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has no place for sniping from hillsides. A Q1 DM map should be all about connectivity and manouverability, so separate buildings joined simply by open spaces generally doesn't suit the gameplay mechanics. A talented DM player maps a route round the map in their mind, so without a little guidance the gameplay will be reduced to a very skilless and therefore unrewarding experience.
Or so I think. Maybe something different can work, if the mapper has the skills and inspiration to pull it off. Q1 DM gameplay doesn't HAVE to be about a rigid specific style, I think there are other possibilities for enjoyable gameplay if people are prepared to see them.
of course different things can work, but there will always be limits, especially in older games such as Quake 1. There are no long range accuracy weapons in Quake 1, so large areas are essentially wasted space, if you ask me.
the shotgun ;)
Take the following as not very serious: I think, generally, but not necessarily, people need to have some playing experience to make good maps. One can of course make good-looking but that's not the same :). Or make 6 different ones and hope that some of them turn out right. :) Don't you just hate it when this sort of thing happens?
testlevel = 4 ************ ERROR ************ CheckStack: leaf recursion near (457 -2368 2048) Elapsed time : 0:00 Session time : 61h 19m State time : 7:06 Oh and some pics! http://www.hrimfaxi.dk/breakfast.htm Wow ! Really nice screenshots ! The map looks promising... I really hope to see this map released ! Go solve the fullvis error ;)
looks magnificient... just make sure there's enough of visblock to keep fps decent, nowadays people often tend to disregard that... :)
You have a lot of talent. I like how you apply that talent to creating outdoor setpieces - the best kind of map, in my opinion.
Rock on. very nice - http://www.hrimfaxi.dk/pics/fitz09.jpg
despite, apparently taken from a point you would never reach in game and overused textures too I have a long door (512 units) which, when triggered, fails to play noise2 but does play noise1 - the final sound. The doors.qc is 'clean' and all sounds are in the pak.
Is there a problem because of the size of the door? i.e. am I too far away from the sound's origin to hear it? Half asleep, I admit it.
I ain't got a clue what I'm doing here! I won't post it again in the mapping section but if you nice, kind, considerate (etc, etc) mapping experts know the answer, perhaps you could quickly switch to the mapping forum to point me in the right direction? ok made an update of my map + i even made the bsp file if you want to look at it, oh and it's not a full vissed map so you know if you find it "hard" to move :)
http://www.multi.fi/~elvis/quakemap/hellvill1.jpg http://www.multi.fi/~elvis/quakemap/hellvill2.jpg http://www.multi.fi/~elvis/quakemap/hellvill.zip http://www.chimpans.se/astronomy/ for screens and download.
It's in late beta now I think, I just want to make sure everything is up to par before release, I want all your crits and comments! It's for CPMA, so if you want to discuss gameplay, please don't bring up VQ3-specific problems. Thanks, looking forward to feedback :D There's gonna be a 1v1 cup on it on sunday, stop by #astronomycup on quakenet for info :D Lighting is flat and boring, but I guess this is what you have to do to cater to the pro-player (LOL!!!!) crowd.
Other feedback: CANNOT BE ARSED TO PROVIDE. well, it looks a bit plain in the looks department... could do with some nicer brushwork details and such...
that being said, i love the rtgnosis textures, so bonus pizza points for that.
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