My first map! Help needed!

[Drax]

My first evermade map: ctf_IceMountain
Map Type: ctf/Climb
Author: Drax
Compiled/tested: Every jump is possible to make.
Lvl of the map: hmm Idk...




I do not know how to shade at all, don't send me to forum tutorial, it didn't make it clear enough how to do it + I don't see most of the pictures there, Idk why...
Do you have any suggestion how to shade this mountain?Can someone teach me or make a full Soldat polyworks guide but youtube video! Also I would like 3D look... something like here...


can anyone help me with it? Please!


also if you will look closer on the map there is delta team spawn and at the end of igloo there is a line, that is the end of igloo_scenery, although the background is all green(255) it's still there, can someone tell me how to fix it or do it for me??

[jrgp]

Why is it that the first two pictures look completely different? I'm pleasantly surprised at the first screenshot as it looks not too bad, despite missing the texture, but the second screenshot doesn't look that great.

Hopefully there are some tutorials still around that aren't completely full of linkrot. You'll need to do some sleuthing around.

[Drax]

@jrgp:

I think you didn't get what I wanted to tell/show you... well I failed with it a little.

Also I would like 3rd look... something like here...

and here... >first image< I would like this 3D look/shape on my mountain... you get it now?

also tell me if you know, how to fix the problem I wrote about...

also if you will look closer on the map there is delta team spawn and at the end of igloo there is a line, that is the end of igloo_scenery, although the background is all green(255) it's still there, can someone tell me how to fix it or do it for me??

... and send it back? please?

[Akinaro]

you can use .png file with transparency instead of lime color

and about 3D look:

This screen is from Mod that change textures and edges for polygons(and other graphics).


And if you want to make such 3D-like effect you need to make map with edge to edge connections for polygons:


and then sett different colors for upper part(light colors) and lower part(darker colors) so its look like snow on ground. Use Vertex Colour Tool in PolyWorks for that.

[Drax]

thanks a lot Akinaro, and how would you shade this mountain??

you can use .png file with transparency instead of lime color

what is this? how I do it?

[Akinaro]

without tech talk: png is something like better bmp :]


its graphic format that is in my opinion one of the best.
And with app's like PNGOUT you can change their size to almost like jpg(from 900KB to 200-300KB) without loosing transparency and quality.

[Drax]

Thanks. You didn't say anything about mountain shading...  I mean, how would you shade/change it color it or something...

[Akinaro]

and about 3D look:

This screen is from Mod that change textures and edges for polygons(and other graphics).


And if you want to make such 3D-like effect you need to make map with edge to edge connections for polygons:


and then set different colors for upper part(light colors) and lower part(darker colors) so its look like snow on ground. Use Vertex Colour Tool in PolyWorks for that.

Select polygon,
choose color in palette window,
use Vertex Colour Tool or Colour Polygons Tool.

You need to have minimum sense of colors and shading to do it, so we cant help you with that. If you dont know that you need to learn it by your self

[Drax]

I mean, how would you shade/change it color it or something...

I was asking about your own idea.... as a mapper

and is it possible that I could ask you to do this 3D look for me? please?

[Akinaro]

For now I dont have too much time, but if you upload your map here, I could modify part of it so you could see how it would looks like.

[smiluu]

All you need to know about light and rendering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6UKhR0T6cs

[Drax]

here it is Akinaro...

PS Can someone move my topic to Mapping Help... sorry about that ;/