CTF Vector Final

MrAlBobo · Oct 21, 2009

Icarus said:
I'd actually love to get rid of the paper trail, but I need to keep that blue strip.

The problem is, I don't know what the particle is called. Can anybody tell me the name of the blue strip particle?

...is it just me that never saw the paper trail?
If your referring to the trailing blue sparks, leave them, their sweet

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/List_of_TF2_Particles
maybe that would help...with me quickly skimming it I don't think so <_<

Icarus · Oct 21, 2009

Boojum and matt told me that they're not particles. They're rendered by the engine. I've sent an email to valve asking to separate the streak from the paper trail, though, so we can disable it independently.

Mexican Apple Thief · Oct 21, 2009

Icarus said:
What I've noticed with valve, regarding Prefixes, is if it requires a new HUD. A suppose good example is PLR.

Well, they did give us a new hud.

Rexy · Oct 21, 2009

Icarus said:
Boojum and matt told me that they're not particles. They're rendered by the engine. I've sent an email to valve asking to separate the streak from the paper trail, though, so we can disable it independently.

Quite honestly, the spark particles following the intelligence is already fantastic looking. If all I had was that, I'd still be very satisfied.

absurdistof · Oct 21, 2009

Couldn't you
A) do what Rexy says
B) Make a custom trail?

Icarus · Oct 21, 2009

I'm not sure you understand. It's not about looking nice, it's about making the intel carrier noticeable in the midst of battle. It was one of the serious problems ADCTF had near the beginning. When Valve added the trailing streak it was a godsend.

Icarus · Oct 21, 2009

Phobos · Oct 21, 2009

Maybe you skipped over my post after reading the first line of generic praise or my post didn't make any sense to you. So I try again.

Look at the attached screenshot. Depending on the chosen class, standing still while carrying the intel brings the particle effect of the intel into your first person view. It seems that almost every class has subtle flashes of the effect when standing still and carrying the intel.

In most cases it's barely noticable, but the soldier gets to see the full effect. I guess that the proximity of the lightning effect to the head causes this, so moving said effect further away should fix it.

Icarus · Oct 21, 2009

I heard you the first time, sorry if I didn't acknowledge it clearly. It's been fixed for beta 3

Phobos · Oct 21, 2009

No problem, I just thought I bring it up since nobody else mentioned it.

Icarus · Oct 21, 2009

Trust me, I heard no end of it from steam chat

lustygoat · Oct 21, 2009

extreme nitpicking... and i mean *extreme*

can see a little bit of bright wall corner along the back side of the health cabinet:

can get hung up on this barrel while backing up from the doorway behind me here:

blackness at the end of the hallway might suggest it's a dead end:

a little on the dark side underneath that walkway/ledge:

a couple weird lighting spots:

this tree fades suddenly if you back into the corner:

kind of awkward ergonomically:

looks fantastic overall. cheers.

lana · Oct 21, 2009

lustygoat said:

Icarus · Oct 22, 2009

Thanks for the support. I've begun to make some preliminary changes for the next release (these will be playtested as my submission to the contest)

Sentry ledge has been molested and now also acts as a secondary way back up to RED spawn. The fence right outside RED spawn has also been pulled back.

An extra set of stairs has been added, as well as some handy rails once you get up top. This should rapidly reduce the frustration for both teams (especially blue)

The_Ulf · Oct 22, 2009

Icarus said:
An extra set of stairs has been added, as well as some handy rails once you get up top. This should rapidly reduce the frustration for both teams (especially blue)

YES

This has come together full of awesome. It is going to be so damn hard to chose between my favorites for this contest. :bored:

nfreader · Oct 22, 2009

Icarus said:

As I mentioned just a minute ago in the game, the fence next to the stairs could be duplicated and moved to the right to block off that nook under the stairs instead of using all that junk.

On the first stage second cap, that beautiful tunnel would make an excellent secondary spawn exit for the red team, especially if they're getting spawn camped.

PMAvers · Oct 23, 2009

Just did some solo testing of b2 on a local server.

Something I noticed was that "Gate 1" (the door that normally opens after 1-1's captured) didn't open when I captured the first point. Havn't tried it again to see if it's reproducible, though.

Also noticed these on the console. Dunno if I'm missing the sounds somehow, or if something's mistyped.
Failed to load sound "vo\attack_defend_intel_teamcaptured.wav", file probably missing from disk/repository
Failed to load sound "ambience\goal_1.wav", file probably missing from disk/repository

A Boojum Snark · Oct 23, 2009

Nerdboy said:

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J4CK8 · Oct 25, 2009

Good luck, the map looks great. Unfortunatly I never really get to play the contest maps as they're mainly on the US server

mdawgmike · Oct 25, 2009

We just got done testing this on our server. Overall it played pretty good. However, I think there's some slight balance issues. First off...I know each stage is supposed to be progressively harder to attack. But it seemed overly done when we played this. Stage one was a steamroll for blue...no matter which group of people were playing. Both points in stage two seemed about right. But then the last point in the last stage is next to impossible to cap. It's way to easy for red to flank and consistently swarm the blue team. My suggestion would be to either increase the spawn times for the red team at this point, or make a one-way door for blue in a strategic location.

Although, there always seems to be more of a learning curve present for defending versus attacking. What seems balanced or offensive friendly now may turn into defensive friendly once people learn the map (I was playing with a 50/50 mixture pertaining to this map). I would actually leave the first two stages as-is for now based on this. But, in my mind, the last cap point undoubtedly needs some work for balance. Just don't overdo it

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