Description : This is my first Q3DM map, and is a monument to inefficiency. Sky-high
r_speeds, bad lighting, sloppy brushwork-- all sorts of mistakes which
I won't repeat in alc3dm2. The learning process took months and was
a constant source of frustration and agony-- hence the name. A chronicle
of everything that happened can be found at:
www.qmap.org/qcolumn.php3 (pan down, they are in
reverse chronological order)
Besides the newbie problems, this didn't turn out nearly as bad as I had
feared. In fact, if you can handle the frame rate, it does play fairly
well. The environment is a hodge-podge of metal/industrial textures
intended to look rusted and semi-abandoned. Lunaran described it as
looking like it was "assembled by Jawas," which more or less sums up what
I was going for.
Additional Thanks to : SPoG, for prophetic wisdom of the ages
Wiebo de Wit for his emergency assistance
Lunaran for his cool CF Shader, and continuing help and advice
Nunuk, Bal, Maj, and Friction, for their technical guidance
Sock for the stratosphere skybox
Bal, Vondur, Kona, Friction, Rorshach, Lunaran, Killer, and Than for other
textures and Shaders
Friction for sounds
Everybody in #tf who was kind enough to answer my endless questions, and
others I might have forgotten
Beta testing : These guys earned their pay. Auhsan, Nanospawn, and the other "Spanish
Weirds" for final playtesting, Bal, Lunaran, Nunuk, Friction, Grindspire,
Killer, for eagle-eyed bug spotting, and of course The Big House playtesting
team of Manex, Wedge, Tarrant, Drakken-Korrin, and the Apostle. Go Big C!
Other stuff : I seriously doubt this will ever see server use, but feedback and
reviews are always welcome.
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* Technical Information *
New Textures : 2 slightly modified textures
New sounds : two
* Construction *
Base : from scratch
Brushes : 2515
Construction Time : Around 6 months
Build programs : GTK
Build Time : 4 Minutes, 51 seconds
Compile machine : P3 800mhz, 256mg RAM
Editor used : GTK
* Copyright / Permissions *
All original files in this pk3 are Copyright Nathan A. Canestaro, esq, 2001.
All other textures, shaders and sound files remain property of their respective
owners. All root materials bundled in this pak (raw textures, shaders, sound files)
may not be used in the creation of other levels without due credit given to their owners.
You may not use this level as a base to build additional levels without
explicit permission of the author! Private individuals may however
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the use of others. Packaging, repackaging, or distribution through other
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