Anyone who wants to send me maps, please do:

underworldfan1@aol.com. 

..is almost finished. i will try and get it completed tomorrow, if not the day after. 

Is there anyone out there with a super-fast computer, willing to vis a coagula map for me? I've got it running on my PIII-750 (8761 of 26462: 33%), so it would have to be significantly faster to be worth it.

Email me or reply here if you can help. Thanks. 

I could try it on my shiny new 2.4 Ghz and 512 MB of 400 MHz RAM.
Just send it over and tell me with what tools and options I should compile it. 

...one map coming your way. 

...got everything and started compiling it. Base VIS is already done, Full at 15% but it's prolly going to take some time ;).
Will send it back to you once it's done. If you want me to compile more Coagula goodness just shout out. 

...just want to mention that this map is quite a bitch to compile ;). 

Yep, I completely ignored all the rules when I made this one. It's probably going to have r_speeds through the roof as well. If only we had properly working detail brushes in Q1, the compile time wouldn't be so bad.

Hmmm, I just wanted to say that this was a really different experience making this map. I think the contest achieved it's original goal, in that it challenged me to work outside my comfort zone. I'm still not 100% sure that I like the map, but it's ok I guess (just feels a little stale after starting so long ago).

Oh, and if the deathmatch mode is any good, it'll be a miracle. I didn't have anyone around to test with, and bots are completely useless on this map. 

My map has two dm spawns, so technically you can DM in it, but you wouldn't want to. Looking back on the map there are some things I would do again and some I wouldn't 

if everyone's dm gameplay stinks, then i'll have a chance! ;) 

What date is planned for the release of the Coagula pak? I ask because the 6th is listed in the event schedule as "SP maps" day, and the 8th is listed as "More maps" day (for DM and SP). It's already the 6th here down under, and there's still no booths on QExpo.com.

My compile is currently at 66% after ~35 hours... I don't know how Gom is doing, but he told me his first attempt bombed out at 56% and he had to start over, but I haven't heard back since. If it's still running he should finish it before me. 

how can it be the 6th? it's only friday here. (4th) 

*looks at calendar; slaps forehead* - doh.

Ok, so it's the 5th here. I guess the booths will appear later tonight or tommorow morning. 

Hey - since I got p|a finished, you still want a redesign? You know where to contact me. 

I have a booth, and i hope to release the coagula map pack during Qexpo.
I have 1 map so far (pushplay)

So its up you guys!

I am *merely* the messenger, not the creator.
I await your *Art* in my email box. =) 

kmshanah@anarchy:~/coagula-compile$ ./rvisplus -level 4 coag_rc1
---- tyrvis v1.0 ---- (Beta version Jul 4 2003 01:28:01)
testlevel = 4
BSP is version 29
3314 portalleafs
13231 numportals
Calculating Base Vis:
Calculating Full Vis:
21963 of 26462: 82%

kmshanah@anarchy:~$ ps -C rvisplus
PID TTY TIME CMD
496 pts/0 2-17:16:30 rvisplus

That's 2 days, 17 hours worth so far.

Gom Jabbar is also compiling for me, but he had some problems earlier. He should finish it before me, so I hope to have a map to send by the time I get home from work tommorow. 

So far I am teh coagula winna! 

---- tyrvis v1.0 ---- (Beta version Jul 4 2003 (01:28:01)
testlevel = 4
BSP is version 29
3314 portalleafs
13231 numportals
Calculating Base Vis:
Calculating Full Vis:
21339 of 26462: 80%

I never should've said 'Sure Tyrann, just send it over' ;).

80% in 28 hours... Oh my... 

it helps but in lengthy vis sessions, after processing 60% of the portals there are often 80% of time left ... 

i forgot :o

just have some monster placing and some weapons n stuff to throw in, will get it done by tonight if i don't fall asleep too early! :S

i mean it this time hehe 

Oh yes... that helps a lot. I feel way more comfortable now...

/me slaps aguirRe around a bit with 30.5 hours of processor time 

if it's a true coagula map (wide open space floater,) then why even bother vising it? 

why even bother vising it?

Coagula maps do have vis-blockers, they're just not as obvious as other maps (i.e. they try harder to look open). Vising makes a big difference on this map. Unvised, it has r_speeds that top out at 4000-5000, while after vising the max r_speeds drop to around 1500 or so (I hope anyway; that's based on an earlier version, so it may have changed now). 

ah, okay. 

why even bother vising it?

I barely did.