bank raid alpha 1

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 9th, 2005, 9:11

nope, afraid not, i've been away from home for a while.

should get home tomorrow, at which point i'll get more work on the map done and start on a new (mapping related) project

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » February 9th, 2005, 10:08

Dr. Kitteny Berk wrote:...and start on a new (mapping related) project

Is this what you talked about at Matt's party?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 9th, 2005, 10:20

the prefab buildings thing?

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » February 9th, 2005, 10:55

Dr. Kitteny Berk wrote:the prefab buildings thing?

yeah, I'd like to help out with that

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 9th, 2005, 11:16

yays!

(for those being baffled)

my thoughts are to basically aim to build a lot of the common sights in the UK.

crummy old high rise council flats, warehouses, old factory style buildings, terrace houses, council estate style houses (concrete prefab things, all the same) nasty new houses.

all of the things you see day to day going through life in the UK, right now.

none of the futuristic crap, just as we see, day in, day out.

now the difference with this lot is that the buildings etc would need to be workable, so rather than a building being scenery, each and every last part of the building should be accessable, lighting should be appropriate, doors working, etc. etc. *but* stuff like spawn points etc would not need to go in, the aim is to make a large amount of content that can be copied and pasted into maps later on.

though, there *may* be some issues, i'm unsure how much the source engine can sustain like this.

Either way, if anyone fancies trying this. woo!

mapping skill/experience isn't really needed, if you can find your way around the basics of hammer, that's all that's really needed for a start certainly.

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » February 9th, 2005, 11:22

maybe we should move this to a new thread?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 9th, 2005, 11:24

i was gonna suggest such a thing.

EDIT: new thread started, carry on over there.

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » February 9th, 2005, 11:26

Dr. Kitteny Berk wrote:i was gonna suggest such a thing.

Permission to get the fuck out of your mind, sir.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 9th, 2005, 11:42

prefab project discussion should go here

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 15th, 2005, 13:30

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!

i've finally got most of the crap in this level working (even the bots aren't too retarded)

i think the sewer is pretty borked for bots and hossies just yet, will work on that.

www.hairy-arse.com/raidrc1.rar

edit: also, this has been sent off to the server provider, so it'll get some proper playtesting

Post by **deject** » February 15th, 2005, 17:51

HUZZAH!

Sol · Post by **Sol** » February 15th, 2005, 17:53

'Tis most exellent berk :o

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 15th, 2005, 18:58

there's more updates coming, including a half decent nav file and some more detail.

but for now, the hostages are shit and this is the version that's in tomorrow's game

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 16th, 2005, 22:17

ok, having had playtested the level properly now.

it sucks, so development aborted as far as i'm concerned.

www.hairy-arse.com/raidfinal.rar is as far as i'm taking it, all VMFs etc are in that rar, so if anyone wants a play around, consider it released under a bog standard open source license, do as you wish, but credit me.

Post by **Joose** » February 16th, 2005, 23:18

To be fair, it doesnt totally suck. I think the general idea is still a good one, but it needs to be bigger, have more routes, and suchlike.

Which does, admitedly, mean starting from scratch. Really.

But it was a good first attempt.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 16th, 2005, 23:40

yeah, jinxx and i are gonna look at making a map between us at some point.

i figure bankraid was a good way to learn hammer, but not that good a map.

still, we live and learn.

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » February 17th, 2005, 0:51

Dr. Kitteny Berk wrote:jinxx and i are gonna look at making a map between us at some point.

Watch this space.

Well, not this space right here, but at least this forum.

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » February 17th, 2005, 4:12

yeah, I can't wait to see what you guys can come up with. :D

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 17th, 2005, 6:36

to be honest, nor can i :D

i probably wanna do a hostage map, perhaps something similar to militia at least as far as gameplay goes.

Post by **deject** » February 17th, 2005, 8:31

*watches*

*falls asleep*