So here I am again, now to announce my new upcoming map. This map is going to take place on Alzoc 3, a frozen snowy planet. The map will feature some forests, a frozen lake that I'm still going to try to create and a sort of abandoned mining facility featuring some tunnels and some other cool stuff.

Here are some pictures showing a few parts of the map: If somebody wants to beta test it, I'd just like you to explain me how this betatesting thing works (since I am still a rookie at modding and I have no clue how people get maps to test )

BETATESTERS (no more spots left):
Fiodis
THEWULFMAN
agentsmith38
ARCTroopaNate
SpartanA259
Lephenix
Marth8880

The atmosphere seems really great and the lights and effects are matching really well.
Keep it up

Great atmosphere. I like it quite a bit. Though the presence of stock assets disappoints me. Custom models would benefit this map greatly.

Really like the atmosphere! Youve put a good use to stock assets, too.

I love what you've done with the atmosphere, very nice.

The Nasal Abyss wrote:Though the presence of stock assets disappoints me. Custom models would benefit this map greatly.

I disagree; the Mygeeto buildings fit pretty well imho, and even the Endor tree doesn't seem terribly out-of-place (though maybe a slight reskin to add a touch of frost could go a long way). I lol'd when I realized that the Tatooine buildings actually don't stick out terribly, though again, a reskin might make them fit even better.

And I would love to beta. Different people have different ways of doing beta tests, but what seems to be most common is a private beta, where people sign up for a limited number of spots on a list, then the modder sends a PM to those people with the link to the beta download and a password, if the file is password-protected.

The beta testers then play through it a few times in different modes/eras and point out bugs to fix as well as general suggestions. It's a quite useful setup, usually.

Wow like everyone else said the lighting and atmosphere are awesome and id like to beta test also. Looks pretty cool nice job.

Fiodis wrote:I love what you've done with the atmosphere, very nice.

The Nasal Abyss wrote:Though the presence of stock assets disappoints me. Custom models would benefit this map greatly.

I disagree; the Mygeeto buildings fit pretty well imho, and even the Endor tree doesn't seem terribly out-of-place (though maybe a slight reskin to add a touch of frost could go a long way). I lol'd when I realized that the Tatooine buildings actually don't stick out terribly, though again, a reskin might make them fit even better.

And I would love to beta. Different people have different ways of doing beta tests, but what seems to be most common is a private beta, where people sign up for a limited number of spots on a list, then the modder sends a PM to those people with the link to the beta download and a password, if the file is password-protected.

The beta testers then play through it a few times in different modes/eras and point out bugs to fix as well as general suggestions. It's a quite useful setup, usually.

I Concur. :plokoon:

The screenshots look quite promising.
Stock assets are fine as long as you give them a decent reskin. I would also like to beta.

Very impressive work. Lovely atmosphere, GAB. I'd love to beta test your map.

OK. I'd like to thank Fiodis for the definition of beta testing. So, now that I already know what it is, I'm looking for 5 beta testers.

Fiodis, THEWULFMAN and agentsmith38 are in, so I'm looking for 2 more...

And thanks for the positive comments guys.

EDIT: Sorry SpartanA259, I almost missed you

I'll Betatest. This map looks great! Love the atmosphere. IMO that's what really makes a map, the feel you get when playing it. Good job

i would like to beta test too.

OK! We got alll the beta tester spots filled

So the beta testers are:
Fiodis
THEWULFMAN
agentsmith38
ARCTroopaNate
TheSelfDestroyer (Replaced by Lephenix and Marth8880)
SpartanA259

So we are going for 6 beta testers
Anyway, thank you guys for the help. I will soon PM you with the link where you can get the map to test it. I just need to find out how/where i gonna put it on the internet... oh my

I reccomend uploading to Filefront.

Absolutely stunning work, GAB. The screenshots look promising so far. I completely agree with ANDEWEGET and Fiodis on your use of stock assets.

Fiodis wrote:the Tatooine buildings actually don't stick out terribly, though again, a reskin might make them fit even better.

Agreed here. Perhaps you could reskin those buildings to fit the scheme of the Mygeeto, GAB? I think that could work out well.

Also, if you want to use them, bobfinkl released some snow-covered foliage textures here for the Endor flora.

One last suggestion: If you add glow to the street lamps depicted in the fifth screenshot, I think it could add more to the lonely Lion, the Witch, and the Warobe feeling that you have going on.

Extremely original. I like it a lot.

One of the best-looking maps I've seen in a while. Well done!

Fiodis wrote:I love what you've done with the atmosphere, very nice.

The Nasal Abyss wrote:Though the presence of stock assets disappoints me. Custom models would benefit this map greatly.

I disagree; the Mygeeto buildings fit pretty well imho, and even the Endor tree doesn't seem terribly out-of-place (though maybe a slight reskin to add a touch of frost could go a long way). I lol'd when I realized that the Tatooine buildings actually don't stick out terribly, though again, a reskin might make them fit even better.

And I would love to beta. Different people have different ways of doing beta tests, but what seems to be most common is a private beta, where people sign up for a limited number of spots on a list, then the modder sends a PM to those people with the link to the beta download and a password, if the file is password-protected.

The beta testers then play through it a few times in different modes/eras and point out bugs to fix as well as general suggestions. It's a quite useful setup, usually.

I didn't say that they didn't look good or didn't fit; I was simply trying to say that I am quite sick of seeing the same assets over and over again. I'm not going to hold the usage of stock assets against any maps though, I'm just tired of them.

I'll echo all the previous compliments - seriously, nice work! You really nailed the atmosphere.

This map looks beautiful! I'm sure you must have a unique ambient sound stream to go with the atmosphere...right?

I don't know if you have these ingame or not, but they seem pretty useful for something like this.

http://starwarsbattlefront.filefront.co ... ins;102007

However, I like the atmosphere. I just wanted help make it a little better.