Eh-eh !! Nice starship screenshots !! It reminds me some seventies science fiction series ... cool ! 

Loading bay doors could easily go in the floor of the area where the crates are and you can turn the pipework into an overhead gantry for the lifting gear. Lots of industry now uses suction to move objects about, including large crates, so no worries about forklift trucks or pallets (I read this argument recently about crates being in places where crates shouldn't be and it just shows how inexperienced in life some people are - http://www.ergonomiclifting.com/ )

Also, for the textures, you could manipulate some of the standard textures a bit to give a throbbing effect - look at the 'slip' textures to see a throbbing red colour. I am not saying use it but it gives the idea.

Anyway, just an idea. 

Fairly nice shots

If at all possible, try curving the pipe instead of angling it. I think it would look better. 

These are really tough only because the pipes sections themselves are semi-circles. Even getting things connected as they were is a bit of a problem on an angle. Like I said, appears fine in editor, but cracks are visible in-game. Ever tried to do vertical pipes that curve? Tough huh? ;-)

I like your idea about lifting gear, Mike. 

Maybe try scaling that texture up even more on the back of the engines so that you just have a solid light blue glow instead of the lines. I would also recess that blue section into the engines slightly so that you can stick a really bright light inside the rim of the engine. Might make it look more convincing. 

Interesting idea and it's looking pretty good already. BTW, you need to fix the textures at the edges of the ship where the brown plates meet the techy stuff in an Unnaturally Abrupt Texture Join(tm) - a pet peeve of mine.

Anyway, keep it going.... 

Hangar:
http://www.phait-accompli.com/q/op/big.jpg 

 

Heh...
http://www.phait-accompli.com/q/op/big3.jpg bo0bs 

http://www.phait-accompli.com/q/op/s4_1.wmv 1.8 MB

I'm wondering if the light coming in from the sky might be too contrasting w/ the rest of the hangar or if it's alright. Of course, I'm still working on everything here, so there won't be a headless ship or a big gaping sky at one end. 

Very impressive... Concerning the sky, personnaly I would have used a "black with stars" texture box... Anyway, the hangar and the ship are really well made... It's a very good work... Just a question: is for a SP or DM map ?? 

maybe 3 to 4 maps, maybe 8 not sure at this point. 

It sounds to be a big project... Good luck so.. ;)
I hope to play the first maps soon.. and now go map ! :P 

It's gonna take awhile (I'm working on Father's Day stuff today first)... I'm releasing the soundtrack probably under Creative Commons or something. 

Yes, I think the light from the sky has too much contrast. I agree with JPLambert: a different sky texture would be better. If you choose one that's less bright, you can get away with having a lower light intensity from the sky.

Otherwise, it looks like the ship is well lit on the outside. 

I'll go with a grey or the purple sky maybe. I don't want to use the star sky since it's too dark, and the hangar isn't in space. 

What are the r_speeds in the hangar? 

It's not full-VIS'd yet, so it's like 2200. 

apparently, there's a not-so-subtle trend among mappers on this board...

http://www.qwplayers.org/inertia/saq.png 

http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51&start=455&sid=5e47c0b423318d75e0e29563bb30893e

Scroll to bottom of page to see neotic and scrotch's new impressive looking screenshots. 

regardless of the borked gamma, this has some kind of ut-ish solidness i quite like:
http://www.planetquake.com/bkp/neotic/i310.jpg

wonder what textures he's using 

And here we have the magic of not-yet-elaborate func_trains:

http://www.phait-accompli.com/q/op/s4_2.wmv 650kb

Unfortunately with lighting on, the trains are darker - when they should be lit :( 

remember that func_* models are always lit based on where you built it in the editor -- even if they travel around, they still are lit as if they stayed in that original spot. 

Nice ! 

Ok, so if I have a light near the train(s) it'll be lit no mater where it goes?