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Posted by Tronyn on 2005/07/15 04:42:38

So I was actually mapping the other day, trying to deal with my sprawling, incoherent maps and projects, and I thought, what I'd really like to do is something smaller and quicker. Which caused me to think up my *very own* rip-off of The Lost Chapters! The idea is very similar: a contest to create smaller maps, with some common custom content (in this case Soul of Evil's), and a common theme, playable in any order.

Here are the rules:

1) Single player must be supported: skill levels, cooperative, and deathmatch are not required.

2) With the exception of a sky texture, all textures must be from the Soul of Evil textures . Soe_devkit.zip contains 3 wads, available on the downloads page at http://www.planetquake.com/tronyn/soul

3) The level must contain no more than 1500 brushes

4) The level must contain at least one "forested" outdoor area. Whether this effect is achieved through brushwork or the use of misc_tree or whatever else is up to the mapper.

5) At least one type of custom monster must be present (see soe_devkit.zip for a list).

6) The map's title must come from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien

Announced July 15, maps must be submitted by email to me (netgames@netdp.com) by September 10. Release date is September 15.

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#1 posted by Zwiffle on 2005/07/15 06:07:45

Count me in. :D

Great Idea

#2 posted by aguirRe on 2005/07/15 06:40:32

More SoE stuff would be very nice!

Sounds Great,

#3 posted by HeadThump on 2005/07/15 07:03:04

I think I'll actually have the time for this one ;)

Sounds Like A Good Idea

#4 posted by Shambler on 2005/07/15 07:07:52

Presumably it has to involve bastard hard monsters and falling in lava and a sorry lack of excessive secrets?? :P.

Actually, I just realised I never got round to playing SOE....oooops....'pon the dl w3rd.

SOE

#5 posted by Jago on 2005/07/15 07:58:41

Hmm, I don't think I've ever played SOE, but those screenshots looks damn nice... downloading.

I Like The Idea

#6 posted by Ionous_at_work on 2005/07/15 08:06:55

Something i'll probably pursue in between lulls in my other project.

Soe...

#7 posted by Trinca on 2005/07/15 08:36:04

i sure remenber very good this one... have two entrances at start deathmatch and single, i�ve realy had great�s time in the past with this great pack ;) thks tronyn to bring more fun to us! hope everything goes well

Entity File

#8 posted by Jago on 2005/07/15 10:54:49

Does anyone have an entity file for SOE (for Radiant or WorldCraft)?

Jago

#9 posted by Zwiffle on 2005/07/15 11:08:30

I think you set the entities normally according to the list, then just test it under SoE, and the monsters get converted normally. Not sure, but that's what I'm going by, otherwise I'm sure a .ent file would've been supplied as well.

Hmm....

#10 posted by Jago on 2005/07/15 11:56:33

I downloaded and installed SOE. Looking good so far, but for some reason the game crashed on me in the 2nd map (Devil's Pass?) with some QC error.

Misc Tree?

#11 posted by ionous on 2005/07/15 15:32:29

Where can i get that?

Jago

#12 posted by Tronyn on 2005/07/15 16:04:42

We had repeated reports of that bug, but we were never able to determine what caused it. I had another version of the BSP with the cutscene which causes that crash removed, which I sent to users who had that problem. If you like I can poke around and see if I still have it, or, for a quicker solution, once you get to the area with pillars and a teleport destination, simply noclip to the left through the wooden bars rather than going the non-barred route to the right.

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