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General => Creations => Topic started by: Highdef on July 03, 2011, 04:29:12 PM
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Hi guys,
So basically, I call this one rp_sector7. It's not really much right now, but I have like, 40% of this map done anyways. I actually started this map a year and a half ago, and dropped it from the train station, then picked it back up last month, and made the plaza and more crap.
Now, I'm just slowly continuing this, and this is what I currently have done:
- Train station
- Train station Nexus part
- Plaza
- 1 CCH
- Like five different stores
- Nexus inner and outer lobby with an airlock connecting them both
Hopefully I'll add in a slums or a sort later on, then finish the interiors of the 2nd CCH, and the whole Nexus. This is what I have so far.
Train station:
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3304/rpsector7dev60005.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/rpsector7dev60005.jpg/)
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/8436/rpsector7dev60004.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/546/rpsector7dev60004.jpg/)
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9246/rpsector7dev60003.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/rpsector7dev60003.jpg/)
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5092/rpsector7dev60002.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/rpsector7dev60002.jpg/)
Plaza:
(http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/8700/rpsector7dev90001.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/813/rpsector7dev90001.jpg/)
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6218/rpsector7dev90002.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/32/rpsector7dev90002.jpg/)
(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1766/rpsector7dev90003.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/135/rpsector7dev90003.jpg/)
Some interiors:
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5793/rpsector7dev90008.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/339/rpsector7dev90008.jpg/)
(http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/1816/rpsector7dev90007.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/840/rpsector7dev90007.jpg/)
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/8118/rpsector7dev90006.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/rpsector7dev90006.jpg/)
Nexus and other combine architecture:
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9534/rpsector7dev90000.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/rpsector7dev90000.jpg/)
(http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/3136/rpsector7dev90004.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/rpsector7dev90004.jpg/)
(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5987/rpsector7dev90005.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/263/rpsector7dev90005.jpg/)
Click the thumbnails to see the full-size images, which is obviously better. Sorry, but these forums kept cutting the full-sized off.
Keep in mind that this isn't even half-way done, but some suggestions would be useful. I've also included HL2 Beta propaganda posters within the map as well, some featuring the original Consul, Lenin, etc.
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Map looks pretty good, hope you finish soon.
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When you finish, can we use it on the server if RoflWaffle allows us?
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When you finish, can we use it on the server if RoflWaffle allows us?
It might not be fit for our RP. Not entirely sure how many stores and whatnot he's going to have. However, if it works, we could use it.
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Well, if I figure out how to make an rp map, I might get back into going to Source SDK to make rp maps and share with the world, or just for the server (wish I remembered what name I needed to give to an entity to make it to where the map can't be stolen from a .zip file or something along those lines). If I do go back into map making though I need to know about this: When making a map and what not when it's made, the server sets up what doors are ownable and what not yes? If that is so then I've spent a lot of time worrying over nothing. I might also have to set it up to where it's Gmod and with the RP gamemode or something, I don't really know since I've never made a map for gmod. I realize that if I were to put NPC's around the map however that I would have to know the script for OCRP (which I don't even code at all) so I would assume that the server would also have to do that. Meh, I might as well see some tutorials or something on youtube to see if I can get good at making maps again.
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Statua, if the map is good for RP, isn't there some way you can merge what AcornMan has so far with the current HL2RP map that you're making?
P.S I'm not a mapper so I don't know shit.
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The only way you can tell if a map is good for hl2rp or not is actually going in the map and checking out the layout of the map as well as versitility and size. Those all factor as to how fun a map is and how useful it is.
A small straight road with a few stores and maybe a hidden area isn't good to rp with. Sure it looks awesome and have everything a map needs including a nexus but it won't be very fun.
Now, a map with a large, semi complex main area (such as the L shape of c18 and the Y shape of c45) makes for more fun as well as another area away from the main area for webulz makes the map useful.
A map that's too complex with a mesh of streets such as venatian makes it more difficult to navigate and see things. It also makes it hard for players to find and interact with eachother.
Lots of things go into a map that a player doesn't know about. But they do notice it in game.
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Looking pretty nice.
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I know this is a few days apart from the most recent post, but I'm NOT the map maker in this thread, sorry if you misunderstood about what I was talking about, I had only been asking about stuff. I don't think that Valve will have Source SDK out for Mac very soon (if at all), so I might not go back into map making, it all depends on whether they do make it dl-able for Mac. I was asking about if the server had to manually add the NPCs and the door ownability before in my post on this and I think that I was right in thinking they had to be manually done. Again, sorry for the lateness in posting this.
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The door own-ability and shit is done by the game mode.
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Finished the 2nd CCH.
(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/1992/rpsector7dev100000.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/rpsector7dev100000.jpg/)
(first floor, not gonna take screenies of the rest)
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Also, could someone move this over to the HL2RP General section or something? I feel like this would be better suited there. Or I could just wait it out and make a new thread after I finish a lot of the stuff here.
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Finished the 2nd CCH.
(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/1992/rpsector7dev100000.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/rpsector7dev100000.jpg/)
(first floor, not gonna take screenies of the rest)
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Also, could someone move this over to the HL2RP General section or something? I feel like this would be better suited there. Or I could just wait it out and make a new thread after I finish a lot of the stuff here.
Change the material of the floor to an unbroken tile floor. The CWU would at LEAST fix the floors of a major housing complex.
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Finished the 2nd CCH.
(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/1992/rpsector7dev100000.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/rpsector7dev100000.jpg/)
(first floor, not gonna take screenies of the rest)
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Also, could someone move this over to the HL2RP General section or something? I feel like this would be better suited there. Or I could just wait it out and make a new thread after I finish a lot of the stuff here.
Change the material of the floor to an unbroken tile floor. The CWU would at LEAST fix the floors of a major housing complex.
I don't think the combine would really care much about cleanliness in citizen blocks.
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I don't think the combine would really care much about cleanliness in citizen blocks.
Civil Workers do. Not cleanliness btw, just maintenance.
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I don't think the combine would really care much about cleanliness in citizen blocks.
Civil Workers do. Not cleanliness btw, just maintenance.
Keep in mind this map isn't specifically made for this community, I'm just doing it out of my own free will. Supposedly, this map would take place somewhere in City 17, and if you looked in the first part of HL2, in the apartment complex, everything was completely trashed in there. That included broken walls, furniture stuffed in the stair ways, etc.
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Keep in mind this map isn't specifically made for this community, I'm just doing it out of my own free will. Supposedly, this map would take place somewhere in City 17, and if you looked in the first part of HL2, in the apartment complex, everything was completely trashed in there. That included broken walls, furniture stuffed in the stair ways, etc.
Just giving you some constructive criticism. lol the map is epic as is. I just like to nitpick =P
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Nah, I don't mind criticism. I would usually prefer it along the way of mapping, instead of being 99% done, and then getting them.
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Nah, I don't mind criticism. I would usually prefer it along the way of mapping, instead of being 99% done, and then getting them.
I dont get enough criticism when I map. People always go "OMFG AWESOME" and three days later, I change it cause it sucks. Make sme wonder how many things I made that suck more.
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Nah, I don't mind criticism. I would usually prefer it along the way of mapping, instead of being 99% done, and then getting them.
I dont get enough criticism when I map. People always go "OMFG AWESOME" and three days later, I change it cause it sucks. Make sme wonder how many things I made that suck more.
Try posting your maps on other forums. I browse Facepunch's mapping section a lot, and I guess I'm part of their mapping community and we all know each other. 50% of what I know about mapping, I learned from there and improved from their criticism.
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98% of what I know from mapping I learned by fucking around on Source SDK :P and thanks for confirming my suspicion on the door ownability thing for me. The other 2% I got from two people, that one: ZPS maps are more fun with complex contraptions like a "tanktrain"(as it's called or something in Source SDK, haven't been on it in so long), and two: Don't use a space in the map name, use "_" instead so it doesn't crash the server (as I found out multiple times on the server I was essentially the co-owner of and would kinda piss off the owner so he'd just derp me off or something when we played, I wonder if I could get ZPS on Mac...).
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Fun fact: The only reason it was like that was due to the Combine Civil Authority raid on the apartment complex.
On another note, that is a really cool map! I simply adore it. You have quite the keen eye for details and I hope to see this map get popular.
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Fun fact: The only reason it was like that was due to the Combine Civil Authority raid on the apartment complex.
On another note, that is a really cool map! I simply adore it. You have quite the keen eye for details and I hope to see this map get popular.
It was like that before the CP's raided.
But thanks for the compliment!
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Alright. So, I now finished the 2nd CCH (to the left) and I'm almost done with the current nexus so far. I just need an opinion for the big observational window.
Should I keep it as glass, or metal on the outside?
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(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/542899697078211777/9592EA0690895A152903166D112BEAEFD887BBE1/)
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Get some bullet proof on their! :P As much as I hate to inform you but minges can be very crafty when being a pain in the butt, that can include breaking a window for fun. (As we all see commonly on HL2RP)
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It's not breakable or anything, but what I'm asking is what I should keep it as on the outside, glass or combine metal?
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Made a facepunch thread here, so if anyone wants to reply, please do :)
http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1108555-RP_Sector7-W.I.P.
I guess I'll post some updates here as well.
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/7623/rpsector7dev10a0000.jpg)
(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3508/rpsector7dev10a0002.jpg)
(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/1381/rpsector7dev10a0004.jpg)
(http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/7830/rpsector7dev10a0003.jpg)
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Changes from the last version are nice. But why does the skybox work for you? for me it looks like all the clouds are on the top face where the 5 other faces are flat orange. Should use an airlock door for the entrance though. Not the combine door.
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Real sexy
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Changes from the last version are nice. But why does the skybox work for you? for me it looks like all the clouds are on the top face where the 5 other faces are flat orange. Should use an airlock door for the entrance though. Not the combine door.
On the other thread, I posted I might be switching to a different skybox later on.
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I never could figure out how to do a skybox, I just did a 3-D skybox texture which was always bright when I wanted it to be, otherwise you guys are talking about the little minimap thing floating around nowhere people can get to without no-clip in which case I have no idea how to do and if I did it wouldn't help all that much since my mapping days are kinda over, but all in all, great job, I never went into much detail until after all the basics were done in my maps which was very little to say the least since it was a game about getting ammo/guns and surviving zombies or just "noming" on humans.
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I never could figure out how to do a skybox, I just did a 3-D skybox texture which was always bright when I wanted it to be, otherwise you guys are talking about the little minimap thing floating around nowhere people can get to without no-clip in which case I have no idea how to do and if I did it wouldn't help all that much since my mapping days are kinda over, but all in all, great job, I never went into much detail until after all the basics were done in my maps which was very little to say the least since it was a game about getting ammo/guns and surviving zombies or just "noming" on humans.
You have much to learn young padawan.
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Have you tried mapping for ZPS before? I can't figure out how to do much objective shit on it but I can at least make a simple map for it, plus there was a map of mine that was very popular on the server I was good friends with the owner of called ZPS_Powerhouse (people would eventually go Rambo in the zombie spawn area and we made it to where you'd be banned if you went in there with a gun, and there were also grenades in there so they didn't need guns).
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So, I've been spending a while trying to look for anyone who can model, and I've been unsuccessful on my steam friends list and on facepunch. So I guess I'll ask here.
Some of you probably know the statue of the consul as a model, and here's how it looked in HL2 Beta.
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090126012947/half-life/en/images/0/0a/Consul_statue.jpg)
I guess that's really hard to find, and I've had no luck with google, leaked files, etc. Even if I did find that specific model, it's just still low poly and undetailed. If anyone here knows how to model, I would really like this specific statue remade.
Anyone here a modeler or knows one?
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I know that Conex did some models, but he's not on the forums and on the servers anymore..
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Maybe you should ask someone like on the ZPS team or as they will soon be known as, The Contagion Team (as they're currently working on making Contagion (the story line that never got fully out in ZPS since ZPS is just multiplayer)).