Okay, well, I absolutely loved this map in the original, so a while back I figured I'd give a remake a shot, but not too far into production, I came across Fuzzdad's amazing dod_anvil and I lost all initiative, wondering how I could ever compete with that. So, I have two questions for you fine folks:

a) Fuzzdad, if you happen to read this, do you have any problem with me working on it?

b) If I was to complete it, would any of you play it?

Before coming across dod_anvil, I managed to complete the area between the Axis Spawn and a little past the Kubelwagen. Keep in mind, that unlike anvil, this is a remake, not a reimaging... or whatever you call the process of completely changing a map's look without changing the layout. :confused:

Screenies:

Axis Spawn (http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/1740/axisspawnal4.jpg)
Area Outside of Spawn (http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/1205/startsectorwz7.jpg)
Kubelwagen (http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/8238/kubelwagennr9.jpg)

These were done using the fast VIS and RAD... so quality isn't top notch, but I guess I have to deal, eh? ;) So, yea... let me know what you think of it, and whether or not it's a lost cause to continue development. Thanks! :D

P.S. <3 FuzzDad

If Fuzzdad says its ok, it looks like it could get to be something good, i would have personally talked to Fuzz before starting the map... but of well... looks swell.

Thanks a lot... however, when I started it, I had no idea about any of the workings behind DOD 1.x map creation. For all I knew, VALVe had made the map... that's how uninformed I was.

But, in hindsight, if I knew what I know now, I would have definitely consulted him before starting work on it.

18 FPS while looking into a spawn doesn't sound too promising on the playability front, regardless of what FD's answer is. Might wanna check your brushwork and optimization techniques

Originally posted by Furyo
18 FPS while looking into a spawn doesn't sound too promising on the playability front, regardless of what FD's answer is. Might wanna check your brushwork and optimization techniques

I think that's a rushed assumption ;)

It looks like AA is on with everything high quality, maybe his graphics card doesn't support AA all that well.

Falaise would be good, but Bocage even better. :)

bocage - three man cap in the middle
Where did those GIMPS go ?? ;)

Hard enough to get two people to cap a flag these days...have fun mapping it!

Remakes are hard. some things that worked well in 1.3 dont work at all in Source

like long maps, no sides at all would be horrible for Source gameplay