Ctf_quarry_v2 [Release]

[PogoP]

Hey guys!

Wow, it's certainly been some time since I last posted on here!

Anyway, for the past month and a half I've been working on my own custom TF2 map. It was set in a Quarry but it has now evolved into a Cavern sort of setting.

Version 1 of Quarry was released last Wednesday, and it has been received extremely well by the public. However, ther were a few things that could have been better in the map, as pointed out by others and myself. So, I present to you, ctf_quarry_v2! This is the second and hopefully final version of the map.

Here's a few screenshots (Ignore the difference in the watermarks, some of the areas haven't changed in the maps so I decided not to update the screenshots with new '_v2' watermarks:

And here's the download link.

http://files.filefront.com/ctf+quarry+v2zip/;9267839;/fileinfo.html

For more information, check out this link at the Steampowered forums:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7090271#post7090271

That link also links (wow!) to the version 1 thread of my map over at Steampowered.

Anyway, it was a pleasure working on this map, and I await your feedback!

Cheers guys,

-Pogo.

 

[AciD]

Looks nice Great job man

 

[mchammer75040]

Great job man this looks killer.

 

[MoD]

Looks great!

Our server is coming up around this weekend, we'll play it and I'll tell you what the local community thinks of it

 

[Crispy]

Hey Pogo! Long time no see.

Shoot me an email and I'll try to check this out over the weekend. Looking great so far!

 

[skedar]

looks really good. do you have your own server because then could you post the ip for it

 

[Omnomnick]

Nice, looks good, look forward to playing it on a server...

EDIT: wow, its big too, 50KB :O, maybe the biggest map ive seen, maybe too big...

 

[MoD]

I should add this is the best custom map I have yet to see

 

[PogoP]

Nice, looks good, look forward to playing it on a server...

EDIT: wow, its big too, 50KB :O, maybe the biggest map ive seen, maybe too big...

Valve's TF2 maps are 50/60 Mb in size. However, I didn't do lightmap optimization. Pretty much everything uses 8 instead of the default 16.
I don't know how much that would have lowered the filesize by, but I imagine it wouldn't be less than 35 Mb in size afterwards anyway.

My reason for lowering the default is that I think it gives the Source engine a more 'next-gen' feel, defined shadows rather than the blurry shadows like in the Goldsource engine. However, I should have done lightmap optimization; it totally slipped my mind.

Wide distribution and playing of my map isn't really an issue for me. It's more a work of art of mine, something that I have enjoyed creating over the past month and a half. If people don't download it because they think the file size is too big, then that's their choice. I just wanted to make a piece for my portfolio more than anything!

Though it is really nice to see people enjoying it; hearing people's comments is really humbling.

Thanks guys!

 

[delusional]

Those minecarts annoyed me, but overall it's a very good map. At least it isn't as bad as mountaincoaster, which half of my deaths are due to the train.

 

[Hamsocks]

Those minecarts annoyed me, but overall it's a very good map. At least it isn't as bad as mountaincoaster, which half of my deaths are due to the train.

Hahaha, I must've spent a half an hour trying to ride those things.