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Anderson
12-03-2013, 11:32 PM
I just installed UT on my pc for the first time in several years and found you're US insta server and it gets alot of play. I love insta but I also used to map back in the day and I opened the editor up and started messing around. I was wondering if I made some maps would guys be willing to put them on the insta servers? I'd really like to try and cater to what people play the most. The maps played are the action packed ones like duku, control, andaction, woot, and fragwhores, your always in the heat of it so I'm aiming for that. I got one in the works thats small and tight but with a little visual effort. I'll stick with it and finish it if I got a place to put up! Its not done of course, still needs the two halves to be symmetric, finish the lighting, and decorate it, but you get the gist :)

http://i.imgur.com/iz8qgXA.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tgIGGeX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bDHSeBF.jpg

TimTim
12-04-2013, 01:26 AM
You got a purty map.

SAM
12-04-2013, 03:03 AM
We are always open to maps. Any box map made in five minutes get ignored though.

Welcome and thanks for your possible contribution.

Jst2blond
12-04-2013, 05:18 AM
Need some maps for combo server also, can t you share some maps from insta servers to combo servers bollwerck avril vs britney and so on, it could be nice, really need a new package .
I remember 2 Andersons from WS server ; Mrs Anderson and -={SDA}=-Anderson or something like that, wich one are you ?

Anderson
12-04-2013, 09:06 AM
Thanks guys, I'll finish this one up then! :)

Jst2blond...did you used to be Jst2cute by chance? and yep, I'm -={SDA}=-Anderson :) I still use the tag just for the hell of it too!

Jst2blond
12-04-2013, 12:00 PM
Thanks guys, I'll finish this one up then! :)

Jst2blond...did you used to be Jst2cute by chance? and yep, I'm -={SDA}=-Anderson :) I still use the tag just for the hell of it too!

Cutee (Jst2cute) is an usa player from VDS clan; i am french :) . But yes, she is my biatch and i miss her, you could met her sometimes at Noy's server .

Anderson
12-05-2013, 11:20 AM
Hopefully ill see you two on sometime :)

Ill probably finish this by sunday, if anbody wants to use it for a server or whatever youre more than welcome to!

Usually I wouldnt bother showing another pic but i learned a new lighting technique and im really excited on how it turned out, just look at those sexy curves!


Before
http://i.imgur.com/TujbmWt.jpg

After
http://i.imgur.com/SvktZZU.jpg

Shotman
12-05-2013, 11:30 AM
I'm guessing your trying to find baron now, your true love.

Higor
12-05-2013, 11:34 AM
Anderson

May you post a screenshot of the brushwork on the curves?
I 'may' have something good to share (if you didn't employ that technique already)

TimTim
12-05-2013, 02:08 PM
Can't wait to check this out! It's amazing how nice you can make maps look in a 15 year old engine. ;)

SAM
12-05-2013, 04:39 PM
Very nice Anderson. Will def be adding this to the maplists!

'Zac
12-05-2013, 04:44 PM
those smooth, curved, corner :O

Anderson
12-06-2013, 04:15 PM
Shotman...baron finds me ;) How'd you know that anyways??

I made the corners from an extruded addition using the 2D editor if that helps. Heres a pic, my BSP of the rest of the map is atrocious, I'm rather embarrassed but i said screw it lol

http://i.imgur.com/x5tQDXb.jpg

Shotman
12-06-2013, 05:34 PM
because I'm heatwave and also a good think risingfury is not to judge you.

Higor
12-06-2013, 09:40 PM
Nice, additive curves are far better than substractive ones.
They don't put much stress on the BSP, and don't cause horrible polygons outside of the map.

If you're feeling like reducing build times and polygons even more, convert those additive curves into SemiSolids brushes, as long as no other semisolid brush is touching them.

Anderson
12-10-2013, 12:50 AM
Whoa, me and Baron assumed you died heatwave! I never expected to see you here. Thank god rising isn't here, he'd probably be disappointed with my brushwork and level flow :P

I'm still messing around with the map and finishing it up but I already got an idea for my next one...its gonna be outside :)

http://i.imgur.com/TqnyKWR.jpg

Vego
01-29-2014, 09:46 PM
Usually I wouldnt bother showing another pic but i learned a new lighting technique and im really excited on how it turned out, just look at those sexy curves!

Hey Anderson that looks really cool, whats the trick to get that smooth lighting if you dont mind,

Anderson
01-31-2014, 05:59 PM
take about 3 lights, goto light properties and change its light type to Spotlight, then place them all at a different angle at the curve. then select the brush rotate thingy, hold control and move around where the spotlight hits. Do it for all three with high brightness and you should be able to hit all the angles on the curves edges and make it smooth. youre gonna need to rebuild the lighting a lot to actually see the results. You'll have to light the curve all the way up, its a pain in the a**! Unfortunately I don't know if I can every actually release this map...I went and played it on my UT with high res textures and at the flag point my FPS dips down to 45 yet my poly's arent even above 200, i dont know why its lagging :(

This was like UT porn when I figured this out...ignore the left and right side, the lighting is janky, i was gonna fix it...
http://i.imgur.com/WjqiQ4h.jpg

But yeah, a lot of time was wasted on this map, it was a lighting nightmare :( you'll need to mess with the light cone and radius as well!

SAM
02-01-2014, 07:04 AM
Look good here Anderson