https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEN5-_93gQg 

Keep it up Warren. 

You need it to have that greasy, sweaty tarnish that collected on the plastics of the era. On the keyboard in the centre of the keys and across the surface of the floppy.

The ring stains from the can are good, but maybe another on the surface of the desk where a too-hot coffee cup burned the Formica.

Extra points if you can knock a lump out of the corner of the desk to reveal the crumbling chipboard inside. 

The cans look too small in their proportions - the rim should be a bit deeper, the hole a little wider (wheres the ring pull!?) and they also seem to have something off with their scale in relation to the rest of the scene, but I can't put my finger on it. 

Ijed needs the deeper rim and the wider hole for sure. 

Don't cut your tongue on the hole. 

Hey there. I found something while remaking e3m2:

http://imgur.com/qisG5SH

these initials i found inside a brush, they dont show up in the bsp. Anybody knows who is adressed? 

That's great.

Did you happen across it, or were you looking? 

hehe 

just stumbled upon. Maybe its American McGees girl back then, who knows? 

I found those once as well - inside the Zombie Vault. 

 

It means Southwest. It's one of those old 'map' things, such as putting dragons off in the void, and doing projections that make the player start area seem larger and more important than the rest of the level. 

never 'eard of any of those things. 

Is this happening? I got my workflow set up and everything last weekend :( 

"It means Southwest. It's one of those old 'map' things, such as putting dragons off in the void, and doing projections that make the player start area seem larger and more important than the rest of the level."

Can you explain further? I don't get it. What does it do? 

It lets you know that that side of the map is pointing toward the southwest. 

I feel like I'm being trolled. That's ridiculous. 

also, what do you mean by dragons in the void and projections and whatnot?

i feel like i've missed out on an important part of mapping history 

Maybe it means Sleepwalkr... what if he's time travelling? 

It's well known that mappers would often, due to cultural bias of where their spawnpoint is, make North America and Europe appear larger and more centered in their map, as well as mark unknown sections in the void with 'Here be Dragons'. Marking SW for Southwest is just helpful orientation for the viewer of the map. 

 

 

 

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