Custom Gmod map?

I was planning to run a snowy map through December but I found out that it had leaks which would cause crashes :\

That map had the most awesome snow effects though

I was trying to create a snowy version of gm_flatgrass, it sort of worked, except it wouldn't use my snow texture for the ground

I was planning to run a snowy map through December but I found out that it had leaks which would cause crashes :\

That map had the most awesome snow effects though

i was talking about a CUSTOM Aprilon Dynasty map
it'd be good since ppl had to come on the server if they wanted to try the map then
also it'd be funnier with a custom map since it'd be completely new to all wich would possibly give more players
also.. it'd need a giant flat area like flatgrass
but also some buildings like construct
and also some water
like hugeflatconstruct but not that laggy and customly made

I was planning to run a snowy map through December but I found out that it had leaks which would cause crashes :\

That map had the most awesome snow effects though

i was talking about a CUSTOM Aprilon Dynasty map
it'd be good since ppl had to come on the server if they wanted to try the map then
also it'd be funnier with a custom map since it'd be completely new to all wich would possibly give more players
also.. it'd need a giant flat area like flatgrass
but also some buildings like construct
and also some water
like hugeflatconstruct but not that laggy and customly made

If anyone wants to make it, and make the map filesize relatively low, sure.

If anyone wants to make it, and make the map filesize relatively low, sure.

i smell an upcoming contest?

Just a quick attempt at a map.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/334452/apdyn/gm ... s_beta.zip

Its only 1.4MB so not that big a download.

Screenshots
http://kimag.es/share/57108266.jpg (Snowman not included)
http://kimag.es/share/60763613.jpg

Features
- Snow on ground
- Snow on Spawn Block
- Walking has snow footstep sound

To Do
- Add falling snow
- Add water/icey bit
- Change sky texture

Just a quick attempt at a map.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/334452/apdyn/gm ... s_beta.zip

Its only 1.4MB so not that big a download.

Screenshots
http://kimag.es/share/57108266.jpg (Snowman not included)
http://kimag.es/share/60763613.jpg

Features
- Snow on ground
- Snow on Spawn Block
- Walking has snow footstep sound

To Do
- Add falling snow
- Add water/icey bit
- Change sky texture

Awesome , but the snow is pretty bright and would irritate me after a while.

Looks good, I'll try it out and if I like it I'll add it

I was thinking to make a custom map to Aprilon Dynasty 2-3 months ago, but, making a map just big as gm_flatgrass is really hard to make.

Would be cool. Could have some train tracks, some roads, some buildings, and loads of free space also

I agree with all of these ideas. Our new map needs to have:
-About a quarter of the map is water.
-Big free space in the center.
-Tunnels for vehicles and such.
-Admin Room.(Anti Noclip for non admins? dunno if that is possible to put in a map..)
-Some Buildings.
-A small area of the map with snow? Idk...

-About a quarter of the map is water.

or less? We're talking about a great deal of calculations for the physics here. We can't know if water in general could significantly decrease the value of player latency.

-Tunnels for vehicles and such.

Good idea.

-Admin Room.(Anti Noclip for non admins? dunno if that is possible to put in a map..)

This is completely unnecessary. And on top of that, it'll only contribute to a bigger filesize of the map. We want to keep it low for the convenience of the player - they want short download time.

-A small area of the map with snow? Idk...

If this is a map that'll be used at mostly all times, snow wouldn't be a good idea. It'd save the mapper (potentially Jamza? ) some time here.

Snow isn't a time eater

Snow isn't a time eater

I was implying that the winter theme doesn't fit in the summer times.

Easy solution. Make a summer and winter version of the map.

i like where this thread is going

i love making maps, you were talking about making a map like flatgrass, thats just a simple square, you wanted water, no problem, admin room that is hidden? no problem, its just squares and skybox, i could jump onto doing it, just leave a msg should i or pm i don't know

you can check your leeks in map- > load pointfile..
if the file exists, it will exist if the map leeks then it will point you to your leek

I've had past experience with mapping, like back to when the original Half-Life was all the hype. I know how to avoid making leaks and how to avoid (forgotten the term) the bad stuff that happens when having 2 brushes making contact.