One Week In

I have gotten the suggestion more than once that, if at all possible, try to break out at least an hour or two at a time to get some work in. This is obvious advice, and absolutely true.



So, last week I managed to put in about 6 hours of time towards getting my ideas off of paper and into Hammer. My focus right now is on the Farmhouse, or Red's spawn / flag area.


This screenshot presents something that it seems I do that breaks from the "accepted standard", and that is I'm not using any orange textures, even from the start. I don't like the orange - I understand it shows a basic grid, but it seems to me that once i have some standard heights decided on, such as door height (determined in some cases by the door models) and room height, then I have little use for orange textures. in addition, it makes some of my structures very obviouis to me in Hammer, and keeps me from getting turned around.

So - am I wrong? Do I have a point? Am I gonna get into trouble? Please let me know!