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Posted by Mouse on Sun Jan 23rd at 10:05am 2005

^^ Well that's the whole thing, how can someone say a map they've never played is their favorite map?




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Posted by DocRock on Mon Jan 24th at 4:39pm 2005

Since everyone's throwing around map names, I like dm_swamp and dm_battleground. Ya can find both of those on global assault. You can also find my map Termination on global, but it doesn't run well with large groups. [addsig]



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Posted by satchmo on Mon Jan 24th at 4:49pm 2005

Is this thread becoming a self-pimping advertisement?

No one has mentioned dm_petrol yet. Rabid just released another beta, and it plays very well (and looks great).
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Posted by Mikee on Fri Jan 28th at 2:36am 2005

OK, I've tested with players, or ruled out some maps based on boring design, and/or bad FPS, and/or poor connectivity, and/or too small for a 16 person server, and/or obnoxious continuous cricket sounds.

I have ruled out all of the maps in this thread other than dm_torque, and the others in my new mapcycle. With many of these maps (torque inlcuded), I am running a version which has been adjusted in terms of reduced physics objects, increased weapons/ammo/items. There are very few decent maps so far that really work for a 16 person server.

Here is my revised mapcycle:

    dm_lostvillage
    dm_lockdown
    dm_morbid
    dm_torque
    dm_substorage
    dm_np_refinery_b5
    dm_frenzy
    dm_stalkyard
    dm_rebar_b6
    dm_gasworksinc_beta1
    dm_island17


CTF_Export_Final is not a bad choice occasionally either.



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Posted by Mikee on Fri Jan 28th at 4:18am 2005

s**ts.....scratch dm_torque.....lagarama with a full server.



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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Fri Jan 28th at 5:15am 2005

That's what I get for making a big open middle area. Thanks for trying it out anyway.

Although I don't see how you can have dm_rebar on the server if that's the case, since it lags more than dm_torque. At least in my experience with 8 players I can get 25 FPS in rebar and about 35 in torque... hmm now I'm curious as to how it could possibly be slower, considering that I thought it averaged at least 10 FPS higher than rebar did when running around by myself. Oh well torque sucks anyway.

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Posted by Mikee on Fri Jan 28th at 8:53pm 2005

Compared to all the maps out there, I don't think it sucks at all. I would have kept running it if not for the lag problem. Rebar doesn't cause lag, so it must be yet another mysterious aspect of the Steam HL2-DM engine. Actually I think it has to be related to all the logical standard criteria that guides quality map making.




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