New Map Release -- ORD MANTELL: NO GREATER GLORY

Rippentuck · Post by **Rippentuck** » Sun May 29, 2005 7:19 pm

Hi everyone,

Just a post to announce the release of my map, v1.0 of "Ord Mantell: No Greater Glory." The map is the result of a lot of hard work (mainly learning the tools) and the much appreciated help of the modding community. Special thanks go out to Psych0Fred, who brought my map back from what I thought was an inglorious death, so that it could finally make it to this point. Thanks, Fred.

You can download the map here:
modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&f ... ls&lid=111

The setting is the wooded backcountry of Ord Mantell, on a mountain that overlooks a small town across a wide river. Scenery was arranged according to what information I could gather about the planet of Ord Mantell. See the .doc file for more details, storyline, and map notes. Updates, additions, and improvements will be forthcoming. I hope you like it.

Here are some screenshots:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/ ... t_0146.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/ ... t_0148.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/ ... t_0157.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/ ... t_0161.jpg

Enjoy,

Rip

hooteni · Post by **hooteni** » Sun May 29, 2005 7:37 pm

I only palyed the map a little bit( it was too laggy for my low-end PC) but it was sweet! THe map had a really nice look to it, it felt llike it fat (or is it fitted?) right in in the Star Wars Environment, all in all very good map. I would say more about gameplay, but I didnt finish a single round. (hopefully others can critique you on that subject)

Rippentuck · Post by **Rippentuck** » Sun May 29, 2005 7:41 pm

Hi Hooteni,

Thanks for playing it. If you want better framerate, lower your shadow quality in the video options in game. Its a vast improvement without much loss in graphical quality.

Rip

Ace_Azzameen_5 · Post by **Ace_Azzameen_5** » Sun May 29, 2005 7:52 pm

Its fit hoot, 'fit'

PS. Is that the Intro to X-wing adding 15 kb to the downlaod? One of those old games, i'm to lazy to check.

Did the map load up in the dedicated server? It did for me. I'll check if it works when I try to join.

Rippentuck · Post by **Rippentuck** » Sun May 29, 2005 8:26 pm

Wow Ace, it worked in a dedicated server? lol

Please let me know for sure, and what you did to make it work, k? That would be great if it did.

Rip

RDST · Post by **RDST** » Sun May 29, 2005 10:39 pm

THis is GREAT! this map is one of the best out there. The visuals are stunning and the game play is vantstic vehicles do well one this map and the placement of buildings and such is top notch. ppl dl this map!

Rippentuck · Post by **Rippentuck** » Sun May 29, 2005 10:53 pm

Thanks very much RDST, lol. Glad to hear you like it! I did put gameplay at the top of my priority list, I was very careful about spawn-campable CPs (most can't be), and I tried to keep an eye on balance. I also tried to set up interesting situations in varying environments, and I liked how several huge battles take place over several spots all over the battlefield. I'm thinking about adding destroyable CPs. As far as the scenery is concerned, I just wanted a bit of an original twist that I hadn't seen before.

Thanks for trying it out!

Rip

Lord-Bandu · Post by **Lord-Bandu** » Mon May 30, 2005 12:30 am

its the best mod map i have played so far . It feels like a shipped map (and I cant say that about 90 percent of mod maps. VERY well done .

Its definatly upped the anti

When i 1st went in the mine I was like " this guy knows his stuff"

Only thing i would like to see is even more troops but its great as it is.

some time in the future you should join me in making a map and together we can rule the galaxy !!

Post by **-_-** » Mon May 30, 2005 12:45 am

VERY VERY VERY awesome map!

Chamboozer · Post by **Chamboozer** » Mon May 30, 2005 1:25 am

I have one thing to say about your map: Chamboozer LIKE!!!!!

advise: make the barrels in the MINING EXPLOSIVE STORAGE cp Explosive barrels like in Jai Nolan. Make the Cortosis mines bigger, and then give the CIS two MTTs.

eddie · Post by **eddie** » Mon May 30, 2005 2:54 am

Rip, thank you for making this map. I like the way it feels like 1942 map. I am not into big maps but this one is great. There is not much to suggest to you cos it looks like you know your stuff. Keep up the good work.

Tyler_Durden · Post by **Tyler_Durden** » Mon May 30, 2005 6:50 am

Great map. Only thing about it is that I took over all but one cp but the enemy was still able to win. I think the tickets are supposed to go down in count when you die and when a cp is taken over. That can be fixed though, otherwise a great map, nice visuals, no lag in framerate on my pc. No crashing either which is a very good thing.

Grievous · Post by **Grievous** » Mon May 30, 2005 7:44 am

This is one of the greatest maps ever!!!!!

But there was one major problem...the AI sometimes stand around and do nothing and on the far right CP(in the GCW era it spawns two speeders) the AI just stands there trying to get into the speeders and they can't. I had about 15 rebel units standing there :/ ...

Otherwise this map rules and it's absolutely stunning(in visuals)!

Keep up the good work rip!

Rippentuck · Post by **Rippentuck** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:44 am

Wow, Eddie and Lord Bandu have chimed in, lol. I must have done something right!

Thanks very much everyone, for your comments. There's still some more work to be done, as you can see. I want to fix some more problems (mainly AI), and add more things. I wanted to do more work on it, but I decided to finally just get the map out first, because if I just kept working on it until I was satisfied, it would never be released (isn't that how it is with all maps!).

Chamboozer, I actually could have made the mine a LOT bigger, in fact I originally started with a huge underground complex inside the mine. But considering that the map was already somewhat large, I decided it would be too much. Your idea to give CIS some MTTs sounds good, I'll look into it.

Tyler, I did notice that myself, about how sometimes you're losing even though you have more CPs. I wasn't sure if it was an actual problem to be addressed, or if it was just happenstance. I'm thinking there's a few values you can adjust (maybe the AddBleedThreshold line in the lua) so that this doesn't happen. It will be one of my fixes in the next version.

Grievous, thanks for the comments.

Yes, as in all maps, there are certain places where the AI stop and admire the scenery, lol. You don't know how much time I put into the planning, pathing, barriers, and testing all those. No matter how hard you work at it there will always be a few bots who stand around. Sometimes they ignore my orders to follow and I have to toss a nade to give them some initiative. Sometimes all you need to do is say follow, then hit "disperse" and they go on their way. I also know about the vehicle access thing, did much work on that too. Sometimes they'll get into the speeder, but they won't take off. This will be fixed in the next version.

Glad you guys like this, it inspires one to do more, thank you. Look for the fixes and additions in the next version, coming soon.

Rip

arramus · Post by **arramus** » Mon May 30, 2005 11:56 am

You shall have a fishy on a little dishy. You shall have a fishy when the boat comes in.

Absolutely class map. Good work on this. Even Mr Green is happy

Grievous · Post by **Grievous** » Mon May 30, 2005 2:16 pm

Woah, whats up with that missle

or is it just the view of it actully staying still?

Oh and Rip, the AI problems are not your fault at all. Just seeing if somehow you might be able to make the AI better.

BlackHawk549 · Post by **BlackHawk549** » Mon May 30, 2005 2:24 pm

OMG T_T, i think rip is the next eddie! not to question eddies authority as the greatest SWBF modder of all time, who pioneered in the mapping community since the game came out. But just looking at these screens is having me crying in joy!

Ace_Azzameen_5 · Post by **Ace_Azzameen_5** » Mon May 30, 2005 3:32 pm

YOUR MAP OWNS! YES, IT WORKS WITH THE DEDICATED SERVER. WHAT DID I DO? I USED SERVER VERSION 1.3!

Post by **Qdin** » Mon May 30, 2005 3:48 pm

lol, I'd wish I could use 1,3... lol, but I'll guess I just have to wait

the map looked nice enough when I just opened the topic, but after I've read the comments and thoose stuffs, I'm now gonna DL it

C ya

dipstick555 · Post by **dipstick555** » Mon May 30, 2005 4:17 pm

THIS MAP IS ONE OF THE BEST!! make sure u dont mess it up in later versions.GOOD LUCK!

New Map Release -- ORD MANTELL: NO GREATER GLORY

New Map Release -- ORD MANTELL: NO GREATER GLORY

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