ARENA Afterlife A7A

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Piogre submitted a new resource:

Afterlife - Death is not the end...

An alpha test version of a variant Arena gamemode, based on LizardOfOz's Vscript Arena (modified with permission).

The concept is fairly straightforward -- it's a normal arena game, except instead of simply staying dead until the end of the round, players who die go to hell -- there they play a Player Destruction map, and every interval the team leader for the team holding the most souls is resurrected back to the main Arena...

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Piogre updated Afterlife with a new update entry:

arena_afterlife_a2

bug fixes and hopefully clearer what's going on for playtest purposes
still just a custom gamemode test using existing maps for simplicity

-added underworld assets to hell to better convey to dead players that they are dead and in hell
-changed spawning-in-hell voiceline to better convey to dead players that they are dead and in hell (voicelines remain temporary for this alpha version)
-added hud message on spawn informing dead players they are dead and in hell, and giving them instructions...

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Piogre updated Afterlife with a new update entry:

arena_afterlife_a3

reworked the resurrection mechanic to make it more impactful and intuitive

-instead of resurrection on a fixed interval, players in hell can now resurrect by bringing a soul to the altar
-new placeholder underworld ripped from helltower, to test the new version of the resurrection mechanic
-revised round length to suit the shorter rounds
-revised hud to suit new resurrection mechanic and removed timer/soul totals (now irrelevant)
-fixed the inconsistent stun on resurrection

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Piogre updated Afterlife with a new update entry:

arena_afterlife_a4

Further mechanics rework and Hell rework to refine the maps' central gimmick and its impact
-Created a new, smaller Hell arena to hopefully give the resurrection mechanic more opportunity to breathe.
-Players now automatically pick up the soul of an enemy they kill in Hell. This soul can't be dropped and is lost on death.
-Players carrying a soul now have an outline and a first-person screen overlay to indicate they are elligible for resurrection.
-If a player scoring a kill can't pick up a...

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Piogre updated Afterlife with a new update entry:

arena_afterlife_a5

Bug fixes and mechanic/balance tweaks, still largely stand-in maps:
-Rounds are now best of three minirounds instead of best of nine.
-Reverted HUD to Lizard's arena hud now that flag escrow isn't being tracked.
-Refactored code to accommodate the above and better organize.
-Removed func_respawnroom entities and prevented suicide on midround class change.
-Adjusted last player standing to behave consistently with Graveyard's (minicrits, chat alert).
-Fixed issue allowing players to change...

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[Piogre]

Piogre updated Afterlife with a new update entry:

arenatest_afterlife_a6

More bug fixes and mechanic/balance tweaks, still largely stand-in maps:
-This and all future playtest versions will have the prefix "arenatest" to prevent conflict with TF2M plugin.
-Fixed players joining mid-round and spawning in hell not receiving the welcome voiceline and text.
-Added nobuild inside the skull altar to reduce effectiveness of engineer camping.
-Reduced durations of uber/crits/speed from 4/8/8 to 3/6/6, respectively.
-Increased duration of on-spawn uber...

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[Piogre]

Piogre updated Afterlife with a new update entry:

A6 fixes (no new version)

A few more bugfixes not meriting a new version:
-Fixed weird shadows and sun position; reverted to Ravine's default.
-Fixed stickybombs sometimes bouncing off of terrain.
-Adjustments to buff types and duration:
-Spawning in Hell still grants 3 seconds invulnerability to prevent spawnkilling (spawns are open to prevent turtling).
-Last player standing now gets minicrits and the Concheror effect (speed + health on kill) for as long as they remain the last player standing (in addition...

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[Piogre]

Piogre updated Afterlife with a new update entry:

arenatest_afterlife_a6a

This update is the same as the previous update-with-no-new-version-number.
-Apparently the playtest server will not allow you to playtest the new version if you don't update the string.
-I did not know this.
-I lost my place in the queue and still had to rebuild all the damn cubemaps.
-Dammit.
As before, unless there are egregious issues in need of immediate patching to get a proper playtest, next release should be a new version of Hell and hopefully start visual changes to overworld.

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[Piogre]

Piogre updated Afterlife with a new update entry:

arenatest_afterlife_a7

Created a brand new Hell dimension, smaller and hopefully more fun to play in
-Hell now has two exit portals to make escape easier
-Lava hazards are still present but less prevalent
-Skull clipping brushes have been entirely remade to hopefully be more intuitive
-Changed particle effect for portals to make their location and function more obvious

Changes to the overworld (still Ravine)
-Relit map to test out a nighttime scheme for Halloween
-made some initial texture/model swaps to...

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[Piogre]

Piogre updated Afterlife with a new update entry:

arenatest_afterlife_a7a

Map fix:
-Fixed an issue that cause void-streaking when viewing hell in free-cam spectate.

Feedback extras:
-Fixed an issue that prevented players from exiting Hell through portals during feedback rounds.
-Added a thank-you response for players leaving feedback.

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