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Pl_Angkor_a4
Hi everyone !
So, after 6 months (yeah, I don't have so much time to work on this ...), I finally have another alpha version (A4) ready to be tested
Round A is pretty much the same (although I did some optimization, changed a few details and fixed some bugs), but rounds B and C have been totally reworked (while still keeping the same global idea with CP to let the cart progress, and still the same theme obsviously).
Hopefully, there won't be too much things to change/fix concerning the gameplay and I'll now be able to focus on the visuals (I still need to create a few props, refine placeholder ones, make some new textures, do a lot of detail work, work on the 3D skybox, etc...)
Hi everyone !
So, after 6 months (yeah, I don't have so much time to work on this ...), I finally have another alpha version (A4) ready to be tested
Round A is pretty much the same (although I did some optimization, changed a few details and fixed some bugs), but rounds B and C have been totally reworked (while still keeping the same global idea with CP to let the cart progress, and still the same theme obsviously).
Hopefully, there won't be too much things to change/fix concerning the gameplay and I'll now be able to focus on the visuals (I still need to create a few props, refine placeholder ones, make some new textures, do a lot of detail work, work on the 3D skybox, etc...)
Maybe these will save you some time:
http://forums.tf2maps.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=4183
http://forums.tf2maps.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=4336
Also, PM me. Have a lot of non-final props I used in cp_antiquity like columns, faces, etc that could help speed things up for you. I wasn't going to release these until I got them all finalized, but they'd probably help you out quite a bit.
Kep
http://forums.tf2maps.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=4183
http://forums.tf2maps.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=4336
Also, PM me. Have a lot of non-final props I used in cp_antiquity like columns, faces, etc that could help speed things up for you. I wasn't going to release these until I got them all finalized, but they'd probably help you out quite a bit.
Kep
Duke Silas
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- Jan 29, 2011
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Great looking map from your screen shots. I really like the Angkor theme.
I don't know if these can be of help but feel free to use any image you need in the link below. There are plenty of pictures of Angkor in there including Ta Prohm which is what your map looks a bit like. I suppose you could use some of them for detail overlays or textures?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35464002@N08/sets/72157625688528271/
I don't know if these can be of help but feel free to use any image you need in the link below. There are plenty of pictures of Angkor in there including Ta Prohm which is what your map looks a bit like. I suppose you could use some of them for detail overlays or textures?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35464002@N08/sets/72157625688528271/
great theme, was fun on gameday. We did cap the first round, I didn't stay the entire second.
Some cool effects with the gates.
Main complaint is that the side rooms are just too dark, could barely see blu players when trying to defend.
And you deffinately need a non-snowcapped mountain if you're going to have a mountain in the skybox.
Some cool effects with the gates.
Main complaint is that the side rooms are just too dark, could barely see blu players when trying to defend.
And you deffinately need a non-snowcapped mountain if you're going to have a mountain in the skybox.
Dude! Awesome!
I left !fb where it was appropriate, you know how to get the results from that, right?
Lots of rooms were way too dark, and the clippling needed polishing generally.
My main issue is that defending the final point, red had only one route to 3-2. This meant that that corridor was almost impossible to defend, and easy to attack.
I left !fb where it was appropriate, you know how to get the results from that, right?
Lots of rooms were way too dark, and the clippling needed polishing generally.
My main issue is that defending the final point, red had only one route to 3-2. This meant that that corridor was almost impossible to defend, and easy to attack.
Thanks for the playtest and the feedbacks !
Concerning the dark rooms, they're not so dark on my screen, but I'll tweak this so that it's easy for everyone to make the difference between blu and red.
(some clipping issues were known, it's alpha after all ... same for statues that don't look like a nice prop, there's a lot of placeholder things that will get fixed soon).
For the corridor, I guess you mean the one after CP in last stage ?
There's another path nearly every class can take (but the jump is not so easy, I'll see what I can do).
Other than that, I'll probably try having some rollback zones (I already tried it, but as it's not officially supported in classic payload, it was not working so nicely ...), and perhaps add an intermediate spawn for round C (not sure about this as I generally don't like intermediate spawns in maps)
Concerning the dark rooms, they're not so dark on my screen, but I'll tweak this so that it's easy for everyone to make the difference between blu and red.
(some clipping issues were known, it's alpha after all ... same for statues that don't look like a nice prop, there's a lot of placeholder things that will get fixed soon).
For the corridor, I guess you mean the one after CP in last stage ?
There's another path nearly every class can take (but the jump is not so easy, I'll see what I can do).
Other than that, I'll probably try having some rollback zones (I already tried it, but as it's not officially supported in classic payload, it was not working so nicely ...), and perhaps add an intermediate spawn for round C (not sure about this as I generally don't like intermediate spawns in maps)
honeymustard
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Did you see my headshot jeez louise that's one for the frag movie
Anyway it was very fun, though the last area seemed a massive grind (huge uphill section). The theme looks wonderful.
edit: also it's not hard to switch over to the new payload logic. Also I wouldn't like to see a rollback on the last area (but other areas might work). Maybe break it up into segments.
Anyway it was very fun, though the last area seemed a massive grind (huge uphill section). The theme looks wonderful.
edit: also it's not hard to switch over to the new payload logic. Also I wouldn't like to see a rollback on the last area (but other areas might work). Maybe break it up into segments.
Someone said you need deathpits in the feedback.
Would be cool, just make shallow pits with lots of spikes >)
Would be cool, just make shallow pits with lots of spikes >)
What Is Schwa
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- Jan 13, 2008
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This is staggeringly awesome. There are so many good ideas here I don't know where to begin. You have to finish this OR ELSE
Finally got some time to finish a first beta version with some rework on the layout and the detailling of the whole map. (and adding/tweaking sound, lighting, fog, etc...)
I still have some things to tweak (mainly the skybox and some textures) but it should be nearly final (hopefully ...).
Feel free to post some feedbacks ! (I'll try to have it played at a gameday session soon)
Link to the map : pl_angkor_b1
(see first page for screenshots of the new version)
I still have some things to tweak (mainly the skybox and some textures) but it should be nearly final (hopefully ...).
Feel free to post some feedbacks ! (I'll try to have it played at a gameday session soon)
Link to the map : pl_angkor_b1
(see first page for screenshots of the new version)
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Holy crap, a "real" airplane. Or should I say...
*sunglasses*
... a prop plane?
YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
Color me interested.
*sunglasses*
... a prop plane?
YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
Color me interested.
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I think that it should be a tad darker. This is still only basic, i'm sure, but the earth and grass could both be a bit darker, and the rocks need moss or something. Currently it just doesnt scream "Jungle" like it could.
finally a detailed version time to upload on my server!
time to upload on my server!
This map still has a lot of issues. I left as much feedback as possible, but the main issues from the last version i played persist.
-its way too dark. Almost every room is too dark- there are some places i couldnt see people much, and some that were pitch-black.
- Both the last two stages have massive sightlines down the track, and spammable chokepoints.
-its way too dark. Almost every room is too dark- there are some places i couldnt see people much, and some that were pitch-black.
- Both the last two stages have massive sightlines down the track, and spammable chokepoints.
Torches. Torches everywhere. I want this map to be a bigger fire hazard than Texas on the 4th of July. Put them in nooks, crannies, tunnels, overhangs, chambers, caves, crevasses, rooms, archways, shadows, shade, windows, pits, traps, corridors, hallways, spawns, houses, shacks, shanties, catacombs, debris, detritus, details, gates, hollows, alcoves, blind corners, caverns, doorways, enclosures, frames, gantries, hideaways, interiors, juxtapositions, keeps, lobbies, murder holes, niches, openings, pillars, quick drops, recesses, slopes, transitions, underpasses, vacancies, x-roads, your map, and zoos. Torches EVERYWHERE.
Oh, and don't forget to light some of them.
Oh, and don't forget to light some of them.
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I think this sums up about everything I have to say on the matter.
It was HORRENDOUSLY dark, did you even try placing lights inside the buildings? Also ramp up your light_environment's ambient lighting number to at least 450.
And yeah, the sightline on stage 2 was so long and huge, I don't know how we managed to cap it. As for the third stage, it was all going well until that hugeass hill with chokepoints for blue at the top and bottom. It was nigh impossible to get through, i'm surprised we managed to push the cart up that hill even once, let alone twice.
I'd like to say that natural cart rollback + hills are a very bad idea, unless there is a lock or cap at the top of the hill to stop the cart rolling back down it.
As for the hill, you could probably cut about 1/2 off the vertical height of it and bring the rest of the level down, provide some more paths around it sheltered for blue, and then have more than one way through to the last point than that single doorway for the cart.
Also, there's a problem with the plane:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/mechtroid/screenshot/558656600850767093
It looks like blue used to be able to get out of the other emergency door. The model is nonsolid here. You can even jump out of the wall into a detail area.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/mechtroid/screenshot/558656600850770924
http://steamcommunity.com/id/mechtroid/screenshot/558656600850773224
Red demos can abuse the crap out of it.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/mechtroid/screenshot/558656600850767093
It looks like blue used to be able to get out of the other emergency door. The model is nonsolid here. You can even jump out of the wall into a detail area.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/mechtroid/screenshot/558656600850770924
http://steamcommunity.com/id/mechtroid/screenshot/558656600850773224
Red demos can abuse the crap out of it.