DXMP_StrangeDocks

[[FGS]Kalman]

Hi!
This is one of much maps I'm working it
I gave it the StrangeDocks name, because it had special ceilings: http://www.xfire.com/video/523d3d/
I had to delete it, because after I substracted a brush, it didn't work properly
There's a crane in the last picture, it's a mover, so you can get on the roof (there's a locked way into the interior, you can see it in the second picture, I'll open it later)

[chin.democ.]

Very nice work, I could host this for you in beta mode if it's ready assuming it's suitable for 0 augs. One thing that is annoying me a little is in the second picture, can you please half the scale of the metal wire floor on the steps!

Is this a daytime map then? Any chance of making it nighttime?

[Majster]

This map is for 0 augs, Altfite or both? It looks like well. I remember map DXMP_Dockside, your map is similair to Dockside, but is bigger.

[[FGS]Kalman]

I can make nighttime version too, and I wanted for both (enough big for altfire, but enough small for 0aug)
Ok I rescale that texture

[Majster]

I can make nighttime version too, and I wanted for both (enough big for altfire, but enough small for 0aug)
Ok I rescale that texture

I think nighttime version isn't need. How many maps in DXMP is on daytime? I remember only Zah-goh.

[[FGS]Kalman]

Ye, Zan Goh and Ratesc only
Ratesc is the perfect map for me, it's my role model for my maps

[ShadowRunner]

Ratesc is very good.

Looks good, the wire mesh will look better when rescaled, otherwise looks interesting.

[Alessi]

looks nice mau5!

[[FGS]Chees]

Nice mapping Kalman. I'm intrigued as I never played a map set in daylight. I look forward to this

[[FGS]Kalman]

Thanks
I tried to put back those "strange" ceilings, I did it
It was buggy before, maybe rebuild error

[~][FGS][Nobody~]

Oh, are those concrete ceilings or warp zones?

[[FGS]Kalman]

Ye, warp zones, it was easy to set them up

[ShadowRunner]

Sometimes deco/actors won't stay where it is supposed to, it wasn't designed to be in gravity-defying situations. I had this problem with Nexus, I made a container in the outside "spill" it's contents, which should be floating around in space, but some of the contents just fall, despite the correct scripting.

[~][FGS][Nobody~]

Rollo, the crates are not really on the ceiling.
Those are two usual rooms but both got an inverse rotated warp zone portal at their ceiling, so it looks from both rooms that the other room is upside down.

@Kalman: Although such an architecture provides an awesome visual effect and a potantial tactical challenge, it won't work in MP as you wish, due to the engine's replication behaviour.
What I mean is.. for the sake of bandwidth efficiency and ingame performance, the engine removes all entities (deco, players, etc) which are out of sight for the local player and re-creates them when the player comes in view sight again.
Since the engine cannot make sight-assumptions through warp zones, one player at the one end of the warp zone won't be able to see another player at the other side of the warp zone.

[[FGS]Kalman]

Damn
Btw somethings is not ok, i checked the server.log, and there are a lot of spam:

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Log: GeneratorScout1 fell out of the world!
Log: GeneratorScout2 fell out of the world!
Log: GeneratorScout1 fell out of the world!
Log: GeneratorScout2 fell out of the world!
Log: GeneratorScout1 fell out of the world!
Log: GeneratorScout2 fell out of the world!
Log: GeneratorScout1 fell out of the world!
Log: GeneratorScout2 fell out of the world!
Log: GeneratorScout1 fell out of the world!
Log: GeneratorScout2 fell out of the world!
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I get this error without the WarpZone too