hyperactiveChipmunk January 22, 2008 Share hyperactiveChipmunk Member January 22, 2008 -hC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke January 22, 2008 Share MrDuke Member January 22, 2008 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penty January 22, 2008 Share Penty Member January 22, 2008 This is going a little over the top. Once near each sides spawn point should be sufficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaftiel January 22, 2008 Share shaftiel Member January 22, 2008 This is going a little over the top. Once near each sides spawn point should be sufficient. Oh you're just jealous because he has a pink knife (or so it looks like to me, could be lavender I suppose...) Shaftiel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperactiveChipmunk January 22, 2008 Author Share hyperactiveChipmunk Member January 22, 2008 This is going a little over the top. Once near each sides spawn point should be sufficient. Ouch. That hurts. I spent ridiculous amounts of effort (about 20 hours on Dustbowl) custom-making and placing the textures so they all blend into the map, and are for the most part in locations that are on travel routes from the spawn points but out-of-sight from the combat areas (although that's tough to do in Dustbowl). Try playing the game with them there, and you'll (hopefully) find that they fall into the background just like all of the other map details. If the general response is still that it's overkill, then I'll tone it back a bit, but I personally think it's a significant improvement over the CS:S ads. And yes, the knife is pink. I made it for my girlfriend. >8) -hC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duma January 22, 2008 Share duma Member January 22, 2008 I'm good with it. The more available the word, the more people we could attract. It isn't over-done, but amendable if complaints 'in game' begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty January 22, 2008 Share Fatty GC Founder January 22, 2008 Heck, it's not over the top in the least..get thee behind me, Penty <Mini drags Penty behind Fat where he and Bub work him over>....they're actually nicely hidden with the other painted advertisements by Jenkin...are they sponsoring us or something? I love em...however, the .gc seems a little....hmm...skinny girlish.....how about a nice bold .gc Did you put our rules in there somewhere? PS. What's in the second one? Ahhh, yes, this is a time consuming event....I enjoyed flying around the maps trying sprays out in different places in CSS.....but 20 hours? Eeek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaftiel January 22, 2008 Share shaftiel Member January 22, 2008 PS. What's in the second one? Look closely at the rock wall, and you will notice a slightly darker area that is the .gc. Sheesh, get some glasses grandpa. Shaftiel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperactiveChipmunk January 23, 2008 Author Share hyperactiveChipmunk Member January 23, 2008 Heck, it's not over the top in the least..get thee behind me, Penty <Mini drags Penty behind Fat where he and Bub work him over>....they're actually nicely hidden with the other painted advertisements by Jenkin...are they sponsoring us or something? That's from the map itself. I tailored the lettering and painted-look to match it as precisely as possible to make it seem as if it were there originally. This also keeps the ads from being distracting. I figured if the words were already there, then Valve had probably done all the work already deciding that it's a good place to put them. There are a few exceptions, for instance in the 5th shot (the second cp of stage 2). That's exactly the view the red team gets of the node from the death camera. Since everyone loves complaining about red's respawn, I thought it worthwhile to get a good, prominent URL right where they'll be looking while they wait. >8) I love em...however, the .gc seems a little....hmm...skinny girlish.....how about a nice bold .gc That's TF2's game font. Since the .gc decals would be in all maps, I used that as to keep it tied into the feel of the game, regardless of a map's individual setting. The rules are also in this font (see next part). Did you put our rules in there somewhere? Rules are in every spawn/resupply room. I didn't include pics because they're the same as those I previously posted in the cp_labor thread, but here's proof: PS. What's in the second one? Already been answered, but if you look hard, you'll notice similar effects in several other shots, too. There's also a few more 'extra-special' ones not seen in these shots, but I didn't want to ruin ALL the fun. Come in and find them yourself! >8) Ahhh, yes, this is a time consuming event....I enjoyed flying around the maps trying sprays out in different places in CSS.....but 20 hours? Eeek! It's worth it, to me. It's enjoyable (when Penty's not being a wet blanket), and it helps improve our image. Win-win (except for Penty; but I'll tell him how to blank them if he insists). Besides, I'd be remiss as a Game Director NOT to use the full extent of my skills to improve the server. -hC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty January 23, 2008 Share Fatty GC Founder January 23, 2008 I was joking about the Jenkin sponsor...you goof... Sarcasm level -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wentz January 23, 2008 Share Wentz Member January 23, 2008 um so i have on this miner hat for nothing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie January 23, 2008 Share mookie GC Alumni January 23, 2008 Try to keep in mind the overall file size of all these. I may be mistaken but my suspicion is that Mani will be giving all these decals out to players as they join, regardless of what map's on. Every once in a while, go in and delete these off your own installation then connect to the server to give yourself a good idea of how much wait time you're adding for pubbers that come by. Sooner or later this stuff adds up and will drive away players before they even enter the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty January 23, 2008 Share Fatty GC Founder January 23, 2008 That brings up a good point....the decals I used for CSS were the same on all the maps...so it limited the number of files.... very good point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperactiveChipmunk January 23, 2008 Author Share hyperactiveChipmunk Member January 23, 2008 Try to keep in mind the overall file size of all these. I may be mistaken but my suspicion is that Mani will be giving all these decals out to players as they join, regardless of what map's on. Every once in a while, go in and delete these off your own installation then connect to the server to give yourself a good idea of how much wait time you're adding for pubbers that come by. Sooner or later this stuff adds up and will drive away players before they even enter the server. I already do this each time I make changes. Currently the cumulative file size is 196KB, so downloading shouldn't take more than a second or two. -hC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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