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legacy-Rehevkor
06-01-2004, 09:09 PM
The original release thread got lost rather quickly in the flood of beta and wip threads, and since there are now seperate forums for final releases and betas ( woohoo! :D:up: ) I thought I would re-post this one here. If you want to see my other two maps and my mutator that got lost in the shuffle you can check the links in my sig.

I wasn't sure if the admins would want people re-posting maps into the appropriate forum, so if you (admins) want to delete this thread or the original that's now in the betas forum, go right ahead :)

Now that all that's been said, here's the original release post reformatted as indicated by the forum rules.

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Name: DM-SilentHell

Version: 1.0 FINAL

Compatibility: UT2004

Description:
Tournament officials were invited to the town of Silent Hill by an anonymous contact to negotiate terms for opening a new arena. After several weeks passed without word from those officials, a team was sent to find them. And they did find the missing officials... hanging from chains and twitching spasmodically in a twisted underground nightmare. The location was accepted as an arena, but even the most hardened gladiators shiver at the thought of fighting in Silent Hell.

Comments:
This is my third map for UT2K4. The visual style of the map is inspired by the survival horror video game series Silent Hill. The map is intended for 6 to 12 player deathmatch games, but should suit any of the DM compatible game types just fine.

This map includes some custom content from the community, including a projective texture by |UED|ValHallen and a static mesh from Coyle. The map also features an excellent remix of the Silent Hill song "True" by Steve Pordon (http://www.ocremix.org/detailremixer.php?mixerid=22) of Overclocked ReMix (http://www.ocremix.org). I owe Steve a big thanks for remastering the track in ogg format just for my map.

The map also uses the KarmaOnline package written by the LawDogs mod team and packaged for use in my map by Joe90. KarmaOnline allowed me to use some interesting KActors in my map without them breaking in online play.

See the included readme for more information about how the map came to be and about the many people who helped me make it happen.

Screenshots:
http://pages.xtn.net/~jcestep/images/silenthell/dm-silenthell_final2.jpg

http://pages.xtn.net/~jcestep/images/silenthell/dm-silenthell_final4.jpg

http://pages.xtn.net/~jcestep/images/silenthell/dm-silenthell_final14.jpg

Note: for some reason my screenshots always turn out brighter than the actual game. The overall lighting scheme is darker than you see here.

Credits:
Rehevkor: mapping, partial mutator code
Steve Pordon: custom song "True (itsgonenowmix)"
|UED|ValHallen: custom texture
Coyle: custom static mesh
Kalias: beta testing
War-Lord: base code for mutator, assistance with coding
Joe90: more coding help

Download:
Download DM-SilentHell FINAL (http://pages.xtn.net/~jcestep/files/DM-SilentHell.rar)
Screen Noise Mutator (http://pages.xtn.net/~jcestep/files/ScreenNoise.zip)

legacy-Robert Halford
06-02-2004, 01:49 AM
I got it, but when I tried to open it a window popped up asking what program I wanted to use to open it. Select from the web or choose your own.
Which is it?:confused:

legacy-Robert Halford
06-02-2004, 02:10 AM
Well, I got it installed but where are the files that go into the System folder at??????????:confused:

legacy-Xe3eX
06-02-2004, 04:35 AM
Map looks great :cool:

legacy-Rehevkor
06-02-2004, 06:52 AM
Robert: You need to download a program called WinRAR to extract the archive. Inside the archive are three folders: Maps, Music, and System. Simply extract these folders to your /UT2004 folder.

We need a sticky thread explaining the rar format on this forum and in the betas forum. Lots of people apparently don't know anything about it. :confused:

Thanks Xe3eX :)

legacy-TheGreatFoo
06-02-2004, 07:30 AM
A general purpose, free piece of software which allows you to handle RAR files is IZArc. It supports so many different compression file types, that it's a real Swiss Army Knife when it comes to downloading files from the internet.

Grab it here (http://www.izsoft.dir.bg/)

The5thviruz
06-02-2004, 08:12 AM
I don't know where I would be without all this software you find GreatFoo.:D :up:

legacy-Robert Halford
06-02-2004, 12:53 PM
Repeat:Originally posted by Robert Halford
Well, I got it installed but where are the files that go into the System folder at??????????:confused:

legacy-catgoice
06-02-2004, 12:54 PM
I finally got around to playing this map just now, and I just wanted to say, it's great.
The lighting is great, very moody.
I can't wait to see more maps from you. :D:up:

legacy-Robert Halford
06-02-2004, 01:55 PM
Originally posted by Rehevkor
Robert: You need to download a program called WinRAR to extract the archive. Inside the archive are three folders: Maps, Music, and System. Simply extract these folders to your /UT2004 folder.

I have extracted them there, but the map doesn't even show up as a death match option. :confused:

legacy-Robert Halford
06-02-2004, 02:09 PM
I got it working!
Spoooooky. Well done!
Thank you!:up:

legacy-Rehevkor
06-02-2004, 03:44 PM
Originally posted by catgoice
I finally got around to playing this map just now, and I just wanted to say, it's great.
The lighting is great, very moody.
I can't wait to see more maps from you. :D:up:

Thanks! :) I'm currently working on a map for the Alien Swarm mod, so the moody, atmospheric lighting will be put to good use :cool:

legacy-FireCrack
06-02-2004, 07:59 PM
fix your post icon

legacy-Rehevkor
06-02-2004, 10:13 PM
The only post icons available since the forum change are smilies. Apparently they've done away with that system or it hasn't been re-implemented yet.

legacy-FireCrack
06-03-2004, 06:52 PM
Originally posted by Rehevkor
The only post icons available since the forum change are smilies. Apparently they've done away with that system or it hasn't been re-implemented yet.

err not here, i see MAP AS. try refreshing.

legacy-Rehevkor
06-03-2004, 07:14 PM
The only icons I see when creating a new thread or post or editing a post are the smile message icons just under the subject line. I don't know why you're seeing the map icons and I'm not, but there's nothing I can do about it.

Now lets see... not counting my posts there are a total of 3 out of 10 replies to this thread that actually comment on my map. Not to be rude, but the rules do encourage you to leave comments :bulb: Let's save the freeware discussion and forum tech support for another thread, shall we?

legacy-Seroth
06-04-2004, 04:55 AM
Great map. ^-^ Great for Bio Invasion as it makes it even more creepier! XD

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1868/biod3.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4973/biod.jpg

legacy-Super_Moose
06-04-2004, 07:11 AM
It has a great atmosphere but it's way too cramped to be playable IMO.
The layout isn't too hot either.

legacy-Grzech
06-09-2004, 06:38 PM
That map has it's own dark/creepy atmosphere (though it's little dark there :D ). And that great MUSIC!
Something a'la Doom2: Hell on Earth :p

legacy-NeoPhoenix
06-09-2004, 06:46 PM
I have to admit when i first saw the map I didn't think it would be fun, but I had a blast playing it. The two things that could have been better were the bot pathing (kept trying to go up the down ramp and vice versa getting crushed in the proccess) and the hight of the roof in many areas. (coldn't dubble jump in a lot of areas).