Author Topic: New Map: Spaceballs - Pong Balls in Space! (GGC Entry) (Read 7899 times)

jitspoe · « **on:** November 11, 2008, 08:28:49 AM »

Well, I didn't have much time, but this is what I came up with. I'm still trying to fix the lighting, but I've managed to come across an error while lighting at a higher quality that I've never seen before:

************ ERROR ************
trian->numpoints == MAX_TRI_POINTS

Update: Beta 2 here: http://dplogin.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=15326.0;attach=5453

Coltter · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2008, 08:36:41 AM »

It looks like a quake 3 map
Well done!

T3RR0R15T · « **Reply #2 on:** November 11, 2008, 09:38:21 AM »

Online @ OTB pub and match servers

Rent: www.otb-server.de

Laged · « **Reply #3 on:** November 11, 2008, 09:50:19 AM »

Looks good and interesting

IronFist · « **Reply #4 on:** November 11, 2008, 10:18:21 AM »

Nice, I would never recognize that as a DP map.

T3RR0R15T · « **Reply #5 on:** November 11, 2008, 10:48:07 AM »

Its time to fix this

http://dplogin.com/dplogin/featurevote/feature.php?id=10097

ViciouZ · « **Reply #6 on:** November 11, 2008, 10:53:14 AM »

Reminds me a map from NOLF (I think) where it was a series of rocks in space and you had to use a grapple to get between them.

KnacK · « **Reply #7 on:** November 11, 2008, 11:10:18 AM »

OMG YOU SAID GRAPPLE!!!!!!!

+1

Spook · « **Reply #8 on:** November 11, 2008, 12:58:47 PM »

You may want to check your bsp, I think you may have left a random spawn in the middle of the map by the pong ball. I love how it looks, and this map should definitely win the "Space" theme requirement considering it's the only one that looks like space.

jitspoe · « **Reply #9 on:** November 11, 2008, 02:45:34 PM »

Quote from: Spook on November 11, 2008, 12:58:47 PM

You may want to check your bsp, I think you may have left a random spawn in the middle of the map by the pong ball. I love how it looks, and this map should definitely win the "Space" theme requirement considering it's the only one that looks like space.

Ah, good catch. I removed it when I mirrored it, but only for one side. Compiling beta2 now with some better lighting now that I finally got rid of the error I was having (Tip: use sky textures for large triggers as they don't need to be lit).

cusoman · « **Reply #10 on:** November 11, 2008, 03:13:10 PM »

WOW. This looks stunning. I have to say that playing pong in space is just tons of fun. I could see this being popular in pubs like OTB soccer. Keep up the pr0 texture work

-Cusoman

jitspoe · « **Reply #11 on:** November 11, 2008, 03:21:56 PM »

Removed the middle spawn and improved the lighting. I wanted to have lots of little platforms with jump pads that the ball would land on and such or that you could fall to if you missed the main platforms, but I didn't really have time, plus I think I've about hit the limits of the compilers as it is (and r_speeds are pretty rough, too), so I don't know if I can do much more. Perhaps I could do a similar theme with a completely different layout for spaceballs2 that relies more on going platform to platform.

Reed · « **Reply #12 on:** November 11, 2008, 03:55:29 PM »

Looks great, but you might want to change the name to avoid any confusion as 'spaceballz' is a map by Cookie if im not mistaken?

Not sure how well this is going to play if im honest, but awesome effort anyway.

Rick · « **Reply #13 on:** November 11, 2008, 05:11:01 PM »

Wow! Very very very nice map. Where do you get your ideas?

T3RR0R15T · « **Reply #14 on:** November 12, 2008, 09:57:23 AM »

The plasmalight texture is too fast.

Apocalypse · « **Reply #15 on:** November 12, 2008, 05:20:59 PM »

Looks great but I find it quite difficult to score.

Rick · « **Reply #16 on:** November 12, 2008, 10:41:29 PM »

There doesn't seem to be enough room for alot of players on this map and if you have to use those "circle things" to get the ball to the base, it would be quite easy just to stand infront of them, bouncing the ball off the map.

jitspoe · « **Reply #17 on:** November 13, 2008, 10:15:29 AM »

Quote from: Rick on November 12, 2008, 10:41:29 PM

There doesn't seem to be enough room for alot of players on this map and if you have to use those "circle things" to get the ball to the base, it would be quite easy just to stand infront of them, bouncing the ball off the map.

Yeah - you'd have to have somebody on your team on the other end to pass the ball to and fend off enemy players. Not sure how well it will work in practice since I haven't been able to play test it yet.

Quote from: Apocalypse on November 12, 2008, 05:20:59 PM

Looks great but I find it quite difficult to score.

I was thinking of adding some trigger_pushes in the scoring area to "suck" the ball in. That might help.

T3RR0R15T · « **Reply #18 on:** November 13, 2008, 02:36:11 PM »

I have a problem with the spwans. If i spawn, i go up and down and up and down... very fast. Its over, if i walk a little bit. I want make a demo from this, but in the demo is everything fine.

And this:

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------- Server Initialization -------
mapname: beta/spaceballs_b2
Bad field -> mesage == Balls in Space! (pre-beta)
==== PB2 InitMatch ====
bad GAMETYPE, unsupported - 1 not in 64
== Map Loaded: beta/spaceballs_b2 ==
===== Pong =====

jitspoe · « **Reply #19 on:** November 13, 2008, 08:12:31 PM »

The bouncing up and down on spawn is actually a code bug, not a problem with the map. I've fixed this for the next release. I didn't even realize it was there until I tried playing the map on an older server. There's also another code bug (ugh!) with the trigger_push at the end of the blue warp tunnel. I think this was fixed in the build 24 release, but it kind of makes the map really unbalanced/annoying with old builds. I might be able to work around that one at least.