If you use a pic hosting site, use Minus, it doesn't recompress pics. 

Some Map waffle and reflection on making things in a hurry.
(Features screenshots too!) 

Thanks sock 

Longecity is one thing, authorship rights is another. Some people like to keep control over their images, the freedom to delete them whenever they please. 

then posting on a public (as can be) board might not be what they want but rather something more private with a restricted audience? 

It's what it's there for. Don't worry about bandwidth, it's practically unlimited. 

Shots look good, map on! 

is that not available for download? 

thanks for the comment mfx 

@nitin, I want to do more to the map and release it another time. The article is just me making notes and thinking about what went right with the map session. 

thanks, I think it looks too good not to release. 

http://i.imgur.com/hpQ8Yrg.png 

I made the brushes in trenchbroom and then used quark to add the lights and other entities.
It's not an ideal way to do things but until Sleeps adds full support for other engines this'll have to do...

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/Htic2-01.jpg

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/Htic2-02.jpg


The first lighting pass looked pretty good, but with subsequent rebuilds I've noticed the lighting get a bit weird. 

I'll so play a Heretic 2 map. I loved Heretic 2 and mapping for it. The texture sets weren't as flexible or durable as Quake's, but it did have a distinct art style with some really great environments (the sky cities, mountain temples, etc). Tons of cool map objects too. Quake2 engine + fantasy style produced some interesting creativity. 

Looking at those screens makes me wish that Enclave had custom maps. :( 

http://www.ogier-editor.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2

;) 

What do you use to make your maps? 

 

I actually use GZDoom Builder to make my doom maps. 

I should give it a try when I have another free weekend. 

 

http://i.imgur.com/4u8v8WP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/WXzMVd7.png 

I really should give doombuilder a try... 

Shame I never got to finish the big Doom map I had started a couple of years ago. Only did the lower part, a dark blood sewer/dungeon - there was supposed to be an upper floor as well, some sort of butchery factory with monsters working on large meat grinders with conveyor belts and all. Unfortunately, at some point I accidentally overwrote or deleted what little I had and then lost interest for the time being.

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