OCW for Spring

RedDragon · Post by **RedDragon** » 23 Nov 2005, 04:47

ported Over Crude Water from the original game:

Downsized a bit to 24x24 (since 25x25 is not an option)
Off course there's a lot of metal on this map, but it isn't outta proportion:

normal metal extractor produces + 2.0
underwater metal extractor produces + 2.8
moho metal extractor produces + 11.8

Wind 3-9
Tidal 25

And yes, you can fit a 24x24 sized map into a 137 Kb DOWNLOAD

Enjoy this bit of nostalgia from the good ol' days

Kuroneko · Post by **Kuroneko** » 23 Nov 2005, 05:02

RedDragon wrote:And yes, you can fit a 24x24 sized map into a 137 Kb DOWNLOAD

h4x.

RedDragon · Post by **RedDragon** » 23 Nov 2005, 05:07

Not h4x.

Pwnage

TA 3D · Post by **TA 3D** » 23 Nov 2005, 05:47

Hey just a little feedback. The water needs to be green. Dark Sludge Green. No blue. And not that transparent. Also the lighting needs to adjusted. As in Core Prime is an almost atmosphereless planet. So NO haze or fog, dark and high contrast between shadows and lighted areas. Take a look at some of the between mission screenshots from the campaign. Oh and add the sky box from CPIA. Otherwise looking good.

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » 23 Nov 2005, 05:52

I agree with TA3D. The name is Over CRUDE Water. That name kinda makes you think of something... well, gross. Not pristine blue. Other wise this is looking to be a good map.

Slamoid · Post by **Slamoid** » 23 Nov 2005, 07:35

24x24 in less than 200k... rock on. Looks great too!

Next up: A 64x64+ map in less than 5mb.

You can do it. I know you can. Do it. Do it now.

Decimator · Post by **Decimator** » 23 Nov 2005, 08:24

Slamoid, I have yet to get mapconv to compile anything bigger than 28x28. Originally, Road to War was 32x32. I had to slowly shrink it to see how big I could make it.

GrOuNd_ZeRo · Post by **GrOuNd_ZeRo** » 23 Nov 2005, 09:27

We need the original features converted to spring.

Anyway I agree, CPIA had all the stats that would make a metal map look great :)

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 23 Nov 2005, 09:30

The heightmap should be sharper and maybe remove the detaltex.

aGorm · Post by **aGorm** » 23 Nov 2005, 10:09

Next up: A 64x64+ map in less than 5mb.

Just thought I'd point out that thats impossible...

I think the max is like... 40 or somthing? 32 x 32 is the biggest ive seen and done, but I want to push that some time in the future...

aGorm

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 23 Nov 2005, 10:16

Thats going to be one ugly ass texture.

aGorm · Post by **aGorm** » 23 Nov 2005, 10:27

Ugly?? No... but it might take a few hours to open such a thing...

Also, his small file size ius due to teh fact thats just one texture repeting... All decent metal maps should be as small!

aGorm

genblood · Post by **genblood** » 23 Nov 2005, 11:04

Great map ...

Looking forward to playing with others on-line with it ....

RedDragon · Post by **RedDragon** » 23 Nov 2005, 18:17

hehe yeah, it's one 1024x1024 texture repeating itself

And Das Bruce, i know the edges could/should be sharper from the graphical point of view, but i decided to round them off a bit for 2 purposes; less pathfinding issues, just a tiny bit more of 3D feeling.

Min3mat · Post by **Min3mat** » 23 Nov 2005, 19:36

screw these guys dude blue water rocks, maybe if were to do it in true OTA style make the water black, like oil. NOT green.
compstomps w00t! :D

Weaver · Post by **Weaver** » 23 Nov 2005, 21:21

I vote for an oilyer look too, and please don't light it from the bottom it just looks wrong to me.

aGorm · Post by **aGorm** » 23 Nov 2005, 23:17

same... it loks like teh ground goes down!! (ofcourse thats teh fault of teh person that decide to light windows from the top...)

aGorm

Pxtl · Post by **Pxtl** » 23 Nov 2005, 23:59

On the one hand, that is quite possibly the fugliest map I've ever seen.

On the other hand, I love small download sizes.

I'm so torn.

Oh, wait, I hate metal maps. Nevermind.

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 24 Nov 2005, 05:55

Ask ol' zwzsg what his water settings were for CPIA. The green sludge of the water in that map really sold its gloomy effect.

I wonder whether Spring will deal better with the pathfinding issues that really dogged this map in OTA?

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » 24 Nov 2005, 06:10

You dont really need to ask him, the .smd is included in the .sd7 map file. Just unzip CPIA and nick the .smd from it

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