I love to play maps that were originally designed for one HL-mod, on another. Like playing 2Fort on Counter-Strike. I tried putting de_dust2.bsp and cs_dust.wad in my NS folder, but obviously it didn't work correctly. I was wondering if it is a hard job to remake maps like cs_italy and de_dust2 for Natural Selection - and if someone would do it. Perhaps a Combat version would be easiest, I don't know, all I want is to play a semi-proper game

Thank you.

There is a co_cs_italy map that i've played on australian servers. Its kinda fun, except jetpackers and lerks have way too muc h fun flyign around aboe all the buildings.

There is a de_dust NS map, but it's way too small to be even a little bit fun.

I searched for them, but only found comments on the maps, no download links...any idea where I can find them?

Thanks.

Where do i get .rmf or.map files from badlands (TFC map)
I decompiled it but it has too many leaks and carved holes are bugged
So i thought maybe i get the original files, but where?!?!

why not?

place some credits in it

There exist combat maps based on many many CS maps and several TFC maps. I know I've seen 2fort as an MvM map before. The problem is that these are all based on decompiled or ripented versions of the original maps, which means they were done without the author's permission. That makes most people around here pretty unhappy.

And the other problem is that these maps are all designed for games where the players spend most of their time on the ground. So as soon as you get wallwalkers and flyers and blinkers the maps really start to show their obvious edges. There are skyboxes to bump off of, and many areas where you can look down and through the map because no one is going to texture the top of something you'll never see. And they weren't designed with melee vs. ranged combat in mind. So for example in the de_dust ripoff, someone put the hive right in the middle of terrorist spawn. This means that marines can stand waaaaaay down towards the other side of the map and shoot it happily while seeing any attacking alien before they have a chance to get close.

The only thing worse than co_de_dust is ns_dust. But we don't talk about that.

Easy guys, I know this is probably not very fun in the long terms, but if there are maps like that out there, I just want to try them for fun. Perhaps I will like them in the long terms even

Still noone?? And I'd like to get hold of that ns_dust too, I saw a screenie of it

co_dust
its an ok, map a little dark in some places, there is a place where JP can get stuck in the ceiling at the hive and onos sometimes have a hard time getting throguh the door under the bridge

ns_dust
i can't find it on ns world, and i'm too lazy to google it, but i've played it bofore and its not a good map

Do you live inside my head since you know so much about me? Oh wait you obviously don't, since all you say is wrong. You are just a lonatic then. Oh well.

ns_duuuust....

actually i still have ns_dust on my hard drive.....
i'll say it again ns_dust is a bad map but if you really want it.......
(someone should tell me where i could upload a map on to the internet first.......)

Besides the recycle bin? How about a CD. Then you could microwave it. That would be more entertainment than actually playing NS on CS maps.

You MAY be able to use geocities or angelfire, unless the rules have changed since I last used them.

However, who was the first person to "port" maps, because I have a few words.

if you want to convert maps from other mods, the easiest way without decompiling them is to ripent them. i did co_cs_office (MvM) and co_de_nuke (MvA) and working on co_helms_deep (MvM attack/defend) it took me a couple of hours for the first two maps, and im still thinking on what i should do for helms_deep.

How does ripent work? From my understanding its rip entities. But then I have to rebrush all areas?

and if your worried about people theifing your map conversion and claiming it as theirs, you can use stripper2 instead. you generate a script file that it loaded server side, and it removes and adds all of the entities upon map load. so when someone goes muhaha i take your conversion and use it on my server, they play the map on their server and go "WTH? where is all the spawns and ccs and stuff?" they need the script thats on the server to make the map work right.

also you can ripent more than point entities, if there are crates or something on the map that are func_walls or func_trains, you can get them to work fine in different areas of the map if you spend the time to give them new origins and paths.

ns_dust
co_dust is better......

you might need cs_dust.wad
cs_dust.wad

Thanks alot now let's see if this works....

Fatal Error

Mod_NumForName: sprites/de_dust/joinr.spr

I'm guessing this isn't the only file I miss.....anyone want to help me out?

wA

If you want to learn to use ripent, you want to read http://www.joe.to/cstrike/ents Ignore that it says cstrike, they're all halflife mods and there is actually a section in there on the creation of ns_dust. If you encounter any trouble, post in the map making section of the joe.to forum and someone will help you.

Ripent is quick and painless to use. But as people have already said here, can make some mappers very unhappy to have their maps changed. Although you can achieve the same effect using the Stripper2 plugin, and I don't know how someone could complain about that seeing as their map is unchanged.. simply being run on a server running a plugin.

That said, DECOMPILING IS OF SATAN. NEVER EVER DO IT AGAIN.