You could have an option to switch between lightmaps for weaker computers and rtlights for high-end rigs.

Lighting each map twice for no real benefit is something I want to avoid :P Lightmaps looks much better than rtlights (AO, bounce, more complex shading in general). The downside, of course, is the lack of lightstyles, but that would be resolved with fbsp.

Our editor is functionally the same as the editors for quake -- just some hotkey differences and default values adjusted to better suit the game's scale, which is different than quake. 

What's that? I'm intrigued. 

It's essentially q3map2 w/ lightstyles: doot. FTE supports it, AFAIK. 

then I really am done for a while :P

oppressor base sculpt

original oppressor doodle

He's pretty goofy looking, but he reads pretty well in game. 

Looks great... wonder what he'd sound like. ;) 

(Speaking only for myself of course) please don't feel like you have to stop. I really enjoy seeing these. I'm excited about your game and it's interesting to see he process behind it.

Speaking of which -- this might be a stupid question, but how do the 3d models fit into your development process? I thought you were using sprites for all monsters and items, or has that changed? Or are the 3d models part of the process of sprite creation? 

@dumptruck - probably something along the lines of "mrwWAAAHRRGGuummmrrr" I reckon :P

@newbie - Thanks :D I intend to post, just in a less spammy manner (fewer, more consolidated posts with juicier content).

The models will become sprites in the end. Most sprites start out as either physical or digital models. Examples: doom/doom2, doom64, blood, duke nukem 3d/shadow warrior.

If anyone has stumbled across pics of heretic's or hexen's models I'd love to see them :) 

Was chatting on the Q2 discord(Quakeulf) and I was reminded of and posted this:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/308335417105842177/348511293616947200/Q2Clock.jpg

Description: A one off, custom made, blood "splattered" metal Quake 2 symbol clock! Made for me by a friend "back in the day".

It mostly collects dust these past 15 years, hehe! 

great model there killpix!
Here 's an old site for hexen maps, models etc. 

thanks, this is a cool resource :D 

I'm actually excited to play this game of yours killpixel. 

Well, its hard to believe its been 5 months already. This project currently dwarfs my previous release and has much more to offer. I've got a Beta ready to go and am looking for a couple people to play through and give demos/feedback. You will have to click my name and them email me - private beta.

The map features new textures, sound effects, and implements many AD features such as custom particle templates, storyline and more. I've already posted a couple of screens, but here's another gallery update:
http://imgur.com/a/qNGOZ

So far I've had a lot of great help and feedback from people on func already, and it has been a blast to work on this. As mentioned before this map is a mix of Egyptian ruins and base map, inspired partly by Operation Urth-Magik. Anyone who wants to be a tester, click my name and email me! I will try to send you the beta within 24hrs.

Thanks, Redfield 

Looks awesome! I got your email and will give it a spin tomorrow. 

Looks great! Though the only gripe I have is that the outdoor area looks a bit dull with lighting. I would suggest adding some proper sunlight, so you can mess around with _sunlight_mangle until it looks right to you. 

Hey Breezeep, ya I do agree with you on the flat sun. The reason I've got _sunlight2 right now is because of frustration. I had a sunlight mangle setup, trying to replicate the sun in the skybox and I end up with super vibrant areas of sun, and dead black goofy looking areas of shadow. The shadows are so bad that I place lights everywhere to fill them. I keep replacing lights, compile, hate it, replace, repeat. So I went with sunlight2 for less ridiculous shadows.

Maybe I could try a much smaller mangle, I'll keep experimenting, but I'm really not too impressed with _sunlight. 

Combining _sunlight2 and _sunlight is a good bet.

_sunlight gives you sun light coming from a particular direction that matches the skybox (but fully black shadows), and _sunlight2 is coming from all directions (anywhere that can see sky texture) and helps light up the harsh shadows a bit.
I have a screenshot on https://ericwa.github.io/tyrutils-ericw/ in the "sunlight" section, click on "sunlight + sunlight2" 

I never thought to try them both at once, I'll give that a go.

If there is anyone else that has the time to test my beta, please post here and either email me or give your email and I can send you the beta files. I saw that it was actively discouraged to post betas on quaketastic anymore, and to handle it privately, so I'm going that route. 

Sprites are awesome but impractical and will be the death of the project if I don't ditch them :(

in-game oppressor model + test animation

original sculpt

retopo

It turns out models are 10x easier and faster to produce than sprites and way more flexible. Go figure. It was a naive pursuit and I was too hard-headed to realize it. Note to self: try to avoid such blunders in the future. 

As someone who prefers Quake, as cool as the sprites were I think that models are better.

I think you made the right decision :) 

 

 

Yup. And he looks spectacular in-game. Life is all about learning or at least it should be. 

@dumptruck - I agree. Sometimes stubbornness pays off, not so much this time. However, I'm optimistic about the model route and moving full speed ahead! 

I hope you can achieve the same feel with models. I really liked the aesthetic. 

I can't wait to see more!