[PROTOTYPE] DM-Grendelkeep-WIP1V2 (Updated 2/2/16)

[konseptzzz]

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MAP INFORMATION:

Download:
https://ut.rushbase.net/konsept/DM-G...wsNoEditor.pak

Game.ini:
RedirectReferences=(PackageName="DM-Grendelkeep-WIP1V2-WindowsNoEditor",PackageURLProtocol="https",PackageURL="ut.rushbase.net/konsept/DM-Grendelkeep/DM-Grendelkeep-WIP1V2-WindowsNoEditor.pak",PackageChecksum="C8E96AF980DF6F668EBD95E451FC20CF")

Rules.ini:
CustomMapList=/Game/RestrictedAssets/Maps/DM-Grendelkeep-WIP1V2

TO DO:
More meshes
Better Lighting
Optimization
Too much to list TBH.

CHANGE LOG:

2/2/2016
Added more meshes
Cleaned up some collision
Complete overhaul on lighting
Complete overhaul on reflection mapping
Lowered volume of ambient sounds
Released for latest build

[Aquilon]

Looks great, I will follow!

It can make smaller blocks of stone?

[KazeoHin-TechAE]

I loved the original. This is looking REALLY promising. If you are open to artistic suggestions and criticism, let me know.

[konseptzzz]

I loved the original. This is looking REALLY promising. If you are open to artistic suggestions and criticism, let me know.

Absolutely !!!!

[Frostbite83]

WoW i can wait for testing Your Map

[Viper-]

Looking good so far! Do you have a pak we can test? The stone bricks look a bit too big for me. I would also love to see it in a snow environment

[bass3]

Looks great, add night skybox like in original! And share for testing asap!!

[konseptzzz]

I will test it with smaller bricks, but this was a straight conversion from UT2k4, and the textures were scaled that high. I will try it though and see how it goes.

As for the rain/night theme, I wanted to try something different. If 2k4 was rain/night, i figured this would be the same environment, in the winter, and during the daytime.

I still have a TON of things to change/create, but this is just the start!

I hope to have a PAK available for testing sometime this coming weekend.

[HenrikRyosa]

I like this day theme, as it creates nice areas of contrast, but the torches kind of feel dull where they are and could perhaps be moved to the darker areas.

[PayBack]

I could see the torches working if the map looked colder. Like game of thrones sorta look of chilly/snowy. They look out of place right now because the map is so bright and clear.

[konseptzzz]

I could see the torches working if the map looked colder. Like game of thrones sorta look of chilly/snowy. They look out of place right now because the map is so bright and clear.

Totally agree. Basically going to finish what I can, and waiting eagerly for the new Chill meshes and textures and the like.

[KazeoHin-TechAE]

I agree, and one of the things that make me feel like a broken record is my saying "Increase the colour contrast". You have a LOT of light/dark contrast, but the colour contrast is a bit dull. I know its still an early WIP, but colour contrast is something you want to get early on, to help define the more tedious decisions later on. Let warm reds, oranges and yellows define certain areas, and cool greens, blues and violets highlight other areas.

Here are some awesome concepts I found on good'ol Google:







You'll notice a theme, and that is a sort of dungeon/ruin type of look. I really think that going a bit darker would help make the torches 'pop', but it also means you can 'highlight' areas of the map MUCH easier. Don't reduce the intensity of the light, instead, close the ceiling up a bit and get a tighter control on where the beams of light fall. have the roof crack open in JUST the right way to have light bleed out, touch a wall and fill a certain area with an intense, cool light that bounces off the walls and highlights a powerup or path.


This is still early yet, as there are a TON more really easy things to add in to make this map look even better. edge-breakup meshes, closed-off prison cells built into the walls, hanging chains, debris from the collapsed roof, cracks in the floor, spider webs, decaying skeletons, vines growing down from the roof... you name it. Go nuts.

[konseptzzz]

I agree, and one of the things that make me feel like a broken record is my saying "Increase the colour contrast". You have a LOT of light/dark contrast, but the colour contrast is a bit dull. I know its still an early WIP, but colour contrast is something you want to get early on, to help define the more tedious decisions later on. Let warm reds, oranges and yellows define certain areas, and cool greens, blues and violets highlight other areas.

Here are some awesome concepts I found on good'ol Google:







You'll notice a theme, and that is a sort of dungeon/ruin type of look. I really think that going a bit darker would help make the torches 'pop', but it also means you can 'highlight' areas of the map MUCH easier. Don't reduce the intensity of the light, instead, close the ceiling up a bit and get a tighter control on where the beams of light fall. have the roof crack open in JUST the right way to have light bleed out, touch a wall and fill a certain area with an intense, cool light that bounces off the walls and highlights a powerup or path.


This is still early yet, as there are a TON more really easy things to add in to make this map look even better. edge-breakup meshes, closed-off prison cells built into the walls, hanging chains, debris from the collapsed roof, cracks in the floor, spider webs, decaying skeletons, vines growing down from the roof... you name it. Go nuts.

Love it! This is the type of inspiration that keeps me opening the editor!!

[Wail]

Looking great so far. Just don't make it a brown box like it was in the original! Ahead of the source material already, so that's a good sign.

[KazeoHin-TechAE]

Jayoplus is working on the ctf version. I made a quick edit of his CTF shell to create the DM version. He is pretty far along in the fully meshed CTF version.

https://ut.rushbase.net/cafe/DM-Gren...wsNoEditor.pak

That's a link to the edit I made, 99.999999% of the actual work was done by Jayoplus. The scaling seems to work really well in this game, so it might be worth taking a look at and comparing to your own version.

I was never a fan of the CTF version, but hopefully someone re-creating the map from the ground-up for CTF may make changes and optimisations to make it better.

As for this thread, I would love to see the map completed, show us some progress and don't be afraid to ask for ideas.