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    mg_piratewars_sg

    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.




    STORY
    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.

    FEATURES
    This version of the map has had many modifications and additions which are listed here
    (well I can't remember all of them):

    MINOR
    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

    MAJOR
    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


    RARE:
    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)


    Credits

    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

    AUTHORS
    solid snake: original map
    tomgreen: 2010 edition

    Hunter/Zombiephobia/Knife: This edition

    CONTENT
    skiiper: Sound
    stitnenger: Sound
    Eximius84: song
    komaokc: Awesome sky


    TESTERS/HELPERS
    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

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    I tested this map quite a lot! I can officially say the first revision he showed me was lacking a lot, but after about a week, he showed me his second revision...

    Wow... It blew my mind, it was fantastic!

    His final revision before public release is fantastic, at the moment it's in beta testing, so anything else you can suggest/improvements that would be epic.

    Nice work man! (Pics to show everyone your hard work! )


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    Any screenshots?

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    here are SOME pics, sorry they they aren't high res, I took in-game screenshots(f5)

    skybox VIEW
    Spoiler


    mast/sail view
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    hull of ship
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    broken boat
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    flagship explosion
    Spoiler



    I might update the pics.
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    wow this looks pretty decent. it will prly be epic on a full server.

    and the flagship explosion looks awesome.
    are the big boats off the flagship controllable? or are they on a automatic path?

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    They stay still but two will be chose at random to explode at certain intervals, it looks really cool. But trust me, the pictures don't show the full map, by a long shot.

    But in a future update I WILL give them paths.

    edit: PATHS ADDED
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    update:

    Added paths, but encountered a vrad problem( numplanes + fakeplanes >= max_map_planes) because func_tanktrain uses a lot of fakeplanes. I have fixed it by simplifying geometry.

    Light has been changed slightly to fit sky.
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    update:
    added 1/5 chance of having music instead of a. cannon shooting ambient
    reduced chance of fish appearing.
    fish has been given attack animation
    fish will attack anyone on small boat.



    BETA OUT NOW
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    Quote Originally Posted by hunter/zombiephobia/knife View Post
    update:
    added 1/5 chance of having music instead of a. cannon shooting ambient
    reduced chance of fish appearing.
    fish has been given attack animation
    fish will attack anyone on small boat.



    BETA OUT NOW Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites!


    thanks will try it out in a few

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    can we get like an official testing time for this? i would love to get on SG Mini and play against some of my fellow comrades.

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