Beta Map KF-EQ-HIGHKEEP Yes, the eq does stand for everquest =D

[acidchalk]

http://www.moddb.com/downloads/kf-highkeep-v1

C'mon who remember this place? I know i spent a good 2 months in this damn place for sure.

http://www.moddb.com/downloads/kf-highkeep-v1

 

[Prodigy]

ok, it seems like you at least put SOME effort into this, because it isnt TOTALLY terrible.

first of all, the green makes me want to rip out mah eyes, its so overwhelming.

also, you REALLY need to scale your textures, and align them to planar .

also, you should spice up the textures a bit, im seeing a lot of repetition in that department.

also, did you build the tables and candles and stuff with bsp brushes?

i havent played this yet, but ill take a look at it in the editor when you upload the rom and get back to you!

overall 7/10 from what im seeing

 

[acidchalk]

Ok yeah, sorry but let me explain this a little to you. This map is PURELY for nostalgic value. It's an OLD OLD MMO called everquest and if you've never played everquest then you can't appreciate the map. So yeah, if you do NOT know what highkeep is, then please don't bother with telling me about how the textures look stretched or crappy or the lighting is bad because i made it look exactly like it did on everquest.

 

[acidchalk]

Oh and here is what the origional game looked like so you can kind of understand where i'm coming from.

 

[Prodigy]

ew.

why would you want to remake THAT of all things lol

 

[acidchalk]

Because i spent too much of my childhood on that game and every zone is like visiting some old familiar place haha. Plus i wanted to make some uneal deathmatch maps out of it and was like oh hey i can kill mutants in it too lol.

 

[krispyk]

What I don't understand is how many times you explained that this is from an old mmorpg and people still don't get why it looks that way. Although I never played Everquest, I have heard of it. The screenshot you provided is a good reference for the map. Please do not let yourself be discouraged by the comments here. I guess we can call it some type of negative reinforcement.

Please read these so you know where Prodigy is coming from. This is his work in progress map thread. http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=42994. (Screenshots were taken off unfortunately) This is his finalized map http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=42925.

Is the map 100% complete or are you still making tweaks? Thanks.

 

[acidchalk]

Just missing the origional everquest doors and it's done. Then i'll put out the copy so that anyone who sat in the raider room every day after school for 9+ hours can do so again haha.

 

[slavek]

Like said above, it's a map made for nostalgia. Stop hating on it so much
I see more people complaining about doom maps being exploitable than them having low res oldschool textured walls.

 

[dextronaut]

*shakes head*

anyways, cool looking map, i like that sort of thing.

 

[nath2009uk]

The everquest Screenshot reminds me of UT99 and Monsterhunt.
However, your version doesn't.
All the textures are way too clean and Saturated and make it an eyesore.

If you changed some of the textures, or actually added some lighting it would fit it better.
Ambient lights anyone?

 

[acidchalk]

So yeah, if you do NOT know what highkeep is, then please don't bother with telling me about how the textures look stretched or crappy or the lighting is bad because i made it look exactly like it did on everquest.

LOL Yup!

 

[lethalvortex]

wow this looks cool

 

[Bronzen]

You should do Kurn's Tower or Black Burrow. Lol, I played EQ when I was a pre-teen and when I was older (14...again at 16....and at 17). Lol, I played a lot of MMO's in between and after.

 

[acidchalk]

http://www.moddb.com/downloads/kf-highkeep-v1

 

[Sambopukka]

This would look better with some actual light sources...

 

[Bronzen]

Remember the Paludal (SP?) caverns? I wonder if that would make a good map. Multiple passages into different areas, kind of wide though... If it was scaled down in some parts and narrowed a bit it would make a pretty wicked KF map.

 

[acidchalk]

Oh man yeah paladual caverns would be fun. I was thinking about doing city of mist though.

 

[Fel]

lol this takes me back to the EQ days.

Im pondering weather i should re-install EQ or not....

 

[SkyMan25]

I love this. I absolutely LOVE it. However, I don't remember there being so much green. Then again, I haven't played EQ in a long time. But yeah, this brings back some great memories. BB (BlackBurrow, for the non-EQ players here) would be a great map. I started playing EQ at about five or six, before Shadows of Luclin came out. I continued to play it until just a few years ago, and I have since moved on to Guild Wars (which would also have some great material for maps. Someone get on that.)
It could definitely use some work, but I love it so far. In fact, I hadn't planned on registering until I saw this, I just registered so I could tell you how awesome this is. I hope this gets whitelisted.