Ice Station Zeto Remake

[Syphix]

As I mentioned in a request thread I have started work on a new map, a remake of DM-Zeto, and I thought I would share my progress.

So far all the BSP is laid out and its just the long meshing processing now. Here are some screenshots showing the layout.



The largest change I have made (and its quite dramatic) is converting one area to outdoors. This was more of a personal challenge to see whether it could be done successfully and I am still in the process of deciding whether its worth keeping it outdoors, or changing it back to keep it true to the original.



Ill upload some comparison pics in a bit - unfortunately I have UT'99 on a seperate comp to which I am mapping and writing this update so I will need to get the pics and edit this post.

The next section is meant to have pillars but I am saving this for meshes. I have added a glass top area to it and am quite happy about how its turned out. Also notice I have made a new glass material to get a frozen effect on the windows. The material on the curved glass will be changed to fit properly.




I have already pretty much finished the outdoor area. I knew how I wanted it to look so I could get that done pretty fast. It is quite a dramatic change from the boring snow and cliff face of the original. There is also a crane out there that does some random movements back and forth. No set matinee, its movements are all completely random lol.



This area should be recognisable to any who played the original even though it is nowhere near done. I only have the basic structural essentials in at the moment.

I have also kept to using the doors as was used in the original. I have already got these all working perfectly.



One last area I would like to mention is the hidden shield belt. Previously just hidden behind a wall I have turned the area (because it comes off the outdoor area), into a garage.



Obviously there is nothing amazing here yet but its all still in the early stages. My main query is what people think about having an outdoor area instead of keeping it all inside. There is only one structural change as a result of this which is that normal the flak cannon spawn point was enclosed, however doing this on my version just looks silly and so I left it open.

[Thrallala]

Looks good so far, i'll definitely be keeping an eye on this one

Was one of my favorites back in UT99.

[Lord_PorkSword]

Looks good so far, i'll definitely be keeping an eye on this one

I second that!
I like the look of your backdrop from what can be seen in the screenies!

[Syphix]

I second that!
I like the look of your backdrop from what can be seen in the screenies!

I am reasonably pleased with that so far... unfortunately I couldn't show too much due to the angles without taking an outside view, which I wanted to avoid as its set up for maximum effect when viewed from the inside.

[iced-fang]

its cool looking when do u think u will be done cuz i wanna download it?

[Syphix]

its cool looking when do u think u will be done cuz i wanna download it?

It could be a while - currently I have so much going on that I haven't really had time to dedicate to it. I am slowly making progress though, just suffering the equivalent of writer's block in some areas

[Dagren]

Been waiting on a remake for a while now, great job! However, for that real classic zeto feel i'd suggest more snow and more claustraphobia. I can't say I like the sunset as a skybox much either, but it's your map.

[Syphix]

Been waiting on a remake for a while now, great job! However, for that real classic zeto feel i'd suggest more snow and more claustraphobia. I can't say I like the sunset as a skybox much either, but it's your map.

It should feel a little more claustraphobic once the meshes are in. Hopefully when you see the skybox in action you will approve more

[Phoenix86]

is this still in production?

i love remakes!!!!!!!!!

[leveup]

is really useful for me

[Kazimira]

I'd sudgest alot more snow and a very very ccloudy sky. It looks to warm toned how it is now but thats just my opionion.

[sneh]

Hey Syphix, any progress?

[leakingpaint]

An outdoor area could show off more detail on the exterior but may slow the map down slightly. Since I'm a fan of detail in maps I'd vote yes for the outdoor area.

+ I enjoy the 'warm tone'

[Kazimira]

Well with a name like Ice station something or other you'd expect more cold.

[m3fs]

yeah zeto! with the shield in the hidden wall!! Makes me hope for a ut99 map pack with pressure, liandri, zeto, curse, gothic, etc...

[sneh]

yeah zeto! with the shield in the hidden wall!! Makes me hope for a ut99 map pack with pressure, liandri, zeto, curse, gothic, etc...

There is.. well, I'm going to post it tomorrow

But I haven't heard from Syphix for ages, so I'm not sure Zeto will ever be finished..?

[Lord_PorkSword]

Syphix, any progress on this remake?
Looking forward to see what you've done on this.