Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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Nice update, theultimat! Glad to see you back in progress.
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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Nice update :thumbs:
I thought you stoped working.
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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Thank you all.

@Executer94: I did, for a while. But I seem to have more time, and have a 2 week holiday in one week, so should be able to get back into it. :)

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Thanks to the wisdom of DarthD.U.C.K, the strange glowing issue on the bridge is now gone!
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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good to hear :)

offtopic: End of the week are holidays for me :D
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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wow awsome, nice work my friend
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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Muy gracias. Unfortunately, having a problem with GCW IMP side not paying attention to the changes in the Common side. :?
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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theultimat wrote:Muy gracias. Unfortunately, having a problem with GCW IMP side not paying attention to the changes in the Common side. :?
That tend to happen. Manual clean should fix things.
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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Skyhammer_216 wrote:
theultimat wrote:Muy gracias. Unfortunately, having a problem with GCW IMP side not paying attention to the changes in the Common side. :?
That tend to happen. Manual clean should fix things.
Thanks, but unfortunately, it didn't.

EDIT:
Forget it, I fixed it. I also have an announcement...

Beta Testing is to commence soon! I need testers!

Current testers:
  • DarthD.U.C.K.
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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Me please! :P
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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Can i beta test :D ?
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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I'll beta.
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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I would like to beta your map :D
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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You can count me in!
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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I can help test as well.
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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How many testers are you looking for? I'd love to help but fear there may be too many people.
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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Ok, the final beta testers are:
  • DarthD.U.C.K.
  • Executer94
  • sampip
  • Lephenix_dor
  • Nova Hawk
Sorry if you didn't get picked, but I did it randomly. You guys should receive a PM later on today containing a link to the download and the password. Thanks. :)
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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Well I figured I'd post my review here so...:

First of all, it's a very nice map - the scenery is beautiful and the lighting is stunning. I loved the sky, it was very, very nice and fitted well with the lighting. The huts that you used were unique and this improved the maps look - I haven't seen many maps like it. Secondly, the layout of the map was very inventive - I loved all the little island parts and the bridges that crossed over the (very deep!) river. Of course, a map with so many trees and objects is going to have some errors - so here is what I came up with:

Really, these errors are extremely picky - the map was fantastic and I couldn't find any significant errors that stopped me playing the battle how it was intended.

Firstly - you had some object placement problems with this bridge.
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And it was also not quite connected properly:
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Secondly - floating trees:
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This one is literally right next to the previous one:
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Thirdly - I'm not sure if this was intentional but on every tall part of the foliage there was a little white part sticking out of the side. It looked a bit odd, because it doesn't really match with the scenery:
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Fourthly - This was a bit unfair. Since this log rises above the ground, you can go across it one way - but not go back!
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Fifthly - On the same log, I saw various troopers walk into the river, you may want to check your barriers.

Sixthly - The Yavin IV billboards that you used in the background looked a bit too bright (see first picture). They didn't really fit with the lighting you used, you might want to darken them a little.

Lastly - This is just an opinion, but I thought the sides were tag to powerful. I could only get a few kills per life because the other teams weapons were very strong. There were a few too many of the special units and I sometimes had a life without getting a single kill. Maybe increase the health of troopers and/or reduce laser damage?

Anyway, after all that - it was a really good map, the scenery was stunning and I really enjoyed it! Great work! :D
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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Thanks for the report, sampip! :) Unfortunately, I'm having trouble finding some of these trees. Could you tell me where they are on the map? Thanks.

EDIT:
@Beta testers: I made a mistake in the campaign script at the objective where you need to kill the rebel commander. Sorry, I'll fix that up.
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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sampip wrote:
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Oh yes, the trees looks bad.
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Re: Vendaxa: Forgotten Forest

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Don't worry, they're fixed now.
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