Pl_Cashworks rc3

This overhaul took me 13 years.

Hey

With the map being in the official roster now, it most certainly needed an update.
I´d love to get it tested with you to check if it imporves on the old layout without losing the flavour.

Prepare for some drastic changes.

- eerieone

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Changelog:

Area 1:
Blu Spawn 1:

• changed the outside visuals of blu spawn to be more interesting
• slowly spinning antenna on top
• updated visuals
• solved a lot of clipping issues at doors and stairs
• mitigated visibility to spawnroom
• added alternative exit from spawnroom to the right

Area 1 / Loading Dock

• changed Bridge at Spawn to be blue, not red, for building consistency
• changed Bridge base to be more stable and easier playable
• changed terrain around bridge to be easier manoeuvrable and to prevent getting stuck
• added hideyspot right side of the building
• changed munition pack at building 01 to large
• possible spots beneath bridge for teleporter-traps eliminated
• shuffeled some big rocks to block off sniperlanes
• seemingly walkable gap at left hut eliminated
• cut center building sniperlane, left alley visually blocked off from dock area,
• cut center buiding top sniperlane, less easy to get a good view
• center building stairs turned 180° for easier flow
• added a small cubby at the foot of the center building
• right side parapit now less enticing for snipers, no chance of hiding anymore
• Loading Dock building has now a third room right side, close to the CP
• changed non-playable building left of blu spawn, added spinning sawblade

• reworked CP1 overpass building
• moved board-piles in dock building to work with the new building layout
• pushed the cp a minimal amount closer to red
• opened up a third passage to allow for more flanking options for blu and red
• stark visual change, as trainyardy as intended
• visual style substitutes raggedy wooden construction at parapet

Red Spawn 1:

• reworked to have two exits
• exit one is on even ground, re-enterable
• if spawncamped, Exit two drops you mid-serpentines
• exit one points to a clearer direction, easily visible arrow guides the path

Area 2 / Serpentines

• Balconies blocked off visually and physically
• Reworked foundation of red buildings, less brushwork, concrete footing
• Reworked red buildings at the end of the hill
• Texturechange to make use of more red wood textures
• Changed blue sawmill color slightly
• Covered long top walkway to block blue from spamming straight down
• substituded big rock with displacement
• long tunnel leading through red building to a building at the foot of the hill
• staging building at the foot of the hill, providing advantages, expanding options for both teams
• opened Blu building to expand the claustrophobic serpentines
• added deadly sawblade for spicy danger, with sparks and fumes
• closed off blue balcony at the end of the hill
• simplified rock formation at the end of the hill
• changed raised platform to be only accessible from red side
• reworked blu building shape and dropdown at Red Spawn 2
• corrected construction-light lighting in Blu´s flanking route

Red Spawn 2:

• Reworked 2nd red spawn entirely
• New Spawn has two exits, locks and teleports after B is Capped

Reroutes:

• Deleted blu gates at flanking route after B is capped
• Flanking route has an additional exit towards C, leading through blu building
• Blu Building interiors reworked and added to
• Balcony-Drop doesn´t hur the player any more

Area 3 / Construction Site

• reduced brushwork
• changed texture metal panels to one less bright and glaring
• reimagined area, lots of sawdust and an ongoing construction
• widened are at the generators and on the 2nd level
• allowing for more pushback from red
• changed the direction of the drop-in to C, leading into the hydroelectric building
• added sawdust textures for displacements and overlays
• widened exit from blue spawn into Area 3
• reimagined hydroelectric building visuals
• moved point C a few units towards the bridge
• red shack reimagined into Garage belonging to the hydroelectric plant
• mounts of dirt deleted

Blu Spawn 2:

• Visual adjustments due to alternative routes using the space beneath the spawn
• New stairway leading to balcony
• bigger exit from big building

Area 4 / Vault

• Added Gates opening at the Gatehouse after C is captured
• Added Waterfall at the Hydroelectric Plant for glorious visuals
• alternative passageway through gatehouse while Gates are closed
• rebuild bridge to be convex, obscuring a long sniperlane
• wonky bridge rewards with a branching access next to the vault building, allowing for blu flanks
• right platform after the gate moved further back
• added walkway and corridor between right platform and building next to vault
• changed lighting at vault to illuminate the door

General:

• solved a ton of annoying clipping, to much to list
• changed lighting to be less green, now a warmer tone
• rebuild and edited navmesh, with sentry and sniper positions and varying gameplay
• lights are less intrusive now, Red´s building are warm, Blu´s are cold light colors
• adjusted func_respawnroomvisualizer sizes to fit just inside the geometry
• adjusted func_doors at spawn to span to every solid
• adjusted cubemap size for less reflective surfaces
• changed clipping on cart, now jumpable
• corrected a lot of dirty brushwork
• increased fog distance and lowered density
• corrected weird-heightmap line runnig through the alpine rock texture
• decreased volume of the hawk and frequency of it being triggered
• aligned displacement-textures throughout the map
• exchanged glass--textures from the green to the clear version

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