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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Jan 8th at 7:03pm 2007

I have been fretting over this for ages. I thought it lost during my fire but, alas I found it in some of the items I had in storage.

What I need is two things.

1) What does the final name need to be?
2) Should we all have it listed in each of our profiles?

My personal belief is:

1) PitCrew or Spit
2) Yes, by all thats holy. We all worked our collective asses off.

Sadly, I don't know how to get in touch with everyone but those that are present, please speak up.

Finally, send some sort of a text file to me so I can include it with the zip.

THERE WILL BE NO FINAL COMPILES. This map is as complete as it will ever be. BUT its a royal shame to lose it forever.

Thanx.

For those of you unaware: The Snarkpit had a co-jointly created map under construction. It was the single most ambitious task this site has endeavored to create.. As far as level editing is concerned. It surpassed almost every limitation the HL1 engine has. We had to tweak it dozens of times with several different methods to achieve even a compile.

Anyway, this is the file as it stands.

PLEASE delete it after you look at it, as the final version WITH A REAL NAME might cause some issues.

Thanx guys, for allowing me to be a small part of this map.

Sincerely
Jon Rickenbacker





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Posted by FatStrings on Mon Jan 8th at 7:42pm 2007

/me downloads, sounds exciting



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Posted by ReNo on Mon Jan 8th at 7:55pm 2007

Yeah, I think it's about time we just let it free really <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> When it comes to the name, I've never been all that keen on either PitCrew or Spit, but I'm easy and I'm happy to go with either. I have no problem with everybody who was involved (who is around, and wants to) listing it in their own profiles - it's just a shame we don't have any system in place here for co-ownership really <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">

I'm not bothered about what goes in the text file from me - it's too long ago for me to particularly remember who gave feedback and who deserves credit. I can scarcely even remember who helped build the thing now <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">



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Posted by reaper47 on Mon Jan 8th at 8:30pm 2007

Cool project. I like this kind of coop maps.


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Posted by Captain P on Mon Jan 8th at 8:53pm 2007

Ah, I remember running through that level, a long time ago. It's a bit late for a release, but better now than never, I'd say. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

@reaper: I've seen this multiple times, here, with this map, with the Mapping Mosaic, and on TWHL: two singleplayer series, on the VERC forums: Issues, Reissues, etc. I've attempted this twice with my fellow Dutch mappers, but the first one eventually died a slow death after 3 of us did their part, and the second never really took off well. It's possible but I've found it generally hard to bring them up to a certain level of quality/consistency. It's probably better suited as a fun project. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">


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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Jan 8th at 9:09pm 2007

This one simply ran out of time. Sadly.

Its way to monumental to swap over to HL2 methinks since practically nothing would make the transition... Except the walls. And this thing is huge.

Still, someone still plays HL1.. Perhaps somebody will play it.





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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Jan 8th at 10:39pm 2007

? quoting ReNo
When it comes to the name, I've never been all that keen on either PitCrew or Spit,

Well, I always thought it kinda fit but...

Hows this sound. When I first started thinking about a name for this map I had a notion of choosing an odd name, that somehow really fit. You know my tendency toward such like "False_Accretion"

OK, I know that this is a bit of a stretch but how does LaGrange sound?

With words like "identity element" and "group" this seems befitting for a map built by individuals to form a group effort.

This is just my thinking but.. What do you guys think?





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Posted by reaper47 on Mon Jan 8th at 10:56pm 2007

@Captain P: Yea, I've actually participated in one of these projects myself. It was a map built by 4 of us from the redtech Red Fraction mapping community. Like all of these projects it got stretched into a huge thing, lasting several weeks. Finally, the map was released over a year late and put the engine to its limits because of it's sheer size. But it was a lot of fun to build.

http://redfaction.levels4you.com/downloads.l4y?review=13930&cat=41

I wish Red Faction 2 wouldn't have been the huge disappointment it was. RF had a better community than the ignorant and unsupportive publishers deserved.

Hmm... good old days.


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Posted by mazemaster on Mon Jan 8th at 11:08pm 2007

I was a fan of the name PitCrew.


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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Jan 8th at 11:43pm 2007

For those of you whom need the enticement of advance screens, here you go:

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Posted by asterix_vader on Tue Jan 9th at 4:03am 2007

cool map. i've downloaded many of these big, nice maps but only played them with myself, since none likes half-life, people has eyes for counter-strike only.

i'm confused: who are the "pitcrew"? if we all are the pitcrew, where's ma name in da map?

and don't forget to update those game_texts (www.snarkpit.com).

does anyone want to create a server to test out the map?





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Posted by Finger on Tue Jan 9th at 7:45am 2007

Nice looking stuff there - refreshing to see good ole halflife maps. I need to run through this.



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Jan 9th at 4:03pm 2007

I was thinking that since its going to be nearly impossible to contact all 7 members that the text file should have a link to each persons profile here at Snarkpit.

In this way, at least a bare minimum of credits will be established.

What do you guys think?

[EDIT]

PitCrew was begun in the last version of Snarkpit Forums.. Version 3 if I recall with the thread "I would like"

Sadly, that thread seems no longer to be locatable.

In version 4 and 4.5 (for which we did not restart the thread counting process) these threads are available if you would like some history into the map.

http://www.snarkpit.net/forums.php?forum=2&topic=371
http://www.snarkpit.net/forums.php?forum=1&topic=609
http://www.snarkpit.net/forums.php?forum=2&topic=1660

Sadly, the thread "I would like" had the majority of the postings and was the top contender for most post counts until the "Recently watched" thread.

Enjoy the reads.





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Posted by asterix_vader on Tue Jan 9th at 4:12pm 2007

hey, so this thread is just for the people who worked on the map isn't it?



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Jan 9th at 4:15pm 2007

? quoting asterix_vader
hey, so this thread is just for the people who worked on the map isn't it?

This thread, is for everyone to read. The credit for the map or "The PitCrew" is the 7 authors who worked upon the map.

Sorry for the confusion Asterix.





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Posted by asterix_vader on Tue Jan 9th at 4:16pm 2007

oh yes thought so.

so my name won't be in the map after all... <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_cry.gif">





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Posted by Flynn on Tue Jan 9th at 4:50pm 2007

Hey dripping tap dude, I think if you had installed the "High Definition pack" it would have done those screenshots alot more justice.


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Posted by ReNo on Tue Jan 9th at 6:38pm 2007

You're not meant to be looking at the weapon models Flynn :P



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Jan 9th at 6:41pm 2007

? quoting Flynn
Hey dripping tap dude.

I been called everything now. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/rofl.gif">





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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Jan 9th at 11:36pm 2007

A few people have been asking how big this map is.

I dunno if this type of info helps but, I found the .rmf today and took this screen.

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