..:: New Map - DigSite ::..

IceXuick · Post by **IceXuick** » 03 May 2006, 21:00

Okay, anyone remember the concept art of Bowl? I have finished it, and have called it DigSite! It now is a 16x16 map (originally was 24x24, but after playtesting, this didn't work out that good).

You can download the file here:
http://www.fileuniverse.com/?p=showitem&ID=3092

Here are some in-game Screenshots! Let me know how it plays, i think 3vs3 will play well.

Ice out.

Egarwaen · Post by **Egarwaen** » 03 May 2006, 21:11

Looks nifty, I'll give it a try sometime soon! Looks like it has enough metal spots for a 3v3 this time... What's the wind like?

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 03 May 2006, 21:17

Looks great again!!!

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 03 May 2006, 21:23

OMFG GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

ANOTHER MAP I WANTED TO SEE!

I'd give you some lovin' but that is more a night elf thing.

AF · Post by AF » 03 May 2006, 21:24

ah you're a real master of the arts, ro at least you will be when you figure out skyboxes....

Cyberwal · Post by **Cyberwal** » 03 May 2006, 21:49

awesome :O

Zenka · Post by **Zenka** » 03 May 2006, 21:56

You are even more productive than Alantai hands out cookies.
And all the maps looks absolutly beautyfull.
You release so many maps, I can't crit the gameplay yet ^.^'

raikitsune · Post by **raikitsune** » 03 May 2006, 22:14

a great concept and masterfully pulled off! now to try this mother in a game!

Comp1337 · Post by **Comp1337** » 03 May 2006, 22:42

holy shit dude, that took what? one day?
you rock!

IceXuick · Post by **IceXuick** » 04 May 2006, 00:15

hahah thanks for all the lovin' and stuff. Well i have to say i was working on this already before DryRiver, so it's a little bit more than one day. Esspecally, because i first tried it on a 24x24 scale... and rendering in Bryce on that size DOES take a long time. (and the filesize would be 70mb, so not very dl-ing friendly, and even uploadable to FU)

Thanks again, i will start working on my 'last' map this saturday. That is, because i am going to work more on the GUI. But (offcourse) i won't leave you with only 4 of my maps

. I'll let you know when something useful comes out of me again.

Any tips/suggestions/idea's on improving this DigSite are offcourse welcome. I always like to make it better... (was thinking of more dirt-tracks of old sand-machines that worked there, like in one of the first demo shots of Dryriver...)

later!

Min3mat · Post by **Min3mat** » 04 May 2006, 00:34

That is, because i am going to work more on the GUI. But (offcourse) i won't leave you with only 4 of my maps Razz. I'll let you know when something useful comes out of me again.

think of the mapless children. dont get engulfed by the 3\/1| 6U1!!11!1

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 04 May 2006, 00:44

OMG... this map would be the hawt secks at 24X24... you wouldn't consider perhaps turning compression to 0.4 for it?

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » 04 May 2006, 08:06

Nice work! As this is obviously a quarry of some description, some old mining machinery as features would look great.

IceXuick · Post by **IceXuick** » 04 May 2006, 11:59

@smoth:

well, i did set compression to 0.7 and tried to use a tile-file, but still it was almost 70 mb. Maybe i have to 'ugly-fy' the terrain, and use alot of pure tileable textures. And maelstrom, than the extra features would be a 'no-go'.

Besides this, i dislike the fact that the max. viewdistance is less than the 24x24, and so in rotatable-cam, its hard to see what's happening.

Well. but if there are more people that want a 24x24 huge map + quite big download, i'll can make it.. offcourse!

let me know.

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 04 May 2006, 12:23

I would like a 24x24 version, it should have some more metal spots then probally...

And i don't mind a big download.... I mean almost everybody of us got broadband. And i guess most of us download big ass demos (500 MB +).

ppl should stop whining about the filesize IMO

Targ Collective · Post by **Targ Collective** » 04 May 2006, 12:39

Some of the textures in the last two screens remind me of Terrydactyland in Banjo-Tooie.

(Not a word... it was many moons ago, and good innocent fun besides.)

Was that an influence?

Zoombie · Post by **Zoombie** » 04 May 2006, 15:27

It dose look very cool. In fact i'm going to downlode it as of the right now!

Min3mat · Post by **Min3mat** » 04 May 2006, 16:01

awesome map. NOiZE pwned me on it, proof its its awesome mappyness :D

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » 04 May 2006, 16:14

Fantastic work Ice, I can't wait to see what you do with the GUI.

A properly done GUI will be a godsend for Spring - its the biggest hurdle in getting started right now, especially for folks who never played OTA.

Drone_Fragger · Post by **Drone_Fragger** » 04 May 2006, 18:34

NOiZE wrote:I would like a 24x24 version, it should have some more metal spots then probally...

And i don't mind a big download.... I mean almost everybody of us got broadband. And i guess most of us download big ass demos (500 MB +).

ppl should stop whining about the filesize IMO

Those demos take about 2 hours to download on my 4 mbit bband. Taking taht long to get a map while everyone else waits would be dumb.

Spring RTS Engine

..:: New Map - DigSite ::..

..:: New Map - DigSite ::..