 Are You Talking About The HL1 Deathmatch Map?
#14816 posted by RickyT33 on 2008/08/02 20:17:10
That map's weird. There's a cool secret area I found once. I like it inside the buildings because it's quite cramped and in a lot of places you really can't see very much at all.
 Woo Yeah!
#14817 posted by - on 2008/08/03 05:54:46
secret areas in DM maps! those are great for seperating the men from the noobs.
 Secret Traps
#14818 posted by ijed on 2008/08/03 18:06:39
Shoot something that doesn't look like a button and the RA area turns into a pit of death - thats the business.
Was it Deadmeat maps that did that?
 Ok
#14819 posted by negke on 2008/08/03 19:03:43
I agree some of those things are annoying in DM, although I'm not against certain unusual elements/features (eg. Quad trap) as long as they're not the main focus of the map that distracts from proper gameplay.
Which Q3A maps in particular qualify as gimmick maps then? I can't really think of any, except maybe the grenade shooter in the Quad room of one map, and maybe the crusher in that space tourney map.
Bler: You can't be seriously considering dancing monsters, exploding scenery, the goatse guy, happy textures, or silly centerprints as gimmicky... :P
 I Guess...
#14820 posted by metlslime on 2008/08/03 21:14:30
these guys think the space maps are all gimmick maps... i'd say they are just a genre of map, that happens to be shallower in some incarnations (but non-space maps can be shallow too)
 The Longest Yard
#14821 posted by HeadThump on 2008/08/03 21:29:32
qualifies as a gimmick map. I recall the day the demo of Q3Arena was released, my brother invited me over to play. He had been practicing with bots for several hours before I got there, and I doubt I have to spell it out to anyone how he dominated my ass on that map.
 Hmm...
#14822 posted by bal on 2008/08/03 22:05:02
I agree with Metl, I don't think q3dm17 is really a gimmick map, and yeah even if it's totally overplayed, and forces a specific kind of gameplay onto the players, I still think it plays ok, and is one of the better maps in q3.
On the other hand some of the other space maps in q3 were more gimmicky in my opinion, like q3dm19 and it's stupid moving platforms.
 I Agree With Bal And Metlslime
#14823 posted by Lunaran on 2008/08/03 23:34:30
but only because they're my friends!
 Rotating Birds Are Gimmicks.
#14824 posted by - on 2008/08/04 15:43:40
 HahahahahahahA!
#14825 posted by RickyT33 on 2008/08/04 16:00:05
 Rofl
#14826 posted by DaZ on 2008/08/04 19:38:22
 Quake Portal Gun Mod
#14827 posted by Robert \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ on 2008/08/04 15:49:15
Hello,
I'm Robert and I'm co-developing new quake1 project - portal gun mod (see wiki record: Portal_(video_game))
We already have portal gun and models of portal gates, but the main thing is still open: levels.
Could anybody who likes idea of portal gun AND making levels, help us? Just please send me mail on
boby_my[strange_a]mail.com
The project is OpenSource.
Edit: Post in the mappers wanted thread.
 To Get People Interested
#14828 posted by Spirit on 2008/08/04 21:46:46
Post your work-in-progress mod. Or at least screenshots/video.
Btw there are 2 (3?) quick portal mods for Quake already. They all have some quirks though.
 I Would Say
#14829 posted by RickyT33 on 2008/08/04 23:19:48
That Spirit is wize (and old), but in view of recent posts, I would say this warrants its own thread!
Create yourself an account and post it as a discussion thread. I bet loads of people express interest. I express interest!
I must tell you though, I would need basic entity information and a compiled progs to do anything here - I only really know how to map, not program....
 Diablo II Sales
#14830 posted by Jago on 2008/08/05 00:34:07
I seriously don't get this: Blizzard announced Diablo 3 and now Diablo 2, a 7 year old game, has been in the Top10 PC Games sales chart for like 4 or 5 weeks straight. What's even more funny/ridiculous is that Blizzard had 4 titles in the Top10 of last week:
4: World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest
6: Diablo Battle Chest
7: World Of Warcraft
8: World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack
 One More Reason
#14831 posted by megaman on 2008/08/05 00:55:24
Diablo 2 is actually one of the games still available in stores after such a long time.
 Hrm
You don't get why one of the greatest games of all time, and what is clearly still the best action RPG ever created with nothing that even comes close, is selling well?
I guess it IS surprising that people are actually buying it, since you'd figure most people would still have their old versions lying around. Maybe it's people who have lost their discs, or encouraging friends to try it, etc.
Then again another factor you may not have considered is that they only just started offering the game for purchase/digital download in their online store (this coincided with the D3 news). If those sales figures are counting the downloadable version, it's easier to see why the sales figures are higher than you'd usually expect.
Not that finding a physical copy is difficult, it's always available!
 RickyT23
#14833 posted by Spirit on 2008/08/05 08:30:48
 Does Lun Write On Slashdot?
#14834 posted by megaman on 2008/08/08 13:28:57
#14835 posted by ijed on 2008/08/08 15:07:41
The "game industry" is largely a cult of managers, where imagination dies and talent is unrewarded.
That's pretty full of itself as a statement, but the cult of managers thing is spot on the money.
 I Want To Be One
#14836 posted by RickyT33 on 2008/08/08 15:22:04
 Perserverance Is Key IMO
#14837 posted by ijed on 2008/08/08 16:35:42
 Cs_starling Public Beta 01
#14838 posted by wrath on 2008/08/08 23:54:53
I'm crossposting this from the beta-thread. Partly to drum up some downloads, but mostly because I'm an asshole.
http://www.grayheaven.net/cs_starl...
Cubemaps might be fucked, lighting might be fucked, the whole damn map is most probably fucked.
If there is no func_ cs:s server running custom maps, I might be able to host something for us to playtest maps on. Might.
Comments are unwelcome, expected, probable, and will of course go ignored.
 ^^
#14839 posted by Blitz on 2008/08/09 00:46:37
404...looks like the link got mangled
#14840 posted by wrath on 2008/08/09 01:07:05
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