Sorry I missed it :C
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- Thread starter Acegikmo
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I like it. Finish the interior textures, optimize for FPS, and I'll give it a run on our "Payload Extreme" server.
- Jan 31, 2008
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I have optimised it a bit (With somewhat obvious fade distances), and now we'll playtest. After that I'll try to fix the gameplay issues and finish up the interior textures. Then there'll probably be yet another playtest, then a 3D skybox and some final playtesting.
- Jan 6, 2008
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This is now one of my favourite maps. I absolutely love it.
It's got a quite unique and fresh look. I saw some props with draw distances that were ridiculous, though, but I can't remember where.
I'm getting quite a lot of slowdown in some areas, like the BLU spawn. Sure, I live on the other side of the world, but I only had 150 ping, which I'm usually able to handle fine, so it's not my connection.
BLU had a hard time getting past point 2. In that area, RED is practically above them all the time, so they get all the height advantage, plus some almost-impossible-to-kill Sentry locations. Even when playing Spy, I had a hard time even getting to most of RED's defenses, since the only way up there was to go past the whole thing, up a staircase and past RED's spawn - at which point I usually had no cloak left, and no ammo to refill. I thought the rest flowed fine, though, even if things tended to slow down remarably near the end again.
My biggest gripe is the large absence of ammo packs, at least where it would make sense for a Spy to travel through (I noticed that to get most ammo packs as a Spy, I had to go to them, I rarely picked up any as I went along, which I think is how it should be), or where it would make sense for an Engineer to build. As Spy, I had a hard time crossing the enemy's frontlines because of this. I saw ONE large ammo pack - I really think there should be more. I guess the health distribution is ok, but you shouldn't exactly lower the number, so to speak.
EDIT: Added some more info, read again if you read it just after I posted.
It's got a quite unique and fresh look. I saw some props with draw distances that were ridiculous, though, but I can't remember where.
I'm getting quite a lot of slowdown in some areas, like the BLU spawn. Sure, I live on the other side of the world, but I only had 150 ping, which I'm usually able to handle fine, so it's not my connection.
BLU had a hard time getting past point 2. In that area, RED is practically above them all the time, so they get all the height advantage, plus some almost-impossible-to-kill Sentry locations. Even when playing Spy, I had a hard time even getting to most of RED's defenses, since the only way up there was to go past the whole thing, up a staircase and past RED's spawn - at which point I usually had no cloak left, and no ammo to refill. I thought the rest flowed fine, though, even if things tended to slow down remarably near the end again.
My biggest gripe is the large absence of ammo packs, at least where it would make sense for a Spy to travel through (I noticed that to get most ammo packs as a Spy, I had to go to them, I rarely picked up any as I went along, which I think is how it should be), or where it would make sense for an Engineer to build. As Spy, I had a hard time crossing the enemy's frontlines because of this. I saw ONE large ammo pack - I really think there should be more. I guess the health distribution is ok, but you shouldn't exactly lower the number, so to speak.
EDIT: Added some more info, read again if you read it just after I posted.
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Cerious
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- Aug 10, 2008
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This is a pretty decent map; it looks nice, plays nice, and has a pretty good team balance. Some issues that need to be ironed out:
- That invincible teleporter, where you can build an exit at red's first forward spawn, and it can't be destroyed. That's just mean, and unbalances the game a lot.
- Respawn times. Reduce Red's respawn from 18-20 seconds to 12-14 seconds.
- Finish texturing. Not a big deal, but it'll help you have your map be put on more servers.
- At the second to last point, the long stretch to it is so flat and boring. Plus, there is no cover. You could improve this area a lot by adding more detail to the stretch itself, not the buildings surrounding it.
- Optimization. There are some pretty bad places, where I got lower-than-acceptable fps. Blu spawn, and some of the long stretches in your map.
- That invincible teleporter, where you can build an exit at red's first forward spawn, and it can't be destroyed. That's just mean, and unbalances the game a lot.
- Respawn times. Reduce Red's respawn from 18-20 seconds to 12-14 seconds.
- Finish texturing. Not a big deal, but it'll help you have your map be put on more servers.
- At the second to last point, the long stretch to it is so flat and boring. Plus, there is no cover. You could improve this area a lot by adding more detail to the stretch itself, not the buildings surrounding it.
- Optimization. There are some pretty bad places, where I got lower-than-acceptable fps. Blu spawn, and some of the long stretches in your map.
You have to fix the building of objects in places where the other team can't reach them.
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- Jan 31, 2008
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Thanks for the feedback everyone
Glad you like it!
Things fixed from a4 to a5:
- The cart now blocks bullets
- Red can no longer build stuff where blue can't destroy it
- The cart is now slower
- The second point generally more blu friendly
- The long stretch from the second to third cap now has a gate in the middle, providing cover for both red and blu and increasing the chances of red defending that area
- Added more ammo and healthpacks to balance the gameplay
- Fixed respawntimes for both teams
Things left to fix before the final version:
- Finish texturing
- More signs
- Cubemaps
- 3D skybox
- Spectator cameras
- Optimization
Glad you like it!
Things fixed from a4 to a5:
- The cart now blocks bullets
- Red can no longer build stuff where blue can't destroy it
- The cart is now slower
- The second point generally more blu friendly
- The long stretch from the second to third cap now has a gate in the middle, providing cover for both red and blu and increasing the chances of red defending that area
- Added more ammo and healthpacks to balance the gameplay
- Fixed respawntimes for both teams
Things left to fix before the final version:
- Finish texturing
- More signs
- Cubemaps
- 3D skybox
- Spectator cameras
- Optimization
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- Jan 31, 2008
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Nice map some things that were said before bbut just a reminder:
-More ammo packs here and there at the blu spawn area there is only 1 full ammo pack, so engis are having a hard time.
Especially if there are 2 engis, the first one takes the box the second is like hey!
-slow the cart down a bit to give engis the time to set up stuff.
-add health packs on the route from BLUs first spawn to the 2 capture point, cause if you rocket jump as soldier to get to the cart faster you end up not getting there faster since you have to take longer routes to go find health.
-More ammo packs here and there at the blu spawn area there is only 1 full ammo pack, so engis are having a hard time.
Especially if there are 2 engis, the first one takes the box the second is like hey!
-slow the cart down a bit to give engis the time to set up stuff.
-add health packs on the route from BLUs first spawn to the 2 capture point, cause if you rocket jump as soldier to get to the cart faster you end up not getting there faster since you have to take longer routes to go find health.