Yes, the grass is a problem. I did it the oldschool way to arange it in squares and that's a lot of work. But know that you said it, I think about reanranging that, maybe creating some sets that can be placed anyvere.
Yes I will put some more rocks in
Dead trees are in work. :) 

As the progress goes on, I've vreated some new floor vegetation.

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/gsh_adoria/jungle/jungle11.png

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/gsh_adoria/jungle/jungle12.png

Also the first assets of floor begetation like grass and little plants, bushes, trees and palms are ready for use. Background trees follow soon.



http://www.quaketastic.com/files/gsh_adoria/jungle/jungle6.png 

I suppose you're using static entities for those trees. They look beautiful, and also very real. My first thought was to chance the weapon in a paintbrush, but that's just me kidding. Lightning will be difficult as they catch no shadows.
At this point I think only high poly monsters will fit, as the comments ones will look very blunt in this hyper reality.

Well done anyway! 

All plants are brushes and grouped as func_detail, for trees and bushes, or func_illusionary for small bushes and grass, so you can easaly drop them wherever you want.
Lightnig is no problem because func_detail is in the lighting callculation.
I think you are right with the high resolution and I will downgrade the textures in a thurther step. 

As I mentioned in the Adoria mod thread that despite me being rather negative of the map, you showed a lot of promise for future projects, and this I believe is that promise. I've attempted jungle themes in the past and they all came out bad, really bad. But what you've shown so far has got me very interested, and far better than anything I've attempted. Just from the trailer alone it seems like an enormous step up from your last map, and that destructible building is really giving me Crysis vibes.

You can bet I'll be first in line to give this map a go when you release it, cause its rubbing me all the right ways. 

Hello everyone. Long time lurker/player here.

I'm working on my first map and would like to have some feedback. I really like working on details and ruined looks. I am aiming to keep this map simple because it's my first one...

Using pd_200 by dumptruck_ds
Also much thanks to dumptruck_ds for his tutorial videos... really helped a lot.

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/omgyjyaswitch7_1.png

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/omgyjyaswitch7_2.png

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/omgyjyaswitch7_3.png

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/omgyjyaswitch7_4.png

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/omgyjyaswitch7_5.png

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/omgyjyaswitch7_6.png

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/omgyjyaswitch7_7.png

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/omgyjyaswitch7_8.png

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/omgyjyaswitch7_9.png

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/omgyjyaswitch7_10.png 

I love the design. It reminds me on oldschool Action-RPGs. Also the details and use of textures is very well done. 

... and yes oldschool action-rpg feeling crumbs are always with me anyways :) for the textures i am mixing knave, default pd_200 and quake_101 sets.

Details, cracks and randomizations are very time consuming but i like doing them tho they are making you forget about "gameplay" aspect which is i am constantly reminding myself.

I am also thinking that it is lacking "levels" like elevators or floors but yeah i will focus more on this on my next project. 

Just a little sandglass I made for Quake. 

Hi!

It took a while but progress goes on.
As has been disscused, nature textures are very tricky.
1. They look better before converted into the Quake palette.
2. Low-res or high-res?

I think I go the middleway.
High-res background to low-res models could look interesting.

Progress for now:
. terrain creation
. added trees, rocks and bushes
. added ground vegetation
. reworked some textures
. destructable buildingds and assets
. asset box for everybody to use

next steps:
. creating some more assets
. cleaning up and finishing this map
. creating a map as asset box
. creating up to three maps in jungle style

As said in the last step I'm working paralell on the first map.
My plan is to recreate what I call the holy trinity of action shooters of the 80's Platoon, Rambo F.B.Pt.II and Commando.

For now I can show you the presentation video of the "jungletestmap" and will come out as a mod where future maps will be added.

video:
https://youtu.be/sCz38TEmQAM

Pics:
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/gsh_adoria/jungle/jungle14.png
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/gsh_adoria/jungle/jungle15.png
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/gsh_adoria/jungle/jungle16.png
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/gsh_adoria/jungle/jungle17.png 

Presuming that's you, nice hourglass! I like how the sand suggests the outline of the glass you can't render in Quake. And if that wasn't enough, particle effects to boot... 

it is me Preach, forgot to log in.

Well, I made skyboxes as static entity that used 234 frames and they turned out well. So this time I thought to use the same qc for this sandbox. Then in game the animation starts on 88 and ends somewhere in 180. I don't know why. It are the same scripts, but somehow they turn out different.

sandbox

Check your email. 

The gif slows down, might be a bit to large.

party_zombie 

These are technically my first maps so they may not look great. I have been messing with trenchbroom on and off for the last year and with the 25th anniversary coming up I thought now is the best time. Im also using Progs_Dump btw
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/mememod1.png
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/mememod3.png
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/mememod2.png
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/mememod4.png
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/mememod5.png

Either later today or tomorrow i may release them. 

Congrats on your fist map. I'm sure you'll get some constructive criticism here once it's released. But at least you are taking the first steps. 

You're straight on grid with textremely and brush. I would concern to use more corner brushes to get rid of the blocky look. And use flat lights at the ceiling to avoid clipping cause. 

take a look at these for some inspiration and tips

https://archive.is/VP86K
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465241634683093023/558392454483542021/Lighting.jpg 

Where get the whole tutorial? 

was the source... and there was no "BSP builder" tutorial, just that image - maybe sock was working on a book or website... not sure what the status is. 

that book was unrealized. This man could tell a lot of interesting things. Should to give a credit to the testmaps sources it created. This is an invaluable help for young and experienced mappers. 

Seems to be this gem was lost in the time and buried by author. Perhaps it would be correct to post it to quaddicted?

Links by author:

https://i.imgur.com/GkR7bv5.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/7HWAVOu.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3c3lxpm34yta63a/mahoganyb1.zip?dl=0 

Hi guys, I've been trying to learn some level design with Quake. I've spent many many hours since February mapping, texturing, creating scenarios and trying other dumb experiments I had in mind. Most of those experiments are in a scraps folder, but because most of them will be useful for me in the future.

I've never had a closer experience with game development or level designing before, but here it is, my first attempt at a release-able map. It's mostly inspired on DM maps, and the idea behind the gameplay is to "emulate" CoD Zombies with a quick button hunt.

Here, have some screenies:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/464536104809398336/856938300422225930/spasm0002.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/464536104809398336/856938318578057226/spasm0003.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/464536104809398336/856938322773278770/spasm0004.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/464536104809398336/856938323704545310/spasm0005.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/464536104809398336/856938326371860500/spasm0000.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/464536104809398336/856938331883438110/spasm0001.png


Yes, art is not my forte and on the Quake Mapping discord I got some recommendations regarding texture selection. It looks a bit better now, I'd say.

So let me know what you think guys. This is not finished: any suggestion will be taken in consideration and any issues will be fixed asap.

Nacht Der Un-Quake-n 

Wow! This Poorchop map is pretty nice. I'll see if I can do that. :) 

Just want to share this cool looking robot Bal is making:

https://twitter.com/BafuBal/status/1386059635824734210

It's a replacement for the AD "hunter" robot (previously from Rubicon Rumble Pack), which originally used a model from Malice.