MVM Maelstrom rc1

[phi]

B3 Released! Download here - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/84556731/mvm_maelstrom/mvm_maelstrom_b3.zip and place the files in the correct directories (bsp in tf/maps, nav in tf/maps, pop in tf/scripts/population)

Changelog:
Detailed a whole lot more.
Fixed 99% of wave issues; it should be beatable now
Tanks hopefully work properly
Flanks work
Added more background detailing
Fixed spawning errors and other bot issues
Difficulty adjusted greatly

Screenshots:

Soon there will be a test for it... keep an eye on the tf2m chat

 

[Vaconcovat]

I must say that's starting to look really good

 

[compy]

The popfile has extra closing curly brackets on lines 1215 and 993 that have to be deleted in order for the popfile to work.
Also, the giant soldier at the end of wave 2 was found stuck here

 

[phi]

The popfile has extra closing curly brackets on lines 1215 and 993 that have to be deleted in order for the popfile to work.
Also, the giant soldier at the end of wave 2 was found stuck here

Wow, thanks! That's incredibly useful information to have, I probably wouldn't have found those brackets by myself (since I'm using notepad++ to edit the pop files and I don't know how to find extra brackets using that program). Also I'm guessing the soldier thing is just a clipping error. All will be fixed for b3a.

 

[phi]

B3A RELEASED - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/84556731/mvm_maelstrom/mvm_maelstrom_b3a.zip

Minor bug fixes and a few little tiny updates. Should be totally playable so I hope for a test soon!

Also isometric overviews are really cool

 

[Micnax]

Also isometric overviews are really cool

Sorry to invade the thread but OMGHOWDO

I love your cliffs too

 

[Vaconcovat]

holy poop how do i isometric

 

[GPuzzle]

I think even my maps would look great with isometric overviews. Even MY maps.

 

[phi]

Here you go: http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?p=281194

 

[phi]

Since the pop file I made for b3a was a bit too easy I took the liberty to make things a little harder.

Wave 1 - Sandman + bison (Soldier support) | Scouts (Baby Face support) | Giant Demo

Wave 2 - Pyro Flare + Melee Scouts (Shotgun Heavy Support) | Loch and Load + Gnome (Crusader Medic Support) | Big Soldier (Fist Heavy Support)

Wave 3 - Demoknight + Guillotine Scouts (Skullcutter Support) | Guillotine, Milk, Soldier and Demoknights | Tank A 20000 (Scout Support) | Deflector Wave 1 | Huntsman, Flare, Heaters | Tank B 20000 | Deflector Wave 2

Wave 4 - Phlog, Bonk, Crusaders (Soldier Support) | Giant Scouts (Fist Heavy Support) | KGB Heavy + Soldiers (Fire Heavy Support) | Giant Soldier + Medic

Wave 5 - Fist Heavies + Deflector | Zatiochi Soldiers and Demos (Scout Support) | Tank A 22000 + Tank B 22000 | Milkman + Soldier Wave | Fist Heavies + Deflector | Big Soldier (Crusader Support)

Wave 6 - Gnome + Snipers (Soldier Support) | Soldiers + Buff Banner | Giant Demo + Medic (Scout Support) | Tank A 22500 + Tank B 22500 | Phlog + Scout + Soldiers | Tank A 23000 + Tank B 23000 | Giant Soldier | Chief Heavy

And yeah, I'm aware that wave 3 is harder than wave 4. I'm planning to switch some things around in the two to balance that. (Probably getting rid of the tanks in wave 3 is a start)

Any opinions? Yeah, I know, I'm not the best at this.

 

[Vaconcovat]

Its pretty hard to tell how the waves play out without, well, playing them. From the look of them I might say some of your mini-waves are a bit long (i'm looking at the 40 flares & 50 scouts). Hard to tell though.

Also 4 tanks in a single wave may not be fun. Other than that it looks pretty good and nice&difficult

 

[phi]

B4 - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/84556731/mvm_maelstrom/mvm_maelstrom_b4.zip
Changelog:
-Massively redid the popfile
-Soundscapes
-Minor graphical and optimizational changes
-Preparation for major optimization pass-through for b5
-Graphical preparation
-Other minor bug fixes.

The popfile may or may not work as wanted. I haven't gotten the chance to test the whole thing, but I added a lot of support and hopefully it will work as wanted.

QUESTION: How would one enable support classes for only one WaveSpawn? I know that putting Support 1 enables support, but it ends up running for the whole wave - any way to stop a support? Thanks.

 

[Turbo Lover]

QUESTION: How would one enable support classes for only one WaveSpawn? I know that putting Support 1 enables support, but it ends up running for the whole wave - any way to stop a support? Thanks.

Just set up the WaitBeforeStarting, WaitBetweenSpawns and TotalCount so that they roughly start and end at the same time as each other, then instead of Support 1, do Support Limited, which makes the Support wave run until the TotalCount is exhausted.

 

[phi]

B5 is almost ready to be released. I may or may not have Turbo Lover joining up to make the pop file (since this whole thing so far has been a solo effort), I haven't officially organized anything yet but hopefully we can get that done and tested soon.

Changelog for B5 so far:
-Major optimization renovation
-More detailing, additional details in roofs, walls, and buildings.
-Lighting
-Soundscapes
-Nav optimization
-Deleted extraneous arrow props, added more cover and strategic areas, and neutralized RED textures into more ambiguous ones
-Added a timer so that after a certain (secret) amount of time, the idling truck actually runs out of gas and turns off! Maelstrom is now eco-friendly!

Things to add before heading to RC1:
-Test the pop file that Turbo Lover will hopefully complete
-Lightmap optimization
-Possible use of occluders in certain areas so that they work optimally without shrouding the cloud of smoke tanks emit
-Detailing inside the main spawn

Hopefully by the 18th I can finish this project and push it into RC. That's my plan, hopefully things will play out the way I'd like. Anything you guys think could be improved with the map, feel free to mention them now.

 

[phi]

b5a Released! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/84556731/mvm_maelstrom/mvm_maelstrom_b5a.zip
I am now officially collaborating with Turbo Lover so that's that!

Changelog:
-Major optimization renovation
-More detailing, additional details in roofs, walls, and buildings.
-Lighting
-Soundscapes
-Nav optimization
-Deleted extraneous arrow props, added more cover and strategic areas, and neutralized RED textures into more ambiguous ones
-Added a timer so that after a certain (secret) amount of time, the idling truck actually runs out of gas and turns off! Maelstrom is now eco-friendly!
-One occluder somewhere
-Detailing as promised!
-Nav optimization
-HDR and slightly better shadows
-NEW POPFILE (Made by the wonderful Turbo Lover!)

Screenies:

 

[Micnax]

-Added a timer so that after a certain (secret) amount of time, the idling truck actually runs out of gas and turns off! Maelstrom is now eco-friendly!

It's the little things

I love the detail on this map

 

[phi]

Hi I've come again with b7b
nothing *too* special but most of the waves should be in good standing order, this will most likely be our last update before rc1 if nothing's broken
enjoy: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/84556731/mvm_maelstrom/mvm_maelstrom_b7b.zip

changelog:
-lighting
-hdr edited
-pathing drastically improved
-tanks work now
-detailing improved
-optimization improved
-general bug fixes
-added small deathpit near final just for experimentation

screenies:

 

[phi]

hi, I have a fixed b7d and probably the final update before rc1 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/84556731/mvm_maelstrom/mvm_maelstrom_b7d.bsp.bz2
everything should be packed correctly, I hope

 

[phi]

RC1 RELEASED!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/84556731/mvm_maelstrom/mvm_maelstrom_rc1.bsp.bz2

Everything major is technical so no new screenshots.
changes-
-fixed almost every tiny graphical glitch
-fixed pop
-fixed nav
-fixed clips
-fixed DAT LEDGE.

Last update before the contest deadline! Congratulations everyone for getting this far and good luck to all the other competitors!

 

[Ælement]

New emperor of speedmapping