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Here's Part 2! This episode finishes up the final maps within the pack.
https://youtu.be/2oCtxQzcCMA Here is the list of maps in this episode, again sorry, list is not in order: Shadow and Flame by Ionous Abyssal Nimiety by Ish Surrounded by Ish and Rhoq Coal in your Socks! by Krampus You see me, you a stranger. I see you, I see danger by Naitelveni Gift of the Boxlord by Qmaster Cop Speed Gentlemen by Qmaster NoQuarter by Scampie Chapel Perilous by Shambler Moonlit Keep by Shotro Frozen Demise by Bloodshot Overall amazing pack! I can't believe we have another 5-6 hours of Quake we can play here (for free!) and the majority of what is in here is good! There are a few maps that I was not the biggest fan of and you'll hear my thoughts on those when I play them. To those people I say, please don't give up and don't take the criticism to heart, just keep working your craft and you'll get there. ;) Merry Quakemas all! I'm not sure how to get the snow working myself actually. I slapped that line in there because ionous said that was what was needed for snowy maps to have snow effect....oh well.
For Qmasters map I believe it should be adjusted to this:
"_texpart_SKY003" "fte_weather.tex_skysnow" Which translate to this: "_texpart_(your standard 2D sky's name)" "fte_weather.tex_skysnow" Since he didn't USE "sky_xsnow", his 2D sky's name is SKY003, nothing happens. At least that's what I think is going on. "fte_weather.tex_skysnow" is the engine directive of what to display, hence:
"fte_weather.tex_skyrain" would be rain instead of snow. hth's Sorry for the triple posting on this but:
Using MarkV's "copy ents" console command plus Notepad2, I successfully created a "xmasjam2018_qmaster1.ent" file. Where you can change the incorrect Worldspawn key/value pair to: "_texpart_SKY003" "fte_weather.tex_skysnow" Then snow will fall in "Gift of the Boxlord" HOWEVER, it will not be correct :( The snow particles lifespan is not long enough to reach the lower part of the map and so, it looks really odd ingame. To correct this, I had to edit the "fte_weather.cfg" inside my "...xmasjam2018\particles\" folder and set "die", under section "r_part tex_skysnow", to "14". It is initially set to "8". This of course has an effect on the whole pack and so may not really be a viable solution. Wrapping up, I don't know if it's possible to set this on a per map basis in Worldspawn. If possible, the Anyways... just thought I'd let you guys know. A Christmas Romp by Spipper
About to have Xmas dinner so keeping this short. Probably the funniest map from the pack, had me loling from the first time I saw a screenshot. I knew right away I'd have to wait to play this until the 24th. The gameplay was fine, but a bit too many pushables than necessary, and that one blue Death Knight was a very harsh spike in difficulty. I adored all the destructible detail like the boxes or the snowmen. The map pretty much ended up getting destroyed too, with lots of clever AD entity setups. The only way I'd improve this is if maybe the presents were actually a hollywood timebomb (since the family is already dead). I didn't mind the music but after 2 minutes I ended up switching it off. Only 1/5 secrets found, while some of the items I got I'd definitely have marked as secrets personally (like the mega in the basement). Nice map overall! Had to cheat twice, once because the chimney killed me when I was falling down with 1HP, the other because the Minotaur wouldn't stop spawning Imps infinitely.
I figured it out!
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/misc/Gift%20of%20the%20Boxlord%20-%20SNOW%5Bent%2Bcfg%20files%5D.zip Deposit that into your xmasjam2018 folder and you're set. Finally managed to play the rest of the maps. Here are the demoes:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5bkr4az3emii65/xmasspipper_demoes02.zip?dl=0 I was a bit tired when I played through some of the maps from the 2nd floor, so the playthroughs are a bit rushed and my "commentary" perhaps not too insightful. (Also, sorry Ing if I were a bit harsh on your map. Seeing some other playthroughs of your map, made me appreciate what you were trying to do a whole lot more) It will be included in the DLC update but for anyone wanting to play a working copy of the map:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l42tgtf6yvu4623/xmasjam2_shotro.zip?dl=0 The original release of the map somehow had multiple entities that had the target/targetname settings all set to the same thing in a vertical slice of the map across multiple floors. This led me to hunt down all the affected entities. To prevent this in the future I also adjusted the brushes in the left hallway to no longer allow non-linear navigation through the map so I can test the map without missing something like this again. With that, two areas of the map received brushwork. Another complaint came when a couple of (non-tester) players overlooked a major trigger for proceeding through the map and couldn't move forward, I added brushwork to make the logic of the map far more apparent. With that, the adjacent areas got some additional brushwork in order to accommodate the change and since I ended up with a dead end because of this, I added a new functional set piece to fill that gap. The rest of the map is the same layout and is the same as it was upon release... if entities would have triggered correctly. I had time to re-test the map and added a few quality of life improvements relating to button triggers, messages, and fixed the map sounds. I added a joke two-part secret to the map and added a secret in an area someone reached that I hadn't expected (now has a wall and an item. Oh my). Xmasjam2018 Playlist
Thank you all for your feedback! I made playlist from when I streamed my playthroughs. I hope my commentary is useful to you all. I really enjoyed all the maps, each brought something to the table and it was a real Christmas treat for me to participate. Is anyone playing this maps with quakespasm-spiked?
I'm not sure what i'm doing wrong, but there are, at least, three maps that crashes when you try to save or quicksave. I'm not getting any warnings or error messages... quakespasm-spiked just crashes, closes and goes to the desktop :P It is happening with both Qmaster's maps and with Spiper's (that one with santa's sleigh). I didn't tested with all the maps yet, but i know these three have this "save" issue with quakespasm-spiked. What these three maps have in common? What do they have that is different from the other maps? Do I have to change something, like change protocols or write something in the console to make it work? Yep, I played the pack with quakespasm-spiked, and I confirm that three maps are crashing to the console. I use QSS on OS X.
I didn't noticed which maps were crashing. Very cool maps! Once again, highly impressive how everyone managed to make something unique within the 1024 restrictions. The levels are so varied in theme and style; some amazing details; some clever puzzles or twists. Some maps feel more polished than others or more accessible in general, but overall every map has something interesting to offer. GG everyone involved and special shoutout to the new people. See you in 2019!
....I was busy with other stuff etc. But I will do very soon!
In the meantime, I've heard rumours that 18 secrets was a bit too much in mine and some people didn't find them all?? Shocking. Anyway, so here's a walkthrough with some design thoughts and all the secrets. Sorry it is a bit rambling as it's the 3rd time I recorded it and I got bored... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRlrYvdHAxU didn't record any demos, sorry. Loved Negke map. Scampie's map deserves more love, though end battle was too tough for me to play manfully.
Sock's was annoyingly good as expected, same for Bal. Really hope that's gonna be an episode. Shambler, one element I particularly enjoyed about your map was when the uberscrag spawned and I fell below, and as I climbed back up, acid kept raining down on me from the ceilings. Ugh lots of good maps, anyone who hasn't downloaded and played should ASAP! I finished streaming these as well, viewable here :
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/360683467 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/360683890 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/360684424 Sorry for that first stream, was really tired, Nait and JCR especially deserved better from me hah. Great pack overall, my highlights were sm190_newhouse which was crazy genius, and sm190_skacky2 which was just a really solid and fun map. I finished streaming these as well, viewable here :
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/360683467 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/360683890 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/360684424 Sorry for that first stream, was really tired, Nait and JCR especially deserved better from me hah. Great pack overall, my highlights were sm190_newhouse which was crazy genius, and sm190_skacky2 which was just a really solid and fun map.
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