New game mode?

[[/awesty]]

I am not sure if this has been done before, but i think this would be a cool game mode.

It is like climbing, but the maps are easier. Bravo and Alpha both participate on the same map and race to get the flags. So it is like climbing but it is a race to see which teams caps the fastest.

I dont think i explained that very well but i cant think of any other way to put it.

[-Vis-]

Race maps have been around for a while, but AFAIK, they're not too common in public servers. I think Mr. Domino ha(s/d) one in !Elite Party somewhere. Climbing maps are more fun, IMO.

[Mr. Domino]

Race maps have been around for a while, but AFAIK, they're not too common in public servers. I think Mr. Domino ha(s/d) one in !Elite Party somewhere. Climbing maps are more fun, IMO.

I had an edit of KamikazeDuck's nice climb/race/maze ctf_rce_Insane_2t map which I edited to make it possible for both teams to fight as they climb through the maze. As much as I love how it worked out, the map was just too long, and having people sit on the flag at the end was annoying and dragged out matches way too long. I still have rce_Insane2e3 and the easier rce_Insane2e4 on the server. If you're interested, [/awesty], just download the files I've attached and you can vote them on the !Elite Party server.

Unfortunately, the race maps I have currently in rotation -- rce_Hole, rce_paraski, and rce_spiral_e -- aren't what you're looking for in the way of a climbing race. I've made a series of three "climbwar" maps though that may interest you; they're vertically oriented maps where you have to fight and climb your way around a map. Check the link in my .sig if you're interested.

As far as "climb races" go, I think the current climb maps are essentially "climb races" as it is, since the layout and objectives are basically the same. The only difference is people expect a challenge and lots of obstacles from "pure" climb maps, while race maps are generally rather easy and short in length. I tried my hand at making a race map (rce_Naga), but I just don't find it fun.

[BombSki]

Hey Mr Domino could you upload rce_paraski?
I have race maps on my climb server though but i dont have that map (and i didnt have rce_naga either)

Ive got these maps at the moment:

rce_Amazonas.PMS
rce_Ashes.PMS
rce_firerox.PMS
rce_Hole.PMS
rce_Insane.PMS
rce_Junglehell.PMS
rce_LOL.PMS
rce_losttemple.PMS
rce_matra.PMS
rce_spiral.PMS
rce_Squid.PMS
rce_Tatty.PMS
rce_Technodrome.PMS
rce_Volcania.PMS
rce_voluta.PMS
rce_Winter.PMS

(and i just downloaded rce_naga)

if you want any of these u can download my mappack or i could upload em here (mappack: http://bombski.nimio.info/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=90 )


edit: what is different in rce_spiral_e ?

[Mr. Domino]

Hey Mr Domino could you upload rce_paraski?

I already have it here in MFO's thread about his ski jump :

http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=8537.msg98221#msg98221

It's not a "real" race map given the short, split routes to the flag, but I think it's close enough to the general idea that players need to get to some destination as quickly as possible. It's a poor, quick effort to really make the two ideas work together, but I think (hope) the copied parts of the map are enjoyable enough on their own to make it worthwhile, at least until something better can be done with it.

(and i just downloaded rce_naga)

if you want any of these u can download my mappack or i could upload em here (mappack: http://bombski.nimio.info/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=90 )

edit: what is different in rce_spiral_e ?

Thanks for the map pack. I'll go through it for sure. As far as rce_spiral_e, that is just a very minor edit of rr-'s rce_spiral I did to move the flags apart just a bit. The way the original had them placed on top of each other, touching them would both reach the maximum cap limit in a second plus get the scorer booted by the server for detecting a cheat (due to the rapid scoring). I try to keep the original file name with an "e" stuck on it for any file I've edited just to emphasize that it is an edited version and not the original, though the variance is typically rather small.

[BombSki]

I see, i'll stick to the original then (rce_spiral is in the mapslist.txt, people love to play it with 12 people ).

thanks for the paraski map, ill try it out and itll probably be on server and in the next mappack. Enjoy the pack

[[/awesty]]

If you did make a map like this, you would have to make it so you died when you capped, and so you couldn't live and get the flag at the same time so then people couldn't run off with there flag.

[The Bone Collector]

If you did make a map like this, you would have to make it so you died when you capped, and so you couldn't live and get the flag at the same time so then people couldn't run off with there flag.

Survival mode....

[-{Phoenix}-]

This idea has already been made. Keep thinking though :p

[[/awesty]]

If you did make a map like this, you would have to make it so you died when you capped, and so you couldn't live and get the flag at the same time so then people couldn't run off with there flag.

Survival mode....

No, thats not what I meant.

If it was survival if you screwed up and died you would have to sit there and wait.

I meant it so the flags are on deadly poly and when you hit them you cap just before you die.

[Mr. Domino]

I meant it so the flags are on deadly poly and when you hit them you cap just before you die.

I've tried that on a couple of maps in various ways, but the close proximity of the flags means that multiple scores will get recorded at first touch, ending the round regardless of the maximum capture limit and getting the scoring player automatically kick voted by the server's cheat detector.

[popsofctown]

what could mix up a race would be puttin in modded m79's that have weak damage but blast yourself or ur opponent around.