[L4D2] [WIP] Echo Base: Hoth (Star Wars)

Nicky_Da_B

I’ve been working on a survival map for Left 4 Dead 2. It’s another Star Wars themed location, Echo Base on Hoth. Placed during the invasion of the Empire and the Rebels evacuation. I think this is a perfect survival scenario. It fits the similar themes and action of classic last hold out stands such as the battle of the Alamo, Thermopylae, or another L4D2 favorite Helm’s Deep from Lord of the Rings. I hope to bring this battle to life… or dead, lol, and create a fun experience and another Star Wars fantasy. Some of you have already seen me posting pictures on social media such as facebook and twitter. I decided to create a topic on polycount and post pictures and updates here as well. Hope to talk to other mappers and 3D artists as I develop the experience.

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Not much, but a start. Everything starts in the dirt room. 

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Added a spawn point.

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not much visual change. did mostly scripting. but i added a shit AT-AT for visual feel

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added 6 forced zombie spawns and a timer trigger to spawn them at random intervals between 1-3, 2-3, and 3-5 seconds

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testing out the fun...

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imported a custom model and scale references in maya

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getting a custom model into the engine is a lot easier than I anticipated... although it may just be my 10 years of experience in similar areas at this point. lol, well. now i know I can import custom models. and i have a pretty generic idea of scale from maya to blender to source.  

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not much, but threw some weapons and med kits in the spawn area to make it easier to pick whatever weapon you want to playtest with. 
 
 

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I tried sculpting a rock? 

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UV draft. better than grey. loaded into the engine. just wanted to see it in engine.  

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I didn't want to do any "real work" so i just added a small 50 cal inside of a shit dev turret. lol.

icegodofhungary

Props for using Hammer. Really takes me back. No critiques so far. I'm looking forward to seeing this completed. Keep it up.

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icegodofhungary said:

Props for using Hammer. Really takes me back. No critiques so far. I'm looking forward to seeing this completed. Keep it up.

Thanks! I'm glad you took the time to comment. It makes me really happy. I'll keep it up. 

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had to fix the stupid ass convex default physics model. back in the engine 

  

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progress on a dev texturePLUS. then eventually put that shitty ass shit in game.     

Temppe

I don't really know anything about level design but...

I saw that first screenshot and and it took me a second to realise what I was seeing... Hammer! What a blast from the past. Worldcraft was how I got into computer graphics nearly twenty years ago!

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did a quick block in of a ice wall. 

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nov has been pretty busy month. but i havent worked on the map in a while so i figure id just do something super fast and small to get me back in the habit of working. - this is a small ledge. i'll turn it into a mini hold out area.

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This map project is a little too large for me right now. I was using it to get back into mapping, but I think I will put it on the back burner for now. I'm going to work on some smaller scale maps first. This will get me back in the swing of things.

icegodofhungary

Understandable, I've done the same thing before. Doing a single room or building is much more manageable. Don't be discouraged, maps are usually made by teams of people as I understand it. It's a lot to take on.

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icegodofhungary said:

Understandable, I've done the same thing before. Doing a single room or building is much more manageable. Don't be discouraged, maps are usually made by teams of people as I understand it. It's a lot to take on.

Thanks. I'm not giving up though. Just smaller scale for now. I'm going to work on this for now to build up my skills: https://polycount.com/discussion/217952/l4d2-wip-petranaki-arena-geonosis-star-wars/p1?new=1