co_valhalla

Ouroboros

<div class="IPBDescription">on hiatus for nearly half a year</div>Hello there. It's been almost half a year since my interest in NS (and NS mapping) died, and I've always had this incomplete combat map lying around, waiting to be finished (stuck at about 80% completion I would say). Now I'm wondering if I should just go ahead and finish this...

A bit of background: It's an abandoned colony on a remote frozen planet. Aliens came by way of infested cargo, and systematically slaughter all the colonists. Since the colony has a substantial dollar value attached to it, marines are sent in to reclaim the colony. After months of fighting, the aliens are pushed back to their central hive in the colony's reactor core. The marines, running low on manpower, are preparing to make the final push to eradicate the last of the Kharaa infestation. This map is a small combat map, with narrow corridors, tight turns, and numerous ducts.

Feedback would be appreciated <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

BTW, if anyone is interested, I might give the original VHE file for someone else to finish....I don't want to see this go to waste >_>

<img src="http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n220/Raikiri_ThunderBreak/co_valhalla/corehive0011.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

<img src="http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n220/Raikiri_ThunderBreak/co_valhalla/corehive0012.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

<img src="http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n220/Raikiri_ThunderBreak/co_valhalla/corehive0007.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

<img src="http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n220/Raikiri_ThunderBreak/co_valhalla/corehive0009.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

<img src="http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n220/Raikiri_ThunderBreak/co_valhalla/corehive0017.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

<img src="http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n220/Raikiri_ThunderBreak/co_valhalla/corehive0003.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

schkorpio

wow some awesome brush work <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" /> if its 80% done surely it would only take a few weeks to finish it ? I love it when people bumpmap the walls by cutting out and pronoucing the textures like that

AlphaOmega1

Great work Ouroboros, the atmosphere this map has seems excellent. can't wait to see the final product.

Moconnor

Nice work, I like how you used the textures.
My only gripe with the map is the lack of distinct contrasting light. In most
shots the areas are dominated by one colour. Its making things look
very bland.

sargey

Looks awesome, I hope someone will finish it. So I can get it on one of the custom servers. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />

Ouroboros

Thanks for the feedback <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />

The only thing left to do is to finish MS, but it's tougher than I thought...I still don't have a good idea as to what it would look like. After doing MS, all that'll be left is some touch-up like connecting vents and optimization.

Yeah.....about the lighting. I do admit that it does look rather bland, but I won't do any drastic changes to the lighting until the map is complete.

Speaking of blandness, my hive site does look rather bland now that I look it:

<img src="http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n220/Raikiri_ThunderBreak/co_valhalla/corehive0010.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

I'll probably renovate it =/

Droggog

<!--quoteo(post=1641130:date=Jul 29 2007, 02:09 AM:name=Ouroboros)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ouroboros @ Jul 29 2007, 02:09 AM) [snapback]1641130[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><snap>I don't want to see this go to waste >_> </snap><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Would be a waste indeed, i like your brushwork. Is there a readyroom already? If so just stick a MS in there, tweak the lighting a bit, and you have a winner if the layout is okay (any pic of the layout btw? Just to have an idea).

carioca

remind me the core combat map with yellgrey textures.
is a nice map keep the good work.