New UTXMP map for download- pls have a look

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...andrelax

...andrelax

SkyBum
Mar 14, 2004
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hello,

Here's my new map.

It's in response to something YourFriend posted about the need to give a hand to new players. It's a simple small map that allows lots of fighting (and a bit too much sniping) but also gives new players a chance to get their bearings and receive verbal instruction while playing.

It's playable but it needs play testing to see whether it's any fun. This is where your opinions and suggestions about routes and deploy placement etc will make all the difference, if you have the time to look at it.
This is a 'help point':
art-help1.jpg

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update:
-bugs and bsp holes gone.
changes are-
-lifts sit at the bottom by default (standopentimed) and are easy to hack. Should they be hackswitch toggled for each direction? let me know.
-added a volume to stop players getting back up to their tunnel from the enemy node. nyah nyah to trickjumpers.
-more furniture and pretty lights.
-still willing to create german language version for the chaps at utxmp.de
 
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JaGo

JaGo

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...andrelax said:
hello,
Here's my new map.

<snip>

(ps any mapping experts who can help with the faulty zoning in this map -- i'd appreciate your opinion too.)
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It's hard to tell from the screenshots, but does this map have a functional RADAR? IMO, one of the most important aspects of the HUD is the radar and learning how to use it. All new players should at least be made aware of it's significance.


EDIT: Kudos for going to the trouble!!!
 
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SkyBum
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JagoXmp said:
It's hard to tell from the screenshots, but does this map have a functional RADAR?
EDIT: Kudos for going to the trouble!!!
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GNNNGNNNNNNNNN no! not yet, ran out of time. But yes, absolutely; it will have radar in the final release.
I'm really keen for people to actually play this map and give feedback before i release it so we can make it worth playing.
Thanks for kudos all:)
 
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[_X_]DarkWater

[_X_]DarkWater

Don't eat the yellow snow
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looks great!!! yeah new maps :)

btw - is there any site that has links to the other new maps that are on some of the servers? haven't had luck yet finding any, and soemtimes the ingame downloads are awfully slow.
 
JaGo

JaGo

nbk-JaGo
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...andrelax said:
GNNNGNNNNNNNNN no! not yet, ran out of time. But yes, absolutely; it will have radar in the final release.
I'm really keen for people to actually play this map and give feedback before i release it so we can make it worth playing.
Thanks for kudos all:)

....so here's a list of things to do with it:
-add radar and more eyecandy
-make the lifts available to everyone; no need to hack?
-add an external deploy?
-add something to prevent players getting into the corridors above the artifact nodes, eg one-way volume? -it's too much of a shortcut.
-more hills/obstacles to hinder sniping?
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After walking through the map, it seems to me that there needs to be more direction from the map. In other words, I think it would be beneficial to show the new player exactly where you want them to go, instead of them just aimlessly walking around. Maybe put some arrows on the ground, taking them from one objective to the other until they reach the enemy artifact node.
 
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SkyBum
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:eek: OMG bsp holes! no wonder the zoning doesn't work properly. Yes you can only see it when standing in a certain place... that's what happens when you 'one last rebuild just for good measure' before zipping it up and posting it! thanks for that.
 
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SkyBum
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ctp.teml said:
Hacking the Speechpoints lasts so long :( ...there are not other possibilities with the verbal instruction?
For Example: to load the Speak with the Map :)
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arg, that's a bug- all the help points are blue team in this beta!! i tested it as a blue player.
....if you spawn as blue, it works right, and the first helppoint starts automatically.
 
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SkyBum
Mar 14, 2004
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right - off to go fly my paraglider round australia for a month. Please post any more thoughts on this map and i'll finish it in march. see you in an arena after that!
:)
 
Tenacity

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I love this map .... I always wished somebody would have done this type of thing in u2xmp tho there are bugs yet I think it is a terrific concept .

..not to be too critical but would it be possible to make the training stations smaller so you could see over them while it is talking to you. Right now they kind of block the view of what they are talking about. ;)

Awesome concept. Great job.
 
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