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thanks. the piano is for the custom quest I did. It took me time to do that video XD I think I must improve my video edition skills. But it is fun to see I allways enjoy your comments. Being from a good mapper as you makes me proud to read a review like that. Thanks!!! I want to cry too, it was a lot of work ;__;

Briefing & Concept Hello rathena. This is one of those special times were I'm ready to post one of my most beautiful works all the time. A map that goes well for this holiday season and... it is really unique for it. This map is used for event purposes for the server who comissioned me to make it possible. The idea is to celebrate -christmas- in a very innovate way with what I name as "The Ice Palace". I have to say that I had to give all my experience with this one. All these time I have worked with numerous .Winter. style maps: Jazeera Xmas, Icecrown citadel, Prontera Deck Halls, Lake Bresha Map. Each map, have teached me very well that it is NOT the same to deal with making Crystal, Ice, Frost Ice, or Snow. Each element is different and to recreate the presention of the difference of each one is a hard task. All that experience is now present in this palace that is, like something made from a dream. I have to say, the map is beautiful, and I'm really proud of the final result. Hope you will like this work I did with a lot of effort About this map So, what do we have new on this map? Ice Palace is, a really beautiful high class place... made completely with ice!. It was necesary to try some innovations on this map to have this concept sucessfull. I will point 3 of them, that are mentioned in the previous 3 images: Multi Layer Ice Glass: The main dance area that has a big glass on center, is made with, 8 different levels of opacity multilayers textures to have the "frozen" effect. Reflection is added by duplicating the chandelier on top. "Frozen" effect increases by adding frost diffusing light, a technique that I tried first in my Lake Bresha Map Ice Behaviour Interior room Structure: This is really a new concept for interior maps. When I was doing the map I realized that "Ice" grows in no particular way. Ice grows everywhere and it attachs into every possible area it can do. To make a "Rough" room with 4 walls was not a good idea and it would be against the ice principles. The idea was, to make the effect like the "Ice" cropped some walls on the palace. That means, like the ice made some holes on the palace walls and commed out from there, or even, like if the Ice eated some walls in the palace, BUT WITH a lot of caution. This is a palace afterall and make the effect to presencial, would harm the main idea of this. You will surely notice this addition, if you take a look at the walls on the map. They dont end in normal corners Multi Opacity Models: All, all the models of this map, have opacity levels made with TGA Textures. I cant count how many levels of different opacities I did, but... the fun thing of this map is, that everywhere you walk you can see your character trough the ice. Making the ice recreation even better. Recreative Video! ... Watch it in 720p! This is a very VERY SPECIAL VIDEO... not like the others. The first one of what I call as "Recreative Videos". It means they are videos of an example of implementation of the map, with quest, dialogues, fun moments. Watch it enterily You will love it! HD Screenshots Screens are in Full HD resolution. You can allways hit the image thumbnaill to check the images on full size, and check some details that can only be appreciated in HD resolution. Beautiful View 1 Beautiful views are, views that comes out of the camera limits of an interior map just to show a pretty view of it. This view says it all... an angel statue on center, a big stained glass window on the back. An Ice chandelier on top reflected on a ice dance floor area, Ice winter blowing effect crossing the air, sunlight from the roof, ... all matches and gives a very beautiful view here! Beautiful View 2 Angle that is out of the limits of the map, but I liked it. Shows the palace way across the bar room, and hang out area. Overview 1 Shows the main area, entrance and dance area of the ice palace. Overview 2 Shows the midle center of the map. Overview 3 Overview 4 Here we have the same areas, another angle. Detailed 1 Shows the entrance of the palace. If you pay attention, the tiles on the floor are not linear. The ice is even represented on that too, since, Ice covers the floor in random way, that is how I did it... On the back area, you have what I was naming as "Ice Behaviour", where the fountain is. That is what I name as really "an Ice Wall". Detailed 2 The dance area... one of my favorites. Reflection is well represented here, and the ice dance area is really well done. It all matches. Detailed 4 Yeah... an Ice Piano. Model fully texturized by me, to make it look as made of ice. Detailed 5 Oh one of my favorites. The ice stained glass window. It is a huge stained glass window made by me... it is covered all with ice. To make the "structure" looks like that it was necessary a HIGH amount of models and a lot of ice styles. It was REALLY necessary to make the stained glass looking as "coming out of the ice", like something that the ice itself molded by magic. It had to look like that, and not like I just placed it. Detailed 6 Opacity. Shows an example of the ice angel on center, how opacity is managed and you can see your character in almost all the structures in the map. Detailed 7 Passage. Some Ice Lions wall fountains on the back. And here is also well represented the Ice Behaviour Walls. Ice is growing from the roof of that wall and ends, by cropping it on the left and right corner of this wall. Detailed 8 Hang out area. An ice fountain on center with a great detail on top to make all this place looks so high class really Detailed 9 Entrance to the bar area. Again, Ice is cropping the walls! Detailed 10 The ice bar. A very great place where seems like the ice molded those stained glass windows and let that corner be alive.! Okay, that was all. Really guys, this is one of these maps were, I come so far and here is where I believe I have learned a lot from the previous requests. Without the experience of doing custom maps for someone, this map could not be possibe as how it looks here! I hope you will like this map! I know it is only a showcase but particulary this map brings new elements to the map scene, that I'm sure a lot of mappers will find helpfull. Thank you all for all the comments. Every rate counts!. Dont forget the video, to see a teaser of a quest idea of this map... it is really enjoyable. See you later!

Thanks man. This is an old map and I'm aiming to do a version 2.0 for it. It will be greatly improved. Price will be reduced also, and every guy who has purchased the map before will get the improved map for free.

Sure. --- https://dl.dropbox.com/u/52175822/4021.mp3

I'm not sure but I had a similar issue one day with a map, years ago 1 - Try: Generate Lightmaps without shadows, and test in game. If the marks are removed then: 2- Try: fill all the 'yellow' colored areas (that means empty areas) in browedit with a black texture, and calculate lightmaps with shadows. If it doesnt work, maybe you can upload your map, or a small area of it. (assuming you cant upload it full maybe cause it is for a private use) So me or Syouji can check it out and do our own tests to fix it. Edit. Oh yes I remember now. I had this issue quite a while

Thanks all the people for getting this one!. This kind of work is very suitable for all. Since it is possible to offer a really high quality map for a very low price. Usually a map of this quality with this custom content made for someone for private would have this price x4 or x5 times. The fact it is if it is reliable to do it or not. And since it has been comissioned 8 times in rathena, and maybe 5 times by my own site, that pretty says that this one was a great hit for sure. Thank you all again, if you are looking for a high quality christmas prontera for your server, go on with this one it is pretty stable, and I'm sure your users will love it.

AMAZING mask! Really good job haha

Thanks . I hope to see more of your sprites soon.

Back on this thread, I must give big thanks to all those people that has purchased this map until this day. Thank you all, and if there is someone interested on it, dont hesitate to get it. It has a good rating.

Several years later his project would be useful now! n__ñ

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Now that I'm using a new PC I took my time to do small tweaks to my desktop too. - Theme: min'em all, alien version - Icons: Faenza - Rainmeter, enigma skin and fences aswell

wow, I really appreciate your words. These are those kinds of lines that keeps me motivated. All I can say is that all is about having an idea and making it evolve at the time I map. Thank you really for that comment. I really didn't expected such nice words!

Thanks william Thanks for your nice words. Wish I can see more of your sprites soon

He really likes it It was a good idea. But truly is in game where you can tell that the whole enhancement works pretty well. Video in HD shows a bit of the effect too. Thanks for your nice words

Thanks! I'm surprised by the amount of people that knows this game. And I'm glad that you agreed with the similiraty of it. Good idea. Maybe I should, however, it takes me several weeks to have a map ready. Thanks for your words

I made a custom model, only a box. Then I added the same wall texture but in TGA extension, and then I added the opacity trough the alpha channel. I duplicated this model in 3 different opacity styles and added the 3 on the walls in slightly different position. It is the same on floor too, but it is hardly noticable trough SS. But in game it does ;D I'm glad that you have played Persona 3 Before. I think people who knows this game will recognize this dungeon right away! NOT ENOUGH CAPS! NOT ENOUGH CAPSSSSSSSS! I DEMAND YOU TO SPAM EURYDICE PROFILE RIGHT NOW~ <3 Thanks. I knew you will like it.