My City Map - (only working on this one now) ..

[coheed82]

ok, it's 2:42am acording to my time, the third night ive stayed up til way past this so ill make a short introduction and be heading to bed.
this map has a full story behind it that ive fine tuned including a good sketch of the level.  And ive gathered alot of tips and do's & dont's from you guys so i appreciate that, ive listened and can see where ive gone wrong, especially cramming in too much in a room, or using every trick in the book within the first two rooms etc ...

ill showcase a few shots just to gather support, as im abit on a downer after wasting the past few months on no good maps.
Although it has taught me vital things..

i have alot of time on my hands for doing this, so i'll get back into build tomorrow. thanks for all your help guys.   

[Forge]

1st shot looks weird. The sinks are lit up, but the lights are off.

You could make the walls between the stalls a different texture than the rest of the room and shade them to help add depth.

The exit doorway looks weird. The opening shouldn't go all the way from floor to ceiling.

Just suggestions. Other than that, the room looks decent enough.

[Puritan]

The main lights in the ceiling:

Press "F" to flip the texture more properly.
You also might want to press "E" in order to choose between different sizes of the same texture...
I'll bet a smaller version of your chosen texture would look sweeter.

[Gambini]

It is getting better from your other ´more messy´ projects. Why don´t you just create a thread named "all my projects" like MRCK does, and insert all your maps there?

[coheed82]

thanks gambini, that would probably save space
Thank you puritan, ill work on that as soon as i have a coffee...  i go through so much these days.

and thanks forge, i didnt get around to everything last night, yeah ill darken the sinks and look at the textures, where it says 'exit' thats actually just' in front of the door by a hairs width, i havent put an actual door behind it yet

uuurrgghhhh Hurry up June 10!!!

[Henri K]

Well, I have to admit, it´s getting better. Keep it going! 

[coheed82]

Heya Henri k,  thanks man   

Another coffee and another go at mapster, i'll be back

[coheed82]

Ok, anyone been waiting on me here?
well ive been working on this again since midday yesterday..  i wish you could post more than 3 shots per post, coz i have 10 shots im about to put up here...   it's taking awhile and afew coffee's but ive nailed down the lighting.. and the textures / textures placements..
i'm hell bent on getting this one just right, so these new shots should show that..
comments welcome by all

Please look also under the GENERAL CHIT-CHAT, and look at 'my artwork etc' and comment on that also (either here or there)
the guys who've payed attention to the DNF trailers will notice a thing or two in these screenshots below.....  hehehe.

[coheed82]

the next shots..

[coheed82]

more..

[coheed82]

ok, last shot for now.
what do you think now??

[Forge]

As I said before; the tall door going from floor to ceiling just looks odd. You're not showing much beyond the bathroom shots so I can't say what setting they're in, but maybe find a different texture for the hallway that matches the floor in that area.

Other than that, they look pretty good.

[coheed82]

Heya Forge, your right, ill have to make the main door there more realistic ill get to that soon, the Setting is my city of adelaide, but ya start here and work your way out into the city... theres an jaw dropping surprise waiting outside the buidling but i wont be giving 'that' away yet hahahahahahahahahahaha ..

Check this new shot..   I finally got my HIGH RES PACK working!!  awesome, now this map will really kick ass

[The Commander]

I finally got my HIGH RES PACK working!!  awesome, now this map will really kick ass

You will find that about 80% of the people around these forums hate the HRP.
Keep that in mind when designing the map.

[coheed82]

Some more shots of my build.
been busy, so havent been here much recently, truth be told theres a bigger audience over at duke4.
but ill still update here.