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LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK! Map being created for SFM.

Threw Twilight in for scale. The hall is... big. This picture is not using any additional SFM lighting like the others. The lighting is from the map.

Changes from 02:
-Flower Pots! Created by THEY IS SO PRETTY!
-White arches with net thing (the back left one "has" a net, but the distance LoD kicked in)
-Arches simplified. The old setup was messy and wouldn't connect right. Going to redo, so just wiped for now
-Hall extended in two directions and area closed off
-Red carpet width expanded a bit (one tile each side)
-Flags were modified to reduce poly count

To-Do:
-Fix hole in ceiling (you can't see it, but where the halls meet there is no ceiling yet )
-Have the stained glass alternate around the corners
-Still add more detail to ceiling
-Realign some of the wall textures
-Probably add a bumpmap to the diamond ceiling texture. Looks to plain.
-Figure out what is wrong with the flower pot texture. Loads fine everywhere but in the map editor. Appears black in SFM unless added as a model. It is just Source being picky.
-Add more detail for the hall doors (that is not the "main" door in the background; that will be at the intersection of the 3 halls, about where the camera is positioned).

I spent the majority of today just optimizing the map. It desperately needed it. So much so, it would not render . Poly count is probably 1/5th of what is was before. Also, this is a quick render of the map. A full render will actually look even better, but takes hours to complete (quick render takes about 3-4 minutes). Waiting for final to do that.

So is this looking pretty awesome or what?

Submitted this one to SFM-Ponies Group now as I feel the hall itself is near completion (though it will still be a fairly long while before anything is released).

Description
LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK! Map being created for SFM.

Threw Twilight in for scale. The hall is... big. This picture is not using any additional SFM lighting like the others. The lighting is from the map.

Changes from 02:
-Flower Pots! Created by THEY IS SO PRETTY!
-White arches with net thing (the back left one "has" a net, but the distance LoD kicked in)
-Arches simplified. The old setup was messy and wouldn't connect right. Going to redo, so just wiped for now
-Hall extended in two directions and area closed off
-Red carpet width expanded a bit (one tile each side)
-Flags were modified to reduce poly count

To-Do:
-Fix hole in ceiling (you can't see it, but where the halls meet there is no ceiling yet )
-Have the stained glass alternate around the corners
-Still add more detail to ceiling
-Realign some of the wall textures
-Probably add a bumpmap to the diamond ceiling texture. Looks to plain.
-Figure out what is wrong with the flower pot texture. Loads fine everywhere but in the map editor. Appears black in SFM unless added as a model. It is just Source being picky.
-Add more detail for the hall doors (that is not the "main" door in the background; that will be at the intersection of the 3 halls, about where the camera is positioned).

I spent the majority of today just optimizing the map. It desperately needed it. So much so, it would not render . Poly count is probably 1/5th of what is was before. Also, this is a quick render of the map. A full render will actually look even better, but takes hours to complete (quick render takes about 3-4 minutes). Waiting for final to do that.

So is this looking pretty awesome or what?

Submitted this one to SFM-Ponies Group now as I feel the hall itself is near completion (though it will still be a fairly long while before anything is released).