[Firegod522]

Could try
http://www.facepunch.com/threads/947473
look for refract

[radu_iceman]

Still working on the sand texture.

EDIT* Skybox is not made by me, you can find the original one aswell as similar ones here http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/...rge-images!%29.

[sltungle]

-snip-

Nice textures, radu! That skybox is... sexy.

[Joannou1]

radu_iceman posted:

Still working on the sand texture.

Hey radu, I do beleive you made the desert skybox?
It looks really amazing.

WIP:

I need to find out how to get that displacement to fade right into the ground without sewing.

[Firegod522]

Needs a blend modulate. And the displacement problem can be solved by subdividing or sewing.

[Joannou1]

@radu_iceman You disagree with the rough outline of my map? Or you disagree, that it it not your skybox?

Firegod522 posted:

Needs a blend modulate. And the displacement problem can be solved by subdividing or sewing.

It's a rather complicated displacement, I also subdivided, it made it look better, but lighting is still very bad around where the 2 meet.

[Waddamelon]

Here is my fallout road texture i did some tinkering with

Go easy i'm new :P

[mac338]

Okay guys, this is my first map:

Shout some critique, good or bad my way. I'll take everything into consideration.
I opened Hammer for the first time about a week before I made this, experimented a bit and spent the weekend making what's in the video above.
It's not perfect, and it really doesn't have a purpose outside experimentation. Nevertheless one must start at some point.
Now, it is actually quite optimized. (Nearly) everything is aligned with the 16 x 16 grid, all the brushes are made with the nodraw texture where only the visible faces are texturized after and I've placed a lot of area_portals and hint nodes 'round and about.
Everything from 3:17 in the video is unfinished (much more so then the first part of the video) so feel free to ignore that stuff.
I've tried focusing on creating an ambient atmosphere, so audio is an important part. Make sure you can hear some of the audio.

Edited:

Waddamelon posted:

Here is my fallout road texture i did some tinkering with

Go easy i'm new :P

It's nice, I like it. It does however have a paper-y vibe to it, I can see you used 'water paper' in Photoshop.

[DainBramageStudios]

mac338 posted:

Now, it is actually quite optimized. (Nearly) everything is aligned with the 16 x 16 grid, all the brushes are made with the nodraw texture where only the visible faces are texturized

protip half of that shit you don't have to bother doing.

[mac338]

What parts?

[DainBramageStudios]

The bits about optimisation on Valve Developer Wiki go overboard. The stuff about func_detailing, areaportals and lighting are useful, but religiously making every nonvisible surface nodraw is not. The tiny gains you get in performance aren't worth the extra tedium.

If you focus too much on optimisation in the early stages, you'll not get anything done. (Of course that's not to say you should start carving spheres and making a hollow cube skybox)

[mac338]

I really like religiously making every surface nodraw, it makes it easier for me to orient myself within the map. It really isn't much trouble for me so I won't quit with that.
That and func_detailing is generally the only steps I take when I start making a map, and I do get shit done.
Though admittedly I have a weak-spot for fancy lighting, so I'm not very conservative about it. I can be a bit obsessive about getting nice lighting at the sacrifice of the performance.

[DainBramageStudios]

mac338 posted:

I really like religiously making every surface nodraw, it makes it easier for me to orient myself within the map. It really isn't much trouble for me so I won't quit with that.
That and func_detailing is generally the only steps I take when I start making a map, and I do get shit done.

The extra time it will take increases exponentially with the complexity of your map.

[mac338]

I'm sure I'll discover that some day, but for now I'll stick with it 'till I run into problems.

[NotExactly]

I just make my maps in nodraw and texture the visible surfaces.

[mac338]

Ditto on that.

[DainBramageStudios]

Sometimes I just block everything out with random textures first, then once I'm happy with the layout I select all, apply nodraw texture and then start applying textures that I want.

[vexx21322]

I just create every block with nodraw, then texture it when it's placed how I want.

[BioResearch]

I create everything in dev textures and use replace texture when Im fully done

[comet1337]

BioResearch posted:

I create everything in dev textures and use replace texture when Im fully done

i do this with the exception of texturing the whole thing by hand.
then replace all dev textures with nodraw.

[MenteR]

comet1337 posted:

i do this with the exception of texturing the whole thing by hand.
then replace all dev textures with nodraw.

i do exactly that

[Yanzl]

Testing some snowy textures:

[Hostel]

Yanzl posted:

Testing some snowy textures:

Very well done!

[mac338]

Gorgeous.

Edited:

It would be nice with some snow/dust/sand decals.

[Fourm Shark]

mac338 posted:

Okay guys, this is my first map:

Shout some critique, good or bad my way. I'll take everything into consideration.
I opened Hammer for the first time about a week before I made this, experimented a bit and spent the weekend making what's in the video above.
It's not perfect, and it really doesn't have a purpose outside experimentation. Nevertheless one must start at some point.
Now, it is actually quite optimized. (Nearly) everything is aligned with the 16 x 16 grid, all the brushes are made with the nodraw texture where only the visible faces are texturized after and I've placed a lot of area_portals and hint nodes 'round and about.
Everything from 3:17 in the video is unfinished (much more so then the first part of the video) so feel free to ignore that stuff.
I've tried focusing on creating an ambient atmosphere, so audio is an important part. Make sure you can hear some of the audio.

Edited:



It's nice, I like it. It does however have a paper-y vibe to it, I can see you used 'water paper' in Photoshop.

I cant believe there are currently no comments on your video.

In all my time being here, I have yet to see someone pick up hammer so fast and create something so genuinely unique. Its beautiful. The trains arriving from nowhere seem to make me go "What? Where did that just..." You have a bright future ahead of you. Keep making maps the way you do.

[Reactors]

Yanzl posted:

Testing some snowy textures:

Marry me.

[mac338]

Fourm Shark posted:

I cant believe there are currently no comments on your video.

In all my time being here, I have yet to see someone pick up hammer so fast and create something so genuinely unique. Its beautiful. The trains arriving from nowhere seem to make me go "What? Where did that just..." You have a bright future ahead of you. Keep making maps the way you do.

Wow, thanks!

[Folgergeist]

mac338 posted:

Okay guys, this is my first map:

Shout some critique, good or bad my way. I'll take everything into consideration.
I opened Hammer for the first time about a week before I made this, experimented a bit and spent the weekend making what's in the video above.
It's not perfect, and it really doesn't have a purpose outside experimentation. Nevertheless one must start at some point.
Now, it is actually quite optimized. (Nearly) everything is aligned with the 16 x 16 grid, all the brushes are made with the nodraw texture where only the visible faces are texturized after and I've placed a lot of area_portals and hint nodes 'round and about.
Everything from 3:17 in the video is unfinished (much more so then the first part of the video) so feel free to ignore that stuff.
I've tried focusing on creating an ambient atmosphere, so audio is an important part. Make sure you can hear some of the audio.

Edited:



It's nice, I like it. It does however have a paper-y vibe to it, I can see you used 'water paper' in Photoshop.

impressive, remember to add suffix _hdr to your skybox texture name to get rid of the stretching

[Zero Hour]

Made some sand and a skybox (ignore the terrible displacements they were to test the texture).

[mac338]

From what I've read about HDR skyboxes you should turn up the shutter speed of the skybox a bit and add redder tones to the sand.
Stronger, more defiant and vibrant tones would do the sand good I believe.

[Shirky]

You can exactly turn up the shutter speed of the skybox, this isnt photography here. Haha

[mac338]

Well, I don't know the exact term, but I'm pretty sure you can change the exposure or something similar with an HDR Skybox, correct me if I'm wrong.
That said, it's not exactly shutter speed but...










I'm not going to finish that sentence.

[Shirky]

mac338 posted:

Well, I don't know the exact term, but I'm pretty sure you can change the exposure or something similar with an HDR Skybox, correct me if I'm wrong.
That said, it's not exactly shutter speed but...
Haha I get what you mean, but you can really adjust it without changing the file itself or the entire maps lighting. And wouldnt you mean either ISO or apeture, and not shutter speed? haha









I'm not going to finish that sentence.

[Joey1]

Yanzl posted:

Testing some snowy textures:

Wow, thats amazing, i though its in UDK, will you release them or they are for private use?

[oskutin]

Look what we got!

It doesn't support blend modulates

[Firegod522]

Yes it does.

[oskutin]

How well?

Edited:

Doesn't work in portal2.

[Yanzl]

Thanks everyone, and I might release the textures once I'm done with them.
Here is some grass:

[Joey1]

Where is Texturing king rating when I need it

[comet1337]

Joey1 posted:

Where is Texturing king rating when I need it

make a new account and rate him a second artistic VV