I agree with the overkill normalmaps. I stumbled across a website that made it easy to create normalmaps and allowed you to manually alter them and such. After this discovery I went a bit over-the-top with it now that I had found this great tool. I have updated the texture and now the tiles are less bumped. The motif idea is neat so I will keep that in mind.

The tree in the middle is made of the tiles, it gives off a bit of a minecraft-y look but that's ok for now.

Thanks for liking the tiles!

The grass texture is what I'm the most concerned about since creating grass isn't as easy as the other ones, I know it looks too slimy and Ill probably work on it more before do anything serious with it.

Thank you for your comment!

Hey there!

I'd like to show off a few of my textures/materials here, this is the Gmod development hub after all! I would love to hear what you guys think of both the map and the textures!

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1081572336
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1081572288
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1081572244
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1081572198
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1081572198

The map itself:
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1080784674

I must note that the primary focus of the map is the texturing, I am aware of the rather low detailing in it.

Originally posted by Kalix | GNEX:

Maybe use better textures. I think some of them are too bright and unrealistic but, besides that, keep up the good work!

which ones exactly? Except the minecraft room ofcourse

Hello there!

I posted this before in the sticky topic at the top of the page and was asked if I wanted to make a topic about it, so here it is. In rougly 5 days I had created the first part of my series, Mystery Island Adventure part 1. It featured custom music (ripped from youtube), sexy shadows from sunlight and an underground structure with cave walls. It was greatly received with comments asking me to start working on part 2, so I did. I'd like to say that I'm not trying to advertise anything nor do I want to put myself on a pedestal of allmighty mapping-knowledge.

First things first I'd like to share these [NUMBER] Work In Progress screenshots of part 2:
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=941238546

The employee lobby, mind that I still have to detail further. This section is underground, the skybox is explained later in this topic.

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=941238579

Ditto

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=941238626

The hallway with the employee quarters, again there is a skybox for the lighting. The door at the end shakes violently and has monster sounds behind it, this door is inaccessible.

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=941238657

One of the employee bedrooms, this one is minecraft-themed.

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=941238693

The same lobby, please read the footnote to understand what's going on exactly with the skybox.

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=941238729

Ditto.

The reason for the light/darkness in the lobby is: The button behind the desk activates/deactivates the skybox. When it is deactivated brushes and props appear that should make the player understand that the entire sky in the complex is FAKE. This is after all an underground facility.

I intend on making this map bigger than part 1 and feature different environnements, it will feature a temple as well.

If anyone has any tips, suggestions, tips, questions please feel free to comment.

Originally posted by Delta:

Originally posted by Batcat:

Currently working on a project that was rather greatly received when I upl.....

Itd be cool to see a little bit of a how to of this on its own thread, just going through more technical things that aren't so obvious from the get go!

Could you perhaps give some examples of technical things that might be interesting enough for a topic?

Currently working on a project that was rather greatly received when I uploaded part 1. Part 2 has some more plot development and will reveal a little of what happened in the underground facility.

WIP Screenshots:
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939075805

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939075762

Please note that there is a proper reaaon for these screens to be so dark