has an own style and doesn't look like it has reused meshes at all, keep going LPS! Get this in the game!

Restarted from scratch a few nights back as some static meshes are available in the UT editor, fortunately these are castle themed meshes which is what I was after.

Most of what you see in the latest screenshot is mesh based with only the platform floors being BSP.

I know Epic are going for simplistic, clean visuals with the new UT, but I'm going to keep doing what I enjoy. I may not even make this low grav anymore. My WIP space map has taught me that the bots in the new UT are too skilled in low grav environments where they can pick you off quite easily when sailing through the air.
Here's an updated pic with the last platform I worked on(same one as on the UoF Facebook page):



-- Edited by Lord_PorkSword on Monday 5th of October 2015 11:27:53 AM

this "mono-color" stlyle is very nice...it fits like a glove to the space theme & to the stars lights.....good job so far

ive just dl the new ut4,,have not played yet but used to make maps for 2004. Is there a new tool kit for the new ut4 or what are you using?

map looks awesome

Here's a pic of pretty much all the platforms. Maybe one or two more will be built. Once these last ones are done I can work on the actual level layout to see how it works.



-- Edited by Lord_PorkSword on Wednesday 7th of October 2015 04:20:16 PM

Layout is done!
Map is setup for normal grav!

It still needs some tweaks(mainly extra cover here and there) but apart from that it seems to flow well. I need to add two teleporters in and link them too.
Bots are bastards as expected in an open map!

Here's a bunch of extra 'UoF visitors only' pics showing the layout:








View from the Flak platform:



-- Edited by Lord_PorkSword on Thursday 8th of October 2015 03:36:58 PM

As I mention on UT4 forum. I really dig the update m8 :D

Alpha build here: www.mediafire.com/download/3jl62tsip8di74u/DM-LosttoMemory-Alpha001-WindowsNoEditor.pak
I also did the upload to UTstore option as well!

A quick pic of what the background may look like:

Since you've been doing some modeling lately, do you plan to create new meshes for this map?
I think some variations of these stone blocks (broken off edges, broken apart, etc) would really give it a nice touch.

-- Edited by mAlkAv!An on Friday 2nd of June 2017 11:14:17 PM

Thats nice. Make sure to post some screenies of your progress when you start with the models.
UV mapping is very important, espacially for games. Many people hate to do it though :) (i like it a lot actually)

You might just start by exporting some meshes from ue4 and then modify those in maya.

After a few more playtests that final layout shown above didn't quite work.

After a few hours I made some changes...

 

Working on some atmosphere! 

 

 

Nice work on that map mate. It plays nicely and has a good size (from the screens I thought it's way smaller).


Here's some feedback

- although I like the green fog I think it's too much of it. I had some issues to locate enemies and to get an idea of the map layout during the first games.
As of now the whole map looks the same. I really feel like it needs some visual clarity to lead the player, some different colored lights or team meshes (blue/red flags something like that)

- starting boxes need some adjustments.
For the attacking team both doors won't open at the same time, also the distance to the flag isn't the same for both starting points. If you're unlucky you have little chance to grab the flag.
For the defending team there's one starting box from which you can see a large part of the map. Basically you can shoot enemies far away without leaving the starting area, which means you're also protected by that door shield.

- I had a few games and they usually ended as a 3star +60 top score. I think this is an issue with both the current bots but also map layout. Certain paths lets you get to the enemy base too easily and too quickly.

- It would be nice to have some additional weapon pickups at the starting area. No sniper obviously but maybe shock rifle/rocket launcher, flak cannon. I also think the shock rifle is a bit overpowered on this particular map.

Looking forward to a new version that is working with the latest UT build.
There has been some changes for the Blitz mode again.

I've decided to lengthen out the arena for Blitz...which may take some time...due to a shortage of free time...

Therefore I'll release a DM version based on the current map so you can all still run around the map in this latest version of UT.  I'll post a download link in the next day or two. 

In addition to that I've enrolled in a Udemy online course for zbrush and will try my hand with Maya and zbrush to create some of the rocks needed for the background. 

-- Edited by Lord_PorkSword on Tuesday 11th of July 2017 03:16:19 PM

As promised here's a DM version to play around with whilst I take some more time with the Blitz variant! Cooked using the latest version of UT available (13th July)
Dropbox 

Quick notes:
This version is purely just a quick conversion to DM.
No real thought on proper pickup locations.
Coloured lighting is just in to highlight different areas.
Some ambient sounds now finally.

Recommended 8-10 players. 12 for chaos!

-- Edited by Lord_PorkSword on Thursday 13th of July 2017 03:08:23 PM

Hey LPS those screenshots look amazing. Really top work! You've put so much work into this mate, I commend you.

Sadly my internet situation is too limited to delve into UT4 but not for lack of want.

All the best with this, I'll have to be content just admiring your progress with screenshots.