Journal #7187

Posted 13 years ago2011-04-27 18:25:30 UTC
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
At home sick, but i'm well enough to map. so, i'm aiming to finish my Nuketown map come hell or high water before the end of the week.
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(forgot to buildcubemaps, so no reflections in those pics.. SORRY!)

I'm not sure what i'll end up porting this to, but probably multiple games. HL2DM, CSSDM, De,Cs,Fy,Ka, and possibly GG. For barebones release, all i really have to do is add spawns and some clipping.

This map is meant to be an exact port of the original game, not renvisioned in any way, but i'm open to making more severe changes if you-all think it would be important enough.

So looking forward to any suggestions you-all might have! Including but not limited to:

-what would be the best game to port this to?
-any ideas on how i can handle carepackages
-Teams will now be 8x8 - What should the maximum team size be (for teamplay gametypes obv)

Also, looking for 2-3 people interested in beta testing, PREFERABLY, to those who own and play BLOPs.

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11 Comments

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-27 18:47:20 UTC Comment #55796
Sprites for the rainbows?
Commented 13 years ago2011-04-28 07:37:49 UTC Comment #55788
Looks awesome. However I always hate when you enter a 32p server in Bops playing a decent map and then they switch to this one tho. I mean it's great for like 8 players max, but all above that and it's just a grenade spam feast.

As for the rainbow. Perhaps you could use thick lasers and blur them up? Or you could do the same with brushes with transparent colors and set the texture options to make them appear glowy when in HDR. Don't know a lot about how to make textures but from what I have seen you can apply a lot of effects to them.
Commented 13 years ago2011-04-28 13:55:25 UTC Comment #55791
thank you moocow, this is the type of feedback i'm looking for! (specially since i don't own Bops)

So, are you saying 4x4 max or 8x8 max?
Commented 13 years ago2011-04-28 17:08:56 UTC Comment #55792
Would like to start beta testing right away. Looking for 2-3 people who own and play BLOPs to help me get gameplay elements and "feel" right. (again, i DO NOT own BLOPs, and just built from screenies and watching my friends)

The most importan question i have to answer first before testing, is what would be the best game type to port this too. (i'm kinda leaning toward FY for starters, but i'm open to anything)

HL2:DM?
CSS:DM:?
DE
CS (you could rescue the maniquens! =))
FY
KA
GG
?
?

After i can get nailed down what would be the best port, i can think more seriously how i can handle care packages and other gameplay elements, mwhahaha.

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Commented 13 years ago2011-04-28 17:16:15 UTC Comment #55789
You built this from screenshots? Wow.
I could beta test this in CSS with you if you want :) My schedule is a bit dodgy tho, but I bet we could find a time when we both can.

Creating some kind of a carepackage system would be awesome
Commented 13 years ago2011-04-28 17:21:51 UTC Comment #55793
yea absolutely care packages are crucial imo. i think it would be relatively easy using HL2DM, but i hate HL2DM's gameplay..

pm me on steam if you have time so i can ask you some questions:
captain0terror@gmail.com
Commented 13 years ago2011-04-28 18:00:26 UTC Comment #55790
Sure thing, I'll pm you when I'm at home with my real PC :)

Also, forgot to answer your question, I think this map is suited for 4 vs 4. 8 vs 8 works too tbh, but it's a bit messy. So max 16 players then to correct myself
Commented 13 years ago2011-04-28 22:11:11 UTC Comment #55797
I own Blops, I could test in CS, CSS, or HL2:DM, whatever you're leaning more toward.
Commented 13 years ago2011-04-29 06:55:53 UTC Comment #55794
Sounds good X-LAyer2. BTW, what gameplay mode do you think would be the best personally? (As of right now, I have it setup as a AIM map with buyzones, just for testing purposes)
Commented 13 years ago2011-04-29 21:11:33 UTC Comment #55798
Yo, this looks almost like Nuketown (from what I can tell from the screeny) I also own Blops, and wouls love to test out the map. Tho I don't own any Source games... (Not Even HL2 :S)

Also if your going for a de, but the bombsites where they do in S&D and demonition (on the the center and on in the CT's houses's garage. (The yellow one?)

Also don't forget about the climbable fences in the gardens leading to the second story windows :P
Commented 13 years ago2011-04-30 20:56:44 UTC Comment #55795
That's a shame you don't have any source games. =( we could use some more testers..

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