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Hmmn. I was going to check this out but it doesn't work with vanilla Q4 because of the jacket armor...nothing I saw about needing a mod...? Q4Max? Dunno...

Odd! (Maybe its a q3 map :-S)

It works with xbm because of the green armor, there was a typo too so it didnt worked with q4max.

This version works now with x-battle and q4max :
beta7

if you want to load it in baseq4 or sabot make a "def" directory and create a "ga.def" with following text :

entityDef item_armor_jacket
{
"inherit" "item_armor"
"inherit2" "item_triggersize_MP"

"editor_usage" "Green armor"
"inv_name" "Green armor"
"inv_armor" "25"
"skin" "skins/items/armor/base_sp"
"editor_ignore" "0"
}

then you can use the map with si_pure 0

Be sure to include that .def in the pk4 if you release it with a GA. It's a bad idea to leave the vanilla game out of the equation...

I think the layout is pretty fun, and I like all the cool trick jumps and movement possibilities--I just ran around it for quite a while by myself playing with routes and movement. Good job on that!

There is still a lot of work to do on lighting, and even more work on texturing, IMO.

The lighting seems really oversaturated in a lot of places, and I'm not digging the reddish everything vibe all that much (and even less when it's broken up by, say, bright green ). I really think the level would look better if you toned down the colored light a lot. There are also a few places where I'd consider turning shadows off, like the lights at MH and YA. I also notice a lot of places where there's a light that's quite bright without any actual light fixture or light texture anywhere to show where the light is coming from...

Texturing is kind of all over the place--there are a few places where it looks nice, but a ton of spots where textures are just cut off in the middle without any sort of edging or cleanness to it. You also have textures scaled up hugely in a few spots, which looks weird to me (for example, under RL, both the metal texture and the grate around it--I'd scale those down and use different textures). Get used to using the "fit" on the surface inspector.

Finally, I think you could tweak a bit more performance from this map with some more portal work, although it's not horrible right now. There are places where I think they could be improved, and they are also sunk into geometry in a few spots--this shouldn't be necessary...?

For the bloodpool itself, it seems odd to run through it and still get solid footstep sounds. Maybe make the blood really shallow and make a custom material with flesh material type for the floor, and you would at least get that squishy sound? Dunno...

Cool layout and fun to run around in.

This map as intended to warm me up and experiment with the movement and some xbm options, I know the visual side is lacking much

I will try to adjust these things for the next beta.

The ga.def was in beta6 but that made demos unplayable
So the green armor will probably be gone in that map.

It's a good trick jump map, but because of amount of trick possibilites I can't imagine serious duels being played on it. Good to hear it's only a warm up.

P.S. Please don't post png screenshots. Kills the bandwidth.

Lukin wrote:P.S. Please don't post png screenshots. Kills the bandwidth.

Yeah, half a meg for each 640x480 pic. :icon28:

update, look in the first post.

o jeez, riddle or foo keeps deleting my posts, bye bye cruel forum :<