Kouji_SanSr. Hινε UÏкεεÏεг - EUPT DeputyThe NetherlandsJoin Date: 2003-05-13Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
edited June 2011
I've recently been playing trough <!--coloro:#FF8C00--><span style="color:#FF8C00"><!--/coloro-->Doom 3<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> once more OpenCoop! And the amount of detail and general sci-fy feel you get from that game is perfect for NS2. The clutter left behind by the people working and living in these buildings just makes the entire game feel lived in, so to speak!
Another point to note is perhaps the interior design for <!--coloro:#FF8C00--><span style="color:#FF8C00"><!--/coloro-->Fallout 3<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->, while not that sci-if-ish it still has a good atmosphere and also that lived in feel...
<!--quoteo(post=1850583:date=Jun 7 2011, 11:09 PM:name=Kouji_San)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kouji_San @ Jun 7 2011, 11:09 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1850583"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I've recently been playing trough <!--coloro:#FF8C00--><span style="color:#FF8C00"><!--/coloro-->Doom 3<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> once more OpenCoop! And the amount of detail and general sci-fy feel you get from that game is perfect for NS2. The clutter left behind by the people working and living in these buildings just makes the entire game feel lived in, so to speak!
Another point to note is perhaps the interior design for <!--coloro:#FF8C00--><span style="color:#FF8C00"><!--/coloro-->Fallout 3<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->, while not that sci-if-ish it still has a good atmosphere and also that lived in feel...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I completely agree about Doom 3, if there's one game that's influenced me the most it would have to be that game, the lighting, the architecture, the atmosphere.. I could go on and on shouting doom 3's praises. I would play through the game, stopping for 20 mins at a time to just admire an area while taking screenshots, it used to drive my girlfriend crazy with me constantly stopping and destroying whatever immersion had been built up. Also Quake 4 is a great game for inspiration, large sections of the indoor environments have an industrial look to them, considering a lot of people are going that route when constructing maps, currently, I figure that would be a great place to look if one is stuck for ideas. Another game that I found was great for inspiration, strangely enough, was FarCry the orignal one, if your building a map based around the 'clean lab' look then towards the end of the game there are areas that look fantastic and could kick start your muse.
I think a good mix is to take ideas from Starcaft, Warhammer40k, Doom3 ! and Quake4, Terminator, Starship Troopers and a little bit of starwars as well as star trek. and then get your own style to it :).
You need to decide where the map is happening, is it jungle ? an ice world, under water (would be sooo cool), desert, rocky, city or a mix of some of them :).
side note: I love all the pics that have been send on this site :). I will use some of them for my map :) as an ispiration. Thank you all.
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Another point to note is perhaps the interior design for <!--coloro:#FF8C00--><span style="color:#FF8C00"><!--/coloro-->Fallout 3<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->, while not that sci-if-ish it still has a good atmosphere and also that lived in feel...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I completely agree about Doom 3, if there's one game that's influenced me the most it would have to be that game, the lighting, the architecture, the atmosphere.. I could go on and on shouting doom 3's praises. I would play through the game, stopping for 20 mins at a time to just admire an area while taking screenshots, it used to drive my girlfriend crazy with me constantly stopping and destroying whatever immersion had been built up.
Also Quake 4 is a great game for inspiration, large sections of the indoor environments have an industrial look to them, considering a lot of people are going that route when constructing maps, currently, I figure that would be a great place to look if one is stuck for ideas.
Another game that I found was great for inspiration, strangely enough, was FarCry the orignal one, if your building a map based around the 'clean lab' look then towards the end of the game there are areas that look fantastic and could kick start your muse.
You need to decide where the map is happening, is it jungle ? an ice world, under water (would be sooo cool), desert, rocky, city or a mix of some of them :).
side note:
I love all the pics that have been send on this site :). I will use some of them for my map :) as an ispiration.
Thank you all.