New map rotation.

[bloodhound]

Well i was just playing on the US escape server. Then when i goto choose a map vote i notice the new maps im like ok cool. But clearly i was wrong. No offense but the maps up now are all gone to shiznit. extinction island and boat are way too overplayed and the rest just suck. Ive been on there with other admins and they have agreeded with me. So im here suggesting a new map rotation which would contain.
*zm_ATIX_extinction_b6
*
ze_trainescape_b3
*
zm_boatescape5_remix
*zm_trap_escape
*zm_atix_helicopter
*zm_echo_escapeb2
and a couple other new ones.
This would be greatly appreciated by many player and admins.

[£cho]

Those map are quite overplayed, but you'd need some new maps that could replace them, because otherwise the map rotation is even shorter than it was before. Also, I don't think you should rid of them completely, but just from the rotation and perhaps make admins able to do a vote on them whenever they're on instead. This would make it a very gradual change, and so I don't think players would really mind it as much.

In any case, I do think its time we start looking into expanding and editing the current map rotation a bit. Things are getting a bit repetitive.

[Henda]

Not so easy, there aren't exactly aload of escape maps out there. If you can find some we've never tried, post them and we'll put them up.

[Zero001]

Unfortunately the amount of fun and functional escape maps is very limited. Thanks to mappers like Echo the list has been growing, but for now this is what we have. We'll look into anything you find that you think is fun. Although, boatescape is overplayed, players enjoy it and they love driving the vehicles so it's not going anywhere.

[jeN]

Unfortunately the amount of fun and functional escape maps is very limited. Thanks to mappers like Echo the list has been growing, but for now this is what we have. We'll look into anything you find that you think is fun. Although, boatescape is overplayed, players enjoy it and they love driving the vehicles so it's not going anywhere.

Is there a way our mappers or someone could make it so the people driving quit launching the nuke before you can even call the rescue boats.. It ruins gameplay and is just annoying, might as well sit in spawn every round.

[£cho]

Kind words from Zero001. Thanks.

jeN, zm_boatescape5_remix cannot be decompiled for editing, as it has been locked internally using a brush that VMEX cannot render. In other words, it has a thing inside the map that's not visible to the player, but makes it so you cannot edit the map. I've looked into seeing if I can hack my way around this, but nothing yet, sorry.

I do love boatescape though, as much as people overplay it.

[jeN]

Kind words from Zero001. Thanks.

jeN, zm_boatescape5_remix cannot be decompiled for editing, as it has been locked internally using a brush that VMEX cannot render. In other words, it has a thing inside the map that's not visible to the player, but makes it so you cannot edit the map. I've looked into seeing if I can hack my way around this, but nothing yet, sorry.

I do love boatescape though, as much as people overplay it.

Ugh, I figured it had that but I thought i'd ask. Kinda sucks though since now everyone just nukes right away. D:

[Jaffa]

who originally made boatescape?

also, if we are lloking for new maps to put on the server, how about looking at older versions of maps to put alongside their current versions?

[Silent]

Is there a way our mappers or someone could make it so the people driving quit launching the nuke before you can even call the rescue boats.. It ruins gameplay and is just annoying, might as well sit in spawn every round.

If its really becoming that much of a problem you can always turn off physics for a couple rounds until they learn to stop acting like idiots.



Also as far as the "shitty maps" I am planning to have a map vote with all the escape maps (a few maps will automatically not be removed due to popularity (ie. boatescape/ATIX_heli etc) Bear with me for a day or so and I will get a vote going.

[Henda]

If its really becoming that much of a problem you can always turn off physics for a couple rounds until they learn to stop acting like idiots.



Also as far as the "shitty maps" I am planning to have a map vote with all the escape maps (a few maps will automatically not be removed due to popularity (ie. boatescape/ATIX_heli etc) Bear with me for a day or so and I will get a vote going.

Not gonna happen m8, I removed a few maps on the move over, the rest stay on until some new escape maps come out.