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Rehevkor

12-16-2007, 08:23 PM

Name: DM-LiftKill (http://www.halcyonflow.com/files/DM-LiftKill.zip)
Version: 1.0
Compatibility: UT3 (PC and PS3)
Players: 6 to 8 recommended

Description:

The map is set inside a huge freight elevator shaft. One of the things I tend to dislike about Onslaught/Warfare maps and any large, outdoor map is that, in spite of presenting large open areas and long sight lines for combat, they tend to be very two-dimensional, with Z-axis play only in specific areas, usually structures.

With this map, I wanted to present that sense of open space and unrestricted visibility, but contain the action in a relatively small space and take greater advantage of vertical movement. I encouraged this by spreading the "stalled" lifts around in space so that they act as ledges and steps to carry the player around the map. This is augmented by a number of jump pads and lifts, which have been set up with lift-jumping in mind.

The uDamage at the top is accessible from the sniper rifle ledge, assuming you don't miss the jump. However, the small lift on the large platform is ideal for lift-jumping to the uDamage quickly. The larger platform lifts connecting the bottom platform to the top one are good for lift-jumping almost anywhere in the map, and are the only means to access the Redeemer (unless you're handy with rocket/hammer jumps).

Comments:

This is my fifth Unreal engine map, and I had a blast making it. I hope you enjoy it as well. All feedback is welcome, so please reply and let me know what you think. I think I'll take a stab at CTF next. By the way, if anyone is interested in adding this to their server's map rotation, please reply with the name and IP of your server so I can come by and say hello. :)

Update: The map is now available in three PS3 flavors as well.

Download (PC): Primary download (http://www.halcyonflow.com/files/DM-LiftKill.zip) Filefront (http://dodownload.filefront.com/9408623//ac13f12784728b971a63dcc5ade6d1067ffb878aeec79e36db 417517b6ebcea9910eb9505faed045)
Download (PS3 North America): Primary download (www.halcyonflow.com/files/DM-LiftKill_PS3_NA.zip) Filefront (http://dodownload.filefront.com/9408697//ac13f12784728b971a63dcc5ade6d1067ffb878aeec79e36db 417517b6ebcea9910eb9505faed045)
Download (PS3 Europe): Primary download (www.halcyonflow.com/files/DM-LiftKill_PS3_EU.zip) Filefront (http://dodownload.filefront.com/9408699//ac13f12784728b971a63dcc5ade6d1067ffb878aeec79e36db 417517b6ebcea9910eb9505faed045)
Download (PS3 Germany): Primary download (www.halcyonflow.com/files/DM-LiftKill_PS3_DE.zip) Filefront (http://dodownload.filefront.com/9408701//ac13f12784728b971a63dcc5ade6d1067ffb878aeec79e36db 417517b6ebcea9910eb9505faed045)

Video: View YouTube video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=9jMPtwkBkF0)

Screenshots:

http://www.halcyonflow.com/media/dm-liftkill_final_1.png

http://www.halcyonflow.com/media/dm-liftkill_final_2.png

http://www.halcyonflow.com/media/dm-liftkill_final_3.png

Biznarie

12-16-2007, 09:00 PM

Looks awesome, good job! Downloading now.

booshack

12-16-2007, 09:28 PM

Very cool, somehow reminds me of DM-Liandri.

Cleary

12-16-2007, 11:00 PM

Looks Very good, and looks fun to play.. Will test it in afew hours.

Inspirational actually :O?

BuffyTheSlayer

12-17-2007, 01:54 AM

in Game sound effect and lighting effect is really nice and beautifull !!! :eek:
;)

b0b7h3r1pp3r

12-17-2007, 03:58 AM

well despite the fact that I usually wait for a little more feedback from others than this, I am going to download this because the whole z-axis thing piques my interest.

bobekk

12-17-2007, 11:55 AM

can u specify number of players that fit that map ?

Catzenjaeger

12-17-2007, 12:32 PM

no sound in tube video? hmn but looks really nice - good work i will add them on our dowenload database

Rehevkor

12-17-2007, 12:56 PM

can u specify number of players that fit that map ?

6 to 8 recommended. I'll update the original post as well.

no sound in tube video? hmn but looks really nice - good work i will add them on our dowenload database

The video does have sound, at least for me. Anyway, thanks for adding the map! If you can give me a link to it, I'll add it as a mirror in the original post.

Cleary

12-17-2007, 01:11 PM

Yh for me aswell.. Good video.. still waiting for my PC to get fixed up FFS!..hopefully afew more hours if not then tomorrow

Mugglez

12-17-2007, 01:17 PM

Just played the map and love it! Great job! Only question I have is, is there any way to update the in-game screenie or game info with the number of players? I know your original post said 6-8, but it would be nice to see that in-game as well.

msny

12-17-2007, 01:44 PM

Great map!

I luv vertical maps for one.
My only suggestion would be to add and space a few more plaforms at a somewhat lower level down, giving it a tiered effect. You could have jump points or lifts going up or down. I would make the splash damage slight should I fall from the top to the lower one.

Nice gameplay!

chaos667

12-18-2007, 11:21 AM

very nice map i like details and atmosphere, those barrels especially

Phoenix86

12-18-2007, 07:30 PM

great map, love the style

Lemonking

12-18-2007, 07:39 PM

looks sweet

Funeral_Dancer

12-19-2007, 04:15 AM

very nice. video is good too.
thnx for the work.

elgourmet

12-19-2007, 07:00 AM

excellent job! keep up the good work!

Friendlyman

12-19-2007, 09:11 AM

I didn't play this map.

I only watched the Youtube video for about 12 seconds.

This map is awesome.

My cat farted and it smells bad.

Smaz

12-20-2007, 12:25 PM

Map is great fun! I think it was a bit too easy to fall off in a few places, but then I guess I should have been paying more attention, that's what the maps supposed to be about... :D

Can't wait to see more :)

chaos667

12-20-2007, 05:36 PM

i ve tried it now with bots. i must say that it is unstoppable action, in small space. but because the map uses Z axis and has several levels that shoots from any angle, and has alot of jump pads as well as cool elevators (sound is really awsome), it plays really crazy and it seems to be even more drive in online play. only thing i notice, is that this room, with a bio is kinda empty and large, it has a potential to include a second floor with a nice bonus for example, and bots rarely use it... maybee it's just my bots ;) by the way I must say my score for this map:

design and all that stuff looks like 8/10
gameplay feels like unstoppable drive and plays like 9.5/10
and overal score i think is 8.8 or something close to this. really cool map and musthave for a true UT3 fan !

Madmanxan

12-21-2007, 01:10 AM

one question...whats the deal with the alarm when u jump on that platform?

Rehevkor

12-21-2007, 09:11 AM

The Redeemer spawns on that platform. There's an alarm sound when it spawns, and an alarm and light effect when it's picked up.

By the way, thanks for the comments everyone! :D

oaL

12-21-2007, 09:31 AM

Just downloaded this, brilliant map, well done!

Freak

12-21-2007, 11:11 AM

Nice map,fun to play.Added to server rotation,Ye Old Pub.Keep up the good work.

TML

12-21-2007, 06:44 PM

The map looks like great fun. I hope you plan on converting it for the PS3 userbase once that becomes available :D

Rehevkor

12-21-2007, 10:26 PM

The map looks like great fun. I hope you plan on converting it for the PS3 userbase once that becomes available :D

You can count on it. :)

Smaz

12-21-2007, 10:30 PM

I have to say, one of the vital things I think is missing from UT3 is Z-action play (height). If you can convert Z axis play this well into a standard map, I'd consider you a god... :D

Mojo

12-22-2007, 12:27 PM

Good job with this map. We have it on our server.

I know you've released this final but I found an issue common with custom maps when you don't have all your video settings maxed out. Here are your lifts with maxed out settings:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/Mojoclr/LiftKillHigh.jpg

And here they are without maxed out settings:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/Mojoclr/LiftKillLow.jpg

There is a description of the problem and solution here: http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=589030

If you decide to make a "fixed edition" of this map I also noticed the bots getting stuck on the barrels on one of the lower platforms.

Seven_Force

12-22-2007, 12:45 PM

Good job on the map man. Flow is really good and the bots get around very well considering this is a level that requires great care to not fall off. Nice touch in the sniper area with the wall you can croutch behind. This map, the longest yard WITHOUT vehicles/avril, and Shrine are my favorite custom DM maps so far.

We need more CTF levels now.

Rehevkor

12-22-2007, 02:52 PM

Good job with this map. We have it on our server.

I know you've released this final but I found an issue common with custom maps when you don't have all your video settings maxed out. Here are your lifts with maxed out settings:

And here they are without maxed out settings:

There is a description of the problem and solution here: http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=589030

If you decide to make a "fixed edition" of this map I also noticed the bots getting stuck on the barrels on one of the lower platforms.

The issue with textures appearing blurry (or not at all) on low settings is actually a bug (see this thread (http://gearsforums.epicgames.com/showpost.php?p=25152296)). Using bForceMipStreaming is only a band-aid fix, and is likely to cause more problems than it solves. Turning this on can result in video cards with low memory running out of space, as this forces all texture mips to load at level start, instead of streaming them as necessary. This could either cause a performance hit or missing textures during gameplay, which is worse than having some blurry textures or dynamic meshes that appear unlit.

According to that post, all you need to do to avoid this as a player is max the Texture Quality setting. The performance hit should be minor on most video cards.

Good job on the map man. Flow is really good and the bots get around very well considering this is a level that requires great care to not fall off. Nice touch in the sniper area with the wall you can croutch behind. This map, the longest yard WITHOUT vehicles/avril, and Shrine are my favorite custom DM maps so far.

We need more CTF levels now.

Thanks for the compliments. :) I'm already working on my next map, which happens to be CTF. I'm doing basic layout and some experiments with visuals right now. Here is a little preview (the checkerboard texture is temporary):

http://www.halcyonflow.com/media/ctfpreview.jpg

I'm going with a minimum of static meshes (possibly none at all) but I don't mean to imply that it will be a UT99 style map, exactly. I'm working on a visual style based on VR environments, inspired by the look of the VR missions in Metal Gear Solid 2. I will be adding lots of visual detail through custom textures and particle systems instead of raw geometry (static meshes).

With that said, let's keep the comments here to DM-LiftKill to keep things orderly. I should have a WIP post ready for the Mod Request/Idea Sharing forum in a few days.

LeaderX

12-22-2007, 05:56 PM

Maxed out settings:
Looks great!
AVG FPS = 90 or so
Dips to 50 when looking over map from sniper arena (still not as bad as Shang or Deck)
As high as 180 in enclosed areas (or enclosed viewing areas).

Very nicely done!

b0b7h3r1pp3r

12-25-2007, 12:41 AM

Enjoy the map very much...noticed the black lift thing as well and I have to say that I can't run the game with textures all the way up because my normal game only runs at about 35 fps max...then again I am playing on a laptop so I can't blame the map maker too much for that.

Johnny Vet Boy B

12-29-2007, 09:03 PM

Rehevkor - great map, I'm a massive fan of vertical combat, gives a much greater sense of immersion within a 3d game world I feel. Well done. I'd love to see you put your obvious talents to another vertical map - I had in mind Phobos2, which to my mind is an absolute classic map, with every conceivable shapes and sizes of rooms, narrow corridors, the large central "pit", with the low gravity high areas to top it all off. How about it? I'd dearly love to see that map updated to UT3...

John

Drvanvanmojo

12-29-2007, 11:46 PM

This map is amazing, i don't play much DM, but this one draws me in.

Harmatia

12-30-2007, 02:48 AM

This is an awesome map. I was just thinking how great a map based on the Theed Power Generator area from Star Wars Episode One (http://www.starwars.jp/databank/location/image/generator_area.jpg) would be, and this map gave me the kind of gameplay I imagined for it. Great work.

D-Hunter

12-30-2007, 02:48 AM

Very nice!

Mojo

12-30-2007, 05:07 PM

The issue with textures appearing blurry (or not at all) on low settings is actually a bug (see this thread (http://gearsforums.epicgames.com/showpost.php?p=25152296)). Using bForceMipStreaming is only a band-aid fix, and is likely to cause more problems than it solves. Turning this on can result in video cards with low memory running out of space, as this forces all texture mips to load at level start, instead of streaming them as necessary. This could either cause a performance hit or missing textures during gameplay, which is worse than having some blurry textures or dynamic meshes that appear unlit.

According to that post, all you need to do to avoid this as a player is max the Texture Quality setting. The performance hit should be minor on most video cards.

Yeah I agree it's a bug that Epic will hopefully fix. BTW if you have texture quality maxed out in your video settings screen and then change DepthOfField to False in your UTEngine.ini file your texture quality then goes all the way down to 1 in the menu and this problem occurs. I like turning off the DepthOfField effect since it makes it things much more clear.

TAW_GuitarSlim

12-30-2007, 07:07 PM

Great great map, on a par with any stock map. I get a 70+ fps where I get 60 on Heat Ray and 40-50 on Suspense:)

Fearzone

01-01-2008, 12:38 AM

Epic should be offering you a job!

NeoGzus

01-01-2008, 01:20 AM

reminds me of one of the puzzle levels in Roboblitz(which is one of the first few games to use the UE3) Pretty sweet map tho(judging from the pics)
I might try it out

Bl!tz~

01-02-2008, 05:19 PM

thx m8 anice map ....i ll put it on my server in rotation .....when i ll be abble to load the ut3 file on my FTP....i have a bug on all ut3 files on all custom maps .....no probs with ini & upk files....only ut3 ones .........i ll send ya ip in the minute after it ll be active on it^^
good work

ZODI303

01-07-2008, 08:21 PM

looks beautiful! the ceiling and secret ramps are amazing! what map is this for you? 3rd 4th? and could you cook this one for ps3? i really wanna play!

DSKEmilio

01-07-2008, 08:25 PM

Freakin cool map. I don't know why, but I get a Metroid Prime vibe from it. Good designs, man.

ctarpon23

01-07-2008, 08:50 PM

Can you please cook this for ps3. Thanks.

Secundus

01-07-2008, 09:14 PM

This map is hella awesome!

TheCynic

01-08-2008, 09:58 AM

Can you please cook this for ps3. Thanks.

+1

map looks killer

Rehevkor

01-08-2008, 12:54 PM

pauls2ndblessing

01-08-2008, 01:37 PM

I certainly will cook this up for PS3, although I can't test it myself since I don't own one. I've had some trouble getting the PS3 cooking process to work, but I'll take another look at it when I get home. If all goes well, I should have PS3 versions of the map for each region up some time tonight.

I will be available to test your map for the ps3 around 6pm cst, I'm not sure if your interested but I thought I would offer. Its the least I can do for you since you have created such an astounding map.

Thanks
PSN: pauls2ndblessng

RealSubZero

01-08-2008, 01:49 PM

would you mind cooking this awsome map for ps3 m8???

Rehevkor

01-08-2008, 11:59 PM

Ok, I have the map cooked and packaged, but I need someone to test it on their PS3 for me. Once it's confirmed working I'll zip it with an updated readme and package versions for the other regions (this one is for North America).

Grab it from FileFront (http://files.filefront.com/DM+LiftKill+PS3+NAzip/;9403851;/fileinfo.html), since my hosting provider's FTP is giving me grief right now.

The file came out quite a bit smaller than the PC version... do they compress lightmaps more heavily for PS3 or something? Anyway, let me know if it works or breaks.

mikehc69

01-09-2008, 12:02 AM

mikehc69

01-09-2008, 01:18 AM

Bump. Check this map out PS3ers....it works and runs great! Thanks again Rehevkor!

sentence

01-09-2008, 01:26 AM

thank you from the PS3 ppl, this is a hell of an awesome map.

wisdomWarrior

01-09-2008, 01:29 AM

I'm getting the map for the PS3 version, but could you please edit your initial post to this thread to include a link for the PS3 version. The more people that can see it on the front page, the better. I had to go to page 5 before I realise that I could play it on the PS3 as as well.

I think this map can be very popular on PS3 if people were more aware of it.

Thanks for supporting the PS3 UT community by allowing your map to work with the console :)

mikehc69

01-09-2008, 01:32 AM

your map looks incredible. I saw the youtube video. Please please compile this for PS3. This is the type of map that I would love to play!

Its converted already! Go back a couple posts he put up a link for it. It runs great!

wisdomWarrior

01-09-2008, 01:37 AM

Its converted already! Go back a couple posts he put up a link for it. It runs great!

Downloading it now :)

I love mods :D

wisdomWarrior

01-09-2008, 04:12 AM

I tried it out on PS3. It's a really fun map and the graphics look awesome :)

Thanks for making it available on PS3 too :D

JGame

01-09-2008, 04:58 AM

Thank you sir..niceness :))

TheCynic

01-09-2008, 06:37 AM

rock hen roll.

thx man

ArmageddonAsh

01-09-2008, 07:06 AM

looks good, will it be cooked for PS3?

EDIT: can some one post the link to the PS3 version download^^

wisdomWarrior

01-09-2008, 07:45 AM

looks good, will it be cooked for PS3?

EDIT: can some one post the link to the PS3 version download^^

its on page 5

ArmageddonAsh

01-09-2008, 07:51 AM

its on page 5

that link is "Access blocked" does any one have any other links to it, from a different site.

Rehevkor

01-09-2008, 09:11 AM

I want to take my PC version readme and modify it for the PS3 version, including install instructions. I'll do that when I get home from work today, then I'll upload it to my own web hosting and update the link on the front page.

I'll also add downloads for the other PS3 regions as well.

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I'm glad you're enjoying the map.

Update: I went ahead and updated the readme and uploaded the PS3 NA version. A new link has been added for it to my original post in this thread. Downloads for other regions should be up some time tonight.

Grinchy

01-09-2008, 10:13 AM

This looks and runs great on PS3! Something about it just feels very professional.

I still haven't figured out how to get up to that redeemer yet, haven't found jumpboots or anything :o

GSX600F

01-09-2008, 11:36 AM

PS3 NorthAmerica, does that mean this one willnot work on the European PS3 ?
BTW, very nice map!!!

Herby

01-09-2008, 11:42 AM

Thanks Rehekvor going to test it on the PS3 when I get home.

Fuel33

01-09-2008, 12:56 PM

PS3 version works fine and its a cool map to play in, thanks for supporting PS3 users.

Notorious187

01-09-2008, 01:09 PM

PS3 NorthAmerica, does that mean this one willnot work on the European PS3 ?
BTW, very nice map!!!

The only difference between a mod cooked for the EU version and a mod cooked for the NA version is the file structure - as long as the USERDATA.JAM file is in the correct folder for your version of the game, UT3 will recognize it.

musichighc

01-09-2008, 03:34 PM

Herby

01-09-2008, 03:55 PM

LiftKill is a great map, Thank you. It works awesome on the Ps3.

Rehevkor

01-09-2008, 09:25 PM

I added PS3 downloads for Europe and Germany, as well as Filefront mirrors for all versions. Let me know if there are any problems with them.

NDN_Shadow

01-09-2008, 10:36 PM

This is a really interesting map. I love how you can fight on different levels and such. I'm playing this on the PS3, and I think this one is a keeper for me.

Omegasyde

01-10-2008, 02:50 AM

Has great fun on your map! Thanks for cooking it good sir.

Rehevkor, this map reminds of me of a old arcade shooter Gunblades. This arcade game had 2 green machine guns and you were shooting from outside a helicopter. The levels were a mine, the las vegas strip, and a part where you shoot boats over Miami.

Thanks for bringing your art and thanks for reminding of that great game :)

wisdomWarrior

01-10-2008, 09:08 AM

wisdomWarrior

01-10-2008, 09:12 AM

PS3 NorthAmerica, does that mean this one willnot work on the European PS3 ?
BTW, very nice map!!!

I have an Australian PS3 (which is a PAL unit which is the same as a EURO console as far as I'm aware). And I bought the USA version of UT3 for PS3 and I have installed the US version of this map on my console and it works great :D

In other words, you won't have a problem if you have a EURO PS3.

Eldridge00

01-10-2008, 02:35 PM

This map works great on PS3, I love it. Thanks for lookin out for PS3.

/CPH\

01-31-2008, 08:19 AM

awesome fun map. well done

Erp

01-31-2008, 09:01 AM

I have an Australian PS3 (which is a PAL unit which is the same as a EURO console as far as I'm aware). And I bought the USA version of UT3 for PS3 and I have installed the US version of this map on my console and it works great :D

In other words, you won't have a problem if you have a EURO PS3.
Yeah, it's only the folders are named different where USERDATA.JAM file is placed in. The files are exactly the same (you can place a US USERDATA.JAM file and put it in EU folder and it works 100%). This has been tested.

Still, this is a great map. I love it!