Author Topic: New York (Read 49578 times)

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #40 on:** October 27, 2013, 06:42:10 AM »

Quote from: omni on October 27, 2013, 02:16:24 AM

That's actually a really cool idea, I hope you don't mind if I take in in future maps as a thank you to people who helped me out, I'll get feedback to you shortly but I've had a lot on recently.

My textures are for everyone to use at their pleasure.

jitspoe · « **Reply #41 on:** October 28, 2013, 02:53:22 PM »

I like where you're going, but I think a lot of the texture choices still look out of place. Here are some pictures for inspiration:

http://dzineblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/20-new-york-city-looking-down-buildings.png
http://www.jamesmaherphotography.com/photo/image/572/cortlandt_alley.jpg
http://cdn-citylife.ronenbekerman.com/citylife/files/2011/12/cam-1-pospo-A.jpg
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/31/51068022_f68d385ecc_z.jpg
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/49/176180412_db715c33bf.jpg

To make it look authentic would require a lot of custom textures, but I think you can, at the very least, try to stick to variations of brick and concrete textures instead of using things like metal for walls.

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #42 on:** October 28, 2013, 05:09:25 PM »

Thanks Jits; as a matter of fact I've been working hard on the next beta and it will look more like some of those pictures.

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #43 on:** November 01, 2013, 09:24:16 AM »

Unfortunately, beta 4 will be coming later than expencted because I have run into the "large map" problem again.

Chef-Killer · « **Reply #44 on:** November 01, 2013, 11:52:11 AM »

What did you change from b3 to b4?

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #45 on:** November 01, 2013, 12:19:23 PM »

Quote from: Chef-Killer on November 01, 2013, 11:52:11 AM

What did you change from b3 to b4?

Look at the screenshots on page 1.

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #46 on:** November 01, 2013, 07:39:11 PM »

Beta 4 is out! https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByutPv2Z36izMlVtUWhXSWhla2M/edit?usp=sharing

I have massively reconstructed aesthetics and also did some things to improve gameplay.
-New buildings
-Windows in buildings: light can be on or off
-Two new challenging but useful paths:
-Top story of mid buildings
-Path that connects above path to opposing jail roof
-Improved indoor aesthetics
-No more fence-climbing, noobs. Please use designated ladders for your climbing pleasure and convienience.
-Blocked a shortcut with an indoor hallway
-added vis blockers to compensate for increased level of detail

Please give feedback!

Also, I'd appreciate it if you took the no graffiti sign from the BASEBALLDUDE texture pack, signed your name in graffiti on some photo editing software, and posted it here. Then I'll use the updated sign with your signature in my next release of the BASEBALLDUDE texture pack and your name will appear on New York.

Chef-Killer · « **Reply #47 on:** November 02, 2013, 05:22:54 AM »

As for the Hint brushes note that all faces will split the map. You can avoid that with using "skip" for the (back-)faces where you don't want to split the map.

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #48 on:** November 04, 2013, 08:04:18 AM »

Oops, just found a crash problem on b4. Will upload b5 soon to fix this.

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #49 on:** November 04, 2013, 08:51:57 AM »

New York Beta 5 was supposed to be exactly the same as beta 4, except that the windows are gone on the brick buildings. This would improve r_speeds and reduce lag, and would also solve the crash issue I experienced while trying to play it on Jitspoe's server.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByutPv2Z36izM2dIOC1IY3V3MmM/edit?usp=sharing

Please note that betas 4 and beyond both require a new BASEBALLDUDE texture, which can be seen below. It is an HR4 texture and goes in textures/baseballdude/hr4.

Please give me feedback! Next beta, I will remove the crappy staircase in the base skyscraper and replace it with a more visually appealing staircase. Also, I will have to do something about the unrealisticness of the express elevator. Another thing I will do is use the light texture for the rest of the windows to reduce r_speeds and the lag.

If you want to take a quick glance of what this map looks like, check out the screenshots on the first page.

No graffiti signs appear throughout the map; I highly encourage you to get the baseballdude texture pack which includes this texture, sign your name in graffiti, and post the new graffiti sign here. My thought is by the time New York goes final, the "no graffiti" sign will be covered in graffiti!

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #50 on:** November 05, 2013, 05:53:51 PM »

Can someone please add this map to his or her server for beta testing? Thanks it would really help.

jitspoe · « **Reply #51 on:** November 05, 2013, 06:27:15 PM »

I put the map up on the beta server. The zip file said b5 but the .bsp file was still named b4. I just left the name alone, so it's on the server as b4.

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #52 on:** November 05, 2013, 07:15:29 PM »

Quote from: jitspoe on November 05, 2013, 06:27:15 PM

I put the map up on the beta server. The zip file said b5 but the .bsp file was still named b4. I just left the name alone, so it's on the server as b4.

OK that's fine. I doubt many people have downloaded the glitchy version of b4.

Edit: Oops, just noticed that that map was exactly the same as b4 and I had the wrong file. Well, at least now it's not glitching, but the lag is too laggy. I'm gonna get b5 out in a hurry to fix this problem.

Edit2: And spawn in the other base glitches. Now this is becoming an emergency.

Edit3: New York Beta 5. Fixed spawn glitches and removed windows on brick building to reduce lag. Grab it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByutPv2Z36izT1lqZE5MRjJsWFk/edit?usp=sharing

Also, make sure you have the latest version of the BASEBALLDUDE texture pack, which is included in the .zip file. I have recently added strobe and hr4/nr_road and I've changed hr4/neonblue and hr4/metal_02 within the last month or so.

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #53 on:** November 17, 2013, 09:41:01 AM »

New York Beta 6: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByutPv2Z36izSlpTbE0yWUgzeVE/edit?usp=sharing
-smarter, more intuitive, user-friendly stairs
-noob-accessible ramps to jump out of skyscraper that don't require advanced jumping skills
-express elevator doesn't exist anymore
-secret room is possible but not impossible to access without no clip observer mode. (hint: see topic: "bug: elevators push player through ground")
-aligned elevators for the new hr4 texture of wizmetal
-reduced faces on windows in hopes of minimizing lag. (the lag is still there unfortunately.)
-I might have to tile the lit2_4 textures for the windows in the next version to reduce polygon count
-I also might need to rethink my positioning of the hint brushes.
-Secret room is changed slightly
-the mapshot is now a requiredfile.

I still would like it if someone signed the "no graffiti sign" texture and PMed me a link or posted it on this thread. Nobody has done that yet besides Mysteryman, and he's not even playing anymore.

LaZeRs · « **Reply #54 on:** November 22, 2013, 08:00:53 PM »

I know you know this, BASEBALLDUDE, but to everyone else, there's a spawn glitch again in this map on beta 6. (Spawns you in the other base)
Also, BASEBALLDUDE, can you make all the different spawns have players start out with the same amount of ammo? Or make the spawns nearest to the ammo boxes have less ammo than the others?

And hint for all you guys, there's a secret 2nd flag room only accessible by taking the elevator on the first floor of any base.

Thanks in advance!

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #55 on:** November 22, 2013, 08:30:47 PM »

It's true, I messed up the spawns again so that will be fixed soon. Also, I noticed that the opposite skyscraper was getting rendered when it shouldn't have been, so I will use more hint brushes to solve that problem.

If anyone would like to help me with the placement of my hint brushes, the .map file is below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByutPv2Z36izZkxMem0wVGg2TWM/edit?usp=sharing

jitspoe · « **Reply #56 on:** November 23, 2013, 10:37:08 PM »

http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3620 - that might help with your hint brush placement.

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #57 on:** November 24, 2013, 10:45:48 AM »

New York Beta 7 is here! I've fixed spawns and reduced lag. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByutPv2Z36izX0xDdDFOT0lPdWs/edit?usp=sharing

Edit: just noticed a vis glitch. I'll fix that in the next beta.

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #58 on:** December 26, 2013, 09:22:41 AM »

Hey guys, I know it's been a while but I'm gonna start working on this map again in 2014 and release beta 8 sometime in January.

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #59 on:** January 03, 2014, 10:50:07 PM »

New York Beta 8 is here!

Besides defending myself against Myres' one-man troll machine, the other thing I've been busy doing is making New York Beta 8.

What's changed:
-added new switch connecting upper mid to roof of base skyscraper and roof of jail
-new switch creates three trick jumps, one from roof to switch, one from fence to switch, and one from jail to switch
-the roof-to-switch trick jump is actually challenging
-changed elevator door texture, looks better with Jitspoe's new HR4 texture
-changed metal texture on rampway in base skyscraper
-changed spawns to be more roof-based
-fixed jail spawns
-changed windows to be more r_speeds efficient
-added info_player_intermission entities
-removed troll flag in secret room
-replaced expensive cars with cheap barrels
-made map slightly brighter
-brought back transparent windows at high mid
-changed lighting in reflective tile tunnel to better sell the reflective illusion

Included in the .zip file are three new custom hr4 textures needed in beta 8

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByutPv2Z36izVjhwQVVNNDVDOUE/edit?usp=sharing

This will be posted on West Side Beta Map if anyone's interested.