My first map...

[Rico]

Hey fellas... I'm not really a mapper, I'm more of a coder and an animator but since neither of those things are editable at the moment with the current SDK release I thought I'd try my hand out at mapping a bit.

The map is still in it's basic stages, so basic I only really have 2 rooms made

It probably won't be a CS:S map, it will be something for either a SP mod I plan to expand to the Source engine or for another kind of horror mod.

Anyways, just posting to share a bit of my work, I noticed nobody has really posted images of their maps since the SDK came out so I decided to just go ahead and spice things up :cheers:

http://img114.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img114&image=testmap.jpg

 

[Bigcheese]

nice, i think your scail is a bit off tho, needs to be smaller.

 

[Bumpysbro]

looks good for your first time...just get down the basics with like terrain and dynamic lighting and phys...and ya your texture size should be for x/y both .25

 

[GWalker]

How did you do the lighting? I get very light rooms, but I have no light sources.

 

[James Isaac]

How did you do the lighting? I get very light rooms, but I have no light sources.

Make sure you run vis and rad when you compile it, and that you have atleast one light source.

 

[GWalker]

Make sure you run vis and rad when you compile it, and that you have atleast one light source.

Thanks :cheers:

 

[Rico]

Hey guys... small update, been working on getting my rooms detailed and better as well as improving the lighting. I also figured out how to apply textures so that they fit exactly how I want them to no matter how large the room!

I think you guys will like the result of my last day's work... bear in mind this is my 1st map ever

http://img19.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img19&image=buildinglobby.jpg
http://img19.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img19&image=building0023.jpg
http://img19.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img19&image=building0024.jpg
http://img19.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img19&image=building0025.jpg
http://img19.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img19&image=building0026.jpg
http://img19.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img19&image=building0027.jpg

I'll post some pictures of the rest of the map as it reaches a point where I think it looks decent

 

[Asuka]

Nice idea. Not bad.

 

[TinyKilbasa]

Very nice..Its still a little dark though. Maybe some lights in the fountain pointing upward towards the statue in the center? Is that possible w/out loosing too much framerate? Im not a mapper, Im just going by what I think would look nice...

 

[Sub_Lon]

I like that room a lot. A light in the fountain would help it out a lot tho, it is kind of dark. I'm currently trying to build my house in the SDK, but I can't even get the grid/units figured out yet.

<hijack>Could you point me in the direction of some good tuts for this new hammer?</hijack>

Still it's a very nice room, I hope I can build something that cool. Post some updates

 

[Beckett]

<hijack>Could you point me in the direction of some good tuts for this new hammer

Here's the official documentation for Hammer 4 that's been released so far:

http://www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/