cXp public beta: we need your support

..... You know, that map - I haven't personally played it, but when it has that XMP tag in front of it, it is thereby an XMP map, whether u seem to think it doesn't meet the requirements or not. I remember back towards when I started playin XMP ppl bitching about Lowlands because two gens weren't XMP'ish. The mappers play the major part in saying what XMP is and what it can be. The players have an idea of what XMP is because they've played it and it seems to take on the shape of a form that they LIKE. They don't see the reasoning behind a lvl having this there, and that there and here and there are some trees (method to a madness). It is the mappers that truly define what XMP can be. The coders that work with new materials for XMP expand it or add onto it. They too play an integral part in the process.

One reason for the addition of all these new and strange maps is due to the "blandness" that was said that XMP had. Excuse us if we try to bring interesting things to the game play.

To recollect, it was decided a long time ago that we would never be the communities saviors.....you know why....

Now as it was asked before. START HELPING.

Dead_Metal said:

Now as it was asked before. START HELPING.

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*me just deleted witty but insulting comment*

sticking at least until the cXp is finnished

I'm sticking them on our server as soon as I can get iLan to rebuild the MD5 again (ugh). Woulda done it sooner but I was kinda not here

Yeah, got back yesterday. And no problem

Alright, still haven't played on any servers (f****** huge hint ), just walked around on my own for a while. Also, I'm writing this at work 2 days after doing so, so sorry if I confuse a map or two.

artidozenraptors: The bumps just didn't help. Not a big fan. OK, so people won't say I'm sucking up: I don't like it.

cemetary: Very nice map. I like all the fog (less sniping, yay!), and the node rooms/churches are a good twist. I can see arti carriers dying a lot waiting for those doors to open. I will say though that while I was wandering around I would think, "Oh, look, another deploy."

crystalgarden: How do you get the artis? Do you have to reach a certain energy level? I forgot the cannon wasn't the normal type and splattered myself on the base roof. After that, I had some fun flinging myself around, but I think even a gunner could move faster than the cannon.

duality: Very tight halls are a deathtrap, which could be a good thing. I can't say anything else until I actually play on a server (alright, isn't this more of a deathmatch-type map?)

gecko: Still like it. I like that there are fewer gens than in the original.

heavenlyhell: A little plain-looking, needs more texture detail. Not easy to drive the raptors up those spiral stairs.

lastrites: Couldn't actually remember this map until I looked at its pic on cxp website, which is wierd because it's an excellent map. The hole in the roof directly above the node could make defense interesting.

simplicity: What's the point to the raptors? Especially the lifts that move them to hallways too narrow to navigate. I kept getting turned around in the halls. Doesn't feel like an XMP map.

uraniumecho: Beautiful map, needs radar desperately. I drove a raptor into a hole in the ground just inside the cave entrance to the right of the waterfall. Someone was asking about the tracks around the nodes-raptor racing?

valleyofthedead: The supernaut rules, if you've got enough people to man it. I got lost,and stuck a couple of times, in the cavern (a lot very dark areas, and pointy holes that grab you and don't let go).

Yes, I was on X clan's server for a while last night, but apparently not long enough to get around to a cxp map. And RGB is becoming quite popular, 3 RGB-only servers?

I'm uploading the CXP maps to my server as I type this, but they're useless until iLan rebuilds the MD5, so it'll be a few days.

Tak-

Maybe I didn't approach it from head-on then, because there was like a faint wall that blocked my landing on the node. Maybe I'll try it again tonight, if I'm able (going to a work party, which always turns into a big drunk-fest. We may not get payed a lot, but the place sure can be fun.)

Got the five CXP maps that don't need CXP.u on our server (TAU XMP ...). The other ones will be added once iLan rebuilds the MD5; they're just not in rotation. I can't say when the CXP maps will come up because our server uses a random map mutator, but stay there for a while and you're sure to hit one eventually.

Still no response from iLan. This is long, even for them

Ok. We finally have MD5.
So, server is running all CXP maps for the next day or so. If you can't find the server (TAU), the IP is 69.28.240.54

Just as an update for my part of the cXp.
Final changes to LastRites:
-LastRites has been extensively optimized.(has generally stable FPS above Scirocco's FPS level even for people with lowend cards)
-Lighting in bases has been redone.
-Various minor fixes terrain, particle systems, static mesh and BSP.

Arti Dozen Raptor is Just a trainin map: for Gutblowin and Deathmatch.

That's it no biggy about it!!

I redesigned Heavenly Hell's bases:

so now there is much beter fps at the base and outside. Also added jump pads instead of hackable teleporter rooms and removed all teleporters.