PL Glow a4

Glow is my first Payload map, created for the 2023 TF2Maps 72 Hour Jam. It is a choke-heavy payload map with sharp contrasts between outdoor and indoor lighting, as well as a few death pit/cliffs sprinkled about.

Click to expand...

First post-72 hour jam update.

• Brightened previously dark gameplay areas, as well as the map overall
• Raised/altered 3D skybox to better cover cutoff
• Fixed long shadows and shadows through walls
• Shortened payload door in BLU initial spawn
• Widened ramp/platform leading to window room overlooking the A point
• Area behind rock with full health kit is now larger
• Area behind shack near A point is now larger
• Raised ceiling a bit inside A/B flank/connector building...

Click to expand...

• Added signs pointing to A inside building near B
• Clipped short wooden fence props around B and C
• Moved medium health kit near C point to wall parallel to tunnel exit

Click to expand...

• Fixed rollback zone markings on B
• Added rollback zone markings on C
• Added billboard arrows outside BLU forward spawns
• Added one way window looking into ramp/bridge route into final point
• Added new room before open window room overlooking final point
• Pushed resupply locker in RED final spawn further back
• Adjusted displacements
• Adjusted lighting

Click to expand...

• Changed partial cap rate from 0 to 0.1
• Added ledge with small health kit just after A tunnel
• Extended dead-end just after A to new one-way door route into B flank
• Expanded interior of small building just after A
• Added small window to small building just after A
• Reworked flank route into building overlooking B cart path
• Added second floor to B flank building containing BLU first forward spawn
  • Contains a small health/ammo kit
  • Open window overlooking B...

Click to expand...