Map question

Hello Crossis!

I have seen allot of topics, journals and polls about maps. We all like maps like SD, GR, RADAR etc, but new maps sucks like delivery. People are trying to make good maps, but not everyone can succeed or not everytime.

Maybe we should make a competition and not competition where we play "new" maps but a competition of making maps?

Lets say there is 2 months time or 3 months time to make a map. Everyone can make if they know how so all you need is to put your name in competition and send done map befour the deadline.

After that maps will be played on 2 or 3 servers where ET players can go public and test the maps or even download them and play matches against other clans. After that people start to vote for good maps that they like. Best of 4 maps will be used in a "new map cup". After the cup will be the final vote for the maps and the best map will be the winner.

Price should be something like material... I dont know who/how/with what money this should be done, but I hope that somebody will be interested in this journal and maybe come talk to me or knows somebody who knows somebody who can make this thing work.

PS: I can help in doing this "big competition" with the knowladge and skills that I have :P but I cant promise much. Never done this kinda thing.

Sorry for my english dont have time to check the spelling.
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octense

loal plz
Stage1:
image: 14e290o

Stage2:
image: 35ib2ti

Hexagon things = same shit like in radar

green spray = Hills (with grass)
blue = dynamite gate
that purple-grey colour thing in axis spawn = Windows

Truck Before destructing:
image: 292wda8

Truck After destructing:
image: xnufc6

Allies have to repair the truck and escort it a bit to destruct that green gate thing (or main gate, if mapscript can disallow planting at main gate until constructing and escorting the truck)
Plant main / construct CP
Steal objectives and secure them in the truck

Ignore the "axis" word in the middle of stage 2, copy pasted by mistake
Quote(or main gate, if mapscript can disallow planting at main gate until constructing and escorting the truck)

That's possible, check reactor. The map looks quite decent, hopefully someone can make it.
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Hmm checkt the screens pretty fast dont have much time atm.

It looks good, but the question goes to every map that is made by players. I think there needs to be a reason or something to move the truck. I mean in GR you move the tank to destroy the bank door, in sd you move the truck to get the gold. New maps are so much aim and no teamplay.

Lets say if I would start to make a map... first I would think a little "story" or something :D
I dont know... its just me im wierd. But yea ET is competition and theres no need to be a reason to move something somewhere its just obj, but kinda cool how developers make maps. Its something behind the obj why you do it and its logical. Like "take gold to the truck move the truck with gold or move the tank to destroy something".
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you need to construct the truck so it blows the side gate (like in reactor) and then a mapscript will allow you to plant main only when the truck is escorted and take the objectives like in radar

it's a bit like goldrush+radar atm i'm trying to think about adding something different
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It looks like it's too easy defend when you're having 2 spawns opposite to each other. It's like the forward hut on radar would be at the fake radar.
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true that, needs fixing
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I'll give my best 8D
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The truck escorts explosives to destroy the side gate (just like on reactor) and you drive it closer to the docs you want to deliver due to the faster time of securing it later on. The sidegate cannot be passed because there's a barrier or something at the maingate.
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Did you draw that in school today? :))))))

A+++*
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maybe some towers or some kind of wall to stand on
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There have been competitions like this afaik.
Well im not always around so havent seen that kinda competition. Does it matter if there was one? I mean make this one good very good. This would boost up the ET.
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Delivery isn't a new map
Well it isint the oldest?
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Over 2 year old, there are newer maps that are a lot worse. Just don't get why every hates the map, it's good \o/
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sw is new afaik
eim edited the map

+ it sux, its camp only => retarded
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Special Delivery TE final - May 25 2008

Public it can suck as a lot of axis end up camping by controls, play it right in a 3v3/5v5 etc and you can win nP \o/
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right means camping camping camping
and i fucking hate camping
thats why i dont play cs
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It's all camp camp camp as it is, which as I said if played right /allies/ can overcome that and win nP :PPP
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Krosan/TosspoT should host a CC8 Competition like they did with CPC2(?), winner of the best map = map gets used in EC/EMS/CC8 maplist
Oh yea true!
But I think the good motivation for winner or second place winner would be price like maybe new HDD or Monitor. Even this prices are low compering to the houers that you put in making the map, but I think theres needs to be something to have a "motivation".
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image: 6299706 mapping is pretty hard and only a few persons in the scene can make plans like this a map.
Is there an option to go fishing in that water? I think that bridge would be a fantastic spot to set up a line and catch some carp :)
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sure thing, for example through the hole in the bridge.. nice spot.. the water might be a bit intoxicated though, because it's coming out of the facility, dunno if fishies would live there :(
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Aww :(

I was thinking more like image: 161z0iw but through that hole would be pretty exciting.

I think if we informed the environmental agency and get in touch with the local fishing clubs, along with the map makers (ofc) we could solve the carbon waste and other nasties intoxicating our waters!
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true, true.. maybe some hightech filter would make the water fishable! and your spot might be better for a long shot because if you sat in the middle of the bridge you might get ran over by the allies' escape truck.
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make another supply
well,missile was good map also,but where is it now? problem isnt in new maps, but in old people
ye, i just dont get it, why for example coast and missile are now totally forgotten eventhough someone has put great effort making them. im sure they would work just fine but nobody wants to play them :(
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because coast was fail :XD
but missile was great
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if coast has ever been thoroughly tested or played, i've missed that totally..
Parent
that's true, some people either don't want to get used to them or are too lazy to make basic tax and learn the map
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why dont use / editing maps from other big and successfull 5v5 games like cod, css, dota a.s.o.?
because ET is not camping game :D
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thats why i've said "editing".
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2/3 months isn't enough to make a succesful map.
When you're grouping up and having the community involved for the basic concept it should be doable, shouldn't it?
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Might be. But usually the community isn't that helpful and it's hard to choose because 50 % wants this and 50 % wants the opposite.
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Just make a map that isn't all about lotto, useless stages and camping and you're fine.
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easier said than done
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Tell me how to map and I'll make one. Lightning posted an idea of a pretty decent map somewhere.. ask him if you want to have ideas.
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I've read that already but the program sucks.
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Then why do you ask how to make a map?
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Write a different one and I'll make a map.
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If you can't understand this tutorial then you won't understand it at all I'm afraid,
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Not a different tutorial, but a different program. It's not about understanding it or not, but using that fucking program.
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I didn't make the program.....
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That's why you should make a new one.
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Like I know how to make shit like that.
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:D

just because you can't use a program doesn't mean it is flawed, every et map you like was made using it..
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It's not about being able to or not, the program just sucks.
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BTW the 1.4 version was actually better than the later ones but frankly its a good collection of tools
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The more mappers, the longer it will take.
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And why battery isn't played anymore?
It was an amazing map, and the new version (by eiM ?) was just fine and finally making it competitive.
because it's made by eim
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I got a super idea for a map and it's based on a real event, just need to put it on a paper
tc_base! Karsiah_te2 is fine aswell :)
Ah you can say you want map makers to create another nice map within 2-3 months, but do you realise how hard it is to actually make a proper map? GTK Radient is not as easy as it seems, though a skilled hand can do much good.
Quote by youWe all like maps like SD, GR, RADAR etc


Speak for yourself, my top 3 most irritating maps: GR, RADAR, SD!
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