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[Kujo]

I have been working on a custom map for a little while now, trying to learn the ropes to hammer and map editing.  This is my first map that isn't just a large single colored cube of some sort


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/3387318756_52183ca8a0_b.jpg
^^ Click for bigger version ^^

The map is modeled after the MIS Lab I work in on campus, which is also where the server happens to be that I host the Bradley University GE:S games from (thus the mainframe looking "rack" in the corner of the room).

Although this map will never be very practical to play in because of its size, I might eventually expand the map to the rest of the building that the lab is in.

It's still a WIP, but I figured I would post it here, as I think I may have mentioned it a couple times in game to a few of you.

Let me know what you think and where I can improve, but don't be to harsh, as I am still learning and it is still a WIP

[Sp1nn3y]

I like it.. Looks good, nice and clean but remember the most important thing in a map is maneuverability and i see only one way to get from under the picture to what looks like the door(thats if under the screen there is a door) :-p also it seems you have dead ends.. which cause problems esp if this is for GE:S a dm style game.. but all out i like it.. it's.. clean.

[Kujo]

yeah, I wasn't really going for playability, I was mainly trying to recreate the room as accurately as possible (and when was the last time a computer lab was ever described as having maneuverability? LoL)

I'll consider stuff like that if I every decide to expand the map to more of the building and make it a playable map

[killermonkey]

universities tend to dislike it when students model their buildings for "killing" games, just to be frank. but it looks sweet

[X-tra]

Look nice. Maybe a little overdose of models, but it's ok. 

[PPK]

Looks good. Lots of props (bad news for or low fps guys). You should model my University. I don't think the students (and some teachers) would mind.

[major]

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/02/1839251

Universities aren't as bad... but might wanna not have to much detailed, and maybe hold off on naming it after the school. Might get away with mapping a wing of the school/building.

[Kujo]

wow, that's ridiculous, arresting the poor kid? But all those things aside, I wasn't really planning on publicly releasing this.  It is mostly a learning challenge and something a few of my friends here at the University might play around with at LAN parties.  But I'll be sure to keep that in mind, as I hadn't really considered any potential consequences to making the map.

Thanks for the feedback guys, and I'm enjoying learning the ways of map making