MS:C fan made map!

[jon50559]

(Reposting because the forum rollback deleted my thread.) I got inspiration to recreate the MS:C menu screen in map-form, and went with it! Criticism is welcomed.


And with an update! Added cliffs to the sides, removed some uglies, added waterfall/few foilage.


First test compile! A few texture erros but otherwise I think I nailed it okay.

 

[TheOysterHippopotami]

This is awesome. I really hope you finish this and get it in MSC. It would make a great 'in-betweener' map somewhere in Daragoth.

 

[PBarnum]

Very nice. It would be a cool feature if MSC could use .bsp files for the main menu screen (like HL2). Not sure if it is possible.

 

[FER]

Like I said before, Cry of Fear managed to do that.

 

[jon50559]

Cry of Fear uses the Paranoia renderer, which allows for more advanced texturing effects, etc... although I think they coded the 3D menu in themselves.... who knows? maybe it can be done here.

 

[PBarnum]

I must have not read your response quick enough before the restore. But cool! Could be a very fun project for me

 

[jon50559]

First post updated with test compile pics!

 

[jon50559]

Well I did some experimenting (fixed the wrong render properties on some textures ofc) with seeing how the r_speeds were, because I was surprised this map compiled so well. Turns out, the highest i got was about 1400 wpoly, which is from being in a corner looking at as much as I can. That's only surprising because that tower is nearly 2048 units tall, and the total size of the map is roughly half of the HL grid. I know this is high, but atm it's great because there's 0 optimization, but either way I doubt this map is very design friendly.

And a couple people seemed to be confused, thinking this would be a playable.. full-fledged map, and I never intended it to be that. This was just a project for fun!

 

[Thothie]

Size is less of an issue than complexity, and that's a pretty simple map. Might be a good easter egg...

 

[jon50559]

Holy bump.

On a mildly related note, what was originally intended to be the inside of that tower, turned out into a courtyard, and I guess it's now a castle. Could be filled with orcs or bandits or undead or who knows.
Screenshot:



Desperately needs some poly reduction, which i will get around to. (And lights on the torches!)
And where can I find a link to that allinone.wad? Scrounging around the wads in MSC stinks.
EDIT: Found the wad through a bit of searching.

 

[TheOysterHippopotami]

Lockdown, you dirty liar! You told me you hadn't made any progress!

Seriously, this looks AWESOME. I cannot wait for this. What a fantastic map you have here. This map should totally connect to srgnt rehabs orc_for. They look like they are in the same general region and both of these maps would do wonders to make our edana/helena region look bigger than it does now.

Thanks so much for the hard work. I can't wait to see the fruits of your efforts fully realized!