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    Early This Morning On Harrington...

    I was in free-look spectate...

    I zoomed all the way above the map and saw a peice of land off the map.

    Im not sure what it is... But here are some screenies

    Above the map looking at it


    Comparing map to land-mass


    Land from front side


    Closer now...


    In the middle of the land-mass


    Lone church in edge of land


    Unreachable church off the landmass (disappears when you get a certain distance away)


    And...Directly under the land-mass?



    Anyone know what this is??

    #2
    I saw a lot of this in my CSS days, its like a mini map, some admins spawn players there to knife fight or just to change the game up a bit. It is also the sky-box which gives the map your playing on a distance landscape look...

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      #3
      Yes, this is what is called a 3d skybox.

      It is essentially what is used to make the map look huge. When you are making a map, when you are done you build up scenery around the map to make it look like it continues on, then you cut that portion out and scale it down to 1/16th of the original size. Then they place a skybox cam at the 0,0,0 cordinates of the map and it lines it up.

      This saves your computer from rendering everything and makes it look like your not it a box

      It is alot more complicated than that but that is pretty much it.

      For more info:
      http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/3D_Skybox

      Walker (KontrolFreek) that I map with is amazing at creating these.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Twiztednate View Post

        Walker (KontrolFreek) that I map with is amazing at creating these.
        YES HE IS !!!

        and Thanks for the explanations !! kewl !!

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