Far Cry 2 Level Editor Contest Thread

What neurosol said, your map is a tad to flat, you need to mess around with some landscaping, make it a bit rough especially in the Junkyard, if you go through Far Cry 2 the only flat area's you'll see are inside the buildings, even bumping up/down your roads can make a difference.

Quick update

The Iconic Koopa Rock!.. also been working on getting the track as accurate as poss. and experimenting with different jumps to find a method that doesn't make you explode and die.

how do you reckon it compares to the original? 

Still lots to do until its right, fun fun

Liking the floaty isles maps.  Fou i wouldn't be too precious over the 'floating islands' concept, I had a few mess around levels early on with random crap floating everywhere, and i'd expect a few more maps from ppl along the same lines.  It'll be the design that counts in the end, not the general concept.

The concept and design work hand in hand; you can't have a great concept with bad design and/or a bad concept with a great design and call it a great map.
There needs to be a balance between the two in order for the final  result to be great. Great concept + Great design = Great map...

BTW, updated my main post with near finished screenshots of the map "Vertigo", aswell as adding my "Ultratank" screenshots
*UPDATE*

The map "Vertigo" is about to be uploaded, it is about as complete as I can make it with only very VERY teensy tiny little problems that aren't really even noticable.
The one problem that is noticable however, one which cannot be changed or fixed is the darkness of inside the towers, but there are some lamps laying about the level to highlight areas to help people get up and down the towers without getting lost.

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Well you don't really need to worry about falling off unless you go to some of the parts where there is no wall to stop you falling, the main concern is falling down the inside of the tower unlike mercy hospital where you're more concerned about a tank slamming you and sending you flying or something.

BTW, I have uploaded the Vertigo map, earlier today, however obviously it is still awaiting authorization so you should see it there shortly.

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Alright so ive been having several concept ideas with m friends and such, so heres one that we are wanting to go with, and we are wanting to know what the community might think of it, Alcatraz island and all of its escape roots, for either the what the...!? award or the land marks one

It could be nice, will you create the interior? just the concept of a simple prison can be good. WIth the island and the escape routes it could make a great map.

On many occasions I get annoyed with the limitations of this editor hampering what could have been...  This concept I'm working on is certainly do-able, but it is one of those instances where I wish I had a bit more control and more to work with.

So.. this might be a little hard to explain until I have more to show but its basically a large naval fleet out in the ocean.  The bulk of the map is aboard the Gigantic 'Juggernaut' ship which will be the WW2 equivalent of the StarWars Executor Super Star Destroyer.  Its going to be a combination of a battle ship and an Aircraft carrier.  There will also be a number of smaller ships surrounding the Juggernaut engaged in battle with it.

The Concept of this map is not simply a naval fleet, however.  Its going to be a Snap Shot in time of its final battle.. ( this is where forced motion blur and permanent explosions would have helped ).  So there will be explosions of debris and guts, frozen in mid air.. planes hovering in semi take off and falling from the sky in plumes of static smoke

Thats the plan anyway.. i only just started it late today so its in its infancy.

Heres and early shot of the Juggernaut, under construction.

pew pew pew!

In Utilities\Detail Objects you'll find an object called 'Pestle' which could work for the prison bars.. also there's a pole in there but that might be too long.  And yes, you can copy objects, simply have the object selected in the move option, hold SHIFT and then move it in a direction.. this also works for groups of selected objects. (sometimes it snaps back and looks like its not copied, but its just in the exact same position as the original, so just move it and it should appear)

*UPDATE*

This might better explain the concept..

The fatal decent, never to reach its conclusion.

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Hi there, just started here, so I wanted to share with you my very first building in my map. I wanted to make something based on Jurassic Park (:

Here it´s Main Building...

And here the imense T-rex inside it heheheh

cheers!

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Now all you need are the dino's chasing everyone around and you're set

An SDK would be nice so we could add custom content, but, make the most of what you've got, thats the way I see it

hey guys, I am working on my new map called "Alcatraz" . This time it´s in "real locations" category, and I thought I could share some initial screens with you!

Here is the working-in-progress:

And here Real-life Alcatraz Diagram : 

I've found that the far cry 2 editor is terrible for doing indoor areas, i've done some indoor work before, but couldn't stand the yucky lighting. Anyway, I didn't spend alot of time doing indoor work, so perhaps since you're spending more time on it you can pull it off, keep at it and see how you go.

Right now i'm doing a super mario 64 map remake for the nostalgia award. Right now this map is VERY WIP, and I may even start again.
Unfortunately It is a bit difficult since none of the resources are the same, especially the textures since there is no bright green. So i'm considering either changing the grass to another texture, otherwise i'll just leave it as is.

Very early WIP map

EDIT: I'm redoing this map again, only because I now know how much room I will need, and I can start in the middle area of the map, not the very corner. I also started the map on a bad angle which has been a pain in development even for this short time.

Edited by: Otreum