Really love this map. I love non-euclidian maps like these and overall night feeling. This is why I love night more than day imo. I hope one day I'll beable to do urban exploration around the world! 11/10 map and definitely would recommend to others!

A really cool map. I spent two relaxing hours playing it, listening to music and quietly wandering its nooks and crannies. I'd watched a video of it last year, and it still felt like a new experience. A truly soulful experience

the gamer loves Murakami's novel After Dark

@Chemgota ❤️ thanks so much for checking it out! And I am doing well all things considered, much appreciated, I've been working on a new map that I'm hoping won't take too long hahaha

I love this map so much, thank you Quantum for the memories, I hope that you're doing well!

@Police grill thank you kindly for the heads up! Yeah unfortunately add-ons of all sorts can be a mixed bag for optimization, and it can be even harder to pinpoint the thing(s) that are making source engine freak out

Found one cause for low FPS - outdated addons, in my case it was the "water system" addon. I was getting about 7 to 16 FPS when looking in certain directions or being near something (maybe related to rain particles), disabled it and now I'm getting FPS in the hundreds on average. So while GMod still sometimes gets engine updates, some addons don't reflect that and they fall behind which makes them prone to cause issues on modern maps. Just thought I'd throw this out there, because this map deserves being played at a good framerate.

@lokkin4nw I do love me a little velvet lmao, I appreciate it!

love this map! great song too velvet underground rule

@BlackScout thank you so much! :D

Fantastic map!

@Ghost Crunch Thanks for giving it a look!

I quite liked this map, might come back and have another look-around to be 100%

@× thank you very much!

Amazing map

@jrxjjrk if you do happen to find out let me know, but I definitely don't want to waste your time or anything! I'll see if I can poke around the map when I get some free time and see if there's anyway to get it to crash. I do have a fairly addon-free install that I test it on so there's a chance that there's some bizarre conflict somewhere.

to be honest, i can’t tell what is the cause of the crashes, but if you want, i can find out

@jrxjjrk I'm so sorry to hear that! Are you two using the 64 bit branch of gmod? I've had some weird issues with my current map I'm working on and my steam deck, when I wasn't on the x86_64 branch it would crash just prior to fully loading the map. That's unfortunately the only thing I can think of rn, apologies

I regret to inform you that this add-on, "gm_afterhours," has a bit of an issue where I would pursue to load the map, and not even completely loaded in the map, it would crash. This has also happened to one of my accomplices, so I wrote this just to wanted to make you aware, just to let you know, just a heads up, QuantumDylan.

-Best Regards, jrxjjrk.

@Ricebite thank you so much ❤️😭

Absolutely love your maps, man. Also you're a great photographer..

@burntfrenchfries thank you so much! I'm actually working on a new map right now, hopefully I'll at least have a work in progress version up soon!

Probably my favorite type of map, huuuuge, hope to see more from you.

@GalaxyGaming Thank you so much, I'm so glad you got a whole two hours out of the map omg :D

And thank you so much, I love throwing a little bit of my art into these maps and it's amazing that people have liked it so much <3

Excellent Map, Ended up walking around this map for around 2 hours, no hud nor viewport (cl_drawhud 0 & R_drawviewmodel 0) Great music, Great Photography 10/10 Would play again :D

@QuantumDylan Imma have to delete a truck load of mods ig but like a small pickup truck worth

@CØZYLo-FiAndChill hmmmmm unfortunately I've got no clue, I know the suburb street tends to chug from a bunch of NPCs in a house, and the cabin sometimes drags the frame rate but it shouldn't be that bad all over the map.

@QuantumDylan Im not sure what addon could do this, all i have is a bunch of maps, a bunch of MWB guns then some QOL addons

@CØZYLo-FiAndChill apart from a couple areas, I get 60 fps on a 1080 from years ago. Actually get pretty good performance on a steam deck lmao. Might be an add-on thing?

is optimizing a map just impossible? i get low frames on almost any map. I got an RTX 3070 too...

@NebluosisNeb hello! I'm so sorry, but I can't seem to replicate the issue on my end ☹️

I can say it works on my steam deck which I keep as a fresh install of gmod without any add-ons, but I'm not sure what would even cause an issue like that. The only thing I can think of is if you have any add-on that might alter or affect fog in any way, I use fogs a lot in this map to make teleports and enhance the late night atmosphere

Hey there, I have a problem whenever I load the map, although it might be my graphics card, whenever I try to load it in, my screen turns black and then it turns green, and this only happens with this map specifically, do you happen to know if any addons or anything might conflict with your map? Sorry to bother, I just hope to get this clear in case if I'm playing with addons that might make the game crash. Thanks for reading!

Alright, I think I've finally gotten the last missing texture, for some reason one of the cinder wall textures has a commented out cubemap but still uses that cubemap. When it's missing it freaks out lmao.

Should be all fixed now though!

there is missing textures

Great map, as someone who lives in the Detroit area it's wild seeing things I recognize.

Very awesome map, the music is great and atmospheric, the pictures for added context are super cool. It captures that night feeling perfectly.

@Dragonhunter219 go right ahead!

Can i used this map for my Gmod video or screenshot art?

how do i turn off the fog

this is one of the best maps ive ever seen

Honestly I wasn't expecting a self-portrait to be in this map, but it's good to have a face to associate this with lmao
Also when looking at the image gallery I was kinda thrown off when I saw the 2 Lafayette photos, seeing as that's the name of a famous hotel in my town. Plus, the photos kinda look like they're of the building (even though they likely aren't)

Not sure why, lots of the map just has invisible textures for walls or buildings. Also, I had to use mat_spec 0 due to purple everywhere.

Love this map, this is some piece of art right here

Love the use of your photography and music here. Really makes it stand out. As someone who does a bit of both, now I'm feeling inspired to put together a map of my own. Great stuff! Also gave you a follow on SoundCloud.

@JSpartan117 It is! I'm a big fan of control, so I figured I'd slip that in as a fun easter egg. The thing near the jukebox is actually just the cover art for the EP that it plays, Havana Lounge.

@QuantumDylan One final question. Did you model that motel in this map after the Ocean View motel from the game Control? Because the layouts are pretty much exactly the same.

@QuantumDylan You are very welcome. I just love liminal GMod maps and liminal games in general. They give me this kinda like foreboding feeling that someone or something is gonna be around the corner even though I'm the only one there.

@JSpartan117 I've been really into trying to photograph weird and liminal spaces I encounter out and about, I've always felt a little weird about potentially getting people in my shots so I'm usually trying to get empty spots even when I'm not looking for them haha

Thanks for checking out this map and the previous, I really appreciate it! I definitely tried to put as much into them as I can, even if I'm not quite there yet with my mapping skills :D

Also cinnamon says hello, she's chilling on this little padded fabric cube I made for her lmao

@wholesome psycho Thank you so much! I'm so surprised to see so many photographers in the gmod community but I'm very happy to be here hahaha

Damn gotta say that I love how you got all those beautiful shots that are in the gallery. Love the retro look to all of them and I dare say a good few of them feel liminal. Very well done. I also love while exploring your well made map how you included your original photos next to the spaces you built. That allows us to see where the inspiration comes from. I also enjoyed your "Places From Film" map as well. Cinnamon is really adorable.