New map update - Crossfire: Part Deux
 

This is not strictly off-topic so I'll understand if it's moved. I posted here as this forum is the most popular and I want as many people to see this as possible.

Well, the map is in its final stages. 15 days of work. I'm doing a full compile now and will finish off the lighting and check for basic errors tomorrow.

Then the map will be up for testing (Wintersforge, I'll send you a PM so we can discuss using the aM server if the offer's still there).

I have still taken pictures at the end of each day's work, and I wanted to use this thread to show the complete "Making of" from start to present.

I'll post the previous 9 days here (already posted in another thread - Skip to the next post if you've seen all this already), then next post will be days 10-15.

Feedback on anythng glaringly bad would be appreciated before I release it for testing.

Crossfire: Part Deux

Crude blueprint drawn up:

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/map.jpg

Day 1

Started the figure-8 road and bridge.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day1.jpg

Day 3 (Not sure what happened on day two hehe)

Finished the bridge and started on buildings inside the northern loop of the road.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day3.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day3a.jpg

Day 4

Exterior of buildings in northern loop done. Did some basic interior but not a lot.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day4.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day4a.jpg

Day 5

Completed interior/exterior of buildings in northern loop - Pub and beer garden, restaurant and wine storage (The last is later changed to an empty room).

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day5.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day5d.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day5a.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day5c.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day5b.jpg

Day 6

Started front of Town Hall.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day6.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day6a.jpg

Day 7

Added detail to front of Town Hall. Did some work on the interior.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day7.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day7a.jpg

Over-view of what I've done so far:

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day7b.jpg

Day 8

Started on rear of Town Hall and garden area.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day8a.jpg

Conference room upstairs in Town Hall.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day8b.jpg

Balcony exit from Town Hall, running along the northern road by the pub and restaurant.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day8c.jpg

Day 9

South side of the Town Hall and exit to gardens located behind it (on left of pic).

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day9a.jpg

Started basics of Town Hall garden located to rear...

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day9b.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day9c.jpg

Over-view of map so far:

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day9d.jpg

And that's as far as I had gotten on the last update... Next post will show my work from day 10 to 15 (today).

Day 10

Started park on North East of map (opposite pub).

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day10a.jpg

Started laying out basics for southern loop.. I do this to get my spacing right and to get a feel for the next stage:

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day10b.jpg

Here you can see the road looping round and meeting up with the bridge... I'm now ready to start building around the southern loop of the road.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day10c.jpg

Day 11

Built one of the 3 buildings in the southern loop (right of pic below) and built a rough Library (domed building to left).

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day11a.jpg

Yet again this is just so I could space out the rest of the boundaries and roads.

Day 12

More work on the southern loop buildings done today.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day12a.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day12b.jpg

Another over-view of the map so far:

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day12c.jpg

This is just how I wanted the map to be according to the blueprint.

Day 13

Built the hotel today (located South West of the map).

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day13a.jpg

Also built generic houses along the south west edge of the map.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day13b.jpg

An over-view of the southern loop as it is today, taken from above the bridge (central to the map).

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day13c.jpg

Day 14

Started the gatehouse and walk-way (located south central edge of map).

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day14a.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day14b.jpg

This bit links to the gatehouse and faces the Library.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day14c.jpg

Did a lot today! More generic houses along the southern edge to complete the entire southern boundary.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day14d.jpg

Here is a view form inside the gatehouse... It gives a good view of the map (Park and Pub to right, Bridge and Town Hall centre).

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day14e.jpg

Day 15

And finally... I did tons today.

Completed the Library exterior....

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day15a.jpg

...and interior...

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day15e.jpg

Built houses along East side of Library (south of Park) complete with their own gardens:

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day15b.jpg

Built generic buildings along North edge (balcony) and added some cars here and there.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day15c.jpg

Here is the last screenshot, an Over-view of the whole map (taken from South West corner looking at North East corner).

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/day15d.jpg

Next up will be interiror lighting, general debugging and some final details.

I'll then script it and zip it up ready for testing.

that looks fastastic

one word....."hotness"

lol, great job. I can't wait to play on it.

looks amazing

Thanks guys.

It should be ready to test before the end of next week.

Here are a few more long-view shots from different angles, just before I go to bed and let this bloody thing compile fully biggrin:

Remember that some of these shots are from higher than a player can go so some roofs will be transparant due to caulking. These faces will not be visible in play.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/mapview1.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/mapview2.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/mapview3.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/mapview4.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~ydisss/progress/mapview5.jpg

I'm off to bed, been a long day biggrin:

1 thing not sure if you mentioned this but what kinda map is it?

dude badass map...that one will for sure be going on our server

I'm sure I speak for the other LLC guys when I say that it'd be an honour for us to test that map on our server, dude. It looks like a bonafide winner so far.

Hey, it's got a pub...how can it go WRONG?? biggrin:

[quote="Scalping Chief":c9ef1]1 thing not sure if you mentioned this but what kinda map is it?[/quote:c9ef1]

TDM/DM/RB only.

I suppose I could do a simple destory the flak obj version of it, but it's not really designed for obj play.

Pity you can't have drinking matches before a battle, then play the game drunk where your control is all warped biggrin:

Soon as it's ready for testing I'll send you a copy, Zoner.

I'm still compiling it now. It has less vis data than my first map and yet it's taking hours and hours more to do vis... Not sure why. I'm on a way faster pc too.

Might have to drop by .map forums and ask.

that map's based off the "shootign apples" map

[quote=Ydiss] TDM/DM/RB only.

I suppose I could do a simple destory the flak obj version of it, but it's not really designed for obj play.[/quote:e1a8b]plz make an obj version

Way cool.

Never heard of it.

I quite litteraly designed this mapin 30 minutes on a piece of paper with a biro pen at work. Whilst I freely admit my last map was originally based and inspired by a great Half Life map (well, at least the 2v2 version, the rest was all mine), this one is totally my own idea.

It's a figure eight road with buildings around it and a bridge in the middle, there's likely to be lots of maps similar.

I pride myself in creating maps that are as original as possible, and loathe maps that just take a stock map and make it "better", for instance...