CP Coldfront

[Tinker]

A small healthkit sounds like an interesting idea, might make for some cool gameplay. I'd say try it out - I wouldn't change the house itself around just yet.

 

[grazr]

Thanks!


What does everyone think of a small healthpack on the mid point? --to make it slightly less of a deathpit.

It's a death pit because of all the different directions you can be attacked from. Your visbility while on the point is like 20%, and the walls that block your vision also block your escape. That's what makes it a death pit, not any imbalance of health distribution. I mean you have 2 mediums on the central areas flank so health isn't exactly non-existant. If you're capping the point anyone can jump in from anywhere and that's pretty much what kills you, regardless of whether there's a small health kit. Anyone outside of the point has map control as they have all the health, ammo, and visibilty (which = useful intelligence such as reinforcements or lack there of), whilst people on the point are just waiting for a counter attack which could be of any strength, class make up or from any direction. The surprise attackers could probably even position themselves so that they manage to take the health kit in the attack because it's that surprise factor that makes being on the point so dangerous.

If you're worried about the control point being a point of handi-cap then you need to consider visibility and defendability.

 

[Citizen Snips]

I always found it weird that the doors leading from the second point to the outside is shut at the beginning of the map, opens when you walk through them, then never shut again.

They should either stay open, or shut again after people walk through. Preferably the latter. It could prove for some effective methods of recovery for the attacking team.

 

[Icarus]

Release Candidate 3 (3.0)

Download:
Mirror 1
Mirror 2
Mirror 3

Release Notes, RC3
-Improvements in visual detail and FPS
-Added Selentic's roof snow models
-Closed windows on mid cabin and removed some walls to make it less of a deathtrap
-Changes have been made to CP2 to make it easier to push in from mid:
*Raised cap area
*Added ramp and shortened the upper platform overlooking the capture area
*Widened the doorways for both side routes from mid
-Added small ammopack between CP1-CP2
-Modified tonemaps to improve contrast

 

[honorum646]

Some of your pics are broken to me. :\

 

[The Political Gamer]

Some of your pics are broken to me. :\

Its a bug with the site. drp is looking into it.

 

[Icarus]

There was a bug regarding to the archive file I uploaded.

If you downloaded RC3 before I made this post, you'll need to redownload it again to correct the issue. I'm sorry.

 

[ParanoidDrone]

What was the bug?

 

[Powerlord]

There was a bug regarding to the archive file I uploaded.

If you downloaded RC3 before I made this post, you'll need to redownload it again to correct the issue. I'm sorry.

Yay, you fixed a problem with it.

However... I'm disappointed that you released two versions of the map with the exact same filename.

If anyone did download it from my server (well, its mirror) since I added it to my rotation yesterday, I now have to explain to them why the version of the map on the server is different and what they need to do to stop the server from kicking them when the map comes up in rotation.

 

[FreeLance_FoX]

The issue wasn't too bad (I found it for him). It was just that he forgot to pakrat the textures for the new roof models by Selentic, and thus the roofs of the bases were pink & black. Sorta killed the mood. It was pretty quick so he just fixed it right away and kept the same name.

 

[Sel]

nope, nothing to see here

 

[VIVA LA NWO]

Fantastic map. No real complaints. Map flows very well and there's never a stalemate.

 

[Icarus]

-Added rocks as cover niches
-looks better

-Leveled the snow mound
-Should get rid of the annoying problem where they're either out of sight or you're already dead
-also looks better

 

[Dr. Spud]

be careful with your edits to middle. I'm still not a fan of the fact that the drop-downs onto the point are gone. And between removing those and flattening the hills, you're slowly making it more... plain.

 

[Icarus]

Like every change I make, there is a reason behind it.

Really, it plays a lot better without the drop-down ambushing, and leveling the snow a bit will help with visibility.

Both of which are more important than how plain you think it looks.

 

[Dr. Spud]

I meant gameplay not looks.

 

[Icarus]

FYI, the hill is still there, but it's just been made less extreme when sloping up against the house. It's enough that you can see over the hill now

 

[Prestige]

I find it annoying how the middle shack is the only cover and relief on the "main path" no health. nothing. Wouldn't mind just a few walls

 

[Icarus]

oh yeah. There is also a new small heathpack on the "main path"

 

[VIVA LA NWO]

I like the changes to the hill. I think it'll stop that issue with the heavies "shooting thru the hill".