(BETA TEST) RELEASED JANUARY 2005
OPEN SOURCED FEBRUARY 2005
Download the VMF and see how I built some of the stuff, if you feel so inclined: http://snarkpit.com/pits/campaignjunkie/firth/dm_firth_b6.zip

My competition entry, assuming Valve isn't already making a Canals map that will cripple my own dismal efforts. Many people might object to following the Half-Life 2 theme too closely, but I personally found it challenging and rather interesting. Besides, imitation is the highest form of flattery, eh? In regards to the beta, I'm not entirely happy nor disappointed with the current version. Yes, it's rather bloated. Yes, there's bugs. Maybe I'll make it into a single player map?...

This map is actually the first one I made. It was released February 18, 2005. Because there was no advanced lightning, no env_sun, to few func_details, to many brushes, and a lot more I decided to rebuild the map to a more advanced level.
Playing the map now is a lot of fun because the lightning is much better. You can play the map as death match or as team death match. The map is setup for 8 terrorists against 8 troopers. All terrorists are inside the building and the troopers are outside.
Have fun!

A Half-Life 2: Deathmatch map by me. This is actually the second and final build of it. Hope you enjoy it.

2nd compo entry.

Though it has similar elements as his predecessor, this one is for the fans of less cubic elements, more theme presence and more compact gameflow. Other changes include:
-altered the middle connection
-orb room
-RPG room
-weapon landmarks
-some lighting

or in 2 words: more intense

RhopaStylis,
By Mad J Munter

RhopaStylis is an effect,
is set in a temple of water,
is caught on a pan diminsional vortex,
and is falling apart from the inside...

Enjoy!

CropaStylis
By Mad J Munter

CropaStylis is a physically impossible temple that anceint worshipers once thought was a entry into the world of a small lopping beatle...
That was until Mad J came along, and now you can fight there.

This is a Cropped Version of my Rhopastylis map, It is missing about half of the original concept but it runs a lot smoother and is a bit more fast paced then Rhopastylis.
Enjoy.

A Capture The Flag level set inside a prison during a riot. The prisoners are in command of the prison, with Combine armed forces brought in to breach the walls.

CREDITS:

Unknown author of tdm_flagtest.vmf which served as a basis for my ctf entities.

The doorways with six glass panels are from the Valve DM_Lockdown vmf file. All other brushwork is new.

The creators of the HL2CTF mod for their feedback.

The guys and gals at steampowered.com and snarkpit.net for their feedback.

INSTALLATION:

Put all files into ..\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\yourusername\half-life 2 deathmatch\hl2mp\maps\

CREDITS:

The doorways with six glass panels are from the Valve DM_Lockdown vmf file. All other brushwork is new.

The guys and gals at steampowered.com and snarkpit.net for their feedback. In particular, the following people for giving more feedback than most: Menthol, Mikee, Nox, Orpheus, Dietz, Infamy.

The creators of the HL2CTF mod for their feedback.

XGibbousX for his normal map creation scripts.

INFORMATION:

The layout for this free-for-all deathmatch level is largely based upon my capture-the-flag level of the same name.

TEXTURES:

New normal map versions of a number of the standard HL2 Valve textures have been used in this level. All new textures have been included in the bsp for ease of distribution.

Some Counter-Strike:Source props have been used and also included into the bsp.

INSTALLATION:

Put all files into ..\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\yourusername\half-life 2 deathmatch\hl2mp\maps\

CREDITS:

The doorways with six glass panels are from the Valve DM_Lockdown vmf file. All other brushwork is new.

The guys and gals at steampowered.com and snarkpit.net for their feedback. In particular, the following people for giving more feedback than most: Menthol, Mikee, Nox, Orpheus, Dietz, Infamy.

The creators of the HL2CTF mod for their feedback.

XGibbousX for his normal map creation scripts.

INFORMATION:

The layout for this free-for-all deathmatch level is largely based upon my capture-the-flag level of the same name.

TEXTURES:

New normal map versions of a number of the standard HL2 Valve textures have been used in this level. All new textures have been included in the bsp for ease of distribution.

Some Counter-Strike:Source props have been used and also included into the bsp.

This is a Deathmatch map. I called it Frankenstein because I am going to have frankenstein's lab in the map with lots of cool electricity effects and a random lightning strike. It is really hard to make this map because there is a BIG lack of castle textures and there are NO castle props. I used to have it be raised about 100ft off the ground with bridges connecting some towers and stuff but I had to delete about 50% of the map because the bridge idea was not feasible.

DM_Dwarf
Designed for 2-6 players
7 Spawnpoints
~30 Custom models!

Imagine wandering through a city block made of giant books... carrying a Duracell battery that's as tall as you... hiding in a Subway baguette and firing meatballs at your enemies!

If it sounds good to you then you're in for a pretty cool experience.

This map is originally based on a map called "halo" made for HLDM. It was supposed to be a half-life variant of the map "blood gulch" from the game halo. Half-life?s graphics engine didnt manage to render a landscape similar to bloodgulch and forced me to make the map into an "L" shape.Since i had played blood gulch with my friends with "rocket launchers only" and had a damn good time with them the night before i started with "halo", i thought it would be fun to see if it was as fun to play with "rocket launchers only" in my HLDM map.The map looked like hell and had alot of visual flaws, though it was not meant to be beautiful since I mainly made it to improve my skills in how to make realistic terrain.

Despite its ugglyness, the map turned out to be a huge success during "LD-LAN #1", a LAN for swedish mappers held in Gothemburg a few times a year. Everyone loved the idea of running around with rocket launchers.

When HL2DM was released i thought it would be fun to make a follow-up on the old "halo" map.

And so it begun, the creation of Dm_valley.

Originally, the map was meant to be very similar to its predecessor, although many of my friends thought it would be more fun, and challenging, if I made it straight, instead of the old "L" shape. After that, things has evolved quite a bit. At first, the map was intended to have to exactly the same bases with only one route between them. However during some gametests one way turned out to be insignificant, so I made two more around the main route, creating a chocke-point in the middle aswell as sideways for the sneaky bastards. I made a unique base for each team to make the map feel more alive and not so dull.

I took alot inspiration from dm_island17 when creating the rebelbase, as you easily can see if you compare the maps.

After seeing a great nasty cool bridge on the map dm_lake i got very dissapointed when you couldnt run up on it, and I thought that I would add a bridge on Dm_valley from where you could get a great advantage over your oponents to make it more unique and fun to play, aswell as adding some eyecandy.

The gameplay of the map is extremely fast paced since everyone respawns with a rocket launcher in addition to the original kit. The map has great support for teamplay but works just as fine with the good old deathmatch mode.

The map is now released and below is the readme, although the personal comments in the thanks to list has been removed to save some space:

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Dm_valley V 1.0

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Release date: August 5 2005, Gothenburg, Sweden
Half-Life 2 Deathmatch (HL2DM)

Title: Dm_valley v 1.0
Name: Dm_valley.bsp
Author: Filip "MisterBister" Coulianos
Email address: f_misterbister@hotmail.com
URL: none specific.
Description:

A fast paced deathmatch map where all the players respawn into the mayhem with rocket launchers in a big valley.
The map is originally created with teamplay in mind as each team respawns in a separate base,
but the map works just as fine in Deathmatch.

Play information

Deathmatch: Yes (4-12+)
Team deathmatch: Yes (6-16+)
New sounds: no
New graphics: yes
New music: no

Construction:

Base: none
Editor: Hammer World Editor V4
Other progs: Batchcompiler
Known bugs: Texture problems may appear with Nvidia cards.
Build time: 6 months

Thanks to:

My mom and dad, My girlfriend Karin, Satchmo, Frissi, Habboi, BlisTer, Orpheus, Myrk-, Addicted to Morphine ,Spartan, Hugh, MoneyShot, ReNo, Crono, Dark_Kilauea, Pureferret, mazemaster, CrazySteve, Underdog, dragonfliet, Grim Reaper, wiggle987, IZaNaGI, seppe, Dead-Inside, Spas12, Vash., Blink, habboi, YokaI, vasko, Yoshi, cur_sed,Athlete{UK}, mabufo, Lonedog, Xlator, Wolf/Sky, Olleman, Coldblooded, Westberg, Lingon geisha, Bladebitch, Alucard, NotueRn, Kobi the leopard, Fenix, Twiggy, Teddybear, Ace, RatFace, Namron, Toor-, Skunken, Ank4, Frank_Desembler, Synthetiq, Clawfinger, Klasse, Skumtomten, Surfer, XPerience, Nilesh and Juim

Additional thanks to:
The Snarkpit community.
The Leveldesign community.
The Interlopers community.
The Halflife.nu community.
The Valve company.

Special thanks to YOU for reading this document and for downloading this map.

Other notes:

If you have a server with this map, you may notice that people cannot download the map directly from the server
via steam. This problem appears since this maps file size is bigger than the maximum file size that Valve has allowed
a HL2DM server to upload. This problem can be solved by entering this command in the console:
"net_maxfilesize 30"

If you have suggestions, feedback or anything you want to tell me, please don't hesitate to send me an email:
f_misterbister@hotmail.com

? 2005 Filip "MisterBister" Coulianos