Nubia

lillbrorsan

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This is my old Payload which i took and remade as CTF, it uses the Egypt theme with Spytech.

Nubia is designed to be a medium sized action packed Capture the Flag map, so far no real playtests have been made possible so any and all feedback you can give me for improving the map will be appreciated!

Steam forum thread:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10400465

FPSBanana:
http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/99351

Beta 4 Changelog:

* Fixed many minor things (floating model, missing player clips etc)

* Added more cover, paths and sections to make snipers less useful.

* Kept the placement of the Intel and built a experimental base around it so it will be easier to defend.

* Tweaked HDR to be much lower and really works now ;D
* Tweaked some existing brushes
 
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the overstanding pieces of stonebricks wouldn´t hold without suppot

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evanonline

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I like it, I really wish there were more Egypt-themed maps. I can't say anything for how it plays until I actually play it with other people, though. It seems pretty solid though.
 

Don

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Nice egypt map.

Picture 2 looks a lot like dustbowl stage 1 beginning. I like it!
 

lillbrorsan

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I'll change it eerieone don't worry :p
Actually the idea for the Egypt theme with Spytech bases/rooms came from the map idea thread, think it goes pretty well together :D
 

evanonline

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I like how you did that spytech combination, yeah.

As a small critique, though, I think a little more color designation between each side should be done. You do have some, but I could see confusion arising at times nonetheless.
 

lillbrorsan

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I agree there could be more color designation, will take a look at what i can do about it, thanks Evang7.
 

FLOOR_MASTER

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Incidentally, we tried this last night on 2f2f, before you sent me the PM. I don't have any solid feedback at the moment, but it played very well with 32 on. I definitely liked the layout - the flags are well exposed and it's not so easy to turtle.

One thing that I'd definitely like to see is to have the HDR effects turned down significantly. It's at the level where it significantly impedes visibility. Could you release another beta with this fixed?
 

lillbrorsan

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First of all thanks for the quick test FLOOR_MASTER, i really appreciate it and about HDR, it is something i have noticed aswell so i will try turning it down for the next beta.
 

grazr

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I like it, I really wish there were more Egypt-themed maps. I can't say anything for how it plays until I actually play it with other people, though. It seems pretty solid though.

Pretty much every egypt map to date has been horrible, including cp_egypt.

What someone needs to do is fit it in with the "TF2" Universe properly by incorporating Spytech effectively, and not getting lost in the huge scale that tends to come unconsciously from the large textures.
 

evanonline

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Pretty much every egypt map to date has been horrible, including cp_egypt.

What someone needs to do is fit it in with the "TF2" Universe properly by incorporating Spytech effectively, and not getting lost in the huge scale that tends to come unconsciously from the large textures.

I tried that with my very first map, actually.

Unfortunately, it was...well, my first map.

I really like the Egypt look, but people really don't use it right, I have to agree. I think it's really visually really pretty, but no one ever really makes it work well for various reasons--too bland, not enough color designation, stuff like that. And I do personally like cp_egypt itself, but you know.

I absolutely love those tents from Egypt though. Those have a lot of nice uses.
 

pl

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Had a little run around in the map and it looks lovely :)
However you may want to fix this:

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Change that trigger texture to a nodraw texture ;)
 

Ravidge

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Insane sniper ranges and anything but scout had troubles getting around (avoiding snipers).
The intel was basically impossible to defend, since if you got near it there would be no less than 4 snipers trying to shoot your head, feet and balls off.

Tonemap controller! Blinding HDR everywhere.

Suggestions: Make snipers less useful, build some heighvariations in the "middle ground" sections, and try to eliminate all sightlines longer than 1000~1500 units. You can have a few long lines, but make them dangerous in other ways, there should be a tradeoff, range for safety.
Make atleast some kind of base, The intel can be outside if you want to (like now) but you have to move it further away from the respawnroom. It got quite deathmatchy while one team was just hanging around waiting for the intel to respawn.

Good luck!
 

FLOOR_MASTER

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We've been trying out b4 in a 16v16 setting. The major issue now is that the spawn rooms aren't properly blocked off - enemy players can walk right into the spawn area from the side entrance/exit.