Mapping Inspiration Thread

schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
edited November 2009 in Mapping
<div class="IPBDescription">your fav sci themed areas - movies, concepts etc</div>I thought it might be a good idea to dedicated a thread to images which will inspire some excellent maps - Lets not have ns2 turn into another grey/silver hallway shooter :)

TAKE NOTE OF THE:

LIGHTING
SHADOWS
GEOMETRY
THE MOOD
THINK ABOUT AMBIENT SOUNDS IN THOSE ROOMS

If you are stuck getting an idea for a room or hallway, this will be the place to come to.



TRY AND POST THUMBNAILS IF POSSIBLE (sorry i fixed the ones I still could)

here are some obvious ones to start with:
<img src="http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6131/vlcsnap54136.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />
<img src="http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/7818/vlcsnap54461.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />
<img src="http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6209/vlcsnap54768.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />
<img src="http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8666/vlcsnap54817.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    edited November 2009
    removed giant pics
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  • vrexvrex Join Date: 2009-10-03 Member: 68931Members
    Event horizon would be perfect. The portal room can be alien and the other side of the ship human base and the corridor littered with flickering lights, extra pathways and vents.
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
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  • CoolCookieCooksCoolCookieCooks Pretty Girl Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16446Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    dude, less images and more <b>thought</b> needs going. Inspiration isnt just about hundreds of screencaps from the same film. Try writing some film names other than aliens (which you can see all over ns_bast) and possibly even a sentence about the images.
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  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    ok schkorpio, as others have stated, there is no need to post 5 minute intervals of entire movies. Please, pick and choose a few good settings from any movie you like and post those. I have removed mosty of the useless posts which even included duplicate images. Don't do it again.
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  • monopolowamonopolowa Join Date: 2004-05-23 Member: 28839Members
    edited November 2009
    edit: forum mods tidied up a bit, now we can begin

    <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30085884@N02/2818234900/sizes/l/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/2818234900_beb037b78d_t_d.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    I particularly like the vents extruding downward from the wall on the right side of the ramp

    <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30085884@N02/2817378609/sizes/l/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2817378609_976ff8816d_t_d.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>

    <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/conceptartportal/638517960/sizes/l/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1109/638517960_3dc533e42b_t_d.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    A simple hallway design, easy to replicate, with some interesting angles (anytime I map I desperately try to avoid square-looking rooms, this is a good example of what I'm trying to go for)

    <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/honus/1608292987/sizes/l/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2136/1608292987_2d1a1304f5_t_d.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    okay, I already modeled this one for kicks, but I may use a variant later on, there's ample space on the sides behind the concrete barriers for vent access and skulking.

    To prevent image spam, try and post thumbnails linked to larger images, like I did here
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  • RobBRobB ＴＵＢＥＳ ＯＦ ＴＨＥ ＩＮＴＥＲＷＥＢ Join Date: 2003-08-11 Member: 19423Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited November 2009
    Where's the effing alien eggroom with those retarded lasers in the fog? :]

    Or zion's (matrix) geothermal generator zone?
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    edited November 2009
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  • SpacerSpacer Invented dogs Join Date: 2003-05-02 Member: 16008Members
    No offence, but how about posting something that isn't from movies people've seen about 500 times already?
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    please go ahead and do that :)
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  • SpacerSpacer Invented dogs Join Date: 2003-05-02 Member: 16008Members
    Nah, I wouldn't wanna get in the way of any more pictures of Alien 3 you'd like to share with us all :)
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1741373:date=Nov 29 2009, 11:17 AM:name=Spacer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Spacer @ Nov 29 2009, 11:17 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741373"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Nah, I wouldn't wanna get in the way of any more pictures of Alien 3 you'd like to share with us all :)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    LOL, nah i'm not allowed to post anymore :)
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  • CanadianWolverineCanadianWolverine Join Date: 2003-02-07 Member: 13249Members
    Well, how about these as inspiration?

    - Babylon 5
    <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:FNny8GXNB7mFXM:http://www.frostjedi.com/vex/assets/images/b5map01b.jpg" target="_blank">http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:FNny8GX...es/b5map01b.jpg</a>

    - Firefly / Serenity
    <a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:43Ot2k8F17DXHM:http://www.average-bear.com/archive/wallpaper-firefly-montage.jpg" target="_blank">http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:43Ot2k8...fly-montage.jpg</a>

    - Cowboy Bebop
    <a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:g9orxpNkPw0FdM:http://joykim.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/bebopcap2.jpg" target="_blank">http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:g9orxpN...s/bebopcap2.jpg</a>

    - Battlestar Galactica
    <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:R1mi-1ohrvcQdM:http://www.battlestarprops.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cylon-interior-corridor-and-large-room-with-center-column-watermarked.jpg" target="_blank">http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:R1mi-1o...watermarked.jpg</a>

    - The Matrix Series
    <a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:EX74YV9xQP_3kM:http://greenash.net.au/sites/default/files/images/matrix_zion_dock.jpg" target="_blank">http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:EX74YV9...x_zion_dock.jpg</a>

    - Mine Shafts
    <a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:dSBnj1T40YWW0M:http://www.aaanetservices.com/MineShaft.JPG" target="_blank">http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:dSBnj1T...m/MineShaft.JPG</a>

    - Missile Silos
    <a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:kjHzem5GFG8aYM:http://www.titan2icbm.org/compx.jpg" target="_blank">http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:kjHzem5...m.org/compx.jpg</a>

    - Asteroid Bases
    <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8FRKZnmxiqZIJM:http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ucdTbi4IaEw/SLR6g4-QckI/AAAAAAAAAI4/qtRGH9jhbSE/s640/asteroid%2520star%2520base%2520concept%252002.jpg" target="_blank">http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8FRKZnm...cept%252002.jpg</a>

    - Space Stations
    <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8Ad6G11IJnnwLM:http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm44/ROSdesigns/spacestationinside.jpg" target="_blank">http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8Ad6G11...ationinside.jpg</a>

    - Sewers
    <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:5eh6KERQ75M1AM:http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/849239125_japanesesewer-4.jpg" target="_blank">http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:5eh6KER...nesesewer-4.jpg</a>

    Whatever happens to inspire someone to map, I hope it is something that feels lived in by humans or desirable for colonization by the kharaa, something with purpose, something like a urban warzone where you feel like you are fighting for your home stead and vital life giving resources no matter which side you are on. If it is a lifeless box without purpose for the civilians and their families or infection equivalent ecosystem, I would rather do without that as a place to game.
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    these are all from the mirrors edge subway level

    <a href="http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/949455/jolie_molie/4_033.jpg" target="_blank">http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/949455/j...molie/4_033.jpg</a>
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    <a href="http://media.crispygamer.com/screenshot/Title452/subway_kick-640x.jpg" target="_blank">http://media.crispygamer.com/screenshot/Ti...y_kick-640x.jpg</a>
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  • FortuneFortune Join Date: 2009-04-27 Member: 67290Members, Constellation
    Remember guys, outdoor areas are going to be a headache to do, you'll have to block off every place the Skulk could get to. I'm sure we'll get blocking volumes, but try to think of reasonable ways to block Skulks going up that building any higher or climbing over a barricade - invisible walls are really silly feeling when there's no visible reason for them to the player.
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  • CanadianWolverineCanadianWolverine Join Date: 2003-02-07 Member: 13249Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1741410:date=Nov 29 2009, 03:19 AM:name=Fortune)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Fortune @ Nov 29 2009, 03:19 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741410"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Remember guys, outdoor areas are going to be a headache to do, you'll have to block off every place the Skulk could get to. I'm sure we'll get blocking volumes, but try to think of reasonable ways to block Skulks going up that building any higher or climbing over a barricade - invisible walls are really silly feeling when there's no visible reason for them to the player.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    When I think of outdoor areas and not wanting to hit invisible walls, I think of biodomes. Really, make it feel like you are outside with some of the rock, then stick a space grade nanite built and maintained glass roof over it, sky box the desired hostile atmosphere or lack of it and bingo, outdoors but not. Its all just space stations after all but you can give the illusion there is a inside and outside. Unless I am missing something.
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  • ghost in the shellghost in the shell Join Date: 2008-09-28 Member: 65094Members
    Anyone watch much Dr Who?
    some great lighting
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHtWw-QLJUY&feature=PlayList&p=C50B4C55CD2D6936&index=3" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHtWw-QLJUY...936&index=3</a>
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  • -Diesel--Diesel- Join Date: 2009-09-13 Member: 68769Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1741404:date=Nov 29 2009, 02:36 AM:name=CanadianWolverine)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CanadianWolverine @ Nov 29 2009, 02:36 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741404"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Well, how about these as inspiration?

    - Babylon 5
    <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:FNny8GXNB7mFXM:http://www.frostjedi.com/vex/assets/images/b5map01b.jpg" target="_blank">http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:FNny8GX...es/b5map01b.jpg</a>

    - Firefly / Serenity
    <a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:43Ot2k8F17DXHM:http://www.average-bear.com/archive/wallpaper-firefly-montage.jpg" target="_blank">http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:43Ot2k8...fly-montage.jpg</a>

    - Cowboy Bebop
    <a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:g9orxpNkPw0FdM:http://joykim.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/bebopcap2.jpg" target="_blank">http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:g9orxpN...s/bebopcap2.jpg</a>

    - Battlestar Galactica
    <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:R1mi-1ohrvcQdM:http://www.battlestarprops.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cylon-interior-corridor-and-large-room-with-center-column-watermarked.jpg" target="_blank">http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:R1mi-1o...watermarked.jpg</a>

    - The Matrix Series
    <a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:EX74YV9xQP_3kM:http://greenash.net.au/sites/default/files/images/matrix_zion_dock.jpg" target="_blank">http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:EX74YV9...x_zion_dock.jpg</a>

    - Mine Shafts
    <a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:dSBnj1T40YWW0M:http://www.aaanetservices.com/MineShaft.JPG" target="_blank">http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:dSBnj1T...m/MineShaft.JPG</a>

    - Missile Silos
    <a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:kjHzem5GFG8aYM:http://www.titan2icbm.org/compx.jpg" target="_blank">http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:kjHzem5...m.org/compx.jpg</a>

    - Asteroid Bases
    <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8FRKZnmxiqZIJM:http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ucdTbi4IaEw/SLR6g4-QckI/AAAAAAAAAI4/qtRGH9jhbSE/s640/asteroid%2520star%2520base%2520concept%252002.jpg" target="_blank">http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8FRKZnm...cept%252002.jpg</a>

    - Space Stations
    <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8Ad6G11IJnnwLM:http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm44/ROSdesigns/spacestationinside.jpg" target="_blank">http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8Ad6G11...ationinside.jpg</a>

    - Sewers
    <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:5eh6KERQ75M1AM:http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/849239125_japanesesewer-4.jpg" target="_blank">http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:5eh6KER...nesesewer-4.jpg</a>

    Whatever happens to inspire someone to map, I hope it is something that feels lived in by humans or desirable for colonization by the kharaa, something with purpose, something like a urban warzone where you feel like you are fighting for your home stead and vital life giving resources no matter which side you are on. If it is a lifeless box without purpose for the civilians and their families or infection equivalent ecosystem, I would rather do without that as a place to game.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Those pictures are too big, should of made them smaller.
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  • trinity.nstrinity.ns Join Date: 2008-12-07 Member: 65688Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1741536:date=Nov 29 2009, 08:51 PM:name=-Diesel-)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(-Diesel- @ Nov 29 2009, 08:51 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741536"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Those pictures are too big, should of made them smaller.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    remove the first part of the link and you get the big version. not that it would matter :D
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  • neftalyneftaly Join Date: 2006-11-17 Member: 58645Members
    I would be awesome to see an attempt at something from the first Starship Troopers movie - an above-ground firebase with a hidden tunnel (perhaps inside a canyon, to go easy on the engine).
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  • ctdctd Join Date: 2009-06-01 Member: 67611Members
    edited November 2009
    I reckon it would be cool to do a Starship Troopers themed map. I know most of the battles in that movie were in out-door epic budget movie sets but a few things happen in mineshaft looking areas and on ground battle stations.

    I'm not creative at all but you could probably run with the theme of the movie and include some cool propaganda type things :)

    Edit: OMG Beaten! Oh well I'll leave my post here.
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  • StixNStonzStixNStonz Join Date: 2006-11-06 Member: 58439Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    You guys really need to check your links in Preview when you're posting. Readers don't want to figure out how to manually find the proper large version.

    Hehe, I bought Dead Space with the awesome steam 1-day deal for $15 the other day, solely to run around it taking screencaps. Everything about that game's visuals is phenomenal. I already beat it on Hard on 360 awhile back, so this is purely for inspiration. BTW, it's an amazing playthrough, and if you play on Hard it's like a true survival horror (apparently it loses a lot of that on normal difficulty).
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  • DaxxDaxx Join Date: 2002-04-16 Member: 460Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    6 billion screenshots from the Alien series is cool, but I'm pretty sure that most of us already own those movies at the least ;)


    My suggestion is to look at reality/proposed reality, and build up from there:

    <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2862979270_5fcbe21fee_o.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://www2.cnrs.fr/sites/en/image/columbus_cuta_2007_hd.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://www.dyarstraights.com/msgundam/STANFORD.GIF" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://www.dyarstraights.com/msgundam/BERNALX1.JPG" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://asuwlink.uwyo.edu/~jimkirk/missile/titancomplex-painting-sm.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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  • monopolowamonopolowa Join Date: 2004-05-23 Member: 28839Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1741718:date=Nov 30 2009, 09:37 AM:name=Daxx)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Daxx @ Nov 30 2009, 09:37 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741718"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->6 billion screenshots from the Alien series is cool, but I'm pretty sure that most of us already own those movies at the least ;)
    My suggestion is to look at reality/proposed reality, and build up from there:<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Those pics you posted seem like they'd be more useful in terms of map layout (and they would have terrible gameplay as-is). We need pics that show good architecture, lighting, etc. that can be used to create atmosphere
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  • DaxxDaxx Join Date: 2002-04-16 Member: 460Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1741720:date=Nov 30 2009, 10:41 AM:name=monopolowa)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(monopolowa @ Nov 30 2009, 10:41 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741720"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Those pics you posted seem like they'd be more useful in terms of map layout (and they would have terrible gameplay as-is). We need pics that show good architecture, lighting, etc. that can be used to create atmosphere<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    This is the <b>mapping</b> inspiration thread, is it not? ;)
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  • monopolowamonopolowa Join Date: 2004-05-23 Member: 28839Members
    you misunderstood my post...the point of this thread is to inspire architecture and lighting for individual rooms, not to tell you how to lay out your map. Those pics don't give a good view of a room's architecture, and the layout would be terrible for gameplay anyway; there are no alternate routes to take at all. It would be much more useful IMO to post something closer to what we would actually want to make.
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  • botelhoruibotelhorui Join Date: 2006-11-02 Member: 58192Members
    you must see pandorum movie its really good, has a lot of room, and interior invironments

    CHOSE THE 1080p quality:

    <a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/pandorum/" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/pandorum/</a>
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  • NortonNorton Join Date: 2005-01-13 Member: 35264Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1741726:date=Nov 30 2009, 11:19 AM:name=monopolowa)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(monopolowa @ Nov 30 2009, 11:19 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741726"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->you misunderstood my post...the point of this thread is to inspire architecture and lighting for individual rooms, not to tell you how to lay out your map. Those pics don't give a good view of a room's architecture, and the layout would be terrible for gameplay anyway; there are no alternate routes to take at all. It would be much more useful IMO to post something closer to what we would actually want to make.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    If you are looking to just copy something, you are probably right. I just think it's not fair or useful to tell someone their inspirations aren't actually inspiring. For you they may not spark any ideas, but that isn't really the fault of the images. Artists and designers often find inspiration in just random things from nature like plants and animals that really don't have much to do with architecture. If you don't find the images in this thread inspiring, combat that with sweet pictures of your own. No need to tell people their posting isn't helping you, because your post telling them that definitely doesn't inspire anyone.

    I don't have many good pictures myself, I just thought Daxx had a good idea with his pictures. Reality is where all the ideas for fiction come from. But to not make this a completely derailed post, here are a few of the random pictures I find inspiring. (even though they aren't pictures of space stations)

    <a href="http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/?action=view&current=1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/th_1.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    <a href="http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/?action=view&current=korea18.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/th_korea18.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    Infestation inspiration? ^_^ over run amusement park in Korea. There are more pictures to the set of course.
    <a href="http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/?action=view&current=catwalk.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/th_catwalk.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    <a href="http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/?action=view&current=knuttz_ueba_35_mozda_zatvor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/th_knuttz_ueba_35_mozda_zatvor.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    <a href="http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/?action=view&current=Ciutat.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/th_Ciutat.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
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