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FortWar Hell / A New FW Map Made By Me!

« on: July 05, 2013, 09:14:24 pm »

I just finished a complete FortWars map, it is called 3Fort. I'm not sure if that is an original name, I can always change it if it isn't, but the map is 100% original. I made this map after starting one earlier, fw_hive, except that became a cesspit of s***ty entity breakage. I'll post a .zip archive with 3Fort, just for you, tell me if I need to add/change anything or if the name needs changed. I'm also not sure if "_a1" should have been a suffix on the title.

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FortWar Hell / Re: I'm Creating A New Map

« on: June 18, 2013, 05:34:40 pm »

It is turning out very nice.

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FortWar Hell / Re: I'm Creating A New Map

« on: June 08, 2013, 08:41:51 pm »

here is a progress screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/Zn3KHVO.png

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FortWar Hell / Re: I'm Creating A New Map

« on: June 08, 2013, 08:36:59 pm »

It did not take NEARLY as long as expected, by the way. In one Saturday (today) I finished all of the brushes/models for the map. I just now have to assign the inputs and outputs and game logic entities necessary to make it a full fledged FW map.

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FortWar Hell / I'm Creating A New Map

« on: June 08, 2013, 09:59:14 am »

I have always wanted to make a TF2 map, and now I think I will. I've never made a TF2 map before, but I'm not a complete newb. I have an underlying knowledge of how certain things work in the Source engine, due to the fact that I am an amateur graphics programmer and have also read into Source architecture before, so the only problem is just working out the kinks in the creation pipeline. I also have a pretty good map idea, and what better game mode to make a first map for than for FW (since maps must be very low-poly).

I have a few questions. First, how long should it take me to make a small-ish map with very low detail, only default textures, two control points, and a spawn? Is 100 hours a reasonable estimate? 200 hours? Also, who do I show the map to if I want to have someone consider it for server rotation (assuming the map  isn't a pile of horse shit)?

Thank you for your time.