SP map progress shots

[R_Diaz]

There seems to be very few people making SP maps. I'm making one of them in which you have to walk with Dom and Cole to the top of some kind of hill while being attacked by Locust. Then on top of the hill is a temple. Your goal is to enter it, and maybe I'll make the inside of the temple too.

Here are some progress shots (started yesterday):

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/7479/cuestecica4rk7.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/2428/cuestecica6tm8.jpg

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/889/wtf2qa3.jpg

[jackrustycog]

Looks good man

[Marth]

Good lord, what in the HELL is this? Forests in Gears of War? :)

This is a VERY good job, don't get me wrong. It's a refreshing change from the usual 'war' look. I am looking forward to this level as it develops.

-Marth

[CrysAk]

very nice m8 ^^ comin on good

hmmm.. forest MP map... /me opens UEd

[Dekrayzis]

Looks good so far, keep up the good work.:)

[angusm]

Forest looks sweet!
Can't wait to try it out.

[coolcat12]

Looks nice man. Keep it up!

[Sirjizz]

speaking of forest map guys ive been thinking of an idea for a forest mp map for a while now(after im done with downpour that is). It would have a fantasy feel to it. Giant mushrooms, trees everywhere, bluish lighting. Kinda like crysis on crack. Cracksis if you will.

[BlkBullet23]

Level is looking badass.
I wanted to do one like this when I bought the game.:mad: Now its taken:(

Hope it turns out good in the end.:cool:
I would play that level over multiplayer any day. :D

[R_Diaz]

speaking of forest map guys ive been thinking of an idea for a forest mp map for a while now(after im done with downpour that is). It would have a fantasy feel to it. Giant mushrooms, trees everywhere, bluish lighting. Kinda like crysis on crack. Cracksis if you will.


That's interesting. Kinda like the fourth level in Turok 2, I guess. That was a creepy forest with giant mushrooms and dead trees and the ambience was so nice :)

What I try to achieve here is more the feeling of going up a hill until you reach a place you were able to see from far away. The real "forest" idea is still not taken :p

[far]

Nice work R_Diaz, map is looking good

[Calvin Hobbes]

speaking of forest map guys ive been thinking of an idea for a forest mp map for a while now(after im done with downpour that is). It would have a fantasy feel to it. Giant mushrooms, trees everywhere, bluish lighting. Kinda like crysis on crack. Cracksis if you will.

That would be great because think about it. They aren't on Earth, their on an "earth like" planet, so variations in vegetation and animal life wouldn't take away from it.

[Calvin Hobbes]

There seems to be very few people making SP maps. I'm making one of them in which you have to walk with Dom and Cole to the top of some kind of hill while being attacked by Locust. Then on top of the hill is a temple. Your goal is to enter it, and maybe I'll make the inside of the temple too.

Here are some progress shots (started yesterday):

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/7479/cuestecica4rk7.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/2428/cuestecica6tm8.jpg

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/889/wtf2qa3.jpg

This looks great man. Can you cover behind the tree's?

[R_Diaz]

This looks great man. Can you cover behind the tree's?

Yup, that's mostly their point. :)

[Leblanc]

Great work mate! Keep it up!

I quit editing as I ran into too many problems with the Editor (bugs and crashes). Maybe one day a miracle will happen and Epic will release an update. Maybe...

:)

Gz again Diaz for the map. Looking great! Love it also bc it's SP.

[Crozz]

Great idea, looking forward to more:)

[VoltronisyourDaddy]

Great map man. I plan on making my own soon.

[NewPCGamer]

YESSSS!!! somone is goin for single player maps! looks REALLY good. Its nice to see somone who likes the single player as much as me! keep up the good work

[Taffer]

Man I'm jealous. That looks absolutely amazing, and the fact that you were able to make that in a day boggles my mind a bit.

[Nakmuay]

very nice, are these custom meshes? I tried looking for trees in GoW and could only find a few

[R_Diaz]

very nice, are these custom meshes? I tried looking for trees in GoW and could only find a few

There are a couple tree models and varied skins. I'm always using the same model :D

[SirenSilently]

Definitely as mentioned before a different look and feel to gears of war. But hey, with this editor we have the privilege to almost make our own game it seems. Love the new look and I'll try out this map/level, without a doubt. :)

[R_Diaz]

Well, due to problems with the editor breaking my GOW installation, I don't know when this map will be finished, but I won't give up on it. By the way, I didn't like how it looked with a daylight setting, it was missing something, so it's now a nighty map with rain. Forest assets have some nice rain shaders to use. I'll get some screens up as soon as I can, probably sunday :)

[Calvin Hobbes]

Epic has FAILED the community.

[R_Diaz]

Epic has FAILED the community.

Not really. Microsoft did. UT3 works flawlessly, probably because it doesn't have that "games for windows live" stuff :(

[John_NZ]

Nice work R_Diaz, I have a question, how did you build the blocking volume for your rocks? Is it just a blocking cube or it contours to the rocks themselves? Thanks

[R_Diaz]

Nice work R_Diaz, I have a question, how did you build the blocking volume for your rocks? Is it just a blocking cube or it contours to the rocks themselves? Thanks

Blocking cubes mostly. They're vertex edited to make them fit the rocks, but no complex shapes at all.

[John_NZ]

How do you edit the vertex of the brush? All I can do is scale it. Thanks, R_Diaz

[far]

How do you edit the vertex of the brush? All I can do is scale it

Well select your brush that you want to edit & then click the Geometry Mode button (it is the button next to Camera Mode button ) - Wire box shaped button.

You can then select vertex, face, polygon & make adjustments as needed ;)

[John_NZ]

Thanks, far. Appreciate it. Cheers :)

[erwilly]

saludos :p

[ocarian]

very nice work

I can't wait to try your map :)

good luck for the rest

[Draketopher]

Honestly, I was blown away by the forest look. I'm very much looking forward to your map.

[R_Diaz]

I'm hoping to retake work on this map soon, as I'm getting a new computer. I just hope the editor doesn't mess up my game installation with this one.

[Zackiz]

cool, i'am waiting for this one!

[R_Diaz]

Here's some updates. Rain was scrapped, daylight is looking nice.

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7664/bojque1600x1200ca3.th.jpg (http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bojque1600x1200ca3.jpg) http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/3395/bojque2yu3.th.jpg (http://img410.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bojque2yu3.jpg) http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/1042/bojque4cz5.th.jpg (http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bojque4cz5.jpg) http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9830/bojque5vi0.th.jpg (http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bojque5vi0.jpg) http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8798/bojque8dv8.th.jpg (http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bojque8dv8.jpg)

[MozI]

Looking slick!

[Zackiz]

Looks cool. Really looking forward to this one!

[John_NZ]

Keep it comin'. Really nice work. Cheers 8)

[Core2TOM]

AWESOME!!! :eek:

[Thaur]

Looking good man. I see you have a troika gun in one of your screenshots. Please tell me how to add those! I have opened several of the epic SP maps and have not found out how.

[theron]

Looks great!!! Cant wait to play this one :D

[BrendanL]

Wow! It looks great! Hopefully Epic and Microsoft somehow work out something to allow Gears of War mods on 360.