[Contest Entry] pl_cashworks
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We tried out A5 briefly tonight (2 rounds). Great work on all fronts! Framerates were dramatically improved around point 1 and the bottom of the hill. One team captured the final point while the other team managed to get very close to the final point. I suspect CP3 may be too easy to capture. Despite that, you're quickly honing in on perfect gameplay balance. I'll have better feedback after we've played it more.
au contraire mon copain flubber 
i play spy myself and and i got through often, i always wait for the opportunity when the passage to left side of the pillar is free, sneak through, pick up the ammopack at the tires and go on destroying the teleporter entrances at red forward.
dont get me wrong, i´m not arguing your spyskills, but due to the recent engi update, after the first cp is taken, its still hard to go on.
reason is less the sentries, but the l3 teleporters giving red a steady flow on reinforcements.
have to balance that update out
yeah, cp3 felt a little bit unguardable, will have to work on some small detour for blu
known issues:
i forgot to delete 2 playerclip brushes, one at blue spawn, where there used to be a pile of wood next to the door, and one at cp3, where there used to be stairs. nothing gamebreaking
funny fact i discovered after compile: func_lod brushes reject to be stickied, the stickies just bounce off
i play spy myself and and i got through often, i always wait for the opportunity when the passage to left side of the pillar is free, sneak through, pick up the ammopack at the tires and go on destroying the teleporter entrances at red forward. dont get me wrong, i´m not arguing your spyskills, but due to the recent engi update, after the first cp is taken, its still hard to go on.
reason is less the sentries, but the l3 teleporters giving red a steady flow on reinforcements.
have to balance that update out
yeah, cp3 felt a little bit unguardable, will have to work on some small detour for blu
known issues:
i forgot to delete 2 playerclip brushes, one at blue spawn, where there used to be a pile of wood next to the door, and one at cp3, where there used to be stairs. nothing gamebreaking
funny fact i discovered after compile: func_lod brushes reject to be stickied, the stickies just bounce off
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Altaco
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- Jul 3, 2008
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Sorry, these are from A4, some may have been fixed, thought I'd post em anyway.
We found that this sentry spot was a little overpowered. It's really hard for spies to get up there. Maybe some stairs? Also, badly lit prop underneath.
These passages make it much too easy for Blu to get behind Red. I'd say make them more accessible to red, maybe something else. Also, add some evidence destruction to that locker/shower room/bathroom/whatever. It seems odd to have one wall just missing from a room where people are nakers.
It's possible to sticky jump up into here.
Scouts, demos, and soldiers can get on top of this.
It's possible to get up on these rocks and go up into the corner.
Rock clipping concrete.
There's a lot of displacement texture stretching on the hill.
And on these cliffs
I'd suggest replacing this conveyor belt texture with something else. The imetal looks a bit odd. Check out the conveyor belts in the prop room in the blue half of Well to see what I mean - near the second point. It's a stretched metaldoor texture. It also looks a bit odd to see the saw just clipping the metal - add a slot for it.
As I said, I'm sure some of these have already been fixed.
We found that this sentry spot was a little overpowered. It's really hard for spies to get up there. Maybe some stairs? Also, badly lit prop underneath.
These passages make it much too easy for Blu to get behind Red. I'd say make them more accessible to red, maybe something else. Also, add some evidence destruction to that locker/shower room/bathroom/whatever. It seems odd to have one wall just missing from a room where people are nakers.
It's possible to sticky jump up into here.
Scouts, demos, and soldiers can get on top of this.
It's possible to get up on these rocks and go up into the corner.
Rock clipping concrete.
There's a lot of displacement texture stretching on the hill.
And on these cliffs
I'd suggest replacing this conveyor belt texture with something else. The imetal looks a bit odd. Check out the conveyor belts in the prop room in the blue half of Well to see what I mean - near the second point. It's a stretched metaldoor texture. It also looks a bit odd to see the saw just clipping the metal - add a slot for it.
As I said, I'm sure some of these have already been fixed.
Baysin
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- Feb 14, 2008
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Hey, nice update! I think all of the complaints my group had, at least as far as glitches and exploits, are gone, and there's a lot of improvements and changes. Nice work! I really like the "valley of death" near the final point. I wasn't able to build anywhere in there this time, and it looks 10 times better to boot. You can still find a couple of spots to jump down there and live, though, if that's of any concern. Nice bridge over that, too!
I found the player clip for the stairs, which I see you already knew about. And I was wondering why my stickies sometimes bounced off of that window, so I guess now I know why. I was able to get into a couple of odd spots as a demoman, high up on the sides of buildings, but there's so many normal spots where you can get height advantage that I'm not sure if it really matters, other than it's strange to have a demoman hanging off the side of the wall. The main one was actually right across the cart track from the invisible stairway near the 3rd point. You can sticky crouch jump and squeeze into a little spot on the building up there. Here's a screenie taken from that spot. I didn't think to get one from below showing where it is, but I can provide that if you like.
Also, it's probably not important, but in the first blu spawn room, you can jump up into the space between a couple of the walls and the ceiling, where there's some barrels and junk. I just thought I'd make sure you knew that. I can't see any real way this gives an advantage, so I'm thinking it could probably be left alone. Blu needs something to do while they wait for the setup time to be over, after all.
We haven't run the updated map through our servers yet, but if and when we do, I'll give our impressions as far as gameplay and whatnot.
I found the player clip for the stairs, which I see you already knew about. And I was wondering why my stickies sometimes bounced off of that window, so I guess now I know why. I was able to get into a couple of odd spots as a demoman, high up on the sides of buildings, but there's so many normal spots where you can get height advantage that I'm not sure if it really matters, other than it's strange to have a demoman hanging off the side of the wall. The main one was actually right across the cart track from the invisible stairway near the 3rd point. You can sticky crouch jump and squeeze into a little spot on the building up there. Here's a screenie taken from that spot. I didn't think to get one from below showing where it is, but I can provide that if you like.
Also, it's probably not important, but in the first blu spawn room, you can jump up into the space between a couple of the walls and the ceiling, where there's some barrels and junk. I just thought I'd make sure you knew that. I can't see any real way this gives an advantage, so I'm thinking it could probably be left alone. Blu needs something to do while they wait for the setup time to be over, after all.
We haven't run the updated map through our servers yet, but if and when we do, I'll give our impressions as far as gameplay and whatnot.
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- Nov 25, 2008
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Well we played a_5 tonight and I found a... something, invisible ramp? I guess you could say that. People can't go through it but bullets can. Here are some SS of where it's at.
Also, it's probably not important, but in the first blu spawn room, you can jump up into the space between a couple of the walls and the ceiling, where there's some barrels and junk. I just thought I'd make sure you knew that. I can't see any real way this gives an advantage, so I'm thinking it could probably be left alone. Blu needs something to do while they wait for the setup time to be over, after all.
Thats why i left the space between the room´s ceiling and the ceiling of the conference room. i often get bored waiting for the game to start. e.g. in goldrush, right side, i jump onto the barrel and then onto the door, then i try to get onto the gate. as a scout. in cashworks, you can jump from the wood onto the lamp and then to the space between ceiling and ceiling, it´s for killing time in spawn.
Baysin
L2: Junior Member
- Feb 14, 2008
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Thats why i left the space between the room´s ceiling and the ceiling of the conference room. i often get bored waiting for the game to start. e.g. in goldrush, right side, i jump onto the barrel and then onto the door, then i try to get onto the gate. as a scout. in cashworks, you can jump from the wood onto the lamp and then to the space between ceiling and ceiling, it´s for killing time in spawn.
I usually kill myself over and over again, either by blowing myself up or using the explode console command, and then I ask my teammates why my kill/death ratio is so bad before the match even starts.I was about to post round win stats for A5, but it appears that you might have given the last two points the same name:
... but I know this isn't completely accurate since I've seen the final point captured several times. Could you double-check that your capture points have unique names?
I don't have major feedback for A5 (which is a good thing). I'll continue to watch playtests and give you minor suggestions, though.
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None 5 (15%)
#Badwater_cap_1 4 (12%)
#Badwater_cap_2 2 (6%)
#Badwater_cap_3 22 (67%)... but I know this isn't completely accurate since I've seen the final point captured several times. Could you double-check that your capture points have unique names?
I don't have major feedback for A5 (which is a good thing). I'll continue to watch playtests and give you minor suggestions, though.
whopeee!!!
i wasn´t that glad with my bankvault, it was not up to standard
seeing arhurt´s chewchew model made me rework the vault, the concept is the same, but now i added some detail, and proper uv-mapping.
i applied 2 skins, red and blu, so once it´s ready, i can be used for cp-maps etc.
next step is making the explosion more realistic, more parts flying etc.
hope you dig it
i wasn´t that glad with my bankvault, it was not up to standard
seeing arhurt´s chewchew model made me rework the vault, the concept is the same, but now i added some detail, and proper uv-mapping.
i applied 2 skins, red and blu, so once it´s ready, i can be used for cp-maps etc.
next step is making the explosion more realistic, more parts flying etc.
hope you dig it
I literally said "wow" out loud, great looking vault door!
Just wondering, how is someone supposed to open that vault? ::
Really nice man.
:Really nice man.
it´s fully automatic i think , like Scrooge McDuck´s giant vault
i assumed it´s best if the size looks cartoony
any ideas on a tagline i could write on it? like chewchew "all of you are dead" or the writing on the original payload
i think i´ll brand it with "safemax 10000" ^^
, like Scrooge McDuck´s giant vaulti assumed it´s best if the size looks cartoony
any ideas on a tagline i could write on it? like chewchew "all of you are dead" or the writing on the original payload
i think i´ll brand it with "safemax 10000" ^^
