Quote: Also flickering lights around the secret point.

(07-11-2008, 10:21 AM)Surf314 link Wrote:

Quote: Also flickering lights around the secret point.

TF2 does not support dynamic lighting

(07-11-2008, 10:52 AM)Surf314 link Wrote: You know what I was thinking, the layout and gameplay is fantastic but everyone keeps complaining about the looks (from what I saw on FPS Banana).

So here's my suggestion, make the map have more of a narrative.  Here's what I'm thinking:

-Both spawn rooms should look like boarding shuttles, that already may be what they are but it should be obvious.  Maybe reduce spawn times but extend the passage between with a see through tube and the shuttles easily seen through them.  Also you can combine this with having to cap the first points.  This will add to the feel that both teams are boarding a space ship at the same time and fighting for control over it.

-Pick a story and start adding props and textures based on it.  Why are they fighting over it?  My idea: go for a horror feel and add dead bodies and blood splatters.  This sort of tells a story that you both want to pirate this seemingly empty space ship but you find out something went terrible wrong.  If you can you can even add a creepy victory event that kills everyone.  Also flickering lights around the secret point.

-optional: add more traps including ones that activate when you get a point.  This would increase the narrative feel of it.  Why do you need these points? Because it gives you access to the ships functions that will give you an advantage.  This suggestion really only works with improving a narrative feel to it and may create some play issues.  If you want to do this you can always just stick with the less needed passages and the area around the hidden point.  One possible trap would an event that changes those fast vents into fast vents of death.

(07-11-2008, 12:06 PM)ainmosni link Wrote: Making the final caps room a tad smaller would be a good idea, it's just too giant at the moment. All the little corridors are quite confusing as well but that might be because I haven't played it enough.

For the rest, flickering lights would be great if that was possible and a little more run down sewer would also be awesome, just don't make it too gritty or it wouldn't fit in the tf2 style anymore.

(07-11-2008, 12:09 PM)CaffeinePowered link Wrote: [quote author=ainmosni link=topic=800.msg20675#msg20675 date=1215795995]
Making the final caps room a tad smaller would be a good idea, it's just too giant at the moment. All the little corridors are quite confusing as well but that might be because I haven't played it enough.

For the rest, flickering lights would be great if that was possible and a little more run down sewer would also be awesome, just don't make it too gritty or it wouldn't fit in the tf2 style anymore.

(07-11-2008, 12:09 PM)CaffeinePowered link Wrote: [quote author=ainmosni link=topic=800.msg20675#msg20675 date=1215795995]
Making the final caps room a tad smaller would be a good idea, it's just too giant at the moment. All the little corridors are quite confusing as well but that might be because I haven't played it enough.

For the rest, flickering lights would be great if that was possible and a little more run down sewer would also be awesome, just don't make it too gritty or it wouldn't fit in the tf2 style anymore.