Good custom maps for public servers...

[WARHURYEAH]

Yo, I'm the admin of Gamers-Retreat and we are having a problem with selecting some decent custom maps for our server...

The problem is that we are fairly new, and the servers are a struggle to start up (the custom one mainly, the rotation and dustbowl 24/7 can be pretty easy), so we are on the lookout for some relatively decent maps to run on our custom map server!

We want to move away from the grindy orange_x_bsomethingproextreme maps and try some maps that are pretty well known in the community or at least decent to hold some players.

We are also looking for some maps to give a trial run on our servers, so I will be browsing the forums to see if any maps would be good for the 32 man custom maps and give you some feedback as well.

Anyway, we are open to suggestions for what maps to run on rotation so send me some links and we will take a look at them.

Cheers,
WAR

 

[The Political Gamer]

We want to move away from the grindy orange_x_bsomethingproextreme maps and try some maps that are pretty well known in the community or at least decent to hold some players.

I <3 <3 <3 you for saying that.

And now some maps:
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=7088
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=5889
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=7036
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=6684
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=7358
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=11352
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=7620
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=6143
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=7454
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=8806
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=6254
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=6032
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=6749
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=6749
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=11224
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=10612
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=5896
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=7264
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=8471
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=8041
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=11223

 

[WARHURYEAH]

Any maps in that mahoooosive list you would 100% recommend for a 32 slot server?

 

[The Political Gamer]

All of them :V

 

[Okrag]

Meridian isn't good for public servers. The filesize scares people off.

 

[Ezekel]

i'd say swiftwater, redfort and smb_castle - simply cos they play alright, and have enough age that people recognise them

(though good luck finding smb_castle... i think it's on fpsb somewhere but i'm not sure)

 

[HeaH]

What TPG said

 

[UFO]

Some maps from here

 

[WARHURYEAH]

Another question, the ctf map competition going on, would any of those be suitable for rotation?

Also, is there a server that's playing these maps 24/7? If not, I could try and work something out here...

 

[Vincent]

i'd say swiftwater, redfort and smb_castle - simply cos they play alright, and have enough age that people recognise them

(though good luck finding smb_castle... i think it's on fpsb somewhere but i'm not sure)

If you can find a server with mature enough people, you can do this medieval sort of mode on Redfort. Only use arrows, piss, eyelander, etc etc. Stuff that would exist in old times. It doesn't disrupt the balance of the map at all and it's really really fun.

There's no actual mod, so it's really just up to everyone keeping their word they won't use guns/flamethrower/etc.

 

[Nutomic]

If you can find a server with mature enough people, you can do this medieval sort of mode on Redfort. Only use arrows, piss, eyelander, etc etc. Stuff that would exist in old times. It doesn't disrupt the balance of the map at all and it's really really fun.

There's no actual mod, so it's really just up to everyone keeping their word they won't use guns/flamethrower/etc.

There is actually a medieval tf2 server mod somewhere, although ive never played it.

You should wait a week till the contest entries are all updated, and have a look through them, or just wait for the contest to finish.

But keep in mind that those maps are made for 6 v 6 comp, not for 32 pub servers.

Oh and, you could check the maps from the last contests we had.

 

[HeaH]

Another question, the ctf map competition going on, would any of those be suitable for rotation?

Also, is there a server that's playing these maps 24/7? If not, I could try and work something out here...

Those maps are made for a competive environment. I don't really think any of these would work good for a 32 man server

The TF2Maps.net servers are running contest maps 24/7 right now

 

[MacNetron]

Some maps coming into my mind are: pl_frontier, pl_swiftwater, cp_coldfront and cp_vertigo

Best way to get to see new maps is joining the tf2maps playtest sessions, or similar events from other communities like (shameless advertisement) our PlayStuff.net BluePrint event.

Good luck on the custom server! I like communities which support mappers!

 

[lana]

Keep in mind that custom maps that are at a playable level are often massive. If your server doesn't have a redirect, I recommend getting one, and a good one at that.

 

[Prestige]

I <3 <3 <3 you for saying that.


http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=6749
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=6749

c'mon. at least put some effort into your post.

 

[Boylee]

pl_swiftwater, pl_frontier, pl_cashworks. I've always been a fan of cp_bloodstained and cp_vertigo too. Both are not very well known, but both are fun with small or high player counts.
That said, I'm not sure about 32 man, only played em on 24.