My very first ns map

Battousaix

<div class="IPBDescription">plz give me some criticism......</div>guys this is my first "map" for ns..... im just tryin to get some architecture and if some1 would give me some lightin tips, i would appreciate it....
also.... this has nothin to do with the topic, but i wanted to ask, wich was the ns irc channel and server........

Battousaix

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Battousaix

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Plaguebearer

You might want to change the 'face' of those bumps to another texture, like the one MET* support texture.  Would help break up the look of the wall, and being a vertical design, would add a feeling of height to the room.

Battousaix

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Battousaix

umm the problem is that the stripe doesnt fits with the width of the bump, and when i rezise it, the light doesnt fits there =/

Plaguebearer

So resize the texture, not the brush.  Are you using Quark or WC/VHE?

I know Quark can fit a texture to a face, can't WC?

BTW;  irc.gamesnet.net #naturalselection and #nsmapping

Battousaix

umm i use wc, dunno if u can rezise textures....... if u can, i didnt knew.....

Merkaba

Open up the texture application tool. (It's one of the main buttons, on the toolbar with zoom, select, etc.)

Also, read WC's help file.

Sgt_X

Yep, read as much as u can, try to find some mapping info sites.

ChromeAngel

I recommend adding some kind of supports or beams to the ceiling in the first picture, it looks too big to be un-supported.

If you add a darker texture to the sides of your columns/supports they will appear to stick out further and enhance the atmosphere you've got going there.

I've been making alot of use of WCs automatic alignment and scaling functions recently.  I hadn't touched them at all until I started mapping for NS.  The high standard here encourages me to keep learning and improving.