EAS-INF-LondonCity -- released!

[Zundfolge]

F**king BRILLIANT map Fat Marrow!!! I think this is one of the few maps that shows the real potential of EAS.

Anyone who lives near Fat Marrow needs to buy him a beer from me

only little bad thing is that the bots all bunch up around the vault door after they place the charge ... I've seen the entire team die that way (kinda funny to watch though )

At any rate, keep up the excellent work. :tup:

 

[geogob]

I think this is one of the few maps that shows the real potential of EAS.

Well there's Reactor46... oh wait...


BTW, FatM... your probably heard some harsh comments about the map tonight on GD... don't worry about it.... people are so used to straight forward cd captures "à-la-DS" that they are totally lost on a map where you actually have to do something. With the chopper and all, this map will be one of the most enjoyable IMO.

 

[[C22]-Dragoon]

FatM did you take down the floating phone booth? In front of the lobby?

 

[Fat Marrow]

F**king BRILLIANT map Fat Marrow!!! I think this is one of the few maps that shows the real potential of EAS.

Anyone who lives near Fat Marrow needs to buy him a beer from me

only little bad thing is that the bots all bunch up around the vault door after they place the charge ... I've seen the entire team die that way (kinda funny to watch though )

At any rate, keep up the excellent work. :tup:

Thanks.

With hindsight, a teamblockedpath might have fixed that problem. The map apparently is causing crashes on the GD server; if the problem is real and can be resolved, there may be yet another version ( ) in which I can address this (and also the floating phone box, which I believe is still there -- this arose a last minute change I forgot to check).

 

[Fat Marrow]

Well there's Reactor46... oh wait...


BTW, FatM... your probably heard some harsh comments about the map tonight on GD... don't worry about it.... people are so used to straight forward cd captures "à-la-DS" that they are totally lost on a map where you actually have to do something. With the chopper and all, this map will be one of the most enjoyable IMO.

I can handle 'this map sucks', don't worry The reason given, in fact, was that the map was a bit laggy, which is sadly true.

I do my mapping primarily for myself, and I don't put into my maps things which I don't like. If other people like the finished product, great, and if not, whatever. Can't please all people, etc. etc.

And may I also remind people that the Tardis is very real, and currently located somewhere in London.

 

[Vega-don]

I can handle 'this map sucks', don't worry The reason given, in fact, was that the map was a bit laggy, which is sadly true.

some of the players are stupid. when they dont have theire "araboutpost" or "pankisi" (read De_dust and Cs_italy ) they are lost and claim it sucks..
the funny thing is that if pankisi and arab outpost where new custom maps they would say it sucks.

it was laggy , i dunno , but i played some other maps on Gd and it was laggy
new maps and original maps will always have theire place on vega or gd

 

[mat69]

I am sorry, but can someone post, which files are needed by London, I mean all files. I am not going to download the full-version (still 1gb/month) (upload does not count but is sooo slow, sometimes a 56k would be more fast), so I will add the needed files from the other maps.

 

[Crowze]

2 of the files are from DM-INF-GreatInn-Lite, 1 of them is from DM-INF-Wentham. You're better off getting the full pack if you don't have those downloaded already .

 

[mat69]

Sorry did not statet myself clear. I have those maps, I just don't want to spend time (and mb of my 1gb) loading ~10mb files from which I have 9mb, so if possible please name the two files from greatinn and the one from wentham
Then I will make a zip with all needed files (in fact with the fixed one, maybe also with the normal final, not sure about this one) and will upload it to cm.

Edit: Thanks FM, I wasn't sure if the files in the readme were all.
And I'll wait.
A pretty nice map btw.

 

[Fat Marrow]

I am sorry, but can someone post, which files are needed by London, I mean all files. I am not going to download the full-version (still 1gb/month) (upload does not count but is sooo slow, sometimes a 56k would be more fast), so I will add the needed files from the other maps.

It looks like there may be crash issues with the 'Fix' and earlier versions (sigh), so I'd hold off uploading just for now...

If/when you do, though, the following files will be required (taken from ReadMe):

The following files should be provided in the map zip file, and this is where to put them*:

MattUKCity.utx }
MattUKCity3.utx }
MAttUKTownDecos.utx }
MattUKCityDecos.utx } UnrealTournament\Infiltration\Textures

EAS-INF-LondonCity.unr } UnrealTournament\Infiltration\Maps

MattCityDecos.u
MattUKTownFix.u
FreonRandomDecos.u } UnrealTournament\Infiltration\System

LondonCity.txt } put wherever you want!
London City briefing document.pdf }

 

[Keganator]

This map is a freakin hoot to play online. I highly highly suggest getting it, even if you aren't a fan of downloading tons of things from servers (like me ) There's nothing quite like you and three teammates taking a helo to the top of the building just as three or four more of your teamies burst in from the ground. (Conversely, there's nothing like a well placed grenade or 40mm, clearing out an incoming heli )

 

[NTKB]

I must say I havnt had that much fun in INF in a long time, while riding the chopper. I like to ride it back and forth shooting 40mms from it or the minimi. Lots of fun!

 

[[C22]-Dragoon]

FatM, we played it on our server and it seemed to work fine with no crashes... Did it happen alot?

 

[Zundfolge]

This is one map where Claymores are real useful ... when defending, its fun to load up the upper floor with them (since it takes a while for the attacking team to get through their first couple of objectives, you have lots of time for boobytraps ).

 

[{GD}Odie3]

FatM, we played it on our server and it seemed to work fine with no crashes... Did it happen alot?

I would not say a lot (if it has to do with the Chopper Mover). I say this since once the Chopper starts moving the server has only crashed a few times but the chopper has moved a lot. If you know what I mean.

 

[Fat Marrow]

FatM, we played it on our server and it seemed to work fine with no crashes... Did it happen alot?

Odie's your man to ask -- EDIT: of course, he posted above. Duh.

The server log extract he posted somewhere else seems to put the blame on an INFm_OneWayMover (which, we infer, is the chopper one).

I'm hoping someone more knowledgable (hello Beppo ) can step in and confirm/disconfirm whether that's the problem.

 

[{GD}Odie3]

Some information FatM when London Crashed last night.

I was a defender and was on the top floor prone looking out the window. I was getting ready to shoot some Chopper Riders So I see the meassage that the attackers get that Mill area. I then see the chopper come in for the first time (which BTW was freaking cool site to see). As soon as the chopper dropped behind the building for the landing the server crashed. I was in such a hurry to get the server up again I did not think to get the logging files (sorry).

Was this caused by the Chopper mover? We do not know since I did not get the logging files (Bad Odie Bad). However, it seems that it was since the chopper just came in.....

 

[Fat Marrow]

Some information FatM when London Crashed last night.

I was a defender and was on the top floor prone looking out the window. I was getting ready to shoot some Chopper Riders So I see the meassage that the attackers get that Mill area. I then see the chopper come in for the first time (which BTW was freaking cool site to see). As soon as the chopper dropped behind the building for the landing the server crashed. I was in such a hurry to get the server up again I did not think to get the logging files (sorry).

Was this caused by the Chopper mover? We do not know since I did not get the logging files (Bad Odie Bad). However, it seems that it was since the chopper just came in.....

Yeah, that seems likely. I had the chopper mover set up strangely, although after ages trying to find a system that worked

I don't know what makes it crash -- maybe using a mover key above those that should be being used or something.

Plan B, I guess, is for me to code up a custom mover to do what I want to do. That'll be another .u file I guess, but should be doable. The question is whether I have time before I'm off for two weeks on Thursday night...

 

[Fat Marrow]

Ok, last ditch effort to fix this before I'm off for several weeks: http://www.doodoo.demon.co.uk/EAS-INF-LondonCityFIX2.zip

I've made a new mover type (matt_AttackChopperMover) which you may find useful to use to create similar attack helicopters (it has more useful default properties for a start). I've had a few problems with getting more advanced behaviour out of it (and the rotation aspects are a bit weird; I can't guarantee it'll work in all/many situations).

Also fixed the tardis

EDIT: Also made the chopper more bulletproof, and arrive from a different direction (partly out of necessity).

I'll try and report in tomorrow or the day after to see if there are any bug reports; if not consider this the final, final version (and I'll be back to play it in 2.5 weeks time...).

 

[Fat Marrow]

If it works, these are the files which are needed in the release zip:

MattUKCity.utx }
MattUKCity3.utx }
MAttUKTownDecos.utx }
MattUKCityDecos.utx } UnrealTournament\Infiltration\Textures

EAS-INF-LondonCityFIX2.unr } UnrealTournament\Infiltration\Maps

MattCityDecos.u
MattUKTownFix.u
MattAttackChopper.u
FreonRandomDecos.u } UnrealTournament\Infiltration\System

LondonCity.txt } put wherever you want!
London City briefing document.pdf }