..:New Map & L3DT Climate:.. Absolute Zero (Version2!)

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 26 Jun 2006, 09:38

I would love to see more maps like this... perhaps a scattered island one, or a splintered-tropic style map.

Dragon45 · Post by **Dragon45** » 27 Jun 2006, 09:32

I love the atmosphere of this map, its wonderful.

REQUEST:

Could you make a series of smaller, intense maps, about 10x10 or less? Small Divide is one of my favorite maps ever because its so small and intense. Intense + Pretty -> Orgasm

Pxtl · Post by **Pxtl** » 27 Jun 2006, 18:43

Imho, the colour changes are too sudden in the map - it jumps from blue-green to grey on the shorelines too suddenly. If it's supposed to be striations, then there should be more striations down the side. If it's supposed to be some sort of ground-covering or moss, then it should continue in patches down the mountainside.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 19 Jul 2006, 23:07

BUMP FOR GREAT JUSTICE!

I WANT A SEQUAL! MORE RIVERS MORE ISLANDS... like take this map and expand it... more islands etc!

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 19 Jul 2006, 23:32

Gosh damn, this reminds me of thunder brigade, it normally was nighttime during some missions and it was all tealish ground in some places, damn nice map!

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 20 Jul 2006, 01:05

MUST.... HAVE.... SEQUAL!

WILL POST ODD GUNDAM IMAGES IF ANSWER IS NOT YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quanto042 · Post by **Quanto042** » 20 Jul 2006, 01:17

lol, i'm actually working on it still. ^_^;; i know its been a while, but trust me, its coming. i just wanted to take a break from spring for a few weeks.

it takes me a while to make large maps because they require me to create multiple tiles that i have stitch together in photoshop... i'll submit these images to show you my progress.

Small version of Heightmap, to give you an idea of the layout.

Shrunken version of the first tile, this image was originally 6144 x 6144. Four of these will be stitched together to create a 24 x 24 map.

The maps working title is 77_Kelvin (the boiling point for liquid nitrogen)

Feel free to comment!

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 20 Jul 2006, 03:03

Hmm it doesn't have all the sedimentary striation that the first had... is this a quick render?

and as far as the heightmap.. it is gold except the water trails are a bit shallow.

Quanto042 · Post by **Quanto042** » 20 Jul 2006, 04:02

it will look better once all of the images are stitched, its long process, i have make sure i adjust the contrast and color balance before the final release. I always post-process my textures before releasing a map, most because i am never really fully satisfied with the direct results L3DT provides, so i end up doing some of my own changes.

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 20 Jul 2006, 04:50

Funny thing, this climate makes me want to make maps.

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » 20 Jul 2006, 08:28

Flat=BAD

All that flat area, liven it up a bit by adding a small amount of random noise to it. It doesnt really affect the buildability of the flat area, and unit still move over it fine, plus it looks alot better. Again, flat=boring. The layout and texture look good, but please, for the sake of hills everywhere, make it a little bumpy!

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 20 Jul 2006, 09:24

flat=good

uneven = longer build times while con units have to level out ground under build are. Along with the wonderfull f1 exploit.

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 20 Jul 2006, 11:03

Tiny bit of noise=GOOD

Balence it so that its not completely flat yet not bumpy enough to make building stuff tedious and to use the f1 exploit

Quanto042 · Post by **Quanto042** » 21 Jul 2006, 01:43

!!!message to all the ppl who hate flat!!!

play a different map then!
My sole reason for making maps in Spring is to make more maps that have an OTA feel. since no one else is willing to make these kinds of maps, i alone shall do it.

so there

::edit::

OR you could download the climate yourself and give map making a whirl!
go ahead and make the hilliest map you can possibly imagine.

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 21 Jul 2006, 02:22

make sure you render it with bumpmapping

Charlemagne · Post by **Charlemagne** » 21 Jul 2006, 06:44

Wouldn't firing lasers and plasma at each other on a methane world be insanely suicidal?

FizWizz · Post by **FizWizz** » 21 Jul 2006, 07:26

no, there has to be some kind of oxidizing agent present as well (Oxygen being the most common one people think of) for methane to react with and combust violently.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 21 Jul 2006, 07:32

Charlemagne wrote:Wouldn't firing lasers and plasma at each other on a methane world be insanely suicidal?

Not if there isn't any oxygen for it to combust with.

Quanto042 · Post by **Quanto042** » 21 Jul 2006, 12:40

Oxygen is a wonderful element isn't it?

Quanto042 · Post by **Quanto042** » 21 Jul 2006, 12:42

Forboding Angel wrote:make sure you render it with bumpmapping

Ah, are you possibly mentioning the new format, yes, i looked into it.

While it does provide a lot more creative control to the mapper, i have to question the method that it uses. It'll take me some time to adapt to this new method.

Spring RTS Engine

..:New Map & L3DT Climate:.. Absolute Zero (Version2!)

What do you think of Methane World?

Hmmm...