hi,

this week ill release some of my older maps in unpublished versions. 1st one is ns_msiege-rc4.

download: ns_msiege-rc4.zip
download and more pictures

Well even if I'm not a fan or have ever played a siege map, we have to admit there is a market for them. Otherwise people wouldn't make them

I'm just posting here to keep the HL1 engine from being overstressed, since you do have some serious r_speed and vis issues in your map.

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The first thing you need to fix is in the pillar room behind the door. You have lots of pillars touching the floor and ceiling. This will make the compilers break up the floor and ceiling in more brushes then necesary.
You can fix this in a fast and easy way. Keep a 1 unit grid gap between the ceiling/floor and the pillars.

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Now on to the serious vis problems. The HL1 engine can't deal with very long corridors, even with the low amount of detail you have going it will make the engine stress. This happens because it will have to render beyond it's capabilities due to the lack of vis blockers. To fix this you'll have to make some changes to your layout. Mainly change the long corridors into bendy corridors or something. That is at least the fastest fix there is for this problem.

And with r_speeds going over 900 or even 1200 is just way to much judging from the low detail you're using.

Right, I'll just say it now. STOP POSTING YOUR FUNMAPS. It's best for us all, becaues too be honest, funmaps aren't really liked around here.

thank you for your help but im out of business for 9 months and i do not invest more time for half-life 1 and ns. i post all my old ones in there latest version, becouse from time to time i got mail with "... send me your map...".

im sure when ns source is out im back in playing and mapping too.

thx

It looks like some people on the forum had something stuck up their (u know what). This is a fun map, I bet iG0r spent alot of time making this map and then u go all anrgy and tell him "STOP POSTING YOUR FUNMAPS". Alot of people like these maps and play them alot. IF you dont like fun maps dont post here!

This is the NS mapping forum. That means, maps for NS are viable topics here - ANY maps for NS. If you don't like the map type then don't bother replying

"if you dont agree with any type of government, dont go to any elections."

thats how it sounded to me. I have nothing against some inspired new gametype such as ... nono, you wont get me but to see the same "fun maps" over and over again is just... you know?

Flaming someone because they have produced a in your views "bad map" isn't very helpfull or constructive for that matter.

But from what I've seen in these maps from iG0r. I have to conclude that they are at least technically bad maps and need a serious overhaul due to bad design for the HL1 engine. Visually I think they are bad maps due to the lack of detail and atmospehere, but that is still personal preference, some people actually like low detail maps...

Siege gameplay is a nice concept just because of the fact that there is a market for it, people DO play it. But the chance to get them into the official ns map release is non existant (unless the devs review the issue of course )
That's probably the reason why the more experience mappers refuse or simply will not create them.

The reason I don't create siege maps is simple. I don't play this style of gameplay, it's actually the same reason why you won't see me creating a combat map.