Look jimmy, its ns_caged!

manah · April 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">Jimmy is a good boy</div>Some screens:

<img src="http://www.planethalflife.com/manah/maps/ns_caged/set01/misc09.jpg" border="0">

<img src="http://www.planethalflife.com/manah/maps/ns_caged/set01/misc07.jpg" border="0">

<img src="http://www.planethalflife.com/manah/maps/ns_caged/set01/misc08.jpg" border="0">

<img src="http://www.planethalflife.com/manah/maps/ns_caged/set01/misc10.jpg" border="0">

<img src="http://www.planethalflife.com/manah/maps/ns_caged/set01/misc11.jpg" border="0">

Love/hate/abstain/prefer cod?

Yamazaki · April 2002

Manah, nice shots... but... I can't stand that HL octagonal light texture you're using. I will gladly make you a light texture to replace it, just so I don't have to look at it ever again! <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Rob · April 2002

I love that hallway in the first pic, man.

Killtoy · April 2002

Impressive!

This is one of those cases where the shots look so good, any idea I have would probably make them worse, not better.

On the right side of the first shot... you have some pipes passing behind a tan brush, and you can partially see them through the brush. Was that intential?

manah · April 2002

<b>*Gets driven into a frenzy by the smell of the offer of new textures*</b>

GIMME GIMME GIMME!!

Please <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

Greedo · April 2002

I don't know what to say. These shots all look great. I do think that you should definitely find some new texture, because that one is just farr to contrasting as far as texture quality. If that even made any sense.

I really would like to see some particle systems. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> The vents in pic 3 and the broken pipe in the last two pics would be perfect places for some kind of particle system.

pielemuis · April 2002

I agree with Greedo,get another texture for those lights, also they don't seem to give off any light. other than that it looks really great, love those pipes.

manah · April 2002

Thanks all.

Killtoy: It does actually look as though you can see through those pipes but it’s just where the face has been split ... still I hadn't noticed and I'll fix that.

The light texture will be nice soon due to the majesty of Yamazaki.

And I am going to add some particle systems soon, esp. in the area of the last two pics (which is also going to get a lick of infestation <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> ).

Flayra · April 2002

Wow, nice work Manah. I really love this.

I'll have to see it in game, but I wonder if this is just a tad dark? Definitely send me a .bsp when you can, I could give more crits that way.

Black_Dog · April 2002

I like the architecture very much...but i dunno,there's something wrong...maybe the textures...weren't u using totally custom textures?

manah · April 2002

I am using a lot of custom textures particularly for the cleaner, more commonly used/inhabited areas but for this section some slightly modified and vanilla NS textures do fine <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

And Flayra, I sent you a little something ...

realityisdead · April 2002

Shots are awesome, manah.

Especially that first one... it's just so creepy and/or freaky feeling.

Oh, and I'm really diggin your angled spot lights there on those last shots. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Cremator · April 2002

wow. great design. real nice lighing. very impressive

Black_Wolf · April 2002

yeah, looking good manah

no criticism other than that half-life light texture, i swear its the devil.

coil · April 2002

I like the broken door!!! (:

Monkey_Lib_Front · May 2002

im new around here and the more i look at the maps the more im loving this mod, great work, just wondering for this map was u inspired by AVP?

Shuvit_Viper · May 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Natural-Selection FAQ @ allmighty answering)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">
This game looks like a clone of that awesome movie, Aliens. It also looks a lot like the game Aliens vs. Predator.
That's not a question.

Some folks think we are copying the movie called Aliens. I think the dev team would be lying if any of them said that they didn't like the movie, or that it didn't influence them in any way. Aliens was perhaps the most influential sci-fi movie ever made. Like a lot of people our age, we're huge Aliens fans. We've been inspired by the movie's visuals and drama, but Natural Selection has nothing to do with those aliens, Vasquez, or LV-426. Our aliens don't look at all like the ones in Aliens, they don't have acid for blood, etc. Natural Selection fits into the "aliens vs. humans" genre as does Event Horizon and Starcraft. We chose to use familiar subject matter then innovate in the gameplay. The fact that the setting is familiar to people increases the appeal and means more people to play with!

For some reason, a lot of comparisons are made to the excellent Aliens vs. Predator, even though that was primarily a scary single-player first-person-shooter and we're a multiplayer-only first-person strategy game. You can play as an alien, but that's where the similarities with AvP end.
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Monkey_Lib_Front · May 2002

Yes i have read that i was just asking him personally because i certainly remember a level like it, is that ok or do i need your permission?

Shuvit_Viper · May 2002

sorry, i was not trying to offend you or anything. Just helping the noobie <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> i think its a good thing you read it.

but, as it says </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (FAQ @ allmighty thingie)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I think the dev team would be lying if any of them said that they didn't like the movie,or that it didn't influence them in any way.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

if you want to ask flay personally you can always pm him...

and btw, you do need my permission <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

Monkey_Lib_Front · May 2002

im certainly a newbie to the forum but not the site, well i thought i would not bother him with a pm i just thought i could simply add it to the end of my post.

Moleculor · May 2002

You'd have to ask the actual mappers for where they got their inspiration. Flayra isn't designing any maps (that I know of).

manah · May 2002

Yes, AvP originally inspired the map very much but since then the map has gone through a lot of changes and refinements (texturally and architecturally).

I want it to resemble the atmosphere and perhaps evoke imagery of AvP and the Alien ‘universe’ but be distinct enough that you can easily say <b>“Hey isn’t that manah’s NS map!”</b>

<img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

Monkey_Lib_Front · May 2002

k thx, i did not wanna pm u about it cause that would just be a waste of your time.

Look jimmy, its ns_caged!

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