Still keeping r_speeds around or below 600... which is a pain!!

Finished (mostly) section of the L-shaped corridor connected to the lower section of the crew's living quarters, labs, etc. This corridor is used to connected the mentioned sections to the maintenance, cargo, back-up control room, weapons fire-control and other restricted areas. I've always wanted to try using the nos_plaspan texture so, here's my attempt at using it:

(NOTE: I ran a contrast/brightness filter on this image... in-game it looks like the screenshots above)

I like that last one, a really unique style and also a very moody look somehow with use of that white vs dark... Let
s hope ya can make it look like that ingame!

I like the top one esthethically, but it won't play too well without some more cover for aliens(some boxes or a vent or something would do).

I see some vertical faces near the ceiling in the last shot; don't make too many of those, they're annoying for the comm in ns_ maps unless belonging to a func_seethrough. The 45 degree slopes on the ceiling are safe, comm can't see them from any angle.

I could add boxes or some other form of cover, though, I was planning on having the vents allow the smaller aliens to bypass this particular open area. That, and the lower section is going to be accessible to the alien players, though, I haven't decided if I'm going to put a func_ladder in there for any marines who feel the urge to jump down there.

So far, I've tried to keep the unwanted visible faces of the map (in com view) to the sides as much as possible. So far, I'm hoping that the clutter isn't too bad:

That looks perfectly fine.

The reactor control room:

Getting back to mapping... (been playing SS HD TSE........ 6005 POLYGONS PER KR*****!!)

Here's where I am currently (got another room added, but still need to add all the extras):

I actually had some time work on the map tonight! Here's part of what I've worked on:

Started out with some random brushwork, which, this is my third or fourth attempt on this room:


Textures added:

Since I'm using Windows 7 now, I'm guessing on the effects of the in-game gamma when I touch-up the contrast and brightness of the images:



Still working on the alien pathway. Had to make some r_speed related changes... still keeping it under 600 if I can help it!!!

I'm trying (trying being the operative word here...) to make the infested area look a little more "organic" than the other areas of the map...

Finally got this section finished... getting the textures to work right was a bit of a pain...



Keeping the r_speeds down in this room has been a bit of a challenge. Keeping the hives out of siege turret range from one of the surrounding rooms has been a bit of another... still testing that little problem out though...



Anyway, I'm nearly done with the basics on this map. Anyone want to test it out before I add all the extras?

Marine side ready-room.

Well, map got too big for what I had initially intended... now converting it into a regular NS map..

Map looks good, all except that white rectangle texture that you used in several spots. It's quite irritating to look at, I suggest using a different texture.