Christmas Run

[Micnax]

pl_christmasrun

IGNORE THE WATER IN SCREENSHOT 5, IT'S A GRAPHICAL PROBLEM :O​

Map Name: pl_christmasrun
Author: Joodude
Current Version: Pre-Release Alpha

pl_christmasrun is a work-in-progress Payload map centred around the winter/snow theme.

Mission Briefing
Every year, the RED corporation does it's usual yearly round of the Christmas Run, delivering gifts to all the good children of the world.

Unfortunately, the evil BLU corporation plan to end this tradition and ruin Christmas forever... by blowing up Santa's sled! Deliver the payload cart along the snowy ground from your base, across the wooden bridge, through the deep valley and finally to RED's toy-making factory to give Santa a Christmas surprise he'll never forget!

Additional Information

• Single Stage
• 4 capture points (End included)
• Possible custom payload
• The ability to ruin Christmas!

Current Progress
Constructing the cliff passage before RED's Christmas village!

Many thanks to...

• A Boojum Snark (Ultimate Mapping Resource)
• Acegikmo (Environment Gallery)
• Youme (Displacement Tutorials)
• The Political Gamer (Small guidance on Payload paths)
• Ravidge/Nova/Void/zpqrei (Swamp skybox 'sky_night_02')
• Void (INTENSE TEMPERATURES Overlay)
• Acumen (Custom fancy chair, Support Pillars)
• Woo-Zee-Moo (Snow-to-Ground Blend Textures)
• Big Rexy (Solo payload tracks)
• III_Demon (Additional solo payload track pieces)
• Everyone at TF2Maps.net, seriously. You guys are awesome.

 

[Repel]

Looks hawt to me.

 

[Nutomic]

Place some present models in the map

 

[Micnax]

Place some present models in the map

I shall as you get closer to the RED base. Might place some coal around the BLU base, since they're grumpy buggers

 

[gamemaster1996]

Can there be a sleigh cart, with a sack of presents in it?

 

[The Political Gamer]

The Political Gamer (Small guidance on Payload paths)

Errrr when was that?

 

[OlafK]

Please "upgrade to pro today"

 

[Engineer]

Trying to make a Christmas map that Valve will take for their event?
No, its cool.

 

[Micnax]

The Political Gamer (Small guidance on Payload paths)

Errrr when was that?

Steam Chat, helping getting the payload along a path before setup

Please "upgrade to pro today"

Fixed. Damn Photobucket.

Trying to make a Christmas map that Valve will take for their event?
No, its cool.

Not really. Just felt like trying out at making a decent snowy payload map :3

 

[Micnax]

Skybox has now been changed to night (sky_night_02 from the Swamp pack) for the feeling of Christmas Eve!

 

[Exist]

Are you aware there is an entity that can make snowfall?
I think it would really help with this map and it's winter feel.

I think it's env_precipitation, or func_precipitation or something >.>.

 

[Micnax]

Are you aware there is an entity that can make snowfall?
I think it would really help with this map and it's winter feel.

I think it's env_precipitation, or func_precipitation or something >.>.

Indeed. It shall be added later into development (and it'll look awesome).

 

[lana]

Don't use env_precipitation, use particle systems.

 

[Peachrocks]

I'd change the story slightly otherwise BLU seems evil which is something that never happens where one team is good and the other is evil.

Rather than them trying to blow up the factory, have BLU push a load of presents across a track but RED want to steal the delivery and take the glory themselves. It'd be cooler as well, though you'd have to get a different 'cart' so I dunno if its worth the bother

A minor thing and not many people care about it anyway but still, just putting it out there.

 

[ssupermario92]

:mellow: cant wait to play this

 

[Micnax]

18/01/2010

• Added more detail to the first area
• Bridge has been completed in simple, it spans a HUGE WATERY DEATH PIT
• Added a ton more, including a cliff area with a waterfall for the RED team to get to BLU quicker
• Added the first forward spawn for BLU
• MORE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

Ignore the white water, it's a graphical error on my TF2 :O

 

[The Political Gamer]

So when are we getting a download link?

 

[Micnax]

So when are we getting a download link?

I've got some time off college for a while now, so I'll be working on it a lot more. I'll hopefully get a working blocked out version in a few weeks (I have an obsession of detailing anything I see, which I'm going to avoid)

 

[Pocket]

Please tell me you'll be using Rexy's custom health and ammo pack models.

 

[lana]

You missed christmas