Q3DM6-ish - November 2000 ================================================================ Title : Q3DM6-ish Filename : q3dm6ish.txt (this readme file) q3dm6ish.bsp (the level itself) Author : Aardappel (Wouter van Oortmerssen) Email Address : aardappel@planetquake.com Web Page : http://www.planetquake.com/aardappel Description : DM map for 2-8 players ideally, imitation of Q3DM6 layout, with new architecture & and new textures ================================================================ * Play Information * Single Player : well there are no monsters :) Cooperative : eh? Deathmatch : 9 respawns Difficulty Settings : no New Sounds : no New Graphics : mostly new textures New Music : no Demos Supplied : no * Construction * Base : new level from scratch Editor(s) used : Quark Known Bugs : none Build Time : 2/3 days Texture Wad used : my own Compile machine : Athlon Tbird 900, 256Mb Ram QBSP256 Time : 46 seconds Arghlite (-extra) Time : 13 seconds VIS (-level 4) Time : 4 seconds Summary of the level ==================== Yup, another "ish", couldn't resist. The map is very compact and open, even moreso than the original, and as a consequence you can cover the map quite quickly which makes for intense games. The map contains 1 of: QUAD/RA/YA/MH/RL/LG/GL/SNG, 2 SSG (close enough to the original). The item balance is pretty good, and the RL isn't that campable, but for maximum pleasure play in deathmatch mode 3. Has fairly simplistic architecture (because the map is so open, r_speeds are already too high, up to 700), and very contrasting lighting. All textures (except the sky, wood, and the spawnpad) are my own, in the unlikely event that you'd want to use them feel free to do so in any way you see fit. The bricks you see are from bricks photographed around my house, other textures are made from scratch, or from other base textures. The "jumppads" are the closest approximation I could find but aren't infallible, if you try tricks on them you fall back down. If you cut the arches very close it is possible to get stuck on them, but this shouldn't happen in practice thanks to some func_illusionary in the right places. Thanks to my CyBear, Frib, Headshot, Zzjohnzz, Vondur, SleepwalkR and others that gave feedback, sorry I ignored most of it. The first beta of this map had a more conventional texture scheme, but Frib kept slagging off whatever I came up with, so to take revenge I promised him I would come up with my own weirdo texture scheme. So here it is Frib. Hope you cringe when you see it! ;) ============================================================================== * Copyright / Permissions * You now the drill: don't tamper with the archive or anything in it. Cheers. Distribution in any way is ok. Hey, you could even ask me :) Wouter van Oortmerssen (aka Aardappel)