Aquarii

[Higuy]

Aquarii.
Aquarii is a sci fi aquarium set in tunnels full of teleporters. The map plays like Rat race, and has a feeling of Chiron with its many teleporters. The map has many features, many water tanks, completley new textures, fish, and lots of other things. The map consists of 4 "areas", 2 of them being middle places and 2 of them bases with hallways. The architecture is a theme of my own, combining a new theme with my previous map, Garden. DEE will be doing the lighting in this map as well. The map also plays music like Immolate and Garden did, though I'm gonna need your help on choosing what song to play.
Your choice's:


Firestorm - UT3 Original Soundtrack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYtx-4PQj7w)
Plasma Oscillator - UT3 Original Soundtrack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLGqaH_7NEQ)


They both have the feel for this map imo, and im having trouble deciding on which to use. You decide! Updates on the map are below.
-----UPDATES-----

New pictures of the map itself; untextured in Max (sry for horrible renders, hard for me to take renders inside parts without looking bad)
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff260/showbizfluffy/aquarii1.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff260/showbizfluffy/aquarii6.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff260/showbizfluffy/aquarii5.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff260/showbizfluffy/aquarii4.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff260/showbizfluffy/aquarii3.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff260/showbizfluffy/aquarii2.jpg
Pictures of the Arm Chairs; Model by me, Textures by DEE (thx to bo for multi)
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff260/showbizfluffy/arm_chair_finished.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff260/showbizfluffy/sapien2009-11-0718-01-57-35.jpg
Thats all for now folks, next update whenever I feel is necessary. Oh and, if your wondering if this is a TM project, it isn't. TM has something much more in store for all of you. Just gotta wait.. :-3

[sleepy1212]

I dare you to put nemo in there.

looks cool!

[Sel]

Fuck music.

[Ganon]

looks interestin

[Cagerrin]

Textures ruin it.

same can be said of most CE maps though, so idk

[Dwood]

Textures ruin it.

same can be said of most CE maps though, so idk

It's higuy. He's going to be perfecting it.

[Higuy]

It's higuy. He's going to be perfecting it.
true dat son\
E: updated with poll on song
e2:songs:
Captain Yoko™: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYtx-4PQj7w
Captain Yoko™: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLGqaH_7NEQ

[Ganon]

no songs

[Yoko]

Make a menu option to turn songs on/off, whether you have songs playing from map load-up or not is up to you.

Also, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSIrinW-zfo)

[Higuy]

Also, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSIrinW-zfo)
That was always one of those songs that I never really liked from the beginning, but never listened to all of it. I just listened to most of it, its pretty good. Dunno if I want to use it or not, it never really gets "fast" like the others, but its definitely good.

[Ganon]

the song should loop

[Higuy]

the song should loop
I got Plasma Oscillator to loop and ingame, along with Firestorm, which was why I was debating them too.

[Inferno]

Make 3 songs that randomly play on start. And a way to turn them off in the menu.

[DEElekgolo]

You should have this song echo through out the map.
vDN5rG3wLa4

[Higuy]

---UPDATE---

Got the map ingame, did a beta test. Epic fun already. Map has alot of potential, can't wait to get to work on making it even awesome.
Luckily the map didn't have to many errors and the ones it did have were very easy to fix.
Anyway, pictures.
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff260/showbizfluffy/1-4.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff260/showbizfluffy/2-5.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff260/showbizfluffy/4-4.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff260/showbizfluffy/3-5.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff260/showbizfluffy/5-4.jpg
Texturing should start soon, I hope.

[sdavis117]

Why is everything concrete?

Fuck, how did I miss that? Shit, hit enter a few times after a picture.

[Ganon]

Why is everything concrete?

stop do not troll

[Higuy]

Why is everything concrete?
Oh, guess I forgot to metion, no texturing/uving has been done, lol.

[Sever]

Why is everything concrete?
I measured.

The answer isn't even 3 inches above your question.

Oh, guess I forgot to metion, no texturing/uving has been done, lol.No, you didn't forget.

[Inferno]

Map looks too open IMO. Lots of pistol pistol pistol pistol.

[Dwood]

Map looks too open IMO. Lots of pistol pistol pistol pistol.

It felt like he either nerfed the weapons or increased player shield. A shotty at point blank should not take more than 2 shots.

[paladin]

Maybe some halo babes in those lawn chairs. :realsmug:

Also, very open, more cover if you are using pistols.

[Higuy]

It felt like he either nerfed the weapons or increased player shield. A shotty at point blank should not take more than 2 shots.
uk server, with your 200 ping

[NuggetWarmer]

make the chairs vehicles

add jet engines

[sleepy1212]

Maybe some halo babes in those lawn chairs. :realsmug:

this

[Advancebo]

Maybe some halo babes in those lawn chairs. :realsmug:

Also, very open, more cover if you are using pistols.

Well, I do have a rigged ZS Samus model, and Higuy does love samus... :realsmug:

[Dwood]

uk server, with your 200 ping

I think it's kinda odd b/c I normally have better ping than that. Even overseas... Oh well. :tinfoil: Leading's only good if it's under 120 ping.

[ZeRk`]

Map looks too open IMO. Lots of pistol pistol pistol pistol.

I hope so.

[English Mobster]

Where is the "I don't want music" option?

[Higuy]

Where is the "I don't want music" option?
Nowhere, becuase I never gave it to you.

Also don't worry about not having enough cover, I plan to lay some shields (similar to gardens) down in a couple places for cover, especially in the big room, and the two rooms at each base ( one of them is the one filled with water + broken tanks).

[Yoko]

Feels like the spawns need more cover for games like FFA Slayer, around the flag stands. Too open when everyone is spawning in the same four corners, and speaking of spawns put more of them around the level heh

[Gwunty]

Wheres the
"songs are stupid"
option on that poll

[DEElekgolo]

I think these guys are trying to say that you map should not have music higuy.

[n00b1n8R]

I would suggest having a menu button to disable music.

[Cortexian]

There already is one... Go into sound options and turn down music, lol...

[Sever]

For that to work, the audio must be properly tagged as music when compiling the map, mind you.

[sleepy1212]

For that to work, the audio must be properly tagged as music when compiling the map, mind you.

it worked in Garden...believe me i turned that shit off fast lol

[Higuy]

I would suggest having a menu button to disable music.
This is what I was going to do in Garden, though I never got it to work (if you remember (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showpost.php?p=456586&postcount=148). No one helped me fix this, so..). I was positive I posted that I was going to try to get it to work this time around in the first post, guess not. Either way if you hate the fucking music so much, go turn it off in your settings, its like 3 clicks away. This is my map and I can do whatever I want with it. I don't need a opinion being said so much and especially rudely. I think I got the idea when people say I should add a disable button at least 2 times and something that I already had planned. And do believe me, I know how to properly make sounds, I do it all the time.

[n00b1n8R]

/me likes music in maps

[EvilLilElmo]

Map looks too open IMO. Lots of pistol pistol pistol pistol.

AKA lots of fun fun fun fun.

[Sel]

I'm not going to play this more than once if it has music.

ok

[Con]

If I want to listen to music while I'm playing then I'll run it in the background. Don't force it on us or make sure there's an option to turn it on/off. Chances are most people will hate the song or get sick of it after 5 minutes.

[Higuy]

If anyone post's more shit about the music im going to lock the thread until further updates, becuase seriously, I've had enough with the feedback on the music. I kinda get it after the 3 first pages are saying fuck music. And like I said, Con, there's a disable button in the pause menu this time if you didn't see my rant the page before. I already went off on Ganon about this, so I'm just going to state a couple reason why I like putting the music in the map.

It makes it more of a novelty, and more downloads for being different.

It adds more then just striaght up ambience, especially in these tunnels were there isnt a whole lot you can really do with ambience.

I make maps for my own expense, time, and creativity, not for the peoples wishs. Sure I'll take critism, and give crit, but not from striaght up dumbasses like half the people in this thread. I'm pretty fucking tired of the rudeness of this community, including halomaps, just acting like retartds. If you go to any other site, Gameartist, beyound unreal, they know how to act like real people and give real crit.

If you hate it so much and it pisses you off so badly, then just quit the map and be left out or hit the puase menu and hit disable. Simple as that. The musics never forced on you anyway, there's a disable button in your settings anyway that turns off just music type sound tags.

There's still going to be ambience when its disabled, so if you do turn it off the map still makes sounds, im not that much of an idiot.

I'm done, carry on.

[Kalub]

Power-rangers mechazoid?!

[Ki11a_FTW]

start music disabled plz

[Con]

If anyone post's more shit about the music im going to lock the thread until further updates, becuase seriously, I've had enough with the feedback on the music. I kinda get it after the 3 first pages are saying fuck music. And like I said, Con, there's a disable button in the pause menu this time if you didn't see my rant the page before.
Sorry, I tend to jump around threads and subforums pretty quickly so I usually don't read the previous few pages of a thread. I just saw some people discussing music in the map and gave my 2 cents. I totally agree with what you're saying about originality and doing it for your own experience.

Anyway, let's all try not to post about music again!

[Sel]

Selentic~: man
Selentic~: tf2
Selentic~: rocks halo
Selentic~: you know why
Selentic~: because the community has fucking sense enough
Selentic~: to not be faggots
Yoko Ritona: y
Selentic~: and put music in their maps
Yoko Ritona is now Offline.

hey dickhead read my post!!! ~con

[Higuy]

thread locked until the next update. i'll unlock it sooner if you stop acting like idiots. I already explained why the musics in here. sel, if you had any common sense then you'd see my point im trying to get across with the music. you know, i might of taken it off if all of you weren't acting like children. oh wait, this is the internet.

[Higuy]

After discussing the problem with a few friends I play Halo with, we've come to the conclusion that the music will stay, on a couple of conditions though.

1. The musics volume will be turned down enough so that you will be able to hear the players around you, shooting, explosions, footsteps, things like that.

2. In the pause menu, like I stated, will have a disable button for the people that it disturbs.

and lastly, 3. I know the music will get annoying after a while. Im toying around with the idea of possible other songs to play during the map other then just 1 song the entire time. Just a thought.

Threads back up for discussion.

[Lateksi]

Votez for multiple songs!

[il Duce Primo]

You say songs get you more downloads but I never downloaded your previous map because of the music. I state this because I'm sure I'm not the only person. Most people would probably disable the song(s) soon after joining this map which makes it a hassle just to do that everytime. I think it would be best to make the music optional where you have to turn it on first.

[Ganon]

You say songs get you more downloads but I never downloaded your previous map because of the music. I state this because I'm sure I'm not the only person. Most people would probably disable the song(s) soon after joining this map which makes it a hassle just to do that everytime. I think it would be best to make the music optional where you have to turn it on first.


Anyway, let's all try not to post about music again!


I think Higuy is going to go try and beat Seung-Hui Cho's record if he hears about music again.

[Higuy]

You say songs get you more downloads but I never downloaded your previous map because of the music. I state this because I'm sure I'm not the only person. Most people would probably disable the song(s) soon after joining this map which makes it a hassle just to do that everytime. I think it would be best to make the music optional where you have to turn it on first.
I got alot more comments about the music being a cool addition to Garden and Immolate and they liked it rather then not liking it. If you were the only people that was going to play then the map I would take it out becuase I know you don't like it. But your not. Also with having it turn on would be odd, becuase then half the people wouldn't even know its there till they leave.

[Alwin Roth]

I liked the music, especially in Garden, got me pumped...


Are you taking suggestions?

[Higuy]

Are you taking suggestions?
If your going to suggest a track, make it sound near similar to either firestorm or plasma oscillator from ut3. I don't want them being a bunch of random tracks out of no where.

[Ganon]

v0toUGs93No

for those of u that remember the second best rts of all time

[Yoko]

y0-50uSKA6s

[Lateksi]

I don't know if this is too "oriental" but here it goes!
31gsSvosbIY

[Higuy]

I don't know if this is too "oriental" but here it goes!
31gsSvosbIY
thats awesome, could you find me a dl link for me? I'd be intrested in using it. :)

Oh, and progress has been slow.. ive been expanding into ut3 and doing more high poly and texturing work for it, working on scene's etc. My max file also became currput, so I gotta go rip the last bsp I compiled..
when back, I can get back to work on some pretty awesome idea's i had for the map.

[EvilLilElmo]

I don't know if this is too "oriental" but here it goes!
31gsSvosbIY

That song is awesome. It almost reminded me of Halcyon + on + on in the beginning for some reason.

[TeeKup]

thats awesome, could you find me a dl link for me? I'd be intrested in using it. :)


http://atube-catcher.dsnetwb.com/get-video-software-windows-home/content/banco-datos-Download-aTube-Catcher-Tarjeta-Descarga-completely-free-safe-and-clean-forEX.html

[Higuy]

http://atube-catcher.dsnetwb.com/get-video-software-windows-home/content/banco-datos-Download-aTube-Catcher-Tarjeta-Descarga-completely-free-safe-and-clean-forEX.html
uh....
Oh and lateski already pm'd me a link to dl.

[Kalub]

Cannot stand music playing... scrap that idea

[Higuy]

Cannot stand music playing... scrap that idea
please look back a few pages.. PLEASE

anyway..
been having some problems with Lateski's song. it has 3 permutations becuase you can't compile songs over 3 minutes (right?) and it all needs to be in 1 sound file. The problem is that it plays all the permutations in the wrong order. Like it goes in order, starting from 3 to 2 to 1. Anyone know how to make it play the way you want? I tried change the permutation order, but sapien just exceptioned on start up, saying the perumation order was not valid..

[Dwood]

please look back a few pages.. PLEASE

anyway..
been having some problems with Lateski's song. it has 3 permutations becuase you can't compile songs over 3 minutes (right?) and it all needs to be in 1 sound file. The problem is that it plays all the permutations in the wrong order. Like it goes in order, starting from 3 to 2 to 1. Anyone know how to make it play the way you want? I tried change the permutation order, but sapien just exceptioned on start up, saying the perumation order was not valid..

Uhh you fix that over 3 minutes long dealio with the .ogg that comes with the sound compiling app on halomaps.

[Higuy]

Sup fools.

I'm working on this map again - I'm working on another bigger project non-ce related but I felt like revisting this map. The CE section here is pretty much dead, but I figured I'd post.

I'm getting rid of the music, btw. After looking at the whole fiasco from the pages before, it seems like its probably the best option.

I've also revisioned the entire circular middle area, as it pretty much sucked, and I'm also starting to texture it now. Should have some pictures of hopefully this weekend, and perhaps a beta.

I'm also looking for anyone who may be interested in doing Aether lightmaps for the map - its a lot to ask but I'd like to keep this up to par with my previous MP map Garden.

[Higuy]

omg imgs

http://imageshack.com/a/img691/1719/5dns.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img812/995/2kq2.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img42/9804/bx6a.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img853/5374/bnl0.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img23/1691/kzch.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img23/1821/vi57.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img850/967/gr9f.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img30/3109/w04s.jpg

[Btcc22]

Too bright! It'd be cool if the red/blue strips provided most of the ambient lighting with just a few overhead lighting panels for the other areas.

That's just the opinion of somebody who likes dark maps with soft/ambient lighting though.

[Higuy]

Caustics in Halo CE:

TravAXZ2C1A

[n00b1n8R]

looks cool, put asuka in it

[Higuy]

looks cool, put asuka in it
kk

heres some pictures from the whole level that are a bit updated

http://imageshack.com/a/img541/520/yf58.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img716/6573/g163.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img837/6439/g72e.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img823/3136/8me5.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img716/803/0r7x.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img826/4130/hzy2.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img827/6884/8ett.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img36/3918/0fko.jpg

[Siliconmaster]

Looks nice man

[Higuy]

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/654x368q90/202/tb9j.jpg

shark ai!

[EX12693]

Pretty snazzy

[Zeph]

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/654x368q90/202/tb9j.jpg

shark ai!
does it swim away when you get close?

[Tnnaas]

Don't tap the glass.

[Higuy]

does it swim away when you get close?

no :(

I'm gonna have to do some fancy scripting too as well to make them not so retarded on multiplayer servers. Client side gets duplicates that are braindead.

[Ki11a_FTW]

To get rid of the duplicates spawn them in an empty area where the player can't see, then on startup have a command list teleport them to where you actually want them to be seen. The duplicates will be left in whatever empty area you have the spawn points in.

For swimming away:

Just give them firing positions.

A- normal
B- fleeing

When the player enters the trigger change there state to flee, and they will go to wherever firing position's B are. Also test the trigger for no players, so when it's empty the sharks slowly go back or whatever you want them to do.

E: also I would render some kind of cubemap of the level for the glass, it looks pretty bad. If you're doing lightmaps in max then that step is a click of a button.

[Higuy]

Good idea Killa, I'll look into that stuff.

Another friend also said to change the cubemap for the glass, I'm on top of it :p

Also, if anyone wants to beta, add me on Steam (higuyce) or xfire (higuy5). I'm trying to organize something with at least 10~ or so players.

e: thanks killa, that worked with the sharks!! :)

[Higuy]

Here is a small flythrough of the level:

sShHTHqEUs8

[Ki11a_FTW]

No problemo :Schwarzenegger:

[n00b1n8R]

the gf wants a reiquarium too so get on that (she has bad taste)

[Higuy]

that is a good idea, ill add it in the map