PL Tidepool Alpha Release #10

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biceratops submitted a new resource:

pl_tidepool - Who wants to push a shark into the ocean?

A serene payload map taking place on a winding beach. Blue needs to deliver a shark into to the ocean. Red doesn't want this to happen.

Created as part of the Offshore community project.

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biceratops updated pl_tidepool with a new update entry:

Credits

I used (and plan to use) a fair bit of community assets in this map, so I'll go ahead and list them all here:

MacRipley Great White Shark:​

Great White Shark - MacRipley

Tricky Biz Offshore Sign Textures:​

Offshore Sign Textures - Tricky Biz

FDG1 Fishing Boat:​

Model by FGD5
Model adjustments and texture by FanCyy

FDG5 More Vehicles:​

FGD5 - Pretty much everything
Blaholtzen - Help with the LeBaron...

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biceratops updated Tidepool with a new update entry:

Actually included the models this time

Fixed a bunch of missing models since I didn't know how to properly pack the map.

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biceratops updated Tidepool with a new update entry:

More Upload Problems

Added an env_tonemap_controller to satisfy Mecha Engineer

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biceratops updated Tidepool with a new update entry:

Alpha release #3

Reworked the first stage entirely, so it now somewhat resembles an aquarium if you look past the dev textures:
-Moved Capture Point 1 into the Aquarium
-Added a seal exhibit
-Added a toad exhibit
-Added catwalks above the aquarium floor
-Added a new flank on the ground floor around Capture Point 1
-Removed various sniper sightlines in the Aquarium
-Wondered what the hell I was thinking with the mess of doors that was Spawn 2 and replaced it with a more streamlined spawn
-Added barriers to...

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biceratops updated Tidepool with a new update entry:

Alpha Release #4

-Fixed spawn rooms not teleporting players to the new spawn when the teams change spawn rooms
-Moved the "cart" lower to the ground, so it doesn't hover in mid-air
-Added a sea pumpkin cucumber exhibit
-Added more health and ammo packs around the map
-Added a beach house on the beach
-Added more cover on the last point
-Added more cover in the tidepool
-Reworked the maze of rooms on the ground floor of the aquarium

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biceratops updated Tidepool with a new update entry:

Alpha Release #7

I've changed so much here that this might as well be a different map.

• Significantly shortened the map. This is now a standard 4-point payload map.
• Completely reworked the Point 2 tidepool area from the ground up.
• Removed the beach area and its associated capture point entirely.
• Shortened the cavern section.
• Moved the docks to the opposite side of the cavern.
• Added cover to the docks.
• Raised the seafloor at the docks and added an area underneath the docks...

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biceratops updated Tidepool with a new update entry:

Alpha Release #8

• Made the cavern look more like a cavern
• Added more signs
• Added more detail to the cart's path
• Added rails to show the cart's path
• Shrank the aquarium slightly

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biceratops updated Tidepool with a new update entry:

Alpha Release #9

• Fixed a bug where players in Spawn 2 wouldn't get teleported to Spawn 3 when Point 1 is captured
• Added a proper entrance to the cavern
• Cleaned up displacements in the cavern
• Added clip brushes behind the displacements in the cavern
• Added another boat at the docks
• Lit the underside of the docks slightly more
• Added several ramps into and out of the water at the docks
• Moved some pillars on the underside of the docks, to open up more routes
• Added more ammo...

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[biceratops]

biceratops updated Tidepool with a new update entry:

Alpha Release #10

Lots of feedback from the latest playtest, so I think I'm approaching the final map geometry here.

• Pushed Spawn 3 back slightly and added more exits
• Added a new flank route over Point C
• Added clip brushes around the wall displacements around Point C
• Fixed various displacement errors on the floor around Point C
• Reduced the size of the fishing boat at Point D, since it was massively over-scaled
• Added a broken section of the dock near Point D, to block a problematic...

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