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You did notice the combinations written on the walls next to the doors. Right?

No, and as a modder you cannot assume that a player will notice such a minor detail just because you put it there. Especially when the mod is so dark (I know I'm not the first to say this, so maybe you guys should check it out).

You didn't offer any opinions. You stated in capital letters that things were impossible, which are not impossible at all.

How is that constructive criticism, or even an informed opinion?

I'm not really siding with Penguinboy here, but I must say that I feel the same way as him. You cannot assume that a player will know exactly what to do, and may find it 'impossible,' even if it is possible.

The main problem I have with this mod is that the authors assumed the players would know what to do based on little (not very noticable) hints.

You really need to make the goal and possible solution obvious, or players will get frustrated and not enjoy your mod.

Just my opinion, though.

Played about an hour of the mod. Hated it. Mapping wasn't too bad I suppose but the gameplay decisions blew goats.

First level sucked. You have to talk to a whole bunch of random people until you find the right one. Who the fuck cares if the right one is wearing a different coloured shirt? People playing aren't going to necessarily know that. THEN you go and talk to that guy with a crazyass accent that you can't understand. He gives you a keycard and you're left with no idea where to go. I walk around for half an hour searching for ways to open locked doors, get past combine at front door (even though the crazyass accent guy said otherwise) and hidden buttons simply because I could not find a way out. Then someone in IRC tells me I need to go through a door which PREVIOUSLY you were punished for going through (DO NOT PRESS button, which is fucking ridiculous particularly since the sign above the bright red button is hardly noticable in the dark).

I then go and complete the first level without trouble. In fact, I complete the next couple levels without trouble, and without COMBAT (OH SHIT YOU FORGOT THE PART OF FPSs THAT MAKES THEM FUN) for the first fucking 3 levels.

5 button combination puzzles are stupid. According to my dodgy maths, there are 32 button combinations possible. What a massive waste of time trying to get the right one, seriously.

After 3 levels of monotonous, uninteresting gameplay, I finally get to fight some enemies! But I don't have a crowbar, gun or suit, since you allowed players to continue without these essential items. I had to cheat and use give item_suit and weapon_crowbar to continue.

I finally got to the part where you get to shoot Combines!!!! And it was a reasonable sequence aside from the fact that I kept getting caught in weird positions when I tried to jump the counter.

Then I got the airboat, travelled about 20 metres on it before having to stop, started listening to those people talking about pretty boring stuff for too long, got bored and quit.

I don't want to sound like a negative asshole, but this is not the type of mod for me. Too slow, too boring, not enough action. Sure, there is some quality mapping and voice acting (though some of it was pretty dull and monotonous), but that didn't make up for the poor gameplay mechanics IMO.

I don't see myself ever finishing it because I was far too bored and there never really seemed like there was a purpose to my escape and such. In Episode 2, you have a goal and you keep heading towards that goal. In this, you escape the lockdown and randomly go through a bunch of sewers and crap, not knowing where you're heading or where you're gonna end up.

Probably not a bad mod for people who enjoy slow roleplaying gameplay, but I thought there were too many bad decisions such as allowing the player to continue without essential items for me to enjoy it, especially when there was pretty much no action.

A lot of the dialogue is spoken really good.

Gold.

May download this later if I can be bothered.

Cruel.

I'm having a little whinge because you're banning over half the entries over a trivial and bullshit rule. This has nothing to do with my map 'securing a place.' I've told you this before: I don't give a shit about the results, I only made the map because I was bored. This is about the judges being fascist assholes and banning entries because they didn't follow a stupid rule - Not all compo23 maps began with compo23, and yet they weren't disqualified.

It's not like I was ever gonna get a place anyway, not with you assholes judging.

Enjoy being a massive dick. I know you will.

I may be an asshole, but I can assure I would not be such a nazi about such a bullshit trivial rule which is there simply for your convenience.

Well, at least now we know that the community is run by a pack of asshole nazis.

gg on being so lazy that you can't even be bothered finding the map names (which could be found in both the submitted zip or the readme) in your map list.

Apparently mastakilla, docrock, dewdle and I are all disqualified because we didn't name our maps 'compo24_*.'

Let's all applaud the judges (Strideh and Penguinboy) for being massive jackasses!

applause

Vapour now available in the Map Vault. Feel free to check it out and comment.

I'm terribly sorry, the futuristic, half-ruined city, the neon lights everywhere, newspaper and all kinds of crap piled up on the streets, the angles of the spotlights, the color of the lights and textures, and that cold, abandoned place feeling that Heatray has, doesn't resemble your map in the slightest. I must have my non-existing glasses sticked up your ass, too see some similarity.

Sorry, I didn't mean to be overly offensive, but I really didn't see the resemblance. If you're really interested in why my map looks like that, perhaps you should check out the mod I map for: Dystopia or just take a look at my maps for the mod: Detonate and Exodus. I think you'll see more resemblance in those than you do in Heatray.

Yeah, Trapt pretty much demolished all of my dreams.

Also, gave a reason to live. Kick Trapt's ass at a compo. Once, before I die.

I lol'd. I'm not sure how many more compos I'll be entering. It's hard to find the time nowadays. ^_^ Also, I'm not gonna win this compo because Penguinboy and Strideh (judges) hate me and Dystopia.

For example:

It reminds me of Dystopia. Funny, that.

a well made HL1 map is better than a HL2 map filled with props and trapt faggotry

Not that I care...

I haven't even played UT3. In fact, most of the map is just ripped from other maps I've done. :/

Also, Ghetto, the rest of the map is done too and looks fairly nice. Just because I didn't screenshot it doesn't mean anything. The interiors are rather moody and thus screenshots don't do them justice.

edit: After watching a Youtube video of Heatray, I can honestly say that it looks nothing like my map and that you are a retard.

I apologise on behalf of the community, but we seriously cannot understand what you are asking.

Made 90% of this map in 2 days, then took another 4 days to do fine detailing (props, decals, lighting) and to get the custom materials working.o rly

I call bullshit. Make the deadline stand. Tough titties to those who don't finish in time.

Trapt and I are both done...
we'll be submitting both of ours shortly

Damn straight. Another playtest tonight, I'm hoping. Last night's was brilliant due to that large black physbox.

I'll probably grab some screenies of both maps while we're playing too, so everyone else in this thread can orgasm.

I'm sure more will come eventually... right mr. dew?

x700s do not have SM3 and neither do x800s.

Major fail on ATi's behalf.

Rabid is correct.

Wow. Tosse is more fucking retarded than I thought. That is hands down the funniest shit I've ever read on TWHL. Ever.

I keep getting the freezing + sound looping crash, but that's VALVe's fault. Fags.

Initial player counts mean nothing.

Dystopia had >2000 players on release, and Insurgency had 1000ish and they're both currently sitting underneath 100. Once the hype dies down, only the true fans continue to play.

And with TF2 coming out in a few days for some, and a couple weeks for others, I hardly see this sticking around at all.

(That being said, I'm gonna give it a go)

FF looked good in its early stages. But now it looks really ugly, tbh, and they'll be releasing to a dead community because they took too long to release.

TF2 all the way.

Nice amp.

Authenticity of those answers be very questionable...

Well done. You bumped a thread AND the band you named was already on the list.

Kudos.

I lolled.

Fag.

It's not my fault that he is incredibly stupid. Blame his parents.

Though if he follows your instructions and stops being an arrogant tard, I won't have to attack everything he says.

So there, it's not up to me, it's up to Tosse.

Stop being a tosser, Tosse.

I think most of the team would prefer to release on completion rather than release a half assed, bug filled mod. This may mean the mod dies, or it may mean it'll be years to release.

Kinda strange that you're not interested but you're still so eager for them to finish it.

gtfo.

Doesn't matter too much, srry, it'll be 2013 before this mod is finished.

Awesome women.

Dead thread vs Bumped thread... OH SHI-

Fontana di Trevi is literally in the middle of nowhere. Walking around at random in Rome, go down a little sidestreet and there it is. What a strange place to build the world's most famous fountain!

Colin Hay - Don't Wait Up

Ant: Did you know that (according to wiki) Colin Hay is the uncle of Zero 7 singer Sia Furler? I didn't.

Luke: Black Box was gonna be cheaper so either do your research or shut the fuck up.

Tosse: Are you fucking kidding me? This is what you said to me a couple weeks back in your thread:

Posted on 13 Aug 07, 21:08
by Tosse

If you had expressed your opinion I'd listen to you, but when you say that it's 'fail', no dude, you gtfo and I'll stay.

Way to be hypocritical, faggot.

aaron_da_killa: Whilst I know you're that annoying bloke from the Snarkpit, your mod doesn't seem TOO terrible.

75 Bands in this picture:Let's find them.

Rimrook: Win.

To be fair, 90% of the emoticons posted in this thread aren't useful at all.

Surreal doesn't mean cartoony, you jackass. If the mod was cel shaded or something it'd be fine, but it's not.

Honestly, I like the model and detail in the skin, but the flamey shit looks terrible.

Looked better without the flamey shit IMO. Flamey shit makes it look too cartoony.

Tosse, I'm beginning to believe your username should have an 'r' on the end... why? Because you're a tosser.

Kasperg, I am willing to accept that my 'criticism' wasn't OVERLY constructive - that is to say, I didn't suggest a solution to the problems I pointed out - but I still gave him my opinion. You cannot simply disregard someone elses opinion and call your own genius without coming across as an arrogant prick.

Also, Habboi, shut the fuck up.

Thank you.

oh hai guise, i love my work and whatever you say about it is wrong!!! in fact, i think i'm a genius!!!! also i'm a fag.

Gtfo, Tosse. That was, hands down, the most arrogant shit I've ever read on this forum, which is quite an achievement considering the likes of Rimrook and Kasperg hang around here.

Art style is win, dialogue and font are fail.

Nice shots there, Trapt. That place in pics 6-8 is called Cinque Tierre, right?

Thanks. It's actually Positano, which is a town located along the Amalfi Coast.

Feel free to use dick stone in your maps, if you really like... D:

Try using a Batch Compiler.

Photos from Italy trip in April.

Zomg, I'm teh Colosseum!!!1

'sup guise, i'm in teh Roman Forum.

zomg famous fountain

Pompeii sure is pretty crowded... oh shi-

Dick in the ground is always funny.

Easily the most beautiful place in the world.

...same place again.

...the coastline.

st. francez waz heer. (Assisi, nubz)

God damn fucking huge cathedral in Florence.

The countryside in San Gimignano...

Borano. I ate a whole tub of Nutella here. Tasty.

Gondola ride in Venice. Worst water ever.

Enjoy!

Animated emoticons are annoying. End of story.

Doesn't matter if it is, he likely just googled it, and only to mock me. ;P

Correct.