this is my first level. i watch many tutorials and spend 1 week for it. now ... i need reviews. maybe i upload a walkthrough on youtube.

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how about some info...

some info: there are turrets! and they can kill you!

I think it's a great puzzle! However, there's a lot you can improve to make it a good map as well!

some things I noticed:
I got stuck in the start elevator, when I tried to hide from the first turret in the first room.
The funnels stick out of the wall.
The final door opens in nothingness, instead of a frame.
The second quicksave was on a point where I almost got shot by turrets
There are a lot of misaligned textures
Fizzlers clipped with other textures
There are no fizzlers under water
(the last three points really decreased my framerate
I thought it would be needed to keep the laser powered in order to get to the next part of the level, while instead triggering once was enough. That kept me quite busy for a while.
A lot of portable surfaces stick out of the wall. You can also carve them into the wall, which looks nicer.
The first hard light bridge in the first room looks like it can be jumped on, however, the distance is a bit too far, so you can't

I made my video's:
Part one:
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Part two:
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ATTENTION PLEASE READ
sorry for the first one (and my enlgish) , because it is a *.bsp. ok this is my first map. maybe it is difficult. check it out and give me your review. But... i don? t know how i can see your commantries. and the walkthrough video on youtube is a lie, ?cause i can?t make a good screen record. mail me, i think it is the best way ou can help me. send mails to [email protected]

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which software do you use to record your desktop ? i wanna make a walkthrough, without flying ^^ but you are right with your points. i used hammer in this map the first time. i think i should set two more turrets on the last room, so the players have to shoot down for a "light wall". the next map will be better. but before i have learn a lot of things ^^. sry for pllayers, i upload this map two times because i think portal 2 can?t read .bsp. so i have upload the same level in vmf :S

I used FRAPS to record myscreen.

(I used the noclip because I thought I had to go in there and try it, sorry :p)
.bsp is what usual maps are,
.vmf files are just the map files, so how the map is build
.vtf files are whole folders, and they are currently not working, but this can be fixed by unpacking the vmf files.

You also don't need to add a whole new file, you can just update this one!
If you do, please add a changelog, so we can see what has changed

The turrets ruined it for me.

@ theCakeisaspy: What's wrong with the turrets. They were not difficult to work around.
I enjoyed it.

This map is in WIP and is my first map. I have change a lot of things now. I think now you can enjoy much trouble.

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i wanna make a walkthrough video but i can?t. Fraps just record 30sec. what can i do please help !!!

Nice update but what where the laser things for in the bridge puzzle area.

You can take two shotcuts if you activate them. they kill the cleansears in this part.

When I started to play this map I thought this is yet another crap map, but after I have finally completet it now I think it's actually pretty nice, just looking ugly which is not unnormal for WIP maps due to missing texture overhauls etc.
I didn't use all the elements I found though, is that intended?

Anyways, I recorded my blind run, will get it rendered and uploaded within the next week. Guess I may be able to upload it on Monday if no appointment changes appear. I'll post back.

Wich program do you use for recording your desktop ?

djinn also uses fraps.

The fact that you cannot record more than 30 seconds is because you don't have the full version.

This map was quite interesting. First Chamber was relatively easy however alot of fun.
Many, many turrets to dispose of in different ways. The second room threw me off at first, but managed to get my bearings after some thinking. All-in-all, very thought provoking and fun. There was 1 issue I noticed - when I played it the first time, when the door opens to the second chamber there was a turret there - the second time I went in the turret was not there when the door opened. You may want to look into that. Thanks for the map - keep them coming!

is the registration of fraps for free... or some alternativ ideas?

Ill just say, you can get anything free on the internet.

You do need to buy fraps, but it is the best recording software there is. No hassle, and no knowledge of computing is needed. Although i do expect you to have some knowledge...

now i?m uploading a walkthrough ^^ i show the two shortcuts ... and than i began a new map. but first, how can i change the level start with the potato gun ? how can i make the player return to the mainsceen after the departure elevator, also after finish of the map

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I'm playing custom maps and record my first time of playing them. So the run is not perfect and may not use only intended ways, but maybe it can let you see how other people may understand the map or you could just enjoy someone playing this map for entertainment.
Anyways, here is the recording:

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(Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwwHr9pR7ag)

Also note the video description for more feedback and my signature for additional project information.

^^ with those skills no map can handle. i impressed, you go a way i didn?t now. I even see the video post by lpfreaky90, as i upload this map in wip. he played different, too. ^^ every test subject is different^^

Excellent map, everything worked fine and the puzzle was very complex - maybe just a bit too much back and forth with the cubes. I did not use an accompanying laser on the bridge and it was very nice that the map solution was possible without it. Thanks for creating...

thx to everybody. I never thought my first map would be voted 5/5 by 6 persons. THX... Please download my 2 map and vote or give me more feedback between diffrences.

Great map. Although it can be solved by using the funnel alone and without using the upper lightbridge even once.

3/5. I doubt that you will update this map again at this late date, but I do wish you had taken lpfreaky90's suggestions. In addition, the laser sources should be recessed into the wall, like the funnels. The look of this map drags it down from a 4 for the puzzle.

I really enjoyed solving the puzzle. I've watched your walkthrough, so now I know what the laser catchers in the back room are for. I didn't use them. I also killed most of the turrets by rushing them. That's fine by me, I would have hated this with deadlier turrets.

guckzurlinse wrote:
is the registration of fraps for free... or some alternativ ideas?

Here is a website with some ideas:

http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/10-fre ... reencasts/
you can also download hypercam 2: http://www.hyperionics.com/hc/

Moderator note:
I've also deleted two posts where you tried to post a youtube link. In the future; please use the edit function. As you already figured out: to get a youtube video working use:

[youtube]video id[/youtube]

Where video id is that what's behind the ?v= in the url for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m46Za78UuDw has the video id m46Za78UuDw so the code would be:

[youtube]m46Za78UuDw[/youtube]