Harter rc1

The launch to the Workshop marks RC1

Only changes in this version are to the map material files, which have been swapped from 2fort to dustbowl.

This update focuses on optimization, mainly the addition of occluders, reworks to existing areaportals and hint/skips, and the addition of fade distances to a majority of the props in the map. Bug reports and performance feedback are both greatly appreciated.

This update includes no layout changes. The spawnrooms have been remade, cave has been detailed, the 3d skybox is implemented, as well as cubemaps and soundscapes.

The update to beta 3 brings the following layout changes:

• Size of pickups around mid has been adjusted
• New pickups have been added to the house-side approach to mid

The cave is unchanged and will remain unchanged.

Artpass Progress:

• Interiors and exteriors of Blue connector buildings completed
  
• Blue battlements and diagonal building completed
  
• Support beams have been added to the control point
• Chimney cowls now rotate

Current artpass roadmap:

• b1 - Initial pass (Completed)
• b2 - Red facilities pass (Completed)
• b3 - Blu facilities pass (Completed)
• b4 - Spawnrooms remake (In Progress)
• b5 - Cave pass (Tentative)
• b6 - Skybox, soundscapes, finishing touches (Planned)

The update to beta 2 brings the following layout changes:

• Removed Well doors from spawn yards
• Reworked mine-side connector to obstruct the sightline from the cave to the spawn
• New battlements design kept from version b1c, old ladder shacks restored
• Diagonal mid buildings adjusted slightly to work with the new battlements.

No changes have been made to the cave in this version. Testing a variety of cave reworks will be the focus of b2 iterations in the near future.

Artpass progress:

• Interiors and exteriors of Red connector buildings completed
• Red battlements and diagonal building completed
• Red side natural environments completed
• Added new mineshaft detail underneath central control point
• Out of bounds buildings completed

Current artpass roadmap:

• b1 - Initial pass (Completed)
• b2 - Red facilities pass (Completed)
• b3 - Blu facilities pass (In progress)
• b4 - Spawnrooms remake (Planned)
• b5 - Cave pass (Tentative)
• b6 - Skybox, soundscapes, finishing touches (Planned)