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 Re: Mudanchee - beta playtest
Posted by Captain P on Sat Oct 15th at 10:26pm 2005

Recently, we playtested the alpha version of my latest HL2DM map, mudanchee, with BlisTer, AnarkiNet, ReNo and some others. We all agreed it was pretty much fun but the map suffered somewhat from my random player spawn placement, and people got stuck now and then.

So, I fixed most of these problems now and added some new prop models and stuff, I tweaked the layout somewhat and added a few gimmicks and hidden goodies.

The map is uploaded to the server but since the last playtest was organized pretty quick and all, I think it's better to settle a time with those that like to participate. The server is down for the moment though so I can't playtest immediatly anyway. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

Anyone interested, and what day/time suits you best? I think a play on friday evening (around 19:00 GMT) could be good, but any suggestions are welcome.

PS: Anyone who doesn't have the map yet can download it from it's profile, linked above in this post. It's still rough - this playtest is meant to check some changes to the layout - but it's getting there.



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 Re: Mudanchee - beta playtest
Posted by Andrei on Sun Oct 16th at 10:07am 2005

Well I had quick stroll through it and it looks cool so far. I'm loving the displacement work. One major no-no, though: a dm map has to be easy to navigate in order to have sustained and smooth action. The map is too dark IMO. And some ambient sounds like the sound of distant dripping water and such would be cool.



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Posted by Captain P on Sun Oct 16th at 1:39pm 2005

Hmm, so I'd better change the lighting before the playtest...

Anyway, anyone who's up for scheduling a test, or is it better to just get it going once we're on IRC with a bunch and ReNo can put it into the rotation?



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Posted by ReNo on Sun Oct 16th at 1:43pm 2005

A rough time might be a good idea, but judging by the difficulty I had in scheduling our old HL2DM clan matches, I dunno if it will have much success that way <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"> When did we do the last test? It was a good time, both for having a few pitter's and some randoms.




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Posted by Captain P on Sun Oct 16th at 1:54pm 2005

Last test... wasn't that on a saturday or friday evening? I dunno, but it worked nice. I thought some more snarkpitters could be interested so I started a thread, but maybe we'll just do it the old way again. Having some random players isn't a bad thing. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

So, yeah, just friday evening then? 20:00 or such?



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Posted by satchmo on Sun Oct 16th at 2:07pm 2005

Friday evening in which time zone?



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Posted by MisterBister on Sun Oct 16th at 2:17pm 2005

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Friday evening in which time zone?


19:00 GMT.

Well, i might be able to participate.




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Posted by Myrk- on Sun Oct 16th at 2:48pm 2005

This should go in the maps forum topic under a beta testing- lazy admins be on this site now.


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Posted by Captain P on Sun Oct 16th at 2:52pm 2005

Heh, I had to add GMT behind that 20:00.

Is 20:00 GMT fine too? Also, ReNo, are you on IRC by that time?

EDIT: There is one, Myrk, but for announcing a playtest I felt the general board was a better place. Gets more attention. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">



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Posted by Andrei on Sun Oct 16th at 4:04pm 2005

I wonder if the snarkpit server will be functional again by then <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/evilgrin.gif"> *hint hint* .




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Posted by satchmo on Sun Oct 16th at 4:16pm 2005

This coming Friday I'll be at work still at that time. But it seems like there are plenty of other Pitters who are interested. Good luck.



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Posted by French Toast on Sun Oct 16th at 7:32pm 2005

Argh, I'll get back to you, I need to go find a time zone converter

Hokay... 19:00 GMT is 15:00 EST, which means that I can't do it <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">

However, if you were to start it at 20:00 GMT, I'd be able to get there after a little bit.




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Posted by Captain P on Sun Oct 16th at 9:12pm 2005

So, 20:00 GMT, as intended, it will be.
If the server is up again by that time... (thanks Andrei <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">)


Sorry Satch, next time better. I'm sure there'll be more playtests in the future. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">



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Posted by ReNo on Mon Oct 17th at 12:10am 2005

Andrei, its all fine and well hinting about the server coming back online, but who are you hinting to? It seems I'm the only person active at the moment with FTP access, but I have no idea what's wrong with the server <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif"> I can access it fine to upload things but its not pinging for the actual game. There doesn't seem to be any mention of problems on the 4u-Servers webpage.




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Posted by Andrei on Mon Oct 17th at 9:18am 2005

Well, it's been stuck on swamplight with 2000 latency for about 2 days now . And often it just says that it's <not responding> .
As for the FTP system, I don't know how to nor dare to tingle with it.

Anyone else having this?




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Posted by ReNo on Mon Oct 17th at 12:27pm 2005

It's not stuck on a map, thats just the map that was on when you last saw it running. For me it says its running dm_pit2...which I didn't even know was in the rotation <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">

Its not a problem you are having, its a problem with the server. It's "down", but I've no idea why. I'll try emailing 4u-servers, but as I'm not the person renting the server I dunno if I really have any power to get anything done.




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Posted by Andrei on Mon Oct 17th at 6:29pm 2005

The server is back online again. I don't know what you told them in that mail, but you must've really scared 'em . Nice one. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">




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Posted by ReNo on Mon Oct 17th at 6:36pm 2005

Indeed, it seemed to work <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> Looks like friday's test is good to go!




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Posted by Andrei on Mon Oct 17th at 8:42pm 2005

It still isn't running mani though. All-in-all, as long as it's running and my ping is <50, i'm happy. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">




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Posted by Captain P on Tue Oct 18th at 7:35am 2005

Nah, it's running, and that's good news. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">



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