flr_jungletemple

Status: Denied

Reason:

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- bugs: (radon)
Bugs:
http://www.rad0n.dk/mapcheck/flr_jungletemple0000.bmp : looks bad with just a black texture there. find another way to blocks this tunnel
http://www.rad0n.dk/mapcheck/flr_jungletemple0001.bmp : u can see a line where the waterfall hits the water. looks strange. use null
http://www.rad0n.dk/mapcheck/flr_jungletemple0002.bmp : u get blocked there sometimes
http://www.rad0n.dk/mapcheck/flr_jungletemple0003.bmp : texture change from gold to brick looks strange
http://www.rad0n.dk/mapcheck/flr_jungletemple0004.bmp : the texture on the side of the wood. need to be rotated.
http://www.rad0n.dk/mapcheck/flr_jungletemple0005.bmp : bugged lamp
http://www.rad0n.dk/mapcheck/flr_jungletemple0006.bmp : the ceiling is very simple. some kind of detail would help alot.
http://www.rad0n.dk/mapcheck/flr_jungletemple0007.bmp : lightbug

- bugs: (puppetz)
http://www.dump.no/files/ae3363b0ecae/flr_jungletemple_stretchtex.JPG Stretched texture

http://www.dump.no/files/ae3363b0ecae/flr_jungletemple_nb1.JPG Null bug.

http://www.dump.no/files/ae3363b0ecae/flr_jungletemple_nb2.JPG Null bug

Optional:

http://www.dump.no/files/ae3363b0ecae/flr_jungletemple_repeating.JPG Repeating texture. I also think a sand texture there looks a little strange.

http://www.dump.no/files/ae3363b0ecae/flr_jungletemple_tex1.JPG The gold texture there looks a little weird, and the texture on the inside of it should be scaled, it's repeating a lot.

http://www.dump.no/files/ae3363b0ecae/flr_jungletemple_tex2.JPG The transition between the textures here looks weird - try and hide it somehow, or change some textures.

http://www.dump.no/files/ae3363b0ecae/flr_jungletemple_tex3.JPG The texture inside the "well" doesn't fit very good, and the water texture is not very high scaled (I know you can't always scale water textures like you want)

http://www.dump.no/files/ae3363b0ecae/flr_jungletemple_tex5.JPG I suggest him to make a start button similar to this end button.

http://www.dump.no/files/ae3363b0ecae/flr_jungletemple_tex4.JPG Maybe make some sort of fade-to-black texture trick there. Or make the hole deeper.

http://www.dump.no/files/ae3363b0ecae/flr_jungletemple_tex6.JPG Picture speaks for itself? :P

As others mentioned, there's a lot of wallbugs, and it seems like he tried to hide them by using the -cliptype parameter. This is really bad idea in my opinion...

Shortcuts:
I think people will do a shortcut here on public, when the pillar has fallen. (As the picture says, the face inside is pitch black, he could try and fix that too (e.g. set a minimum light value to the entity).

- so there only some bugs left to fix. then it should be ready for custom tag.

- maybe possible shortcut: look, http://dump.no/files/687b63915cc0/flr_jungletemple0003.JPG

Suggestions:

- Shortcuts: 1 , Maybe poss

- Rename the model folder name to the right ones.

- there alot of wallbugs in the first part. fix them all.

Other:

Note: Make a changelog when/if you resubmit so we can easier see what you have changed and make the process go faster.

Flayer, can you post your compile parameters/compile log so I can see what parameters you used? It's usually the -cliptype parameter that makes the walls feel like this, so I'm wondering what else it could be.

I'm almost 100% sure that people will whine about the first part in this map (cause of the buggy walls) and then blame it on us, the mapcheck team. People usually say the mapcheck team doesn't care about the jumps, only the looks of the map, so sometimes it's hard for us to find a "middle-way".

I do sort of understand your frustration if you are waiting to quit mapping, it's not very motivating to get a new bunch of bugs smacked in your head, but we are only trying to make the outcome of your map as good as possible, so please cool down.
I came in the mapcheck team after your map was accepted the first time, so I probably shouldn't say anything about that.

Other than that, I personally think your map is really sweet, it has nice jumps, textures, and it's got a good length. I guess you don't have to fix everything, since it's "only" gonna get custom tag. Notice that I most of the bugs I mentioned are optional. The nullbugs and the stretched texture should be an easy fix.

I just played the first part again, and it actually doesn't seem like there's a lot of wallbugs. The cliptype thing just makes the walls seem pretty "thick" and "sticky" somehow. I think the map will be much more pleasant to jump when you've compiled it without that option.
Good luck with it. :P

Did you get the files I sent? It's been a while since I uploaded it.