Map is optimized. Notice huge fps on surface (I get 120FPS, over 140FPS on flatgrass), even bigger FPS inside (unless you are in the rocket room, it kinda goes down there).Looking good. Just out of curiosity .. how long did this thing take to compile and on what hardware? Lots of lights + the entire grid .. I can only imagine this must have taken forever.[/b]
Optimizations include lightmaps size (smaller lightmaps on some areas -> increase in FPS, 25MB less map size, 40% faster compile), func_detailed details (railroad, and all things that don't block view are func_detailed, faster compile), arranging near 1024 boundary (less clusters -> faster compile, less lag), vertexcounts decreased from 45% to 39% (less brushes that divide other brushes into complex stuff).
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Water to ground slope - I'll add it.
Glitched track - gonna look into it, and fix it.
Buttons that can be removed - that's supposed to be fixed by propprotection...
Yeah, I'll probably add something like that.Loved the map, but add more for the water area. I mean, the actual water is fine, but...add in caves and a water construct (over-water shed with lowering floor?)[/b]
I had this idea too, I'll add it.Anyway, yeah, submarine pen sounds like good idea - some way to access all that subterranean goodness from inside the lake itself perhaps tongue.gif[/b]
Too late, I already planned this for 2nd betaPerhaps you could have another elevator shaft, but insanely long, or maybe series of shafts, that would take the map to the extreme of Y axis (maybe 10,000 units deep? - leave lots of space above the grass for plane builders though). I don't know whether this would cause lag...[/b]
There will be freight elevator with fully accessible shaft.
YeahOther than that, maybe you could add an extra elevator call button to the outside of the house on the grass, otherwise it's like you have to lean to reach the button.[/b]
YeahThe map is huge... perhaps a few teleports to get around the track and from one major area to the next to save on legwork / flying long distances on noclip mode.[/b]
Gonna addSteps up to the storage racks in the silo area would be handy.. or perhaps buttons to open them from ground level... Just in case a server doesn't run with noclip on.[/b]
YeahOh, it might be a nice touch to border the grassy bit with a low wall, just so you're not looking out onto skybox from the edge of a cliff / invisible wall. Just a thought.[/b]
It must be my smart snap then (old version maybe?)"Can't smartsnap on rockets, therefor it's not that easy to place thrusters in a stable way. (need that feature sad.gif )"
Yes you can.. or at least I could. I smart snapped my rocket just fine.[/b]
There is an option on smartsnap where you can select "Enable for all props", maybe it includes the moveable parts in the map? I dunno, just a guess!It must be my smart snap then (old version maybe?)[/b]
If you are going to add the submarine pen, while you are at it you could add a dry dock.
If i remember correctly, water is a cube. If you can elevate that water cube you could have the drydock fill with water at the push of a button, while at the same time... open the drydock doors.
A little more feedback, as I've been playing around some more.
Firstly, I can confirm that not only are buttons vulnerable to the remover... Just about anything dynamic in the map is. Doors (including the silo doors), lifts, the sections covering the hidden entrance, even the sections of rail in the train track junctions. Perhaps a 'repair map' switch could be a solution... if it's used... or removed, it removes and then respawns all the dynamic parts of the map.
Secondly, the underground train track area could use a little more headroom... You can stand on a phx wheelbase on wheels in there, but it's a little bit too short to actually put in, say, an airboat seat. It's fine when you get in, but when you get out again, you get stuck in the ceiling. That might be a hassle to fix though, and someone's bound to make a train too tall for the tunnel anyhow.
A little bit taller and you could fit a train carrying a cargo container through too. Just at the moment, even with the container crushing the wheels down, it still just hits the top of the tunnel when resting on the wheelbase.
(As a side note, if you fancy a bit of silly fun, weld an airboat chair to the front of a container and a dozen or so thrusters to the back and ride it down the train tunnels... Wheeeeeee!)
Lastly (for now) it'd be great if you could re-place the grass sections covering the entrance slope. Once they pop out of place, I can't seem to get them back in. The textures are slightly offset too, but unless you're really paying attention, you don't notice at ground level.
Edit: Oh! and if you could put in another junction in the above ground train track ring that leads to an open ended piece of track, that'd be ace... Then people could make a connecting rail network.
You mean where you enter base by car? Just close/open them again, they will go back to original pos.Lastly (for now) it'd be great if you could re-place the grass sections covering the entrance slope. Once they pop out of place, I can't seem to get them back in. The textures are slightly offset too, but unless you're really paying attention, you don't notice at ground level.[/b]
I was thinking of the open-ended piece of track, but didn't mention it for fear of asking for too much.
BP: "What, you, ask for too much???"
Ah, sod it, another suggestion lol; why aren't you letting people get crushed by moving map parts? I tried to crush myself with the silo doors but they refused to close completely....
Edit: Just had another idea, sorry...could you make the space part functional/bigger, yet still retain a very high atmosphere for plane builders and so space wasn't too close to the ground? The upper parts of the map could function as a kind of low Earth orbit location for Spacebuilders. That way the map would be pretty much all things to all people, unless they wanted another planet to visit, but that's the price of Source offering such small maps I guess.
I agree with the headroom in the trains. I always have to go into noclip to get out of it. I also noticed that if you go underwater and look up you can see a white flicker. I also found that movable props can be forced into oblivion with the physics gun. The house should have some rooms in it. Good work so far.
i vote for the house to be a bunker thing with a second set of controls for the doors on top of the silos so it is like a bunker for fireing and observing the missiles.
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You really want to take over the Garry's mod world now don't you o.0.
But yeah, great map so far, can't wait for the next version.
Holy shit amazing idea, how did I miss that O_O!i vote for the house to be a bunker thing with a second set of controls for the doors on top of the silos so it is like a bunker for fireing and observing the missiles.[/b]
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