[New Map!] DM-DarkMansion

Daedalus · Nov 26, 2003

I created this map for my girlfriend actually

She told me that she wanted us to play UT like we did when we were first together and asked me to make a few maps, this is one of them, a smallish, gothic styled map.

Click Here for Dark Mansion

feedback, as always, is welcome, as long as it's useful.

hyrulian · Nov 26, 2003

Ooh a map to try...I'll try it out next time I open UT, which will likely be in 30 minutes

Zur · Nov 27, 2003

I'll test this map and post about it on the Gamerz.be forums

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B · Nov 28, 2003

Where are the screenshots?!

Daedalus · Nov 28, 2003

you people and your damn requests

Erika · Nov 28, 2003

Is this the war of the quadrilaterals versus triangles?

j/k

Looks pretty good, although the shots you took didn't really capture some parts.

The map itself is pretty awesome, you should submit it to nalicity.

hyrulian · Nov 28, 2003

It's a nice small map, maybe good for 8 or less players.

Daedalus · Nov 29, 2003

I'm really glad that everyone seems to be enjoying it. I already started a new map actually, more of an urban type though.

There are a few bugs in Dark Mansion however:
1. 2 sconces are missing in the 2nd level
2. weird-ass lighting going on by one of the flights of stairs to the tope
3. the arches to the basement are sometimes hard to navigate

Usually they arent a problem but just nag me being that I'm a mapper.

Kray · Nov 29, 2003

Hey nice map! Good flow and the bots played well too. I noticed that the bot got stuck in one of the underground areas, and another thing, why is the ceiling so low? I feel so claustrophobic running around the underground area.

And let me know when you finish making the urban map, I wanna try it out.

Kray · Nov 29, 2003

Say, Daedalus, since you're going to make an urban map, can I suggest (or request) that you make a medium-sized 8-10 players outdoor map, something like in the attached pic. That would be a great map IMO. What do you think?

Daedalus · Nov 29, 2003

this one is outdoor. It's just a small city street, well more like a culdesack (sp?) but the thing is, the skyscrapes that are around the perimeter will be enterable to some point

If I do it correctly, it could be a pretty fun map.

NeoNite · Nov 29, 2003

I don't like it one bit.

It's so empty. The lighting is totally wrong (what's with the overuse of red tones in some sections..), there are NO sounds, it feels horribly cramped, the openings on the top floor: is that a good idea?

A mansion? Where's the mansion, daedalus? :-/ It's more like..a..well I can't really say. But it sure isn't a mansion.

Basically, it's too empty and well.. boring :-/ The level also looks very dull.

Shrug...my honest opinion.

With the newer/newest levels you see for this game, at this stage, I'm just not happy with something like that anymore.

shadow_dragon · Nov 29, 2003

It's meant to be a UT1 Reminiscent map! Seems apropriate to me!

Poiquiop · Nov 29, 2003

your gf plays UT with you? did you pay her or anything?

Zur · Nov 29, 2003

0_o

I know a few couples on UT...

Jinx256 · Nov 29, 2003

NeoNite said:
I don't like it one bit.

It's so empty. The lighting is totally wrong (what's with the overuse of red tones in some sections..), there are NO sounds, it feels horribly cramped, the openings on the top floor: is that a good idea?

A mansion? Where's the mansion, daedalus? :-/ It's more like..a..well I can't really say. But it sure isn't a mansion.

Basically, it's too empty and well.. boring :-/ The level also looks very dull.

Shrug...my honest opinion.

With the newer/newest levels you see for this game, at this stage, I'm just not happy with something like that anymore.

Your comment is so empty. The way in which you make suggestions is totally wrong (what's with the overuse of derogatory remarks in some sections.. ), it feels horribly useless, the opening of this post: is that a good idea?

A review? Where's the review, neonite? :-/ It's more like..a..well I can't really say. But it sure isn't a review.

Basically, it's too empty and well.. useless :-/ The commentary also looks very lacking.

Shrug...my honest opinion.

With the better/best reviewers you see for this game, at this stage, I'm just not happy with something like that anymore.

Kray · Nov 30, 2003

Daedalus said:
this one is outdoor. It's just a small city street, well more like a culdesack (sp?) but the thing is, the skyscrapes that are around the perimeter will be enterable to some point If I do it correctly, it could be a pretty fun map.

Try to make the roof areas playable. Multi-level roofs would be cool too.

Daedalus · Nov 30, 2003

Kray: Allow me to tell you a story about my attempts at city block maps: It all began around 1999/2000

DOM-Runabout: This was my first attempt at a city map and it was a good one. It featured many multi-level buildings, plenty of ambients and a road that went through a inaccesable tunnel (there was a car accident in the tunnel, looks quite neat) The surround buildings were not enterable, however, I did them up so much that they looked awesome. One of the buildings had a fence and you could see a lobby-type opening from the doorway. Another had a rooftop full fo nuclear waste (hehe..) Sadly this map was lost when someone in my household put backdoor.subseven on my computer

2. Unnamed Infiltration Map: This one was really cool. I made all kinds of custom meshes for it in milkshape. From beds to tables to ceiling fans. I never finished it for some reason and it got lost ina reformat.

3. Unnamed Map for the Covert Forces mod: This one was really neat. It had a middle area, which was large and had a ton of enterable buildings with cubicles and whatnot, all very cool. The surround buildings were all enterable and I even went as far as finding some custom textures of carpet and whatnot for this for the office buildings. It also got lost in the same reformat as the INF map.

So hopefully this one wont get lost due to virus/reformat

NeoNite · Nov 30, 2003

There's nothing empty about my previous post. It was not an attack on either Daedalus or you. It was a comment, that's all, on his map. <-- -_-

*** I'm being honest *** Would you prefer me to lie, and say it's a beautiful map, and it works, just so everbody can be happy?
I can't do that.

This can't possibly be a finished map :O/
It just needs much more to make it work, imho. <-

"feedback, as always, is welcome, as long as it's useful."

Expand the level, add extra floors, extra rooms, redo the lighting, add sounds.
Make it feel alive. The atmosphere in a level is just so important.
Just a few suggestions :-B

This will most likely be ignored, or greeted by another rolleyes but yeah too bad if it will be.

Jinx256 · Nov 30, 2003

NeoNite said:
Expand the level, add extra floors, extra rooms, redo the lighting, add sounds.
Make it feel alive. The atmosphere in a level is just so important.
Just a few suggestions :-B

Much better. Thank you

Instead of just saying what is wrong (which comes off as if you're just trying to be annoying), you make some suggestions for improvement.

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