TF2Maps.net Major Contest #15: Payload Checklist Contest

[League_Heavy]

I'll take a stab at it

 

[Cincomma]

Just made this in about 10 minutes, I'm gonna make quite a few for canalae

 

[G.bo]

I'm thinkin' like italian/roman coastal style if possible using just standard textures. I'm hoping it helps fit along with the tug of war 3 point I'm going with.

 

[Cincomma]

Well... my map got corrupted, gonna have to restart from scratch.

 

[Scampi]

Well... my map got corrupted, gonna have to restart from scratch.

Is there a .bsp you could decompile?

 

[Cincomma]

I have the map file in my tf2 which is not corrupted, the file inside my mapping folder is corrupted

 

[savvaisnotagirlolbbq]

I have the map file in my tf2 which is not corrupted, the file inside my mapping folder is corrupted

So you have the .bsp but the .vmf is dead?

 

[Cincomma]

the .vmf is fine, the .bsp is broken, I can still play the map, but can't edit it due to the corrupted .bsp

 

[nᵗʰSonata]

I think you have those file extensions backwards. The game (hl2.exe) uses a .bsp file, while Hammer uses a .vmf file. If your .vmf is corrupted but you still have a functioning .bsp, you can save (some of) your map by decompiling the .bsp with something like BSPSource

 

[Scampi]

From my experience, you should come out of this pretty well. Only areaportals tend to break, everything else that I can remember stays intact.

 

[DrSquishy]

From my experience, you should come out of this pretty well. Only areaportals tend to break, everything else that I can remember stays intact.

Displacements are reduced to a 1HU thick brush though, and some logic in the map can end up a little broken but that's all

 

[Cincomma]

From my experience, you should come out of this pretty well. Only areaportals tend to break, everything else that I can remember stays intact.

Displacements are reduced to a 1HU thick brush though, and some logic in the map can end up a little broken but that's all

Luckily, I have neither of those in my map, thanks, guys

 

[Kill_the_Bug]

Does playing around with stuff count as working on a map? I made a file, put in assets/effects from other games i.e. half life to see if they would work on the tf2 platform and roughed in a payload path track - the path it might follow - no game logic. I have been thinking of doing another space themed map - maybe standard payload - but other pl game type also ok and I got to thinking that maybe i'll try another multiple payload map where blue pushes two/three carts at the same time.

 

[SanekOgon]

Welp, that's sounds cool

 

[Penguin]

What qualifies as a hazard? A non-player-controlled way that you could receive damage? (beyond just fall damage, presumably?)

 

[Dr. Acula]

"non-death pit hazard" I think whoever typed this means "non-pit death hazard." The former implies that the map needs a pit hazard, that doesn't trigger_hurt you. The latter (which is what they meant to say) indicates that the map needs a deadly hazard that is not a pit.

 

[FloofCollie]

Death pit is treated as a term. It still makes sense.
The rule presumably refers to sawblades, trains, lasers, crushing platforms and anything else that can hurt/kill you besides pits.

 

[Penguin]

See I interpreted it as "non-death-pit hazard" as in, any non player controlled (therefore environmental) way to harm players.

My question was mostly "does it have to be an instant kill"

 

[Idolon]

My question was mostly "does it have to be an instant kill"

Non-lethal hazards count. Caveat: Water that is deep enough to drown in does not count.

 

[Viemärirotta]

Non-lethal hazards count. Caveat: Water that is deep enough to drown in does not count.

So in contrast, if the water volume damages with for example electricity, it qualifies?