HZK
30 Apr 2011, 11:12am
After being nagged by everyone I asked to put it in BETA version, I finally did.
IT ISNT COMPLETE YET, I NEED PUBLIC SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE IT FURTHER, SO TEST IT AND REVIEW IT PLEASE.
:dance:
:huh:STORY:huh:
Well, I've been looking through maps for inspiration and then I noticed that a lot of popular MG/Surf maps are remakes, another thing that got me thinking was when I noticed the community tags on some maps. Also in the maps section of gamebanana a few people left comments here and there about exclusive/dedicated maps for groups.
So when I was playing piratewars2010 with this in mind, I realised how much could be changed to improve it. So I decompiled the map and was stunned at how much potential it had. I can't make it AMAZING (like kaemon, paul, luff, hannibal, etc) but I could improve it, so I added a bunch of features and changed a few things here and there to enhance the experience.
:faint2:FEATURES:faint2:
This version of the map has had many modifications and additions which are listed here(well I can't remember all of them):
:shocked:MINOR:shocked:
Different textures for the two ships
The Skybox has ships that shoot out cannonballs
The Skybox ships randomly explode at 30, 60 and 120 seconds.
The Skybox has flagships that explode when there team's ship is destroyed.
The front of the ships fall of instead of break when they're detached.
The masts are now physics objects
The sails are now black or white and have a zombie hand or SG initials (depending on the team)
A few ragdolls here and there
The ships have actual windows like in cs_office
There is an ambient of cannons constantly firing.
The cannons have better sounds.
Slight aesthetic differences between the ships
The T's are called 'pirates' by the map and CT's are called 'CTs'
The ships shake and have a sound when sinking
Awesome sky
The plank in the middle is split in 2 and is now a physics object
:eek:MAJOR:eek:
Both ships have crow's nests with cannons
To the front of the ships is some (weak)driftwood with a very powerful cannon.
Both ships have a supply of either gunpowder or rum that, when destroyed by the other team, sinks the ship.
You must press +use to activate cannons and small boats(to help avoid empty-hand knife fights)
More grenades on broken boat
:madgrin:RARE::madgrin:
So far, the only rare thing is that an icthyosaur(don't know how to spell it) swims around and attacks players in the water ( 1/10 chance of this happening)
:clap:Credits:clap:
I have had testers/advisors assist me by giving ideas and being good critiques, I wouldn't have got this far(or even felt confident enough to post this) if it wasn't for them. And also some pretty amazing people who published their hard work to aid others. So without further ado, here are the creds!
Valve: CSS
:typing:AUTHORS:typing:
solid snake: original map
tomgreen: 2010 edition
Hunter/Zombiephobia/Knife: This edition
:director:CONTENT:director:
skiiper: Sound
stitnenger: Sound
Eximius84: song
komaokc: Awesome sky
:biggrin1:TESTERS/HELPERS:d
Tweezy: Main tester
Mapper: Second tester
Roy halladay: If I didn't spend time helping him, I actually wouldn't have gotten this far in mapping.
Jaffa: Answered some questions
:dance:
IT ISNT COMPLETE YET, I NEED PUBLIC SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE IT FURTHER, SO TEST IT AND REVIEW IT PLEASE.
:dance:
:huh:STORY:huh:
Well, I've been looking through maps for inspiration and then I noticed that a lot of popular MG/Surf maps are remakes, another thing that got me thinking was when I noticed the community tags on some maps. Also in the maps section of gamebanana a few people left comments here and there about exclusive/dedicated maps for groups.
So when I was playing piratewars2010 with this in mind, I realised how much could be changed to improve it. So I decompiled the map and was stunned at how much potential it had. I can't make it AMAZING (like kaemon, paul, luff, hannibal, etc) but I could improve it, so I added a bunch of features and changed a few things here and there to enhance the experience.
:faint2:FEATURES:faint2:
This version of the map has had many modifications and additions which are listed here(well I can't remember all of them):
:shocked:MINOR:shocked:
Different textures for the two ships
The Skybox has ships that shoot out cannonballs
The Skybox ships randomly explode at 30, 60 and 120 seconds.
The Skybox has flagships that explode when there team's ship is destroyed.
The front of the ships fall of instead of break when they're detached.
The masts are now physics objects
The sails are now black or white and have a zombie hand or SG initials (depending on the team)
A few ragdolls here and there
The ships have actual windows like in cs_office
There is an ambient of cannons constantly firing.
The cannons have better sounds.
Slight aesthetic differences between the ships
The T's are called 'pirates' by the map and CT's are called 'CTs'
The ships shake and have a sound when sinking
Awesome sky
The plank in the middle is split in 2 and is now a physics object
:eek:MAJOR:eek:
Both ships have crow's nests with cannons
To the front of the ships is some (weak)driftwood with a very powerful cannon.
Both ships have a supply of either gunpowder or rum that, when destroyed by the other team, sinks the ship.
You must press +use to activate cannons and small boats(to help avoid empty-hand knife fights)
More grenades on broken boat
:madgrin:RARE::madgrin:
So far, the only rare thing is that an icthyosaur(don't know how to spell it) swims around and attacks players in the water ( 1/10 chance of this happening)
:clap:Credits:clap:
I have had testers/advisors assist me by giving ideas and being good critiques, I wouldn't have got this far(or even felt confident enough to post this) if it wasn't for them. And also some pretty amazing people who published their hard work to aid others. So without further ado, here are the creds!
Valve: CSS
:typing:AUTHORS:typing:
solid snake: original map
tomgreen: 2010 edition
Hunter/Zombiephobia/Knife: This edition
:director:CONTENT:director:
skiiper: Sound
stitnenger: Sound
Eximius84: song
komaokc: Awesome sky
:biggrin1:TESTERS/HELPERS:d
Tweezy: Main tester
Mapper: Second tester
Roy halladay: If I didn't spend time helping him, I actually wouldn't have gotten this far in mapping.
Jaffa: Answered some questions
:dance: