cs_chasmhouse

[slashsnemesis]

Hello.

:siren:READ:siren:

This is my first serious attempt at making a map. Now, before everyone starts posting this "Don't release your first map" shit, this isn't a release. I'm just looking for what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong.

PICS:

[IMG]http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn282/slashsnemesis/cs_chasmhouse0000.jpg[/IMG]
View of the house.
[IMG]http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn282/slashsnemesis/cs_chasmhouse0001.jpg[/IMG]
Inside the house.
[IMG]http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn282/slashsnemesis/cs_chasmhouse0003.jpg[/IMG]
General view of the map.

Again, I'm just looking for constructive criticism, and suggestions to help make it better.

DOWNLOAD: [url]http://www.mediafire.com/?mgrdngb3jme[/url]

[Fishke]

You could change the water texture, and the roof texture.
You could also make a floor for that house.

[slashsnemesis]

[QUOTE=cameleot;18440996]You could change the water texture, and the roof texture.
You could also make a floor for that house.[/QUOTE]

Okay. Thanks for the help.

EDIT: Do you have any roof textures to recommend? I can't seem to find one that fits with the style of the house.

[SSBMMASTER]

It is decent, you might want to smooth the displacements though.

Also add a wall to the house instead of the stone.

[slashsnemesis]

[QUOTE=SSBMMASTER;18442421]It is decent, you might want to smooth the displacements though.

Also add a wall to the house instead of the stone.[/QUOTE]
Never mind, I got it working.

I also added the wall.

I'm also re-texturing the entire house. Any suggestions to what kind of wall and roof I should have? Like, wood or concrete?

[SSBMMASTER]

It would be cool though if the house was expanded by an opening in the stone as to be like a furnished cave.

I have some textures that you could use but it is on my laptop which I cannot get to at the moment.

I will contact you when I am on it though.

[Props]

Grass looks really stretched to me in second and third picture.

[SSBMMASTER]

It is over stretched making the blades look 5" long and look like total shit. You probably will want to fix that too.
Normally the most I have have the scale at is .85x.85

[slashsnemesis]

Okay, I fixed the grass. It's looking tons better. I'll take the cave idea into consideration.

By the way, thanks for actually helping me. I was pleasantly surprised to not see any:

"-Lighting is shit"
"-Too blocky"
"-Displacements suck"
"-etc. etc."

[rundevil]

a dock might be cool. as would some more detail to the outside of the building.

[SSBMMASTER]

You really only need one entrance to the house unless you have a secret one leading to the potential cave area.

[slashsnemesis]

I have a question, how would I make a door slide open when a button is pushed?

EDIT: Never mind. Got it.

[SSBMMASTER]

An underground area could also be cool, like maybe a wine celler or something.

[Stupideye]

Looks good so far. Not a fan of the wall texture though.

[SSBMMASTER]

He changed it i think

[Props]

Screenshots?

[slashsnemesis]

I did change it... to dev textures. I can't find any textures that I think fit.

EDIT: Now my displacements won't sew :(

[Stupideye]

Download some custom textures ([url=http://www.fpsbanana.com/texturecats/37]here[/url] is a good start).

[NinjaWilko]

CG Textures is also a good site to take a look at. You might find some that fit the style of your house.
[url=http://cgtextures.com/]CG Textures[/url]

I actually like the house in the first screen-shot though, where one of the walls is the cliff face. I think if it was built further into the cliff it would look great.

[Netheous]

Is this map for CS 1.6 ? Or CS:S ? I really can't see differences between a blocky map for CSS and basic valve map for CS 1.6

[Alieni]

[QUOTE=Netheous;18449362]Is this map for CS 1.6 ? Or CS:S ? I really can't see differences between a blocky map for CSS and basic valve map for CS 1.6[/QUOTE]

Are you seriously saying you can't see the difference between source and hl1 texture quality?

[SSBMMASTER]

he is just trying to troll

[Raox]

The brush work is actually fairly good but it looks rather bland.

[limejet]

You need to scale down the grass texture, it makes the house look midget-sized...

[leontodd]

pretty good for a first map :happyelf:

[slashsnemesis]

I added that hidden room SSBMMASTER was talking about. I'll upload the .bsp in the OP.

I also fixed various things people suggested.

ALSO: House is dev textured because I'm still looking for a texture that fits

[SSBMMASTER]

I will try to texture it if you give me the .vmf

I will not release it just gief me teh credits for the texturing of the house :3