probably wasn't done uploading when you downloaded it. Who knows whats wrong with it. Also, fountain.wad wasn't included. All should be good now... unless I forgot something, there is a ton of crap in this map.

Couldt oven dev.wad ...

Yeah, there's no dev.wad

Why dont u use wadinclude rimrook? Then you dont need to include the wad files. And btw, rename rimroom.wad to dev.wad = win

edit2: rimook I added you to friends .. you still didnt accepted :(:(

Really amazing, but .. I dont like the fact that you suddenly get blocked because your not supposed to go there. Like with the waterfall, you can remove the clipping. And only clip around the rocks. That looks much better.

Also you can add fades to the end of both side of the map. Then when you fade is almost 100% you restart the round. Then it looks much more natural then just a transparant wall there.

The rest, custom textures/model are superb. Maby the lights are a bit to much. But it gives a good feeling :)

Also, when you spawn and you walk to the pool. Look at your left .. there is a black palm model. It looks ugly :) Move it a bit and it looks way better.

I give 4½ stars. But because that doesnt excist .. ill give 5 !

That girl's face looks weird.

Hey, because of you, i can't edit my post now.
Anyways, why do all the models that have transparent textures look like they have no transparency but instead, a black background. Is it because of WON hl?

Yeah, it's WON. I think these are the dlls that allow transparency- be sure to back up your old dlls before trying them of course:
http://www.cryotank.net/stuff/transparency_dlls.z
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It doesn't look like you are using any default textures, so you could just use -nowadtextures to include all used textures in the .bsp (less work than -wadinclude)

It looks amazing, but it has issues as a map in general. For goldsource, wpoly of 2500 and epoly of 40,000 is ridiculous. It's easy to make a pretty HL1 map when you build it like it's made for HL2! But regardless, the architecture, texturing, lighting, sound ambience, etc. are wonderful. It's clear that those polies went to good use, and aren't just the result of sloppy mapping.

In terms of gameplay, the way so much of the map is clipped off is frustrating. I've had to do those a couple times myself, but when you feel like there's an invisible barrier all around the map it's just irritating.

It feels like a pretty setpiece, but not something that's really meant to be played.

wow that looks sexy... *cum*

Wow, the detail is insane. A bit small, and I didn't like getting clipped out of areas, but nonetheless, a really great job.

finally, a holyshitfuck kind of comment.

I was about to slit my wrists o__O

BTW, i still map and do everything on WON-HL

RiverPool was discussed on this weeks edition of Podcast17:
http://www.podcast17.com/transmissions/c10751

I'd say this is your best looking map to date, bar none. It's hard to single out any single aspect, because the whole thing looks so great. It sounds great too. All the wind and birds made for a very immersive environment.
Though I REALLY liked how the trees swayed in the wind; it made the map feel alive. I don't think I've ever seen another map that did something like that.

The only complaint I have is that you clipped off the waterfall area. I wanted to get closer, but I couldn't, and many tears were shed.

Ok i have time to give a proper review...

This map blew me away from the screenie and the actual map was even better than i imagined. I was really like "holy shit" and "fuck" walking through the map...simply sexelent.

++Rimrook Textures never disappoint = )
+Superb brushwork, if not a bit thick or blocky on some trims and pillars imo.
+custom sky
+Lighinng
+Neat fake HDR if not a little overdone
++Rimrook Models. Though the sexy gir's face was a little man-ish imo! = )
++excellent use of transparent textures for the trees
++excellent use of sounds

The only other comment i can think of atm is i felt as if the map in general felt like it was scaled a little too big. I think if you shrunk everything by 1/3 or a little less it would be even better.

Oh btw i did notice some disappearing brushes in the river in places, and i think srry mentioned that the "max viewable distance" could be increased, since some stuff disappears if in a few parts of the map.

Simply superb work. 5 all the way...
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Just got around to this...
Loved it! sure, you clipped off some of the most senic areas, but the brushwork and ambience was amazing. The girl was'nt as man-ish as CT would have me believe, but I think you should work on her a bit, make the porportions a bit more realistic. Great rooms entry, you could base an entire mod off of this. (Rimrook's Mansion - That would be awsome! At least consider it next time you have some free time to work.)
5 stars for effort, brushwork and ambience.

Beautiful map! What a pleasure to rest here after numerous killing of nasty monsters. ;)

damn, its looks good! Startig downloading...NOW