Elysium
Killtoy
Join Date: 2002-03-28 Member: 358Members
Join Date: 2002-03-28 Member: 358Members
<div class="IPBDescription">"the mainframe"</div>Preleminary shots of the first hive area. Infestation will come later. Particle systems simulating CO2 coolant fog will also add to the atmosphere.
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The atmosphere is really great already, I can't wait to see this with particle systems in place. I can't really get a sense of scale from these pics though, and it seems a bit cramped.
and not at all cramped look at the top picture u can see on the right that it expands to a larger area
Low ceilings are good for aliens? Ok, if that's not a concern, then I like. Also, is the ceiling tall enough for a hive?
Looks nice! My only comment would be more detail on the thing in the middle there... it's the focus of the room, but right now it's big, blocky brushes and uninspired textures. Make it more interesting, and the room will be perfect.
Will a hive fit? Almost certainly. I'm not sure how to get hives to spawn in NSTR2, so I can't say this as a matter of fact, however, the entity box is the size of a hive and fits in it's nook snugly. (Not pictured is the actual place of the hive, which does have the roof broken away showing pipes and junk as well as provides the hive with the additional 32 units of clearance.)
Yes, a bold marine could destroy the hive with his knife. I'm okay with this. His job will be hard enough just getting there.
Oh, and the mainframe resting in the middle. I'm pleased with that. Down the road I may add some pipes and hoses to the scene, but they are not needed. It fits the look I was going for very well. It is, after all, nothing more than a very large CPU. Such extreme computing power is needed for facilities such as Elysium. The effect should be just right with some heavy fog that drops from the vent above and "bubbles" down the sides of the CPU to rest in the recessed level below the catwalk.
The main thing I'm still not totally sold on here is the lighting. Please tell me what you think... more? less? spotlights? different color?
i assume your talking about the entity box for the hive. trust me, the actual hive is a lot bigger then it's entity box
/me looks through mapping guidelines
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My bad. I did the stupid thing and instead of looking it up I asked one of the more experienced mappers who was in IRC with me. His answer was BS. I got played. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':angry:'><!--endemo-->
Oh well, everybody gets their one chace to be trusted with me. I'm always disappointed when someone burns it, but hey, I'd be a fool to think the whole world is honest.
Anyways, I did fix the height. I'm looking into if the new arrangement works. I'll post here if I end up having to do something drastic to the room.
Thanks for your input guys. I was ready to ignore the non-spawning hive and move on to adjacent rooms. Then I <i>would</i> have ###### some #### up. Your determined remarks about the height problem saved me a lot of work. Again, thank you.
Now I'm really ready to chalk up my first-ever hive as functionally done. I'll see about getting later updates posted over at the Hive, but I'll be sure to put links over here for ya.
I suppose that, before you get too mad, you should consider that this guy possibly also didn't really know how it worked, but kind of thought he did. Perhaps he was also misinformed.
Anyways, I would like to say that I liked how the room looked in those first screenshots. It's a shame that you'll have to be redesigning this room, but I have a feeling that it'll still contain the same general feel to it as it did before.
If you want all the hives to spawn, just put in an info_gameplay and set the initial alien hives value to however many hives you have. And if that doesn't work, just set the alien hive interval value to 1 second.
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Can't wait to see it dimly lit with a greenish light and infestation all over.
--Scythe--
<a href="mailto:the_only_scythe@subdimension.com">the_only_scythe@subdimension.com</a>
Thanks for your comments and help. I'm moving on, and you'll be sure to see more over at the <a href="http://hive.readyroom.org" target="_blank">Hive</a> as the map continues.
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