Need Map testers [Urgent]

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19. February 2008 - 21:18

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We have six maps that are candidates to be part of the next E+ map pack release.those maps are to be tested,and a complete analysis have to be presented here, regarding the textures,possible bugs,are they campy maps..Etc..

The authors julek,and shadow86, have agreed to reedit them on whatever we see it necessary.those maps are loaded on this server : http://www.excessiveplus.net/query/71.172.68.29:27958

password is : mappack , and callvote is enabled (callvote rotate ).So if you are willing to help us,releasing the first map pack E+ history.take some time and do the job

do a search for those maps on www.lvlworld.com and download them : q3shw14,q3shw15,q3shw18,q3shw20,jul20,jul22.

This is a first step before actually doing maps from scratch especially for E+. these reeditions will help us know what is good for E+ ,in maps, and what is not.

good luck

22. February 2008 - 16:16

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here are the maps that we have to look at :

From shadow86 , which will be only reedited by him :

http://lvlworld.com/dl.php?id=1954&ftp=lvl&zip=q3shw20

http://lvlworld.com/dl.php?id=1487&ftp=lvl&zip=q3shw14

http://lvlworld.com/dl.php?id=1620&ftp=lvl&zip=q3shw15

From julek , he said he is gonna do maps from scratch (new maps) , but it is ok to look at his work , these are two tourney maps whorth downloading and having an opinion on:

http://lvlworld.com/dl.php?id=1963&ftp=lvl&zip=jul22

http://lvlworld.com/dl.php?id=1946&ftp=lvl&zip=jul20

same server.as before./

22. February 2008 - 18:04

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Ok Trance and me tested out all of the maps.

Only two are suited for e+ in our opinions:

q3shw20: great for tag/tdm (with minor modifications as shown in the demos to remove some really silly camp points and one location that isnt needed)

q3shw14: great for TAG (with minor modifications as shown in the demos, mostly removal of some nasty camp points)

jul20 & jul22: way too small and simple even for 1vs1 - they lack complexity. a game quickly turns into spawn / rail shot / spawn

q3shw15: exaggeratedly huge and complicated, not good for any gametype. its so big that in tag it might takes ages for players to find each other. in tdm you can't basically do anything except pray someone comes over in this decade

I am proud of spreading a pirated Excessive Plus version and claim to be the original author, yay!

22. February 2008 - 18:07

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foksie summed up our testing, here are the demos with our recommended modifications.

22. February 2008 - 19:15

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great, that is what i was waiting for.i ll watch the demos , and transmit our remarks to shw.I think we have to get him to register in e+ forums somehow, it will be easier.

for q3shw15, hmmm..i have to say you are right, but... you know what? i have to confess this : it is my preferd one.When it comes to textures that reminds me of E+ logo colors , and the high quality of details. We can imagine a lot of things including resizing the map, or removing large parts of it.

a warm thank you for both of you.

Edit : i just saw the demos. gj. i sent them to shw.

22. February 2008 - 19:53

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I don't remember 15 but you guys know that you can cut a map right? Don't know how many modifications are the creators willing to do, tho.
ps: Don't mind me

22. February 2008 - 20:22

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I don't remember 15 but you guys know that you can cut a map right? Don't know how many modifications are the creators willing to do, tho.
ps: Don't mind me

Shadow , is open for anything necessary.We talked about it. i hope he will register soon here, so we can all discuss this live.

22. February 2008 - 21:01

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I don't remember 15 but you guys know that you can cut a map right? Don't know how many modifications are the creators willing to do, tho.
ps: Don't mind me

yes, but the map is loaded with doors, narrow hallways and huge rooms.

it would take a complete rebuilding to make it work well for e+ (since there is no incentive to actually move to another room here ).

one thing where i can see that map working is if it gets loaded with more spawn points, then it would be good for a big FFA fragfest. probably would work better then the well.

I am proud of spreading a pirated Excessive Plus version and claim to be the original author, yay!

22. February 2008 - 21:32