PLR Atoll

plr_atoll_b1
By Tom "LeSwordfish" Field

Payload Race map, set on a tropical island and some kind of nuclear testing faculty. Carts run alongside each other for most of the map, before splitting up for a pair of choke points, and rejoining over one of those big dumb death pits I'm so keen on.

Currently in b1 for contest release. Layout is largely final, detail is 40% complete.

Custom Content:
Construction pack (Overlays, netting texture, flatbed and truck props, plus crane)
Bulletcrops (mostly Maritime) pack
Rexy's Forklift
Void/Rexy Computer screens.

I like your turntables.

[LeSwordfish]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13673854/ato...oll_a1.bsp.bz2

They look pretty ugly when they actually move.

[theharribokid]

just been testing the map for Gameday and really like it. Couple issues, if your still pushing the cart from when it hits the dynamic element and stay there until it's finished you don't move the cart until you've stepped away from cart and restarted pushing it, also there seems no logical reason why the cart pieces are facing the other way to begin with as there is no room for another track route ahead being that big glass window is there.

And a couple suggestions, some larger variations in height would be nice, not that there isn't any but it's only the any significant height where the cart is down on the sand vs the boat dock and the middle area by the end point which is connected to the elevator shaft. My other suggestion is moving that walkway that goes over the cart at the start a bit, I always think of it as a rule of thumb that the cart should always be able to be pushed while being stood on, I cant think of any official maps that don't follow that rule.

[Strange Pro]

i like the map but imma tested it out and look Sexy ;D

[Sergis]

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Originally Posted by theharribokid

there seems no logical reason why the cart pieces are facing the other way to begin with as there is no room for another track route ahead being that big glass window is there.

they should just point the other way initially, so the cart tracks connect in U shape and then turntable makes the carts go their separate ways instead of into each other

[grazr]

Wondering where the atoll comes into it. You got any sketches of the overall layout?

[LeSwordfish]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sergis

they should just point the other way initially, so the cart tracks connect in U shape and then turntable makes the carts go their separate ways instead of into each other

Yah, that's what i was thinking.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strange Pro

i like the map but imma tested it out and look Sexy ;D

Cheers! It's amazing what throwing a light_environment in can do.

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Originally Posted by theharribokid

Couple issues, if your still pushing the cart from when it hits the dynamic element and stay there until it's finished you don't move the cart until you've stepped away from cart and restarted pushing it,

And a couple suggestions, some larger variations in height would be nice, not that there isn't any but it's only the any significant height where the cart is down on the sand vs the boat dock and the middle area by the end point which is connected to the elevator shaft. My other suggestion is moving that walkway that goes over the cart at the start a bit, I always think of it as a rule of thumb that the cart should always be able to be pushed while being stood on, I cant think of any official maps that don't follow that rule.

Hmmm... the first bug can probably be fixed by disabling and reenabling the pushzone (or that's worth a shot, at least). As for the height differences, i'll have to think about that one. I might put a second floor in the boathouse- it's that or allowing access to the roof, which is simpler and better-looking but opens up a whole load of sniper issues.

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Originally Posted by grazr

Wondering where the atoll comes into it. You got any sketches of the overall layout?

The atoll was gonna be in the skybox around the start of the map. My solution to the age-old "3D skybox water and level water never sync up" problem.

A1a perhaps today or tomorrow, fixing turntable bugs and oddities, and little stuff like that. Also, while I remember, Spectator cams (oops) and stuff like that.

[grazr]

Eeeh, that problem is DX related. If you've got your settings set to max that isn't a problem, your water reflections will sync. Of course the problem is the vast majority of players wont be running gaming rigs in order to do that and will get a shoddy game aesthetic experience, so i can appreciate that.

[stevethepocket]

When I saw the pair of turntables, my first thought was to have them feature straight tracks facing the approaching cart and then have them turn to face the way the cart needs to go — justifying the turntables being there (sort of) and also forcing the other team to wait for them to turn back before they can push their own cart onto them — unless their cart has already partially slid onto their turntable, which prevents both from turning until it's rolled back off or all the way on.

Huh. When I actually say it, it sounds so much more complicated.