KotH Silo V5A

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Silo - Who in the heck thought co-ownership of a missile silo was a good idea?!

Hello. I got Hammer++ recently for fun. I've never done mapping before and I thought I'd just mess around for a bit with the editor to see what it could do. Little did I know that it'd turn into 3 days of my life pretty much being dedicated entirely to this thing. It may not have perfected lighting or the best optimization but for my first map I think it's a pretty good effort.
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It's (very loosely) based on a base I built in minecraft with a friend, which...

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A Smooth Criminal updated Silo with a new update entry:

Repacking

I didn't know you should repack maps if you wanted them to be tested. So here you go, TF2Maps.

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A Smooth Criminal updated Silo with a new update entry:

Freakin' barrels

Aaaaaand of course there were floating barrels. Okay, now it should all at least be correctly assembled.

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A Smooth Criminal updated Silo with a new update entry:

Some little improvements

Cleaned up the geometry a bit, added some details, and put barriers around the top of the rocket and the upper catwalk (it was pointed out how good those would be for, say, Demoman).

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A Smooth Criminal updated Silo with a new update entry:

V2

I didn't know the A meant "Alpha" lol.
Let's just settle for good ol' V2 for now. I like how it sounds.

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A Smooth Criminal updated Silo with a new update entry:

New Areas!

I didn't know "A" meant "Alpha" and frankly alphas and betas haven't been how I've designed this map, so let's just go with nice ol' V3.
This update reverts the invisible barriers on the upper catwalk and rocket. But, to allow for a little more counterplay up there, I added a vent from each team's spawns that opens up next to the catwalk.
I also made the point a little more dynamic without doing anything too drastic.
I don't know how stable this version is; There were a few issues with...

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A Smooth Criminal updated Silo with a new update entry:

Bug Fixes!

And by that I mean recompiling and cut-pasting things until hammer decides they're allowed to work. Also I changed the spawn windows a bit.

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A Smooth Criminal updated Silo with a new update entry:

One last thing

I had to fix a teeny weeny brush out of place because it looked bad. And then I spent an hour trying to get the map to work right after the update. I hope you people appreciate the perfectionism effort I put into this.

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A Smooth Criminal updated Silo with a new update entry:

The Rocket Lives!

Mhm, now it launches whenever someone wins the game. I'd like to make the exhaust kill everyone, but before I can get particles for it that actually feel beefy enough for that to feel justified, I'll hold off.
Where is it aimed at? That's a little above your paygrade to ask, isn't it mercenary?
I also improved the lighting in the launch tube a lot, which reduced compile errors and really lowered the filesize, as well as looking better.
Happy nuking.

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A Smooth Criminal updated Silo with a new update entry:

Preempting an exploit

In testing, I found that someone standing on top of the rocket when it launches could get it stuck. So, I added a little fix for that.

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A Smooth Criminal updated Silo with a new update entry:

Blegh

Apparently any change I make to the map has to be accompanied by a new version number to be accepted as an update by the test server. So, here's V5, the exact same as the last iteration of V4, but alright.

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A Smooth Criminal updated Silo with a new update entry:

The true V5

We have a smaller update here, but still one of substance. The two main changes are a slight rework of the vent to make it large enough to build teleporters in, and a bit of optimization with the rocket (It used to spawn sideways and had a nodraw box around it to prevent leaks, but now I've fixed that). Really, I think this is about it for now. The map ain't perfect but I've added or fixed just about everything that was too much for me to leave alone. I may come out with a smaller update...

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