The [FGS] Clan

My most recent map that I have been working on in the last few months on and off, based on the Amon map from Unreal Tournament. I still need to add several things to the map, but compared to my usual first betas this map is in a very advanced state.

Good lighting makes any map look professional, great job Chinny

Loving it so far! Top one, nice one, get sorted!

Its kind of shaping up to be like Spirit, with its layers. Love the broken bit.

Yeah very good observation Syn, I saw this map and thought it would make for a good shrunken Spirit style of map, thanks for the comments.

I'd prefer links to the pictures so I can open them up in a new tab/window so I can see them entirely without having to scroll through the picture on the forum cause it's too big

Looks really good though, I really really REALLY like the wooden bridges with the metal frames. Best texture combination evar.

Looks amazing so far, keep up the good work!

Those brown metal structures-beams in the ceiling are "sticky"? Would make for some interesting acrobatics with Speed Enhancement.

Would be great if you could make a map for DXMP too, not just for 0a. Only difference is *added* support for F7 potential. It is actually a mistake to make a map exclusively for SE, meaning that dxmp and 0a maps are largely identical in design.

synthetic wrote:Would be great if you could make a map for DXMP too, not just for 0a.

Nahhh take care of your words. This sentence could ignite an argument since it separates things that belong together.

~][FGS][Nobody~ wrote:

synthetic wrote:Would be great if you could make a map for DXMP too, not just for 0a.

Nahhh take care of your words. This sentence could ignite an argument since it separates things that belong together.

I just wanna put this out there... Augs are part of dxmp.

Vexus wrote:

~][FGS][Nobody~ wrote:

synthetic wrote:Would be great if you could make a map for DXMP too, not just for 0a.

Nahhh take care of your words. This sentence could ignite an argument since it separates things that belong together.

I just wanna put this out there... Augs are part of dxmp.

That is a very smart observation

Just bit frustrated about the mapping scene, nobody maps for DXMP anymore and all maps are for mods. My main point with my previous post was about the complicated(?) similarities between 0a and DXMP maps.

For example, lot of augers would want to design map after Speed Enhancement because thats all they see in the server. That, however, would not be true DXMP map. F7 comes with 0aug-pace alternative that *should* be a choice, but due to bad game balancing (or map content) has ceased to be one.

This means that at least 50% of aug gameplay is identical to 0a map geometry and the additional Speed Enhancement support is just added to the map.

I do not intend to spark an unnecessary debate here. I encourage everybody to go play DXSP without aug and upgrade cannisters and feel good about themselves for doing so - wasn't the point of my post.
Edit: and without skillpoints; go -hax0r and "allskills" all the way, yay

synthetic wrote:[...] similarities between 0a and DXMP maps.

So 0aug maps are no DXMP maps?

synthetic wrote:I do not intend to spark an unnecessary debate here.

Sparking is exactly what you're doing my friend.

While I am sure you are itching to make a point about the person's behaviour of late, I think Synthetic has a point too to be honest, he's just encouraging Chinny to challenge himself a bit further.

Scrolling screenshots is a bummer.

If this is the map that was hosted a while ago in beta form, it reminds me very much of DXMS map concepts. Spawnrooms were a bit open and a bit like Siberia, bit of a labyrinth, but not totally confusing. This map has nice architectural details and definitely you can't go wrong with split levels and paths intersecting each other, lots of 0-aug gameplay.

So it is my fault *you* or anyone else is feeling "sparked"? My point was entirely about the map design and gameplay mechanics, underlining certain similarities between the games. Debating what is or isn't DXMP (esp in this thread) is as pointless as searching DXSP storyline for Star Gates. And my very statement was "sparked" by the wonderful opportunities the ceiling constructions seen on chinnys screens could provide.