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The Train

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:19 pm
by Spazzy McGee
The Train
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This is my latest map - the train. Very loosely based around the train I catch regularly.

In essence, it's a laser sniping CTF map. The only flags available are L, CL, GM and ST.

Currently playing at: beyond.infinity.bz:4888

One thing to make clear: this is by no means a final release, and it has a whole host of bugs, so please form an orderly queue. You can /report bugs, or post them here.
I have already taken into account suggestions for more objects in the middle - i'm thinking litter: coke cans, crisp packets etc. As well as spawn zoe issues.

All help and opinions greatly appreciated.

Spazzy.

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:46 pm
by whispershadow
Thats awesom spazzy! great work, perhaps a little more area for playiing?

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:56 am
by A Vicious Muffin
Quite. Very nice texturing. Reminds me of Louman's Desktop. :) Good job.

EDIT: Just visited it. Was still awed with graphics, but the playability is horrid. If one person on the opposing team gets a laser, and jumps onto his/her base, it is an absolute perfect sniping spot. It's also the same on the ground. Maybe you should insert a teleporter like on The Two Tanks That protects the bases and the area around it. You can go through it, into "no man's land".

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:25 am
by A Hobo
It is alot of fun, but the spawning on top of "the train" is really annoying. Perhaps put a teleportor on top or a hole in the ceiling.

Also i think wings on that map would be fun. :)

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:24 pm
by Spazzy McGee
I realise the laser thing is horrible. I'm working on it.
I might put the base behind a box at the back, or something.

Spawning on the roof is a spawn zones problem - I'm going to redo them entirely.

whispershadow wrote:perhaps a little more area for playiing?
IMHO, the problem is too much playing area.

Cheers all.

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:35 pm
by WarPig
wow!! that is seriously good.. i wish i could do somthing like that. can you go outside the train?

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:58 am
by ducktape
Awesome! cant wait to play it. great job.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:20 am
by Ck_asdf
when is it going back online? or is it?
hm ...

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:29 pm
by Spazzy McGee
The current revision is up at beyond.infinity.bz:4888

It has protection around the bases to prevent CTF camping, as well as better distribution of flags and better spawn zones.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:06 pm
by Ck_asdf
VERY cool! When I get a chance to play, I'll come & see how it is ... but wandering around in observer for a few minutes shows that you put a lot of work into it. :) It looks very cool, and I'd say you did very well with it.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:53 pm
by tw1sted
Very nice spazzy. just out of curiosity, what did you use to model the train?

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:03 am
by Spazzy McGee
Wings 3D, then it's slightly edited in a text editor.

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:04 am
by yo mama!
this is awsome. i love the can by the way. i found only one prob so far. i spawned in a spot rely hi and i couldnt get out of it.

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:02 am
by A Vicious Muffin
Much better now, without that obnoxious camping....

I love those soda cans :)

Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:05 am
by Grace F
I never realised it was a train when i first entered it :P

I saw the screeny u took and im like OMG DATS AWESOME! :D
yo mama wrote:i found only one prob so far. i spawned in a spot rely hi and i couldnt get out of it.
i had that prob too and someone there kept telling me i was meant to spawn there :? Anyway i hope its fixed now, its the only reason i stopped playing at that place.

Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:43 pm
by tw1sted
Yeah. That does anoyme. I put it on auto pilot to see iof he knew a way to get down from there when i was up there. He just stood still. :\