Need some inspiration!

[k1no]

I need some mapping inspiration. Over the past few days I've been playing CS:S and I was pretty surprised how poorly made some of the custom maps were. I wanna make a map but I have no ideas. What would you guys like to see?

[Vainglory]

Hmm, I have an idea for a map.
Check you're inbox.

[Ganjahsoup]

A custom map, well I'll try... You know what, I'll send you a PM as soon as I've typed everything and tried to explain it, haha.

Just watch war movies, you'll figure out something.

[haden]

remake of cs_747

this map was just awesome

[n69ky]

csp_dune

just make some dunes lol :D

[[EA]]

csp_scoutknives

Obviously...

[Mith]

i say this in every one of these threads

make a harbor map

like the one in crysis (obviously toning it down to source-engine level)

http://shooter-szene.4players.de/albums/BFBC2/07_BF_BC_2_ARICA_HARBOR.jpg

[Vainglory]

A harbor map would be awesome!

[k1no]

A harbor map would be awesome. I believe thats beyond my abilities

[j0lt]

You might surprise yourself! You learn by doing, your first tries might not be amazing, but I find with Hammer you learn very quickly, and the best way is simply to keep doing it. For example Aztec is only my second attempt at making a full level, I never expected to get it looking like it does now.

When you start off, it would probably help for you to look closely at existing CS layouts, and copy elements or them. That's a good way to learn how to make things look good. CS:S even has a Harbor themed map (de_port, although it's not a competitive layout, it has assets you can use and take inspiration from).

[n69ky]

yeah i learned some stuff on the first try too and on the second it wus awesome! :D

[downbad]

I've wanted another map like chateau with some waste deep water:
http://beautifulplacestovisit.com/large/cities/Venice_Italy4.jpg
http://beautifulplacestovisit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Venice_Italy2_Rio_di_San_Barnaba1-670x460.jpg
http://beautifulplacestovisit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Venice_Italy7_Rialto1-670x446.jpg
http://beautifulplacestovisit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Venice_Italy3_Rialto_Bridge_Grand_Canal1-670x502.jpg

[n69ky]

PLEASE NOONE TALK ABOUT csp_venice in here i will not work on that for the next decades :P

[rcgnz]

de_port looks nice and has a nice theme. Only if it wasnt that big and cluttered.
but the THEME is nice. Would love to see that sort of map.