Screenshots of what you're doing.

very nice strahlemann

Jesus fucking christ.

It looks gorgeous, yes Could you share the map file as well please? If possible, put it on a GIT branch to let the auto-compiler take care of it.

I have to take a closer look at git to do so, but i probably have some time this weekend.
Still it's far away from even a beta, so i tend to continue working on it until a first beta/ late alpha before adding it to git

Wow, this looks cool, Strahlemann!

Almost done, I've to work on the lights and trying to increase FPS wich is between 40 and 150.

Leeloo, that is very cool too, my gosh its full of blue

Newbie skybox problem, I install a windows (dual boot) to install terragen to generate a skybox. Not really a good job :-( I can say a verry bad job... I want to do something look like the lava cenary around the fight of Obi-wan Kenobi and Anakim Skywalker in the movie episode 3. It is a desaster :-(, I've got a lot to learn.

It is a remake of a old quake3 map stei6, I liked so much to play in that time.

Yeah, that is just too much red, but good job anyway, man learns with trial/error sometimes . Looks like, it is not projected at all. Skyboxes are a special kind of shaders, look at some official ones how they work. That being said, you only have to be sure, that each textures are named at their respected points of the compass (front, back, left, right, up, down). Projecting them on the sky is the engines job.

FPS wich is between 40 and 150

Forget about optimizing it. Judging from the screenshots, you can see tons of transparent textures on many surfaces from any point of view. This will just lag on every PC.

Leeloo - skyboxes are a pain in the arse. I was trying to make some using space scape and they tend to only half work. Often the program hasn't labelled/aligned them in a way that the engine likes so images end up on the wrong sides/not correctly rotated.

Ho I see! I am desapointed It is nice looking like that. I will texture X-evilspaceremix again using much less transparence textures.

I realised befor to go to bed last night that projected skybox was a shader when I looked at Sev's stuff. For stei6 map I will go simple, I will use a night stars back ground it's gonna be easy to fit all sides together and it will match with the map.

A question, What is the most suitable FPS, is 100 is good as a the lower rate?

Thank you for your advices.

Hard to tell, because the rig on you develop the map might be better or worse than the other players'.
I''d say optimosing a map for "normal" cfg is the best way to go.

Leeloo, this looks promoising. But it seems like you have no lighting going on at all. i can't tell a single shadow on your first blue map screens. What are your compile settings?

Turning on/off lights is not possible in q3bsp, forget it.

Or possibly not? If the light has a decently small number of variations, compile multiple lightmaps, then discard unchanged data and interpolate between frames. "Dynamic" lighting without the performance hit. The only more serious improvement would be to remove the Dynamic World Lights completely(replace with this) and use a simpler shadow volume method.

The lighting is still in a very early stage and it will get brighter. So just detailing architecture atm.

Strahlemann: Don't make it to bright, don't want it to look like Facility114. Also the rock with the wire in front is a good touch, makes the whole thing seem set into the earth.

Reminds me of Shattered Horizon Strahlemann. Looks gorgeous!

Verry nice Strahlemann, I like textures and lights. About my screensots, i did not set light because I though the light was the cause of the low FPS. (dont forget I am a newbie on mapping) I have to experience different setting and also I have to read on the subjet. All doc I found are in english (not easy4me). I learn a lot reading your posts. I compile with "xonotic final approved and recommended" I dont know yet what are the other settings. I thougfh it was almost done but a lots of job left to do befor to release the 2 maps.

What setting should I use to compilling maps?

Thats fkn sexy!

The lighting is still in a very early stage and it will get brighter. So just detailing architecture atm.

The lighting is still in a very early stage and it will get brighter. So just detailing architecture atm.

I love it! When can you post the map please?

I love it! When can you post the map please?

http://forums.xonotic.org/showthread.php?tid=1900

Almost no textures in alpha 1 though.

http://forums.xonotic.org/showthread.php?tid=1900

Almost no textures in alpha 1 though.

Thanks. Was hoping for the latest version, as that's from when the map was a basic layout I'll wait though, if that hasn't been posted yet.

It's still work in progress and far away from a first beta. It will take some more weeks to detail everything.
Glad you like it though
@Leeloo: for testing purposes a fast vis, fast light compile in NetRadiant should suffice and still give you some basic lighting (i used those settings for my screens posted above). If there's still no visible lighting going on, something is broken with your map. Feel free to post your *.map file then

Weapon impacts for plasma and rocket weapons. This started from my idea of making glowing weapon decals for plasma weapons. Since darkplaces only supports black decals, I'm using crater-like models instead.

Only done for the Laser and HLAC so far, but this is how it looks like: