Persian Letters [updated x Final]

A list of cutout content due to constraints / BSP limits:

• Dynamic King of the Hill gameplay; each area had a pad, and the hill

would randomly move every 30 seconds. Had to remove due to
allocblock:full error. Also conveniently solves the problem of finding
other players to fight in the giant map.

• Water reflections in the Baths area; had to remove to conserve leaves. Looks pretty damn cool though.

• Traps within the palace. Spikes, crushing walls, swinging axes of

doom, etc. Cut out for allocblock:full and to conserve leaves. But
would have added an interesting dynamic to the gameplay, or quite
possibly become incredibly annoying. Never had time for a playtest
though.

• Lots of other cool details and cliff-brushes, deleted to save clipnodes and leaves. Damn map limits!

Assuming I did do a more polished version, I don't think I can add the
detail back in, considering the BSP limits. Maybe I'll chop up parts of
this map to use in a mini-Singleplayer pack, who knows.

jesus you dont have to delete to fix clipnodes campaign! PUT THEM BACK IN AND SEND ME THE RMF AND I WILL FIX IT FOR YOU

Well geeze you should have offered to fix it last night at like 1 AM!! Too late anyway. :sad:

My comments from the forum thread, after a 5 person playtest...

CJ's "Persian Letters" has more potential than pretty much any other DM map I've seen, but in its current shape it leaves quite a bit to be desired. Anomalies such as func_illusionary handrails with no clip brush, or seemingly solid bits of rubble that you can fall righ through, detract quite a bit from the stunning first impressions. It runs like a dream considering the awesome grandeur and detail, and while gameplay was hampered by some questionable weapon placement (which can be attributed both to CJ's original plans for a non-DM game mode which has so far failed to materialise, and no doubt lack of time) the layout and z-axis combat mean this could be one hell of a player as well as a looker.

Stunning, at least the screenshots are. I tried to dl it but I dont feel like moving all of your files to the right directories. It looks nice but I dont feel like spending time moving all of the files out the persia directory into the right ones. Nice.

-JMW

Errr, just copy all the folders from the persia folder in the zip into your valve folder, and the job is done

1 to many beers last night. I just realized how ignorant my post was. Sorry, I guess I should only use winzip when sober...
map looks good and unzips fine.

-JMW

There is a big hole in the wall where you can jump out...
...it is kind of odd to fall out of the map but not die...

Err, yeah, see, I thought it was high enough for people to die from. My
bad. There was originally a trigger_hurt there, but that was causing
allocblock:full errors. Plus that Baths area is a deathtrap since you
have to slowly run up that waterfall to get out anyway. See? Wasn't
lying when I was saying there were bugs everywhere! :smile:

Campaignjunkie - You are a god amongst non-segmented worms.

Campaignjunkie - You are a god amongst non-segmented worms.

Err I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean but I'll take it as a compliment I guess.

In HLDM you only ever lose 10 health from fall damage, no matter how high the drop.

oh, wow! I never even realized that...

In HLDM you only ever lose 10 health from fall damage, no matter how high the drop.

Laaaaame!

Err, I hope no one falls down in the 3 other dropable-areas then... :smile:

is there another way out of the area with the waterslide thing that pushes you back down? i could only get out when i had the longjump item, and that isn't available when you spawn there.

You can just run up the slope, but it takes ages.

Finger and I found one earlier CJ - the open passageway with the 357,
overlooking the gardens, can be gauss jumped out of easily. Now to find
the remaining two...

Oops, actually forgot about that one. Bonus points for you. The scoreboard so far:

• Reno: 26 points
• Ferret: 20 points
• Finger: 15 points
• Leperous: 9 points
• Hugh: 1 point
• Kage_Prototype: -29,204 points
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I like pie and this map. well done.

? quote:In HLDM you only ever lose 10 health from fall damage, no matter how high the drop.


Laaaaame!

Err, I hope no one falls down in the 3 other dropable-areas then... :smile:

You're probably used to playing deathmatch servers with "realistic fall damage" turned on. This will mimic fall damage from the single player mode, where you die from a fall that far.

what are the points from!?!?! I MUST BEAT RENO! :smile:

omg! "Beat Reno" is the sekrit phrase! 10,000 bonus points for Ferret!!

EDIT: Why am I spamming my own thread?

Could you update the file so that the annoying 'peria' subfolder is gone. Thanks. Also you've given the same file, gamecfg.wc 3 times.

Err, Lep will have to reupload the whole thing on his puny little 56k
then. I probably should have checked the .zip more thoroughly, but it
was around 2 AM in the morning when I was uploading it in time for the
deadline. :-

Kage_Prototype: -29,204 points

I would think of something witty and insulting to say in response, but you simply don't deserve it. :razz:

I would think of something witty and insulting to say in response, but you simply don't deserve it. :razz:

Hey, you're in the easter egg in Persian Letters. Isn't that enough?! You should be bowing before me... BOWING!! :smile:

Where's the easter egg?! I only noticed the pictures everyone was talking about last night, and I have to say that turbans really do suit me :smile: I might go buy one later :razz:

Quality map by the way.

The first map that had me crying 'Total Sweetness' out loud. Really, it's that impressive. Large, almost overwhelming at first while still being very detailed, this map breathes athmosphere...
The lever and door tricks only add to the map, and although the map is pretty large, the landmarks make the sweetness pretty good navigatable.

It's a pity that some of the things ReNo mentioned weren't fixed before the release. Some little spots with HOM effect, some seemingly solid brushes I felt trough... you really should fix them.

But, overall, mapping at it's best!

:eek: very nice indeed

Heh, thanks for the picture comment... :razz:

i still dont like how i died in his land lol

Don't be sad, everyone died! Why do you think the entire palace is
empty? Lep was the last sultan and brought the apocolypse upon the
palace! See? A carefully crafted narrative right under your noses!
Wowzers! :biggrin:

Your map sucks. h0h0h0.

runs

HOLY CRAP!!!

Map looks really good, but i can't play it because link does not work can someone please email it to me if posible, my email is Volrath_The_Great@yahoo.com.au

thanks and have a great day

/Me corrects oversite and rates map.