So, what are you working on right now?

[Kvorning]

Dem corner stones!

[Melan]

Now that looks like a proper courtyard.

[Moonbo]

Man...this feels like something of a milestone. Nine months after starting the FM I'm done with the construction phase of the map. There's still a good amount left to do (a few readables, objectives, and a whole lot of optimizing/testing including squashing a really bad performance bug), but everything's been built. Hopefully I can start beta testing soon.

 

I really have to stress that I've never released a map before, so I have no clue what to do next. Should I make a separate thread for beta testing? Is there a way to make it private? How would I go about asking for requests like beta testers, voice actors or someone to make minor graphic items?

 

Anyways, I really appreciate all the support and feedback you guys have provided. Couldn't have gotten this far without you guys :-). Here's the last batch of photos I'll post before release, crits always appreciated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bikerdude]

Very very nice shots mister!

 

I will get on the perf fixing first thing tomoz!

[Goldwell]

Man...this feels like something of a milestone. Nine months after starting the FM I'm done with the construction phase of the map. There's still a good amount left to do (a few readables, objectives, and a whole lot of optimizing/testing including squashing a really bad performance bug), but everything's been built. Hopefully I can start beta testing soon.

 

I really have to stress that I've never released a map before, so I have no clue what to do next. Should I make a separate thread for beta testing? Is there a way to make it private? How would I go about asking for requests like beta testers, voice actors or someone to make minor graphic items?

 

Anyways, I really appreciate all the support and feedback you guys have provided. Couldn't have gotten this far without you guys :-). Here's the last batch of photos I'll post before release, crits always appreciated:

 

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Wow! That looks fantastic Moonbo, I cannot WAIT to play this!

 

I will have to buy a nice bottle of bourbon, lock myself in the office and play this from start to finish in the late hours of the night when you release it

[Moonbo]

Thanks Tyler, I hope it lives up to your expectations :-). Btw, are you still interested in doing some voice acting for the FM?

[Goldwell]

Thanks Tyler, I hope it lives up to your expectations :-). Btw, are you still interested in doing some voice acting for the FM?

 

Yes of course! Whenever you're ready just send me a PM with what you want done and describe how you want the character to be and then I can send you a couple of clips and once you find the style you like we can go ahead

[Kvorning]

Awesome looking stuff Moonbo! You should try taking screenshots with anti-aliasing on and highest texture quality, as it's almost a shame without on scenes like that

[Flanders]

@ moonbo: Very nice.

 

The red windows should glow some red light onto its surroundings. Using different colours of light in one area greatly enhances the depth of a scene.

[Moonbo]

@Kvorning, yeah, I've built the level on my laptop which can barely run it with everything stripped out (it chugs even just moving around in Dark Radiant!). Maybe I'll take some snapshots using my desktop computer when it's time for release :-).

 

@Flanders, hm, there are actually red lights under all the windows, but maybe the effect is too subtle. I'll look into raising it up. Btw, the red windows are just a re-tinted version of your green window textures, really nice stuff.

Edited August 27, 2013 by Moonbo

[Baal]

Playing around with our wip mission.

 

[Sotha]

Very nice and atmospheric!

[Melan]

A bit low on contrast. That oil light should illuminate its surroundings more (although probably in a relatively small radius, so a shader with good falloff would be ideal).

[Baal]

It looks better in game. I brightened the image.

 

And that light is set up this way on purpose. The main reason is to create clearly visible borders between light and shadow. I believe it works well in motion.

[Obsttorte]

@Baal: Is there any release date in sight, or is it too far from completion to tell that?

[Baal]

September would not be impossible. Mappingwise there's one room left to be build and some detailing.

The main workload now is to finish the patrols, objectives, readables, scripting, briefing, maps etc. I have already made good progress on all of these though.

[Melan]

2.0 will come with a lot of great new maps to play. I have even skipped Not an Ordinary Guest in anticipation.

[Goldwell]

How do we know if our map will be 2.0 ready? I'm afraid that I will finally complete my map but then it wont run on 2.0

[Baal]

Chances are good that they work just fine. Just test it. You'll have to do that anyway.

[Bikerdude]

How do we know if our map will be 2.0 ready? I'm afraid that I will finally complete my map but then it wont run on 2.0

Because we have been using 2.0 for a while now.

[Goldwell]

Chances are good that they work just fine. Just test it. You'll have to do that anyway.

 

Sounds good then!

 

I will have to have a look in the beta forums and see if I can get a hold of it to test out my map so far

 

Because we have been using 2.0 for a while now.

 

I'm actually still using 1.08, I guess I could upgrade to 2.0 to test my map with but everything I use is in the TDM folders so I guess it should be fine

Edited August 29, 2013 by TylerVocal

[Moonbo]

I'm using 1.8 too...I guess I'll need to update as part of the beta testing process though.

[jysk]

[Bikerdude]

This is what I love, realistic looking locations with good lighting and the same anal attention to detail as I have been afflicted with :-D

[Sotha]

Now, take obstorte's ASE exporter and make a patch ground, make it a little more uneven and put some dirt blendings in there and you have "the most atmospheric exterior area in a FM" -prize in no-time!