@ericw, lovely angle, looking through the doorway. If you want a different hedge textures there is a one in my zendar map.

@skacky, awesome as always :)

are we allowed to tweak textures etc. for our maps, or do we have to use the stock ones?
@than, go for it, I plan to extend the ikblue texture set with extra stuff, so it is only fair if everyone can do the same. Maybe it is better to see the ikwhite/blue as a starting point instead. 

@Barnak, awesome photo's thank you for posting. There is some details in those photo's I am certainly going to use in my map entry.

@nitin, sure, please post away. The more inspiration the better! 

here's the scrapped map's source:
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/jam2_scrapped.zip 

http://i.imgur.com/60nsCnX.jpg http://i.imgur.com/s9FzwAm.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/sCORc5O.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/A8NVEu8.jpg 

Damn that's some nifty rockwork, I'm jealous! I hope this won't go to waste! 

but I scrapped the map because I didn't like the layout of it and I'm currently making a new version. by the way, the screenies look very nice! and I think the outdoor area looks familiar... 

 

ijed . . .
Lunaran
negke!!
Willem. :)
than 8=D 

that last piece you wrote, is that a dick ? 

 

busy, and ikwhite is too similar to something else I'm building so I'd rather save the ideas 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js8zhtEx12o 

 

looks amazing. 

 

Particularly the detailing around the bottom in shot 1. 

agreed, skacky, perfect choice for the textures 

that looks great! Great details and lighting.

BTW,You doing all this with TrenchBroom? I'm kind of finding it difficult to use because Worldcraft is so ingrained, but damn it has awesome texture lock and a 3d view that doesn't suck. 

Yeah it was made entirely in Trenchbroom. I sometimes use Hammer to do stuff but not with this one, at least not yet. 

with its ik_ textures
ik_white looks particularly as shit as it does
mayby its just me though 

I never liked that whitish texture neither.

Maybe a very strong fog could help (I hope so).

My expectations for the jam2 maps are VERY low ! 

I just find them too ugly and bland to bother with. Maybe the intention is to have all the visual interest created with brushwork and architecture instead of textures. Much like the original maps that used these texture sets.

"Honey" wasn't all that great of a choice for Map Jam 1 either. Most brushes ended up textured with that Doom style yellow brick, and those maps turned out pretty good. So I guess there is hope. 

The honey theme is a disguised way of showing off brushwork with fog. Simple forms layered backwards and downwards into the murk can look incredible, far better than the same forms cut up with texture detail and washed with spotlights. Some people grasped this, and others unfortunately took the theme to mean nothing more than 'use that yellow brick everywhere.'

The ikwhite theme is a disguised way of showing off brushwork with lighting. The texture set finds a thematically appropriate way to step backwards in contrast and importance, making even subtle changes in color and brightness into showcases. Some people will grasp this (although maybe fewer, since even the original ikspqs don't provide as clear an example as honey and saint), and others will take it to mean only 'use that white brick everywhere.'

We'll see. 

*subtle changes in color and brightness in the lighting 

Someone crack a window, someone just arted all over the thread.