Ok. It's "playable", as in there are spawns and items placed through the map. Whether you will be able to play it or not.. I don't know. It hardly runs on my computer. I think this map will fall into the same pit as dm_neon. I'll plan the next one a little better.
btw, go to the center control panel in the control room and use the button. it turns on the beam. the beam doesn't kill you yet, and doesn't spray fuzballs all over the place yet. i'm not sure if it will be possible even. cross your fingers.
Good news first. I finally learned how to model texture and uv unwrap!
YES! And then even got the models to work in the map. WOHOO!!
Bad news second. They don't help fps at all. In fact, fps actually dropped.
So, while i spent hours and hours on those models, and the purpose of
them wound up being useless, i'm still glad i learned how to model and
skin. i'll put a link in here if you guys want to see the map with prop
models in it, though i have to warn you first. parts of it are
mysteriously black. i don't know why. the models also appear very
smoothed, and, of course, fps suck even more.
The server is running Beetles Mod, so to load up your map...
say 'nominate dm_fuzbeam' and then say 'rockthevote' then just vote for it using the ESC menu. Convince 35% of the active players to do the same, and the current map will switch to dm_fuzbeam right away.
Hah. A showering of praise suddenly. Thanks for the compliments.
I uploaded the file to ihud.com and put it in as a mirror on the map
info page. ihud doesn't download quicky (think dialup) but at least it
works, as opposed to filefactory. Still, i left that one up in case
some people manage to get it working.
Posted by Dark|Killer on
Mon Jan 9th 2006 at 8:10am
Wow. That's awesome! Thanks for putting it up on your server! It always
makes me feel pretty good to hear someone has enjoyed one of my maps. I
work very hard on them, so it's good to know it's appreciated. What's
the ip of the server? I'd love to go in and play with you guys sometime.
Glad to know you've enjoyed the map!
btw, sorry about the host. i know it's awful, but that's what is available to me at the moment.
I managed to decipher the rubix cube that is the download host and grab a copy of this. Walked around it a bit, and decided to throw it up on my HL2DM server for kicks...
It plays -very- well even in it's current state. Myself and several of my regulars had a good solid 30 minutes of great gameplay on it. The brightly light atmosphere is a nice change of pace. I'll leave it in my rotation so it gets some exposure. It's a fun DM map.
Thanks for the creative map...
-Mike-
Posted by Belgarion on
Sat Dec 17th 2005 at 7:09am
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awww. I care about performance. I want people to play it!
Thanks though, it's nice to hear people like something you've put a lot
of effort into. It is indeed more of a visual spectacle than a playable
map, but I want both! i'm picky that way.
