NEW RELEASE: Map Cruz Exports (beta 6)

[Qrntz]

• the boxes that are carried through forcefields are weirdly lit.

?? I don't have any boxes carried through force fields?

The Boxing Station or something. If you run from one end of the conveyor to the other, you're going to make it through the tunnel which hangs in the middle of room (?) with crates, cranes, ATCS force fields and stuff.

[/dev/humancontroller]

What version of cruzb3 are you playing on?

the one (and only?) posted here not long ago.

• there's a room with no doors.

Where?

above the broken zodiac hoverboat. well, i guess that room can be explained as being an attick, and the way to put stuff up there is via the hoverboats.

• there are some pipes connected in useless loops. see pipe_loop.jpg.

Um ok.  I guess that could be some sort of problem.  Wait how?

obviously by revealing your limits in logical designing.

• the boxes that are carried through forcefields are weirdly lit.

?? I don't have any boxes carried through force fields?

you do. see carried_boxes.jpg

• the grating on the broken "zodiac hoverboat" seems to be doubly textured, causing z-wars. see zodiac_hoverboat.jpg.

That has been fixed a long time ago.

bullshit, you saw the screenshot i posted.

• there are lights in the vents? either lightbulbs are uber cheap in trem, or...

Would you prefer having pitch black vents?

no, but lightly lit vents would do. or here's a more interesting idea: put some flashlights in the vents.

• i have a hard time reading The Daily NOS, which is supposed to be printed with year 4031's printer technology.

Try turning up your res.

see quality_of_The_Daily_NOS.jpg D:.

• the text "bringing you only the best" has an top-double-quote in the beginning, it should have a bottom-double-quote.

Seriously?

yes. the use of only top-double-quotes is only a bad habit coming from the limited set of characters that are directly typable on common keyboards and supported for display.

[your face]

oh oh ok, thought you meant crates going thru the red force fields

yeah those are entities, no way to properly light a func_train.  unless a shader (see conveyor belt)

that's weird that you have this version because I'm sure I deleted the other grate side a long time ago. :O  I will look into it, thanks.

The attic I thought would be a fun alt-base.  But it might be overpowered, maybe I will put another hole going into it.

The daily NoS looks ok, if you want to read it you could open it from the pk3, the fine print is just gibberish by Bezerk. (I did go through the pk3 and reduce texture quality to improve memory use.)

OH LOL now I understand the pipe thing.  I thought you were mad just because it was like this [  but it is like this []

[Firstinaction]

Yay. Cruz

[your face]

everyone: CRUZ BETA 4 IS OUT AND
Download Mirrors:
Dropbox: Cruz Exports, Beta 4

Mercenaries Guild: Cruz Exports, Beta 4

[your face]

Screenshots:
new areas and bigger halls!

[Qrntz]

omg there's me :-D

[/dev/humancontroller]

new notes (for cruz-b4):

• although the loopy pipes were fixed, now two different type of pipes intersect there.
• where that greep pipe fell off near the vents... the pipe part that didn't fall off should have a curve at the end or something.
• you said that you wanted s1 humies to climb up to the vents; i pointed out that there was a soft pipe that didn't function as a ladder. did you just intentionally remove the soft pipe instead of adding ladder functionality? (not that s1 humies couldn't or can't climb up to the vents without that pipe.)
• generic solidity stuff.

though old, but an important note:

• the random red/blue colors suck mosquitolarvaballs.

[your face]

- what
- what. kind of understand, see no good reason to make it like that.
- adding a ladder to that pipe makes it impossible to go in vent
- woop
- does not

qrntz: YAY

[/dev/humancontroller]

- what

• although the loopy pipes were fixed, now two different type of pipes intersect there.

- what.

• where that greep pipe fell off near the vents... the pipe part that didn't fall off should have a curve at the end or something.

- adding a ladder to that pipe makes it impossible to go in vent

ORLY

[CorSair]

This map's been around for 3 years, and haven't seen this.

Gotta say, this is cool map. Especially how colourful this is!

though old, but an important note:

• the random red/blue colors suck mosquitolarvaballs.

No way. These colors actually work. Got enough colors between light, gray and dark metal colours, and minimal variations of colored metals. Or what I think so.



Gah, I want drive that forklift, I got even licenses/permissions for that!

[Lakitu7]

I like the colors. My only complaints are that some spots invite griefer eggs/bases badly and need to be nobuilt, and one room with boxes where rants can't get through could use one more box or whatever so they can hop over. I'm worried about people spamming pulse/luci down the conveyor-belt hallway all the way from the near-the-H base into the A base, but I'm not sure if it will be a problem in practice. Other than those concerns it seems really quite good to me. Thank you for making it.

[CorSair]

I'm worried about people spamming pulse/luci down the conveyor-belt hallway all the way from the near-the-H base into the A base, but I'm not sure if it will be a problem in practice.

My thoughts too, but I don't have correct solution, except some sort doors...

My only complaints are that some spots invite griefer eggs/bases badly and need to be nobuilt,

Also, on top of the reactor core, me and my basi was just hanging up there, like in the picture...

[your face]

Beta 5 has been released, fixing most gameplay issues.

MG: http://downloads.mercenariesguild.net/maps/map-cruz-b5.pk3

Dropbox: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37268231/map-cruz-b5.pk3

[Lakitu7]

It's also been updated on US1/EU1.

[MegaMedic]

               SOUP & FLEURKA 4ever <3 xD

[Qrntz]

who is qtip I don't know him

[A Spork]

o_o

[jm82792]

Holy cow!
I love the map, it's intricacies and overall feel!
A thing I noticed that's sort of an issue:
In the fan tunnels the humans can form a nearly invincible base because advanced marauders and goons can't fit into it.

[Qrntz]

In the fan tunnels the humans can form a nearly invincible base because advanced marauders and goons can't fit into it.

Crap, my mission is compromised!

[jm82792]

I have high hopes for this map, it could become the next default amp if the mapper keeps working out the dents.

[Lakitu7]

I keep watching nextmap votes for this fail because people are complaining about that in-the-vents base. Looks like a little more nobuilding proved necessary after all.

[jm82792]

I keep watching nextmap votes for this fail because people are complaining about that in-the-vents base. Looks like a little more nobuilding proved necessary after all.

Yeah I tried to get ti voted in about 7 times and I didn't get it in.
I really hope he fixes it up. Perhaps he could allow aliens to build in there and not humans.

[your face]

thanks for the feedback!  I just put in some obstacles preventing the overmind and rc from fitting in either vent rooms.  eggs and nodes can be built, and there are only a couple spots you can build them on.  compiling b6 right now.

-edit: nvm both vent rooms are total nobuild now.

[Lakitu7]

Haha, that seems like the best approach if you want to avoid repeating this process. Let me know when you're ready for it to go up.

[your face]

thanks man! beta 6 is up: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37268231/map-cruz-b6.pk3

[Lakitu7]

And is now votable on us1/eu1 and downloadable from downloads.mg

[jm82792]

thanks for the feedback!  I just put in some obstacles preventing the overmind and rc from fitting in either vent rooms.  eggs and nodes can be built, and there are only a couple spots you can build them on.  compiling b6 right now.

-edit: nvm both vent rooms are total nobuild now.

I will vote in your map when I can.
I know your from NOS and all, heck my friend Repatition talks about you very positively.
(meaning you can do it yourself :-) )
Anyways if you need any textured, uv-unwrapped models I can model some for your map no strings attached.

[your face]

never know when I will need a model but now know who to ask! thanks.

b6 doesn't seem to be any more popular. I'm guessing it's either because of the extremely long loading times or because games tend to take longer than the average GPPer's attention span.

thanks for the mirrors lakitu.  this is (hopefully) the last version.  I'm done with Tremulous for a while; need to focus on other things for now.  ggs ttyl

[jm82792]

If you could keep tweaking it every few weeks that would be nice
It's such a nice looking map and seems to play well..