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I agree with the "great work" sentiment for both obs and odium. I'll also agree with the "more color" sentiment, however, as you say, splashes would probably be the best route.

Doing a little work here and there on kazdm4 when I find time, it will be finished one day........

How do the barrels look? Any suggestions?

Teaser Images:
[lvlshot]http://student.cs.appstate.edu/freemancw/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dm4_2.jpg[/lvlshot]
[lvlshot]http://student.cs.appstate.edu/freemancw/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dm4_5.jpg[/lvlshot]

Link to full post (more hits FTW):
http://student.cs.appstate.edu/freemancw/archives/182

nasty seam on that curved doorway in the second shot. but fully solid

Barrels look fine, although there's not much you can comment on with such a simplistic object, except the texture looks sufficiently weathered
Might be nice to have two models; one with the lid on, and one with the lid off, lying nearby. Barrel (liquid) content optional.


Second shot looks sweet. Very Bioshocky

Yeah, bit harsh seam on those curves (and worse: abnormal shadow inducing )
Wouldn't fuck about with extending the curve down, though. You wouldn't get the neighboring faces to perfectly match up with the patch texture anyway, because that's stretched.
Rather, just move the curve from the wall a bit, comme ca =>




I have to admit that might be getting a bit too anal, particularly since you're mapping a realistic, "real-life" scene, where shit just isn't supposed to be too perfect.
I find myself frequently hindered in mapping progress, exactly by this obsessive perfectionism, btw.
So maybe just let it slide, hehe.

o'dium wrote:If you ignore the over excessive bloom and the path texture which was just testing, heres an overhead shot of the sand. If you think it needs reworking that much, I'll try again :s

http://www.team-blur-games.com/odium/terrain_sand.jpg

it's weird, but the rocks/foliage in the first pic look really tiny, like they're part of a rock garden. i assume they're supposed to be taller than the player in-game

maybe it's just a lighting or POV thing

dichtfux wrote:central area

you owe me new retinas, sir

No, hipshot does. He made the sky, I just (ab)used it.

seremtan wrote:you owe me new retinas, sir

That's just you being old.

Kaz wrote: kazdm4 teaser images

It's alive! And that's good to hear/see.

@dichtux posting pics of his award-winning maps: Stunning pictures, if only I had the right Quake to play them.

Some screenshots of spirit1dm3 -- Zeal & Fury for Quake.

MH area
[lvlshot]http://maps.rcmd.org/quake1/spirit1dm3/screenshots/spirit1dm3_shot01.jpg[/lvlshot]

RA area
[lvlshot]http://maps.rcmd.org/quake1/spirit1dm3/screenshots/spirit1dm3_shot02.jpg[/lvlshot]

LG / lower GA area
[lvlshot]http://maps.rcmd.org/quake1/spirit1dm3/screenshots/spirit1dm3_shot03.jpg[/lvlshot]

GL / YA area
[lvlshot]http://maps.rcmd.org/quake1/spirit1dm3/screenshots/spirit1dm3_shot04.jpg[/lvlshot]

I was a little bored, so I made a quick promo background for you. Nothing fancy, I'm waiting for the next model to be done before I can get some nicer ones out

this guy seems to have a good dentist!

Looks good, o'dium!

@neoplan: He stole those teeth after eating the last owner I guess. Can't blame him for being choosy.

Edward Tattsyrup

yup good stuff o'dium, but how about a few new map locals for us to drool over.

models are lookin good, but im betting the animations will really add that extra wow... ack, all this waiting. gg team blur

fKd, those are some surprisingly metallic looking textures for an engine with no speculars. nice.

A little color makes a big difference:

oh yeah that's the map I'm making

Lunaran - That's really interesting, how good light can make from simple environment so effective good-looking map. Great!

o'dium - It is good, but sorry, about one or two classes worst that environment you post here before. It is based on some previus mod character, or something fresh-made? I dislike it.

Looks familiar Lunaran - I tend to like the new colors. Did you hit the 1GB mark yet with the filesize?

Edit: Are you using fog or is it just me?

Lunaran wrote:an engine with no speculars

orly??? (True, but with some fancy texture/shader tricks...)

o'dium wrote:I was a little bored, so I made a quick promo background for you. Nothing fancy, I'm waiting for the next model to be done before I can get some nicer ones out

It looks like that guy have some light source in the mouth.

Its just the rim lighting there.

ShadoW_86 wrote:

o'dium wrote:I was a little bored, so I made a quick promo background for you. Nothing fancy, I'm waiting for the next model to be done before I can get some nicer ones out

It looks like that guy have some light source in the mouth.

He uses Mentadent Fluor+ tooth-paste...

Or, its rim lighting, as I said. As for the teeth comments, the mouth is quite high detail, even has tonsils, and has its own texture. Theres one mouth mesh/texture for each faction to use, to make life easier on memory.

The rim lighting looks horribly wrong then as it appears that there's a blue light source in the back top of the mouth casting a light on the back of the tongue and the top of the molars.

Also the face is too much distorted. It is not physiologically possible and too fussy. But that body looks mutated and realistic.

The pose is terrible because I never rigged it, its a vert changed pose just for this, so don't worry.

As for the whole "im'a throw my toys out of the pram and moan the rim lighting is horribly wrong" comment keep in mind the main character was hit with a light directly in front of him and was NOT in the background map at the time.

But I do suggest you look at games that use rim lighting on characters and find me something that works to your liking (MOH/MW2 both have it for example). What you want, isn't possible, as rim lighting is additive.