two_towers

First off I'd like to thank Dahl for including the .prt, .vmf, and .vmx files. I don't know what I'd do without them! These have no business being zipped with the map and their presence is probably the ultimate sign of a clueless mapper. I should have known better and stopped right there, but I decided to bravely push on and load up the map. Boy did I ever regret it.

The first thing I noticed was the 3d skybox, which was covered in that lovely purple and black checkerboard texture, signifying that there are missing textures. It's supposed to send a message to the mapper that something's wrong, not serve as a ground texture. This skybox consisted of some terrible displacement hills and wasn't clipped off, so I managed to jump into the void. The next thing I noticed was that my framerates were in the teens, probably because either VIS wasn't run or there were a bunch of unfixed leaks. The map is absolutely huge, with gigantic towers and one big ass building. There was a litany of other errors and problems, from lighting errors and small gaps between brushes to tons of powerful weapons next to each other and about 30 explosive barrels bunched into a corner of the outside area. There are two towers (!) that have ladders that must be about 3000 units long, but at least they work properly, which is something that can't be said about many other maps. Once you reach the top you're treated to some awful colored lighting, and you'll probably want to just jump into the skybox at this point. I'd rather not go on.

Design

Gameplay

Verdict
Download this and you'll feel much better about your own mapping skills.

Pros
The ladders seemed to work...

Design
Everything else!

First off I'd like to thank Dahl for including the .prt, .vmf, and .vmx files. I don't know what I'd do without them! These have no business being zipped with the map and their presence is probably the ultimate sign of a clueless mapper. I should have known better and stopped right there, but I decided to bravely push on and load up the map. Boy did I ever regret it.

The first thing I noticed was the 3d skybox, which was covered in that lovely purple and black checkerboard texture, signifying that there are missing textures. It's supposed to send a message to the mapper that something's wrong, not serve as a ground texture. This skybox consisted of some terrible displacement hills and wasn't clipped off, so I managed to jump into the void. The next thing I noticed was that my framerates were in the teens, probably because either VIS wasn't run or there were a bunch of unfixed leaks. The map is absolutely huge, with gigantic towers and one big ass building. There was a litany of other errors and problems, from lighting errors and small gaps between brushes to tons of powerful weapons next to each other and about 30 explosive barrels bunched into a corner of the outside area. There are two towers (!) that have ladders that must be about 3000 units long, but at least they work properly, which is something that can't be said about many other maps. Once you reach the top you're treated to some awful colored lighting, and you'll probably want to just jump into the skybox at this point. I'd rather not go on.

Verdict

Download this and you'll feel much better about your own mapping skills.

ANybody know where I can get a map hosted or could I do it myself?

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Can't you do it yourself when you start HL2 Deathmatch from Steam? One of the options in the start screen is "create new server" or something like that. I did it last night, and it seems to work.

typo satchmo.. "can"

and this belongs in "General" forums.

by hosted I think he means he needs webspace to upload it to so people can download it.

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<DIV class=quotetext>by hosted I think he means he needs webspace to upload it to so people can download it.</DIV></DIV>

ahh, that makes sense..

still it belongs in general though.
to answer, google has some links to some free hosting sites.

typo satchmo.. "can"

Ahem. Orph, it wasn't a typo. Read it more carefully this time. I was asking a question, as in "Can't you wipe your own ass after you've taken a dump?"

Sorry, I've taken this discussion from (the wrong category to begin with) hosting server to buttock hygiene.

See how easily I digress?

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<DIV class=quotetext>Sorry, I've taken this discussion from (the wrong category to begin with) hosting server to buttock hygiene.

See how easily I digress?

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Butt its so refreshing to find someone else whom doesn't fear body parts mentioned in post replies :biggrin:
and, my bad for reading it incorrectly.. somehow i read it differently.... scratches buttocks i seem to be doing that al ot of late :/

scratches buttocks ...

Don't you sniff now! Or I'll tell Mom.

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Don't you sniff now! Or I'll tell Mom.

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back on topic:
i read his profile, he has a host for the map, maybe he was talking about a server after

I have webspace to upload it to. All I really want is to find a
place that will host it so I can play it along with other people.
Can I do this on my website? Its only a small space (100Mb)

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<DIV class=quotetext>I have webspace to upload it to. All I really want is to find a place that will host it so I can play it along with other people. Can I do this on my website? Its only a small space (100Mb)
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you are still mixing terms.

hosting the map, can be done with webspace, hosting the game requires a server. you can, if you have the bandwidth, do it yourself. if not you must find someone willing to do it for you.

lets hope you have broadband, cause getting someone to host an unknown mappers map is nearly impossible.
if you have broadband, create your own server through the HL2DM setup menu.

I do have broadband. If I create my own server can I play my map as well as be the host of the game? If so how?

If you post your map at a general HL2 site and it's decent enough I'm certain you can get some sucker to offer to play your map on a server.

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<DIV class=quotetext>I do have broadband. If I create my own server can I play my map as well as be the host of the game? If so how?
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lets assume you have an errorless HLDM map.

1) be sure its in your deathmatch/maps folder.

2) load HL in HLDM mode

3) click create server- check the options that please you.

4) create it.

now it helps if you know your own IP address, so you can tell people where to join you, you can obtain it from a site like www.whatismyip.com or somesuch. it helps if people download the map in advance, this keeps them from stealing your bandwidth.
hope this helps.

Pictures: look on the links

Nice map but the lights aren't so good if you fix that it will r0(|< (rock)

Make the cylinders have more faces, this aint HL1

Looks a bit like a bad HL1 map with high resolution textures ^^

Dude i like your map but not to textures do u mind if i turn it into a css and making it look so much nicer i will tell everyone that it started off as your map and everything like that i will put your name on the map if u like i just want to make it look better PLZ

Rating it 0 out of 10 just makes me want to download it even more.