macanahs map

[macanah]

ok so im using quark and have spent a while making this map

im about halfway done

gonna do some testing with the 3zbz bot

ok thats all

[macanah]

k pretty much done
gonna do some play testing tommorow
dont wanna spoil it with ne screenshots
time to go to bed
cya

[Null]

Macanah,

Thank you for submitting your map

Jan 29, 2015 17:16:13 GMT -5 Null said:

Your map should cater to the average amount of players on decent Deathmatch server these days. These numbers fluctuate so I'd say around 12 people +/- 6. Minimum being 6,

Note: Your map has 7 height levels (personally I don't recommend going over 4). Each height level is large enough to have 3 people on it without them having much contact.
So currently your map can probably fit upwards of 24+ people, and even then, they'd be mostly looking just to find each other in the massive labyrinth.
Just to warn you, most servers these days don't have more than 12 players on them. Since your target audience might not be into hide and seek, so you might want to consider scaling back a bit.
That could mean exposing / removing some height levels or walls and clearing a line of sight for players to find each other.
Would you like me to upload your map to the death-match server for testing to see how it'll be received by players?

[macanah]

hi null i dont wont my map uploaded for a server for testing
i play tested it with about 6 players on at once
2 were human rest were bots and seemed to flow fine

the map is a bit of hide and seek but i think once a player learns the map it could b quite fun

u can post some screenshots if u want
so this is my final version

ya might not b much fun if u dont like hide and seek
ok bye from
macanah

[Null]

Mar 10, 2015 3:19:12 GMT -5 macanah said:

u can post some screenshots if u want

Sure, here's a preview of macanah's new map (shown are 4 of the 7 floors)

[giftmacher]

Third screenshot reminds me of Wolfenstein 3D Glad to see your still mapping macanah. This is my advice to you: try and add more detail to your maps to create depth/realism. One really good way of learning how to add more advanced geometry to your map is 'reverse-engineering'. I do that a lot to learn myself, usually I walk around Id's SinglePlayer maps and look at the geometry they created, then I try to reconstruct it myself in the editor to incorporate that technique. It is a great way of improving your mapping skills. Keep it up

[Null]

Mar 10, 2015 3:19:12 GMT -5 macanah said:

i play tested it with about 6 players on at once

We've had a play through of your map with 7 people earlier today on the server, and they could hardly find each other.
The highest score at the 10 min timelimit was 12 / 30

There's still 4 days left, so maybe you could consider reducing a couple floors, and creating a smaller version of this map?

[macanah]

hi null thanks for the feedback

ahhh maybe with the servers that run my map only have the map load if 8 ppl or over are connected

that could solve the problem

ok bye from
macanah

[Null]

Sure, I can put it in the large map rotation (12+), but I figured you'd want it to receive most action at optimal number of players.
Most server these days don't get more than 12 players, so your map might not get much play.

[macanah]

im quite happy for the map to b on 12+ servers