Pick your top 5 custom WAR maps....

[bclagge]

Name a map without any collision bugs...

Exactly.

VCTF-Atari Combat ROFL oh wait you mean name a real map

I hope the first one is my remake

Obviously he's never played TooDarkPark.

[»TheHitMan«]

VCTF-Atari Combat ROFL oh wait you mean name a real map



Obviously he's never played TooDarkPark.

You mea brokebackmountain remake where he got my terrain from arctic? Yes. It was awful.

[bclagge]

You mea brokebackmountain remake where he got my terrain from arctic? Yes. It was awful.

I don't mean you, I mean panzerfaust, because anyone with half a brain cell who's played both maps will realize that Sanchez's is far superior. And don't flatter yourself. Sanchez exported the terrain from the 2k4 map.

And it's a remake of ArcticStronghold. BrokeBack was the beta name, which was changed later. Thus, you would not say TooDarkPark is a remake of BrokeBackMountain because it's the exact same map just a later version with a new name.

[Harmerty]

You mea brokebackmountain remake where he got my terrain from arctic? Yes. It was awful.

TooDark was awful?? Lmao, your version sucked, sorry!!

[Oldskool0482]

Your version of ArticStronghold was severely broken, how are you even gonna argue yours was better. Even if it wasn't broken TooDarkPark was still a better version IMO.

[»TheHitMan«]

Your version of ArticStronghold was severely broken, how are you even gonna argue yours was better. Even if it wasn't broken TooDarkPark was still a better version IMO.

How was it broken? Please send complaints to bret.hart.mapping@gmail.com thanks

[Cr4zy]

rofl. At it again. Everyone knows your version was abysmal, you just never bothered to fix anything....

[bclagge]

How was it broken? Please send complaints to bret.hart.mapping@gmail.com thanks

Ok, I'll e-mail you a link to the release thread. It has eleven pages of issues, if I recall correctly.

[Benfica]

rofl. At it again. Everyone knows your version was abysmal, you just never bothered to fix anything....

Please speak for yourself on that "everyone" part. IMHO most people don't care about disagreements between content creators and are just grateful for being able to enjoy it for free, regardless of the state that the author left such content

[DrUnKenSTeiN]

Even toodarkpark has several probs.For example the tank on the bridge that spawns facing one side only(weather reds r blue take the mid node).


I like many maps (valley,downtown necris by Bio n Cr4zy,Alien sands ,rails n many more).

I also like intense a lot:More like a war/bta map(the war version).Nice change if the server is 5vs5 or so.

[Oldskool0482]

How was it broken? Please send complaints to bret.hart.mapping@gmail.com thanks

I only help those who deserve help.

[Sanch3z]

Even toodarkpark has several probs.For example the tank on the bridge that spawns facing one side only(weather reds r blue take the mid node).

thats how it is in 2k4.

Hitman, the terrain in Too Dark Park/ BrokeBack was exported from the only true version of ArcticStronghold that there ever was and ever will be which was created by Swartz in UT2k4.

Your version strayed quite far from the original version as far as layout and gameplay which is why I did a version that was true to the original layout.

Still to this day you have not fixed the bugs in your map which is another reason it was necessary to do a proper remake.

This is so old news, get over it already and get on with your life.

[Benfica]

Sanch3z, I believe the best way is starting with small and fun maps even if they aren't the absolute best. And then as you say, add another once in a while. Unfortunately with large download sizes, often my opinion about a map quality didn't matter enough to make me wait. Most potential players that want to join your server aren't even here to vote, all they care for the first time is how long the map takes to download

Then I don't know what's wrong, but it doesn't make sense that maps with stock elements are often 50MB or larger. What's more, take a look at the sizes, uncompressed and 7zip:
[shot]http://turtlegt.planetaclix.pt/ut3/maps7z.png[/shot]
LongestYard compresses 13MB -> 1.7, that's 8:1. MasterBath 15MB -> 3MB. Dreamus 9->2 and so on. otoh others only compress 1.5:1 or even less. Way too many maps UT3 maps use poor or no compression and probably include stock textures and elements. What's more, even having 20Mbit/s downloads take foreeeever.

Just for reference, the 106 maps I downloaded:

03-11-2008  23:53         9.112.888 WAR-Dreamus-RC4.ut3
02-06-2009  11:58        13.474.146 WAR-LongestYard_-_NoFury.ut3
20-04-2009  23:38        13.487.060 war-longestyard.ut3
27-02-2008  21:41        14.233.545 WAR-Infiltration_v01B.ut3
25-03-2009  16:43        15.159.889 WAR-MasterBath_RC1.ut3
02-06-2009  10:52        16.901.321 WAR-Catacombs_Alpha2.ut3
25-03-2009  16:43        17.541.725 WAR-DeathDome.ut3
06-10-2008  14:43        20.226.437 WAR-Intense.ut3
07-12-2008  19:09        23.553.009 WAR-FacingWorlds_Beta3.ut3
02-06-2009  10:47        23.954.924 WAR-*****SlapClassic-NS-RC1.ut3
25-06-2008  16:54        26.797.852 WAR-InfectionForest.ut3
02-06-2009  10:37        27.832.781 WAR-Advantage.ut3
26-10-2008  06:36        28.098.158 WAR-ChainsIsle_Revisited.ut3
02-06-2009  10:45        29.812.281 WAR-BGEBattle_beta1.ut3
02-06-2009  12:00        30.175.570 WAR-MiddleCityArena.ut3
26-03-2009  01:45        30.845.284 WAR-AsteroidField_Beta2.ut3
15-06-2009  16:41        30.920.871 WAR-BeerBattle_beta4.ut3
05-12-2008  23:42        31.885.585 WAR-CarPark.ut3
12-12-2008  17:40        32.311.569 WAR-CarPark_SE.ut3
26-06-2008  16:50        32.467.383 WAR-Spambox.ut3
02-06-2009  11:54        36.703.537 WAR-InfectionForest_V3.ut3
18-03-2009  16:25        36.875.782 WAR-TheHouse_Beta3.ut3
25-03-2009  16:43        37.544.645 WAR-Gunshop-Beta3.ut3
02-06-2009  12:35        41.035.006 WAR-UCMP_ABC_Revisited_BETA3.ut3
23-09-2008  22:07        41.290.729 WAR-Jokersmile.ut3
04-12-2008  23:24        41.589.604 WAR-BrokeBack_Mountain_BETA1.ut3
25-03-2009  20:52        41.648.890 WAR-FlatlandMaze_Beta5.ut3
07-12-2008  21:18        41.961.597 WAR-SantaLand.ut3
17-10-2008  10:41        42.485.817 war-coastal-v1b.ut3
23-06-2008  01:44        42.786.894 WAR-CBP3-Airlock.ut3
25-03-2009  17:33        44.720.067 WAR-ColdHarbor-ONS_Beta1k.ut3
02-06-2009  12:40        45.145.658 WAR-Valley.ut3
29-10-2008  01:36        48.436.449 WAR-BeachFrontv3.ut3
12-02-2009  22:38        48.436.449 WAR-BeachFront.ut3
21-03-2008  17:04        49.003.055 WAR-Torlan[UT2004].ut3
11-10-2008  11:00        49.755.757 WAR-RealGar.ut3
17-08-2008  14:21        50.011.799 WAR-Primeval_SE.ut3
15-05-2009  03:12        50.095.493 War-TombOfAmunrah.ut3
04-11-2008  16:38        51.233.671 WAR-Flare.ut3
02-06-2009  12:34        51.815.137 WAR-TOO_DARK_PARK.ut3
16-04-2009  09:21        53.018.992 WAR-TOO_DARK_PARK_SE.ut3
15-11-2008  09:46        53.519.890 WAR-UGL-CrossFire.ut3
18-03-2009  10:52        54.271.335 WAR-Planet_Fuxxored.ut3
26-03-2009  21:33        54.356.927 WAR-Downtown_CE_beta1.ut3
20-01-2009  14:31        54.581.325 WAR-UGL-CrossF1re.ut3
14-03-2009  00:57        55.341.518 WAR-Imperia[BETA1].ut3
21-06-2008  08:49        55.928.253 WAR-Imperialism.ut3
06-10-2008  13:01        56.928.912 WAR-Samhain.ut3
13-10-2008  22:46        57.604.110 WAR-CBP3-Meditation.ut3
25-03-2009  18:09        57.793.986 WAR-Maelstrom]l[.ut3
29-03-2009  06:00        57.807.784 WAR-Maelstrom]i[.ut3
02-03-2009  02:05        58.574.190 WAR-RoyalFlush-RC2.ut3
02-06-2009  11:48        59.373.560 WAR-Hostile_ONS.ut3
19-03-2009  05:24        59.614.311 WAR-Subway-RC1.ut3
15-10-2008  18:10        60.452.969 WAR-ArchaicBluffs.ut3
02-06-2009  13:31        61.327.430 WAR-UGL-DryIce-Beta3.ut3
13-02-2009  10:25        61.607.763 WAR-ALIEN_SANDS_SE.ut3
01-05-2009  04:10        62.969.345 War-Subway.ut3
02-03-2009  17:12        63.090.873 WAR-ContainmentRC2.ut3
24-04-2009  09:13        63.768.629 WAR-Terra_Sirenum_LT.ut3
01-05-2008  05:31        64.362.887 WAR-ALIEN_SANDS.ut3
19-07-2008  02:12        64.390.682 WAR-ZeroImpact.ut3
23-04-2008  14:05        65.026.953 WAR-SnakeBite.ut3
28-04-2009  09:41        65.050.011 WAR-FULL_WORM_GARDEN.ut3
01-09-2008  20:53        65.874.305 WAR-Terra_Sirenum_Beta4.ut3
24-03-2009  16:47        65.986.466 WAR-FULL_WORM_GARDEN_beta3c.ut3
29-08-2008  16:00        67.187.423 WAR-Torlan_Winter_RC1.ut3
10-10-2008  21:54        67.477.045 WAR-SnakeBiteSE.ut3
17-10-2008  18:55        67.823.114 war-coastal-v2.ut3
18-10-2008  12:28        67.853.879 WAR-tropico.ut3
08-04-2009  09:01        67.964.964 WAR-TORLAN_WINT3R_CE.ut3
08-03-2009  12:34        68.306.785 WAR-Cavernb19.ut3
22-11-2008  22:43        68.324.690 WAR-TORLAN_WINT3R.ut3
30-11-2008  19:21        68.662.471 WAR-IridiRC1.ut3
16-04-2009  10:39        69.286.502 WAR-Dawn_Revisited_SE.ut3
17-10-2008  22:23        69.419.985 WAR-Terra-Sirenum_MSU.ut3
25-02-2009  21:04        69.503.617 WAR-ArchCliffsOE.ut3
06-04-2009  18:32        69.734.462 WAR-CavernOE.ut3
07-02-2009  13:29        69.800.603 WAR-XcavatedOE.ut3
30-11-2008  05:22        70.132.017 WAR-ArchCliffsRC1.ut3
28-09-2008  16:48        71.735.515 WAR-TanksForPlaying.ut3
11-07-2008  18:20        72.829.813 WAR-MinusTankMeUp-Snarf.ut3
07-02-2009  13:20        73.323.270 WAR-RivalenOE.ut3
26-06-2008  21:29        73.712.320 WAR-Synapse.ut3
06-10-2008  17:18        75.698.476 WAR-DEV1LS_N1GHT.ut3
15-10-2008  13:07        79.758.685 WAR-Dawn-BETA5c.ut3
18-10-2008  04:05        79.886.251 WAR-Marooned.ut3
11-05-2009  21:55        79.931.674 WAR-Araja][.ut3
29-12-2008  22:11        80.917.226 WAR-Dawn_Revisited.ut3
02-12-2008  20:34        81.423.457 WAR-Dawn-RC1b.ut3
30-11-2008  23:04        82.528.671 WAR-Rivalen.ut3
16-03-2008  14:18        87.796.234 WAR-Sentinels.ut3
12-10-2008  18:23        89.903.647 WAR-SerenityT5K.ut3
17-12-2008  10:46        89.937.354 WAR-HydroExtractor.ut3
16-08-2008  23:51        90.441.393 WAR-CarnageCanyon.ut3
02-06-2009  11:56        90.615.918 WAR-Iridi.ut3
22-02-2009  20:32        92.066.914 WAR-IridiRC2a.ut3
02-06-2009  12:01        92.897.603 WAR-MoltenCore-Beta1.ut3
16-10-2008  15:04        93.674.619 WAR-Holywar.ut3
02-06-2009  12:45        93.887.432 WAR-Wastelands.ut3
10-04-2009  21:27        96.780.560 WAR-ArtofWarOE.ut3
22-02-2009  12:10        97.189.480 WAR-ArtofWarOEb5.ut3
07-02-2009  13:44        97.208.849 WAR-SentinelsOE.ut3
29-11-2008  08:34       115.234.213 WAR-HotZone.ut3
30-09-2008  19:18       185.473.400 WAR-PsychoTropix.ut3
05-10-2008  12:10       196.418.981 WAR-FallenKingdom.ut3

[Sanch3z]

I hear and understand completely what you are saying about filesize per maps and agree that smaller is best. You have to take into consideration the number of stock meshes that need to be copied to the maps package so per poly collision can be applied. Without per poly there are ton of meshes that you can partially walk into, or their stock collision is too big. Epic puts blocking volumes around everything, complex blocking volumes. That must be torture for whoever has to do that work, at least they are getting paid since it would be quite a pain in the ***.

Then you have custom textures and manipulated stock textures which also make up filesize.

It would be easy to make a very bland looking map that has a tiny filesize. Maybe "bland" isnt a good word, a better way to decribe it would be that the map would look only slightly better than a 2k4 map. In that case I would just play 2k4.

All of the stock UT3 maps are over 40mb............

IMO when a map goes over the 70mb mark, that is TOO BIG...

[Benfica]

I see, I have no clue about mapping. Let me say that for me 95% of the maps out there are very worthwhile regardless of file size. Those custom map parties are the absolute best time I spent playing war and these days and I can't stand overplayed maps anymore, I rather have war-lolol-in-a-box-wiht-deemerz. But small maps are "easy" to include regardless of quality. How about picking a mix of small good ones to complement the most popular? That way, more often than not waiting time is short enough to keep most people on the server