Unfortunately it has been released. I have an ironclad 'no re-release' policy with my maps so I'm just up a creek without a paddle for this one.

Np m8.. Are you gonna work on this map more (by maybe adding stuff to that room etc), or is this the final version?

Thanks for playing it! :smile:

You have a good point about the hotel that I didn't think of. I guess I overstated the importance of the overwatch rifle, but that's what I get for not being able to playtest the map or get any critiques before release. The original design for HLDM had the gauss rifle in that room and the map had one less stairway leading up to the top. Goes to show how difficult it is to port maps between the two games :wink:

I just played this map 1on1 yesterday for some time.. And we really liked it, the flow/gameplay on this map is pretty good.. But I feel the room where the combine rifle is on ground level (pic 6 above) didn't get used alot because it doesn't hold any important stuff (outside the combine rifle).. We bassicly fought over and on the RL & crossbow roof area's all the time.. So maybe you can make that area a bit more interesting to go to by adding a combine supercharger or something..

P.s. having the RL and crossbow on top, and their ammo on groundlevel is pretty smart.. Stops people from camping on top all the time..

Huh? The env_cubemaps were properly placed for reflections due to textures, and buildcubemaps was run. I just took a look and you're right that a handful of static props reflect the sky instead of the surrounding environment for some odd reason, but it's barely noticeable and so insignificant that it really doesn't matter. I don't see why something akin to a few texture misalignments would be such a big deal, but whatever, nobody's going to play this map anyway.

I think this would be an excellent map if you just learned to use env_cubemap. Your cubemaps aren't placed correctly, or aren't built, so it's using the sky as an environment map. Check out the SDK documentation and see sdk_dm_lockdown for examples on that. A little more work and you'll have a 9 map. This is good stuff. Don't let an easy thing like envmaps bring it down!

I LOVE THIS MAP !!!! i love the broken buildings i like the stuff i like everything...the archtictures...and ALLL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA this map is nice....I LIKE IT !!!!!!!!!!!

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unless I've already used up my bandwidth...

Link working for anyone?

dm_torque is now released. Feel free to tear it apart, as I'm taking the lessons learned here and applying them to my next map. The download link is up above. Right-click it if Tripod spits out an error message.

EDIT: There's an alternate download link at www.punkassfraggers.com: Look for dm_torque

It doesn't look very different from the earlier shots, and that's because I really couldn't add any additional details for the following reasons:
-I tried to add fog but it screwed with the skybox turning the models gray and leaving the sky clear, either I did it wrong or it doesn't work in that situation.
-I didn't have any updates from December 17 onward, so I didn't have the patch that fixed detail props not showing up after compiling. I couldn't add little bits of grass in the buildings because the grass didn't show up.
-I tried to use beams of light in the dust mote areas (those I did add) but they didn't look right in that situation.
-Breaking out the windows in the orange building caused a FPS drop in an area that already had a low FPS. I felt the small and unimportant (and ugly!) asthetic change did not justify the performance hit. It's strange that they had orange wall damaged props but no orange wall damaged textures.
-I tried to add a citadel, but I basically ran out of time.

I'd appreciate any post-release complaints you may have.