Looking for climbing map mappers for a realistic mountain climbing map.

[_Why]

I'm looking for mappers to create climbing maps for my mountain climbing server. Must resemble mountain like terrain, no death polygons, steep, short cliffs, etc.

To get an idea of what I mean, I made a very poor map as an idea. You can play it at outcry.u13.net / 30121

[DarkCrusade]

Well, I could probably redo your own map with much better looks and without any polybugs (I tested it).

[~Niko~]

Well, I could probably redo your own map with much better looks and without any polybugs (I tested it).

screw the looks, just fix the polybugs.

[DarkCrusade]

Well, I will release a version without polybugs first and then work on the looks

[~Niko~]

Don't overload the map with uber-kick-ass looks like. that will suck.

[~Niko~]

Realistic climbing is a fail idea since you can prevent falling damage with late backflips.

I'd love to see you doing that. I bet you never played the map.

[_Why]

DarkCrusade: The most important thing is fixing the bugged polygons, but after you do that, I would absolutely love it for you to make it resemble a mountain as well as possible. You can put as much time into shading and decorating as you want. In my opinion, the more realistic, the better, and that includes graphics.

If you've ever seen those CS or Trenchwar maps, that's the level of detail I'd like.

[p0ppin]

Realistic climbing is a fail idea since you can prevent falling damage with late backflips.

I'd love to see you doing that. I bet you never played the map.

He's right though, I tested the map myself.  A late backflip at the right time can prevent all of the damage done by falling You'll probably have to script the damage in somehow.

[_Why]

Realistic climbing is a fail idea since you can prevent falling damage with late backflips.

I'd love to see you doing that. I bet you never played the map.

He's right though, I tested the map myself.  A late backflip at the right time can prevent all of the damage done by falling You'll probably have to script the damage in somehow.

The late backflip is only possible if you intentionally jump off with the knowledge that you're going to do a backflip.
If you make one wrong move when jumping, you're going to fall off a ledge before you have time to set up a backflip.

[p0ppin]

Good point LOL   Doubt any of your climbers will be purposefully jump off ledges with that intention... didn't really think of that   I didn't really encounter any jumps that would be possible with that latejump hop, so there'd be no reason to even try it problem solved.

[Blue-ninja]

Yes, but for some, it's already a habit to have a delayed backflip jump prepared upon landing, just because they feel more secure that way.

Habit beats overpreparedness.

[_Why]

Yes, but for some, it's already a habit to have a delayed backflip jump prepared upon landing, just because they feel more secure that way.

Habit beats overpreparedness.

Those jumps you're talking about are straight across jumps, which seldom exist in these maps. A lot of these jumps are small and ascending upwards, so if you don't backflip, you're going to miss the ledge, so the point in holding the backflip without releasing "out of caution" is moot. However, if you DO make the jump, which you're very likely to do since they're not very wide jumps, there's a high chance you'll still fall off the cliff, and thus you won't be doing any backflip when you slip and fall down that 500 foot crevice.

[~Niko~]

Good point LOL   Doubt any of your climbers will be purposefully jump off ledges with that intention...

of course, because the point of climbing is to reach the top, not the bottom...

[Blacksheepboy]

So basically you want a platformer styled map.

[~Niko~]

He wants maps like this one:

(Notice the minimap, too)

[Blacksheepboy]

Wow, that map looks terrible compared to what I was thinking.

[~Niko~]

whatever, it has a few nice climbs in there...

[_Why]

Wow, that map looks terrible compared to what I was thinking.

I'm no mapper.

Now you realize why I made this thread.

[Blacksheepboy]

What I meant to say was that the climbing looks terrible. I didn't really take into the account the aesthetics.

Edit:

Terrible, like, if you fell it would suck... I guess what I really meant to convey was that it looks difficult

[_Why]

What I meant to say was that the climbing looks terrible. I didn't really take into the account the aesthetics.

Oh, well, like Niko said, there's a few good jumps here and there. It just needs to be debugged, shaded, and decorated.