CTF/BR-Football2K10 - **UPDATED 09/19/10** [Pics] [PC/PS3] [VER 1.4]

[Bl!tz~]

yoooo bro;
first i m srry: took me so long to try it....my old memory again...pills!

excellent job on all; new texturing is tip top! contrasts everywhere, lighting/darkness and colors...really eyecandy

the kizmet interaction; the sky new deco ;ur blue & red "lava" under the grids are superb; music & sounds are original and fun

i first thought that u was under contract with pepsi! haha and i discovered the coca side of the map; this kind of lil details gives a "true" looking to the place

the sniper spot is nicely balanced and i think i can camp there hours!

congratz for this new version; all is nicely done and this map is very representative of what mean "custom content" imo;thx for ur work my friend, anotha keeper one ;-)

[1XTreme]

Wow!

The map looks Amazing I love the way you have changed it the bricks in hall way look awesome, nice new tiles , The space area is so beautiful and I'm glad you switched it back from green grass to black turf looks more clean/nicer! I always liked the black more it seems like it fits the map more.

first time in UT3 I've seen a working light switch (button) and good job making the door move up and down rather than appearing and disappearing , noticed really cool mechanized deco such as that flame and one at end of halls.

I can't believe how awesome this is, spectacular compared to even your previous versions of this map! After playing it and looking through for 20 minutes without bots, I have decided this is my favourite map! looking forward to the upcoming projects!

Thanks for the update!

NiTro .. cool post!! - glad you like the map, yes i did polish some materials, & tweak the sky .. yes the darker feature of the field suits the map much better .. You noticed the different Redeemer door .. i also prefer having it lower and raise .. & especially having the AI use it! I really worked for adding details / deco that fit the theme of the map and made sense rather than throwing as many meshes as i could everywhere/at the map .. heh .. (awesome to hear this is one of your favs..) Thx dude!

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Sorry for taking so long to try it out

No worries!

Anyhow, love it. The layout is great, music fits perfectly and it looks great!

Excellent! glad to hear it.

Some things that might have improved it even further, everything has a collision even all of the very small detail stuff which makes it hard to move across the map without getting stuck somewhere. Also, you seem to have changed some material settings for most of the stock meshes to make it look much darker. Dunno how to explain it good but about 50% of the maps meshes are very bright colored and the other 50% are well black, looks kinda wierd but I dunno :P

Agreed! (especially about the collision issues) maybe i'll update it again at some point / possibly next football season? (dunno) On the meshes there are some custom / modified materials & some have a dedicated lighting channel also which darkens them up so that they aren't lit as much as everything else appears to be, while it might take some getting used to; much of this is obviously deliberate - though i can certainly still see your point, & as always i do appreciate your straightforward constructive feedback.

Keep up the good work mate!

Will do comrade!

[Thrallala]

Sorry for taking so long to try it out

Anyhow, love it. The layout is great, music fits perfectly and it looks great!

Some things that might have improved it even further, everything has a collision even all of the very small detail stuff which makes it hard to move across the map without getting stuck somewhere. Also, you seem to have changed some material settings for most of the stock meshes to make it look much darker. Dunno how to explain it good but about 50% of the maps meshes are very bright colored and the other 50% are well black, looks kinda wierd but I dunno :P

Keep up the good work mate!

[T-NiTro[MK]]

Wow!

The map looks Amazing I love the way you have changed it the bricks in hall way look awesome, nice new tiles , The space area is so beautiful and I'm glad you switched it back from green grass to black turf looks more clean/nicer! I always liked the black more it seems like it fits the map more.

first time in UT3 I've seen a working light switch (button) and good job making the door move up and down rather than appearing and disappearing , noticed really cool mechanized deco such as that flame and one at end of halls.

I can't believe how awesome this is, spectacular compared to even your previous versions of this map! After playing it and looking through for 20 minutes without bots, I have decided this is my favourite map! looking forward to the upcoming projects!

Thanks for the update!

[1XTreme]

congratz 1X; it looks great; i ll check it asap...if u see whot i mean

Thx Bl!tz .. Sounds good bro, looking forward to hearing from ya again after you get your rig fixed up!

I don't use SLI m8 I think it my graphics card thats slowing it down I have problems with one other game.

No it's not SCII.

Gotcha, if not SCII which game then?

It may well be tied to W7, I haven't got a spare XP machine to verify. V-sync is disabled too. I noticed it exiting portals if that helps. But I understand it's very hard to track down when you cant reproduce these observations.

Big thanks again for your maps

Well that makes sense since the teleporters change the PP effects momentarily as you step through them and also since they use the 'screen capture' actor to preview their visible FOV they are actually resource heavy assets. & No problemo glad you like the map again man. Any specific reason why you don't use v-sync? it actually smooths everything out for me so i leave it enabled. (But i understand some don't use it - just curious why, its true it limits frames but the payoff for the pure smooth gameplay makes it the better option in my case)

Sounds good!

Thank you very much!

Hey why haven't you checked your UOF PM? did you get my last message? RE: BR version .. ?

Cool update, sure ctf players have good fun with it
Keep it up the good work bro

Hiya bro, appreciate you stopping by to comment .. Thx for the encouragement, - it means a lot man.

This looks good and I'm almost ready to get back to reviewing maps.

Woot .. glad to hear it man, (looking forward to more of your reviews) i've missed them dude.

[SkaarjMaster]

This looks good and I'm almost ready to get back to reviewing maps.

[SEBASTIEN-NOVA]

Cool update, sure ctf players have good fun with it
Keep it up the good work bro

[HO0815XX]

Got it! - i'll make those slight adjustments and then i'll be uploading the uncooked file today & tomorrow.

Sounds good!

I'll check my UOF PM boss. Thx again for your continuing support in this community old friend, you have helped so many mappers, you're practically famous at this point.

Thank you very much!

[Achernar]

I'm wondering if its a W7 thing? all the machines i've tested on in my LAN *(5 client machines 1 dedicated media/server)* are running either XP or Windows Home Server. - Glad its only a slow down and not a game breaker, (curious as Gussy brought up; do you have v-sync enabled for UT3?)

It may well be tied to W7, I haven't got a spare XP machine to verify. V-sync is disabled too. I noticed it exiting portals if that helps. But I understand it's very hard to track down when you cant reproduce these observations.

Big thanks again for your maps

[Zerglings]

I don't use SLI m8 I think it my graphics card thats slowing it down I have problems with one other game.

No it's not SCII.

[Bl!tz~]

congratz 1X; it looks great; i ll check it asap...if u see whot i mean

[1XTreme]

Just played a few rounds and I wanted to get back to you.

First and foremost... this map is a BLAST. It is really fun with the bots cranked up and using weapons.

The dual enforcers are so much fun. I haven't seen an enforcer pick up on to many maps, especially CTF.

The flag cap music and fans cheering was a great idea. That really enhances the game play IMO HO pegged it as Poker face ... Good call on the choice for music

Thx for the follow up!
Glad you've had a blast with this latest version ..

Yeah i've seen the enforcer pickup occasionally in some DM maps but i haven't seen it used w/CTF and i've never seen the enforcer ammo in any map come to think of it. (The pickup placement is faithful to the original map for the most part, but i figured adding the enforcer would enhance this UT3 version - seems that was correct)

The scoring stingers are supposed to be fanfare with the cheering / beats etc. Glad they're a hit.

The changes in the lighting really seem to bring out the colors in the bases. As well as the field/outer stadium. The turf/football field looks much better. I personally like a darker field. Grass wouldn't really make sense in space ( especially with rockets, redeemers, and flak bombs blowing up on it)

Absolutely .. in fact; someone tried to suggest to me the field should be green (which was attempted in an earlier released version) & TBH that threw the entire map off IMO, (so i reverted & reworked the field) and in a futuristic 'unreal' setting such as this with as you say explosions everywhere turf doesn't make sense, a hardened alloy / metal of some type does though & the darker style field definitely was intentional.

I stated earlier that the the sky rocks. I really like the nebula's

Very good use of deco. I like all the different areas you can look into and see something going on whether it is a view of the stars/space under you or different machinery. I think it is very cool how all the different deco all has a purpose and works together to make stadium stay afloat in outerspace. The flagroom looks killer with all the pipes and lighting changes. I really like what you did with that. To me it seems like you really re amped that room. You gave it some very nice trim/deco without going over board. Just the right amount. Very nice changes to the upper halls again you gave it it a nice tweaking without overly decorating it.

Indeed! i did ad quite a bit of additional detail while at the same time keeping it all tied together to stay within the theme of the map ..

You seem to have a knack for adding deco but keeping the map clean.

Perfect! that's what i'm after .. thx again for this excellent feedback. - Ya rock! <FLAK MONKEY>

Hey bro,

Since you ask, no prob to list the little things to fix. SM stand for StaticMeshes :

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That's it

Got it! Thx bro .. (BTW what does SM mean again? lol, just kidding - yeah notice my on post #112 where i say "as far as over lapping meshes I wasn't aware that there were any" - you realize i just abbreviated by referring to them as meshes right? .. meshes = SM )

Good looking map 1EXtreme.
However, i do seem to be having some fps issues with it.
Is this just my craptacular kit or has anyone else found this.
Windsor 64 dual core, GT9800

Thx bro .. not sure on the performance issue, (what speed is your processor and what O/S? out of curiosity) ran fine on the 5 machines i tested it on (a little choppy in certain areas on the Pentium D) but otherwise good on the others, one machine C2D 2.6 4700 / 8800GT ran the map fine also (v-sync is enabled on all machines)

The BR-version is exactly that, what I yesterday forgot to ask.

I'll PM you @ UOF. I don't know if you have cleaned up your PM's here, still full?

Got it! - i'll make those slight adjustments and then i'll be uploading the uncooked file today & tomorrow.

I'll check my UOF PM boss. Thx again for your continuing support in this community old friend, you have helped so many mappers, you're practically famous at this point.

Many thanks for this great map, I've had heaps of fun playing it.

Your very welcome! ((glad to hear peeps are having fun with it, as i say - makes it all worth the efforts))

I have noticed some frame drops in places, not a game killer but still apparent.
QuadCore W7 HD5770

I'm wondering if its a W7 thing? all the machines i've tested on in my LAN *(5 client machines 1 dedicated media/server)* are running either XP or Windows Home Server. - Glad its only a slow down and not a game breaker, (curious as Gussy brought up; do you have v-sync enabled for UT3?)

Nice update bro just one problem for me is the frame rate should have a problem with i7.

But I'm getting 25fps at times.

Thx for the heads up, still wondering if its an O/S or UT3 setting issue?? cause it runs quite well on some other machines that are slower than your higher-end hardware bro .. (are you still SLI?)

[Gussie[MK]]

Good looking map 1EXtreme.
However, i do seem to be having some fps issues with it.
Is this just my craptacular kit or has anyone else found this.
Windsor 64 dual core, GT9800

What speed is that Windsor? I run a C2D 2.8 and a 9800 GT and this runs like a raped ape on my PC. Do you have V-sync enabled? On my system everything seems to run better with V-Sync enabled especially UT3 and Sacred 2.

[Zerglings]

Nice update bro just one problem for me is the frame rate should have a problem with i7.

But I'm getting 25fps at times.

[Achernar]

Many thanks for this great map, I've had heaps of fun playing it.

Is this just my craptacular kit or has anyone else found this.

I have noticed some frame drops in places, not a game killer but still apparent.
QuadCore W7 HD5770