Ace's Unamed Map-Working Beta

Ace_Azzameen_5 · Post by **Ace_Azzameen_5** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:35 pm

Even though this map is far from finsihed, I enyjoy it and I think a WIP release would help speed things up. Quote from the readme:

Why am I realeasing such an unfinished map?
Although unfinished, it is still quite a lot of fun. Releasing a beta will encourage me finish it. It will also hoepfully ...encourage people to/reward people for... helping me. Also, it's got some semi interesting stuff such as semi animated spawns for realism.

Still a lot of work to be done, and campaign is really the only mode worth playing at the moment.
At the moment it's an objective based progression compaign for the republic, and all the CIS can do is get a normal conquest victory. The republic can fight for area supperoirty and lock out the CIS, and then move on to other battlefields. Well just one, the victory trigger on part two is broken.
I plan to implement a multiple-possiblilty two team campaign where by losing or winning a 'round' it get's harder for the loser to possibly win, and if winner has assets to fall back on if the lose. A more dynamic conquest mode.
I plan to implement a fully working race mode. You may notice the winding canyons and jungle paths and realize that this was originally designed for racing.

Unfortuanetly, the race mode with all the speeder bikes, starting gate and the course outlines is broken. load freeze see my next post.
Link: via Rapid Share-Down until race mode fixed

Relevant Help Threads:
Increasing Terrain Size w/o reset

sawyerdk9 · Post by **sawyerdk9** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:03 pm

That picture looks really cool. It reminds me of something not Battlefront 2.

Pereza0 · Post by **Pereza0** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:22 pm

when are you making the final release ?
looks cool

Ace_Azzameen_5 · Post by **Ace_Azzameen_5** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:13 pm

Don't ask that question, it is against the rules. Most of the times mappers don't know and if they do, they'll post it.

sawyerdk9 · Post by **sawyerdk9** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:59 pm

I just played it and its really crazy. I'm not really sure what is going on in the level. I explored it with a jet trooper and found all this crazy stuff like ep2 troopers and a river thing that was awesome. I love the map for the beauty definetly. It really looks great, though I do get quite the lag. I'm guessing it's from the Bespin buildings and all those trees. Just needs more work on the Campaign part.

archer01 · Post by **archer01** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:23 pm

Wow! This map is big, and by "big" I mean there are so many places to explore. I see it has a long way to go, but it's an excellent start!

I grabbed a few screens from it while exploring in the Hero Assault mode (it's easier to explore with a jet pack), and after looking at the shots I got, this little story came to mind:

Here is little Fett in his country home, what more could a bounty hunter want? > http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/t ... cd6aa7.jpg
It's got rolling hills... > http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/t ... c7fe69.jpg
And watery lakes... > http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/t ... 9dd044.jpg

What more could you want... hmmm... how about adventure! I hear a lot goes on in the nearby city... > http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/t ... ea8863.jpg

So off Fett goes in search of adventure in the city. > http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/t ... a3aaf3.jpg

Well, after much walking, he finally was able to say "goodbye" to the country... > http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/t ... 6c3d9c.jpg
...and "hello" to the metal landscape known as the city. > http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/t ... 30534d.jpg

So the little Fett started his adventure in the big city... > http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/t ... c4533c.jpg
...which was abruptly cut short with little Fett saying "Please let me out! All I did was shoot him in the head." > http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/t ... 94111c.jpg

The End

As for suggestions, here's some specific things that seemed most noticable to me.
- It's a big map, with a lot of places to get lost, so a minimap would help.
- Some walls kept appearing and disappearing.
Now you see me > http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/t ... 12324c.jpg
Now you don't > http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/t ... 90787a.jpg
- The spawn point at the bottom of the map needs it's height adjusted. > http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/t ... d0a1ee.jpg
- Add some mission text to the campaign mode so the two sides know what to do.

- and of course, fix the conquest mode (but I imagine you just haven't gotten around to that yet)

Besides those issues, I like the map. Keep up the good work!

Ace_Azzameen_5 · Post by **Ace_Azzameen_5** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:27 pm

Thanks for the river thing. Yeah, when I look at the trees i get lag. But I always do in all swbf2. I might refine sectors and protals later. That rvier thing is incomplte and you're not supposed to go there, unless you mean the lake with the water fall. TRust me, IM GOING to add objective voice overs or text to tell you what to do, but the main goal is to take all the cis cps or lowere thier reinforcments to three and keep it ther for 1:30 minutes. If neither of this happens in 5 minutes, a reinforcing battalion of 50 CIS troops will arrive, and again in another 5. The is a way to stop this by locking down this one building near the building up way high on the tat1_canyonwall .

WIth the 5 "elevators"

*Semi spoiler*
IT will be one of the voicefd objectives maybe, "go to the ***tern control buildign and locate the control room, access the correct console and lock down the city. " Once you capture this cp, it will physically trap the incoming cis (timed ambush spawn) in that building, and oyu have 30 seconds to get out the or you'll be trapped too. Try thining out the cis ranks with sniper/jedi or even riflemen for 3 minute the locking down, and then finishing them
END SPOLIER

Upon capturing all 3 cps or lowering the cis too thier perma-3 state for 1:30, a gunship will fly in and pick you up at the far cis command post.( NOt the one that lands on the ramp with the lower door when republic get the command post.)

@Archer:Yeah, there are lots of problems, but posting the mhere will help me forgoet about forgeting them. And at the moment, hero assualt as as boring as trying to kill someone with free cam. The elevators are truned off-thats not a jail, they are force field beam things to protect against squisihings. They retract.
The watery lake also has not one but two shadow regions for darkness at depth. Anymore would be too hard to aling and I'm not sure if more than one shawdow region can effect a player at once.
Ince finsihed, campagin should use a great deal of the map-the modes will be designed around the map becuase it's meant for racing. sorry there are no working speeders in this release. That was stupid, but I think updates will be frequent. This is a working beta.

AlexSecura · Post by **AlexSecura** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:26 pm

Very good Work.In that Map i feel like an Adventurer.Nice to Explore.
In a Final Version with a Bulk of Trooppers that Map would be better than Zelda.How do you think about Ewoks in the Forrest and Tuskens in the Mountains and some Caves with Rancors in it. etc ? Only Ideas,so or so its a great Map.

But it is working only in Assault Mode.CW & GCW doesn`t work by me.
See to the Screens i made.I dont know whats the Problem.I read in other Posts that CW is playable.?!

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/8159 ... 143xe5.jpg
http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/2978 ... 177bo5.jpg
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2519 ... 622tv7.jpg
http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/7807 ... 504pk5.jpg

Ace_Azzameen_5 · Post by **Ace_Azzameen_5** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:44 pm

Campaign Clone wars. You need Zerteds new shell.lvl to play it or to create a
multiplayer and type "addmap acec_c" or something like that.

cloneknight · Post by **cloneknight** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:15 pm

wow.. such a cool map. but the place in the back of the map with the ep2 troopers everything is clear.

king · Post by **king** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:00 pm

it wont let me download it it says it was delited by uploader

DaCheat · Post by **DaCheat** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:49 pm

Ace_Azzameen_5 · Post by **Ace_Azzameen_5** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:02 pm

I took it down till the next version. By that I mean either I make asignificant amount of changes or I get race mode to stop freezing. Not crashing, but freezing.

archer01 · Post by **archer01** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:05 pm

Freezing is always caused by an infinite loop of some sort (on the software side anyway). Do you have anything in your scripts that might start executing but never finish?

Ace_Azzameen_5 · Post by **Ace_Azzameen_5** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:27 pm

Let's see, anything in her that could do it?

Code: Select all

--
-- Copyright (c) 2005 Pandemic Studios, LLC. All rights reserved.
--

-- load the gametype script
ScriptCB_DoFile("ObjectiveConquest")
ScriptCB_DoFile("setup_teams") 
	
	--  REP Attacking (attacker is always #1)
    REP = 1;
    CIS = 2;
    --  These variables do not change
    ATT = REP;
    DEF = CIS;


function ScriptPostLoad()	   
    
    
    --This defines the CPs.  These need to happen first
    cp1 = CommandPost:New{name = "cprace"}
    cp2 = CommandPost:New{name = "cprace1"}

    --This sets up the actual objective.  This needs to happen after cp's are defined
    conquest = ObjectiveConquest:New{teamATT = ATT, teamDEF = DEF, 
                                     textATT = "game.modes.con", 
                                     textDEF = "game.modes.con2",
                                     multiplayerRules = true}
    
    --This adds the CPs to the objective.  This needs to happen after the objective is set up
    conquest:AddCommandPost(cp1)
    conquest:AddCommandPost(cp2)

    conquest:Start()
    
CreateTimer("Set")
SetTimerRate("Set", 1)
SetTimerValue("Set", 30)
CreateTimer("Go")
SetTimerRate("Go", 1)
SetTimerValue("Go", 10)
StartTimer("Set")
ShowTimer("Set")

OnTimerElapse(
function(post)
StartTimer("Go")
ShowTimer("Go")
end,
"Set"
)

OnTimerElapse(
function(post)
KillObject("racebarstart")
KillObject("racebarstart1")
KillObject("racebarstart2")
KillObject("racebarstart3")
KillObject("racebarstart4")
KillObject("racebarstart5")
KillObject("racebarstart6")
KillObject("racebarstart7")
KillObject("racebarstart8")
KillObject("racebarstart9")
KillObject("racebarstart10")
KillObject("racebarstart11")
KillObject("racebarstart12")
KillObject("racebarstart13")
KillObject("racebarstart14")
KillObject("racebarstart15")
KillObject("racebarstart16")
KillObject("racebarstart17")
KillObject("racebarstart18")
KillObject("racebarstart19")
ScriptCB_SndPlaySound("com_blg_commandpost_lost defer")
end,
"Go"
)

end

I don't see anything, but I've missed things before.

Oh and thanks for the Pics. I jus t through the load screen on there. Which I left out ooops.

archer01 · Post by **archer01** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:41 am

Hmmm... I don't see anything either... But then again, I script my stuff slightly differently, so I might be missing somthing myself.

When does it freeze? At the same spot each time, or randomly? If "randomly", is there anything going on in the level that is common between the different freezes?

AlexSecura · Post by **AlexSecura** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:50 am

Ace_Azzameen_5 wrote:

You need Zerteds new shell.lvl

You mean the New shell.lvl from Conversion Pack 1.7? Thats a Problem! This Shell works with the US CD Version,but not right with the German DVD Version.I have present the Problem The Game works with this new Shell but only with the common.lvl from Update1.1 And Game crashes after finishing a Map.
Or which shell.lvl you mean?

Ace_Azzameen_5 · Post by **Ace_Azzameen_5** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:52 am

Just the one in Zerted's thread. Not the bugged one from the map pack beta. Or you could just do it the other way I said.

Harmatia · Post by **Harmatia** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:33 am

AlexSecura wrote:Very good Work.In that Map i feel like an Adventurer.Nice to Explore.
In a Final Version with a Bulk of Trooppers that Map would be better than Zelda.How do you think about Ewoks in the Forrest and Tuskens in the Mountains and some Caves with Rancors in it. etc ? Only Ideas,so or so its a great Map.

But it is working only in Assault Mode.CW & GCW doesn`t work by me.
See to the Screens i made.I dont know whats the Problem.I read in other Posts that CW is playable.?!

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/8159 ... 143xe5.jpg
http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/2978 ... 177bo5.jpg
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2519 ... 622tv7.jpg
http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/7807 ... 504pk5.jpg

I like your idea for all the creatures, that'd be pretty sweet. Acklays too, haha.

This map looks great, can't wait to play.

Zaborack · Post by **Zaborack** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:45 pm

yeah, can't you just keep the link there, then replace it when you get the fixed version?

this way more poeple get to play and you will get more feedback

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