nice map
I played the map with 1 masterful bot. Tom_caT also tested this map 1vs1 , so his findngs are here as well as mine (he is much more hard-core, and i agree on most of his points)...
First render. I'd call this moderate detailing, well done. The texture work is good except i think the lifts should be different material rather than just slabs of stone. The wall lights are okay, i think they be should bevelled in or out (not flat) why would an electric light unit be flush in a brick? I found occational edge homs in the sky when running past the ceiling openings. a few disappearing brushes as well. One area I had a lag at the beginning of the match.
IMO, the sky seems a bit drab and there's only a hint of light source from one side. Something has to be responsible for all that orangy light. It might be more appealing if it were more of a fiery sky - more red/amber and less yellow. Having a sun for example, would provide angled shadow opportunies as well. Just some suggestions - in reality, we had more imortant things to do in-game than spend time gazing at the sky
I played it first, then looked in the editor after, so as not to bias any observations. So now imortant stuff (in order of priority):
- lifts are too slow - kills flow (make them 1 sec and 0.25 delay)
- shield belt too easy to get (BOT almost always gets it first, forcing you to have to camp it)
- playerstarts in too-high traffic areas, making easy spawn kills (move these into more protected locations)
- weapons are tucked right against walls in many cases (for hardcore put guns and some ammo on the direct running path)
- Tom_caT loves the udam there (i think it should be harder to get, but meh)
- There's some BOT problems (they seem to get stuck at times and never hammer where they could be)
Okay, from the editor - The bot pathing is not good
While it basically works, it needs tweaking and cleaning up - none of the jump spots are set up correctly and I'm not sure what you think those extra liftexits are doing on your lifts
As i said before, this is not like 2k4, you have to use lift exits with jumpspots (one above and one below), ut99 does not use pathnodes for that purpose.
Anyways, nice work so far - I find it very Swanky-ish, Tom_caT finds it very "2K4" (he plays 2k4 a lot of the time) With this one if you gain the upper levels with flak/rockets and shock/sniper you can dominate - particularly since the BOT becomes stationary a lot of the time in the middle -regular well timed shock combos and you're the winner. With more players this would be more of a problem obviously, but I think fixing the BOT bugs is essential and some pickup adjustments can fix that aspect.
Well that's it...
Good Job
but i will comment it later (cause i have to work now)
