Fast Action Series

[far]

Here it is, the four map fast action series is now completed & ready to download. Four unique fighting places specially designed to give players maximum fighting experience against a large number of opponents.

I would like to thank everybody for their feedback & giving these maps a try. Thank you very much. I hope you enjoy playing these maps as much as i enjoyed designing & playing them.

Note that no checkpoints are available. As usual, difficulty level is very high so watch your moves ;)

(Please report any problems you might experience, I will try to fix them as soon as possible. Thanks again)

Screenshots & Download links.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3492/spemergence01nk4.th.jpg (http://img227.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spemergence01nk4.jpg)

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/5667/spemergence02bb9.th.jpg (http://img219.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spemergence02bb9.jpg)

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3446/spcourtlock01yz0.th.jpg (http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spcourtlock01yz0.jpg)

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3802/spwashout01aj5.th.jpg (http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spwashout01aj5.jpg)

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7198/spwashout03no0.th.jpg (http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spwashout03no0.jpg)

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6596/sptakedown01pz5.th.jpg (http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sptakedown01pz5.jpg)

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4240/sptakedown02lt4.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sptakedown02lt4.jpg)

Emergence (Updated)
http://files.filefront.com/SP+Emergence+Far7z/;9471481;/fileinfo.html

CourtLock
http://files.filefront.com/SP+CourtLock+Far7z/;9470260;/fileinfo.html

WashOut
Download link will be updated soon.

TakeDown
http://files.filefront.com/SP+FinalTake+Far7z/;9471043;/fileinfo.html

Locust Wars - Bots Supported
http://www.moddb.com/games/284/gears-of-war/addons/10281/locust-wars-by-far



Credits: Thaur, NewPCGamer, Mysticaly, Zackiz, theinterlock, Core2Tom & all others :)

Looking forward to see your maps also.

[Zackiz]

Nice! Downloading then now :) Now I know what to do for the next couple of days ;) Really looking forward to play them now :)

Is there any order to play them in or do they connect auto? Im guessing that Im to start with Emergence, but can you confirm that, please?

[BrendanL]

Looks great!

[far]

Is there any order to play them in or do they connect auto? Im guessing that Im to start with Emergence, but can you confirm that, please?

no specific order, you can play them in anyway you like, originally i had planned emergence as a first map & takedown as the last map but now each map is individual from other.

[Zackiz]

Some quick things about Washout.

There are some places where the coverlink don't work or have been forgotten(in the corridor where the first load of snipers appear for instance). The brukmak fight was nice and I didn't expect that one(goldstar). Though it was easy, cannot say why, but it was. Loved the "secret" room to ;) It was deffo the easiest one, due to the relative large areas. I like that there are alot of ammo everywhere so that you can fight on with the guns and not have to go melee.

Overall, this is one is a really great map!

[NewPCGamer]

YESS!!! looks awesome! downloading now. Also far im having an issue making my music play when my emergence hole pops up. I have it so that from touch trigger<play sound<music score<all dead<stop. the music dosnt even start to play when i touch the trigger. Any suggestions?
oh yeah one more thing. How do i get it so my interp actor can be lit? right now its just solid blaclk.

[Zackiz]

YESS!!! looks awesome! downloading now. Also far im having an issue making my music play when my emergence hole pops up. I have it so that from touch trigger<play sound<music score<all dead<stop. the music dosnt even start to play when i touch the trigger. Any suggestions?
oh yeah one more thing. How do i get it so my interp actor can be lit? right now its just solid blaclk.


This is really offtopic and please take this to another thread but....

I'd really like a picture of you kismetsetup, but make sure you select a soundCUE and not a sound in the play sound. Check these little things first and com back if it doesn't work.

About the light, I think it has to do with box that says "dynamic light" somewhere. Dynamic stuff don't show themselves in normal light, it has to be dynamic light.


Far: Im having trouble opening all your maps except Emergence, so I can't really say what the coverlink problems are about(the editor just crashes over and over).

[Thaur]

YESS!!! looks awesome! downloading now. Also far im having an issue making my music play when my emergence hole pops up. I have it so that from touch trigger<play sound<music score<all dead<stop. the music dosnt even start to play when i touch the trigger. Any suggestions?
oh yeah one more thing. How do i get it so my interp actor can be lit? right now its just solid blaclk.

to light up your interp actor, you can go to this link. Scroll down between 1/2 of the way and 2/3 to where there are pink highlighted areas talking about Lighting channels:dynamic

I've not finished the maps yet because they are so hard and I need to go to work now, but I have a few comments:

On Court Lock, enemies spawn out in the open right in front of you, so it looks silly and makes it more difficult.
On Wash Out, there is a place where I got stuck and had to restart the map. I will make a link to the screenshot. Also, when I loaded the savepoint on Wash Out, the sniper rifle was no longer available at the secret room.

So far it is a lot of fun. My favorites are Wash Out and Final Take. I like the rainy setting and lighting of washout as well as being able to snipe. On Final Take the room with the helicopter and troika looks amazing, especially from the camera sequence. Using the grenades and bow were really fun there. More later.

[jyu174]

I only finished Washout. The other three are too hard without the sniper. I will keep trying.

These four maps alone are worth of the $40 I spent on GoW PC version (I also have the Xbox 360 version)!!!

Thanks and keep up with the good work.

[jyu174]

Since these maps are pretty hard, is it possible to play co-op with the maps?

[Taffer]

I am really wondering how you are achieving that sort of hazy fog feel that all of the screens have, especially the third one. I am guessing that it has to do with post processor effects, but I cannot for the life of me set them correctly to achieve that affect. I thought depth of field was what you needed to change to get that haze feel, but all that seems to do is blur everything to death.

[far]

I am really wondering how you are achieving that sort of hazy fog feel that all of the screens have, especially the third one. I am guessing that it has to do with post processor effects, but I cannot for the life of me set them correctly to achieve that affect. I thought depth of field was what you needed to change to get that haze feel, but all that seems to do is blur everything to death.

In order to get that hazy feel look, use fog height. It is available in Generic Browser -> Actor Classes. Add one fog height to your map. Take the fog height to a very high position from ground level so it covers all your space from ground to some point in sky. Change properties like density, color & you get your haze which covers all your map :)

Thanks.

[Taffer]

I guess I was way off. Thanks a ton!

[BuffyTheSlayer]

your SP map was so fun and excited !!!:eek:
thank you for these fun maps
I really love nice colors & lighting in your maps
cant wait more map from you
sorry bad English too :D

http://my-image-hosting.com/out.php/t20076_HighresScreenshot00002.jpg (http://my-image-hosting.com/show.php/20076_HighresScreenshot00002.jpg.html) http://my-image-hosting.com/out.php/t20075_HighresScreenshot00015.jpg (http://my-image-hosting.com/show.php/20075_HighresScreenshot00015.jpg.html)

[Pappi_man]

All of those custom maps are the best for the Gears of War in my opinion. 10x better than my ugly looking maps.

[iHOST]

Just tried these and they are very good i like the little cutscenes ect they feel like part of the campaign almost, Is this guy finished with map design now tho as i see these are pretty old? Thanks either way.

[far]

Just tried these and they are very good i like the little cutscenes ect they feel like part of the campaign almost, Is this guy finished with map design now tho as i see these are pretty old? Thanks either way.

Just a little busy for quite sometime, otherwise I am not done with Gears map design yet. I simply love this game :D

Thanks for playing.

[Taffer]

Just a little busy for quite sometime, otherwise I am not done with Gears map design yet. I simply love this game :D

Thanks for playing.

Best news today!

[iHOST]

Glad to hear these are some of the best SP i played and ive played them all nearly in the last 3 days. Optimization for one i can run these in full detail without a frame drop were as others i have to turn settings down, Look foward to your next project :)