(Released) FF_Meltdown (ex-ff_rmpfort2)

elchupacabra · 09-14-2007, 04:58 AM

Edit:
FF_Meltdown!

Hopefully I didn't forget to include any stuff. lua is not working properly as of now and there's a few more small things I need to add.
Screenshots of any problems would be very helpful.

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Hey guys, I've been lurking here for over a year now, slowly working on a few maps, this is the only one that I've ever come close to releasing though lol.

I've been working on this map a lot in the last couple of days, and now that FF is finally here I can work on completing it!

Here's some screenshots.

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Overview:
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It's only Red Base at the moment, I want to get that finished before I have to add the Blue Base lol.

I have a few questions. First, I have some ambient_generics I want to play whenever each team caps a flag, how might I go about doing this? Also, I have some env_embers, which worked fine in hl2dm but in FF they seem to have little red flickery squares around the ember textures.

Anyway, just wondering if you guys had any suggestions or thoughts on its appearance.

Beetle · 09-14-2007, 05:57 AM

looks fun for concing

own3r · 09-14-2007, 09:00 AM

Very impressive art style, for blue an icy theme would be the Icing on the cake, maybe a glassier coming down between two mountains or something similar. Its looking very nice I have to say, keep up the good work. Get a playtest going so the gameplay can be sorted out before you do any more, OvD style just make the midfield a bit bigger to simulate the time taken to get there.

nodnarb · 09-14-2007, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by own3r

Very impressive art style, for blue an icy theme would be the Icing on the cake, maybe a glassier coming down between two mountains or something similar. Its looking very nice I have to say, keep up the good work. Get a playtest going so the gameplay can be sorted out before you do any more, OvD style just make the midfield a bit bigger to simulate the time taken to get there.

Please do this!

IvaQuaL · 09-14-2007, 12:50 PM

wow, nice job

vartaxe · 09-14-2007, 03:38 PM

looks great!

Imbrifer · 09-14-2007, 03:42 PM

It looks amazing. Excellent theme, wonderful use of curves and such. I really appreciate its uniqueness, and it looks like you've put some time, effort, thought and planning into the layout and height variability.
Might I suggest that you break up the greenish/gray/brown concrete texture on the walls somehow. Using the ff textures, add some detail in, or a team color stripe, or something. Some rooms (like in shot 3) there are only a few places to see the team color of the room. Its a good texture, but its just way too...everywhere. Additionally, add some trim on the curvy edges on the front of each base.

As far as the ambient_generics go, you'll have to create a command in the lua file to tell the ambient_generic to play when the flag is capped.

elchupacabra · 09-14-2007, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by own3r

Very impressive art style, for blue an icy theme would be the Icing on the cake, maybe a glassier coming down between two mountains or something similar.

Perfect! I was just going to have lava both sides but I love this suggestions

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imbrifer

Might I suggest that you break up the greenish/gray/brown concrete texture on the walls somehow. Using the ff textures, add some detail in, or a team color stripe, or something. Some rooms (like in shot 3) there are only a few places to see the team color of the room. Its a good texture, but its just way too...everywhere. Additionally, add some trim on the curvy edges on the front of each base.

I've improved the trim texture and added some trim along curved edges inside the base, I'm not sure where else to put trim on the fronts of the bases though. I'll see what I can do about varying the texture slightly and add some more team colours, see what anything fits.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imbrifer

As far as the ambient_generics go, you'll have to create a command in the lua file to tell the ambient_generic to play when the flag is capped.

That's the problem lol, I figured it would probably be done in lua but I am terrible at that sorta stuff and have no clue what it would be!.

Here are a couple of slightly updated screenies.

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Thanks for the comments and suggestions guys

GeoKill-----> · 09-15-2007, 07:43 AM

Wow I really dig this map

tfcOG · 09-15-2007, 05:26 PM

looks good but could use a catchier title

Doughnut-4|4- · 09-14-2007, 09:15 AM

Very impressive art. I hesitate to comment on layout without running around it; I have trouble visualizing you see. But I'm okay with small midfields, if the defense can still put up a fight.

BoltR · 09-14-2007, 09:31 AM

Visually the map looks awesome.

ClangClangBoom · 09-14-2007, 09:36 AM

your plainest areas put my most detailed rooms to shame. i envy your skills. please finish this map, as I'm curious to see how it plays.

ViLE · 04-10-2008, 11:23 PM

this looks fucking insaneo awesome

**squeek.** · 04-10-2008, 11:53 PM

Game crashed when I tried to cap as blue team. I'll try it again and see if it does the same.

EDIT: Yep. When you drop down to cap, the game crashes.

Gator- · 04-11-2008, 12:30 AM

neither team can cap, both crash

we tried to do a pickup...ended up crashing the server 10 times and we killed the pickup

Dr.Satan · 04-11-2008, 01:05 AM

yeah please fix...this map fucking rocks otherwise...like honestly the best looking FF map I have seen. It's made of pure sexyness!

Also please map more...I want more maps from you!

elchupacabra · 04-11-2008, 01:25 AM

Eugh, turns out I hadn't updated my FF in a while, didn't use to happen on the version I had

It's a problem with the lua when you cap the flag, that was the part we had a problem with in the first place, turns out FF no longer likes our rather lame attempts at coding.

Here is a copy of the map with the flag cap lua disabled, should fix it fine until I can figure it out.

FF_Meltdown, Attempt II

Sorry for the rather unsuccessful first attempt lol.

(If anyone wants to look at the lua file the part thats broken is under -- Flag Cap)

Nuk3m · 04-18-2008, 06:15 AM

nice map dude!

Dr.Satan · 08-10-2009, 04:18 PM

does anyone know if anything ever happen with this map? I know that there was a major bug with capping blue flag iirc and a ton of stuff that was gonna get fixed up. I don't wanna include this in the map pack if it's still buggy

09-14-2007, 04:58 AM	#1
elchupacabra Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	FF_Meltdown (ex-ff_rmpfort2) Edit: FF_Meltdown! Hopefully I didn't forget to include any stuff. lua is not working properly as of now and there's a few more small things I need to add. Screenshots of any problems would be very helpful. _______________________________________ Hey guys, I've been lurking here for over a year now, slowly working on a few maps, this is the only one that I've ever come close to releasing though lol. I've been working on this map a lot in the last couple of days, and now that FF is finally here I can work on completing it! Here's some screenshots. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Overview: 10 It's only Red Base at the moment, I want to get that finished before I have to add the Blue Base lol. I have a few questions. First, I have some ambient_generics I want to play whenever each team caps a flag, how might I go about doing this? Also, I have some env_embers, which worked fine in hl2dm but in FF they seem to have little red flickery squares around the ember textures. Anyway, just wondering if you guys had any suggestions or thoughts on its appearance. Last edited by elchupacabra; 04-10-2008 at 10:20 PM.

09-14-2007, 03:42 PM	#7
Imbrifer Religious Stamp Machine Retired FF Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mad City, WI Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	It looks amazing. Excellent theme, wonderful use of curves and such. I really appreciate its uniqueness, and it looks like you've put some time, effort, thought and planning into the layout and height variability. Might I suggest that you break up the greenish/gray/brown concrete texture on the walls somehow. Using the ff textures, add some detail in, or a team color stripe, or something. Some rooms (like in shot 3) there are only a few places to see the team color of the room. Its a good texture, but its just way too...everywhere. Additionally, add some trim on the curvy edges on the front of each base. As far as the ambient_generics go, you'll have to create a command in the lua file to tell the ambient_generic to play when the flag is capped. __________________ Community Mapper 2morforever, 4play, attrition, gap, fragger and ff_training.

09-15-2007, 07:43 AM	#9
GeoKill-----> Community Member Server Owner Beta Tester Forum Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hawthorne, California Class/Position: Soldier/Spy/Scout Gametype: AvD Affiliations: :e0:Eternal Order Leader Posts Rated Helpful 12 Times	Wow I really dig this map __________________ Fortress-Forever Guides All Your Mapping Needs :e0: Will live on Forever Support FF:

04-10-2008, 11:53 PM	#15
squeek. Stuff Do-er Lua Team Wiki Team Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern California Class/Position: Rallygun Shooter Gametype: Conc tag (you just wait) Affiliations: Mustache Brigade Posts Rated Helpful 352 Times	Game crashed when I tried to cap as blue team. I'll try it again and see if it does the same. EDIT: Yep. When you drop down to cap, the game crashes. __________________ #FF.Pickup ¤ Fortress-Forever pickups My Non-official Maps Released FF_DM_Squeek - FF_2Mesa3_Classic - FF_Siege_Classic Beta FF_Myth - FF_Redlight_Greenlight Sick of the people on the internet, always moanin'. They just moan. - Karl Pilkington

04-11-2008, 12:30 AM	#16
Gator- FF God Join Date: May 2007 Location: TX Class/Position: Scout O, Medic O, Demo D/O, Soldier D Gametype: CTF 4v4 Affiliations: [milkwood] ( GoodFellas ) Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	neither team can cap, both crash we tried to do a pickup...ended up crashing the server 10 times and we killed the pickup __________________ FF_ROASTED_CLASSIC [RELEASED] FF_EVENFLOW_B2 [RELEASED] FF_OPPOSE_B1 [COMING SOON]

09-14-2007, 05:57 AM	#2
Beetle Beta than eva' Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	looks fun for concing

09-14-2007, 09:00 AM	#3
own3r Custom mapper Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Very impressive art style, for blue an icy theme would be the Icing on the cake, maybe a glassier coming down between two mountains or something similar. Its looking very nice I have to say, keep up the good work. Get a playtest going so the gameplay can be sorted out before you do any more, OvD style just make the midfield a bit bigger to simulate the time taken to get there.

09-14-2007, 12:50 PM	#5
IvaQuaL Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	wow, nice job

09-14-2007, 03:38 PM	#6
vartaxe Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	looks great!

09-15-2007, 05:26 PM	#10
tfcOG Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	looks good but could use a catchier title

09-14-2007, 09:15 AM	#11
Doughnut-4\|4- Join Date: May 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Very impressive art. I hesitate to comment on layout without running around it; I have trouble visualizing you see. But I'm okay with small midfields, if the defense can still put up a fight.

09-14-2007, 09:31 AM	#12
BoltR Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Visually the map looks awesome.

09-14-2007, 09:36 AM	#13
ClangClangBoom Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	your plainest areas put my most detailed rooms to shame. i envy your skills. please finish this map, as I'm curious to see how it plays.

04-10-2008, 11:23 PM	#14
ViLE fastest pipe in the east Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: candyland Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	this looks fucking insaneo awesome

04-11-2008, 01:05 AM	#17
Dr.Satan Wiki Team Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Greeley, CO Class/Position: Med / Solly Gametype: PAYLOAD Affiliations: DET- Posts Rated Helpful 19 Times	yeah please fix...this map fucking rocks otherwise...like honestly the best looking FF map I have seen. It's made of pure sexyness! Also please map more...I want more maps from you! __________________ FF Community Map Pack(s): 1 / 2 (Released) conc_school \| hellion_classic \| ksour_PAYLOAD \| mulch_faf (Beta) alchimy_b1 (Lua) base_payload_2015 (Models) props_trainyard Support FF:

04-11-2008, 01:25 AM	#18
elchupacabra Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Eugh, turns out I hadn't updated my FF in a while, didn't use to happen on the version I had It's a problem with the lua when you cap the flag, that was the part we had a problem with in the first place, turns out FF no longer likes our rather lame attempts at coding. Here is a copy of the map with the flag cap lua disabled, should fix it fine until I can figure it out. FF_Meltdown, Attempt II Sorry for the rather unsuccessful first attempt lol. (If anyone wants to look at the lua file the part thats broken is under -- Flag Cap)

04-18-2008, 06:15 AM	#19
Nuk3m Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Jersey, USA! Class/Position: Scout / Offense Gametype: Capture the Flag Affiliations: :e0: Founder Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	nice map dude!

08-10-2009, 04:18 PM	#20
Dr.Satan Wiki Team Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Greeley, CO Class/Position: Med / Solly Gametype: PAYLOAD Affiliations: DET- Posts Rated Helpful 19 Times	does anyone know if anything ever happen with this map? I know that there was a major bug with capping blue flag iirc and a ton of stuff that was gonna get fixed up. I don't wanna include this in the map pack if it's still buggy __________________ FF Community Map Pack(s): 1 / 2 (Released) conc_school \| hellion_classic \| ksour_PAYLOAD \| mulch_faf (Beta) alchimy_b1 (Lua) base_payload_2015 (Models) props_trainyard Support FF:

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