I made a map for the prisonbreak server, how do i get it hosted? it says in the attachments bit down the bottom that it wont accept a .VMF file as an attachment.... do i post my map on fps banana or something like that and post a link to it from there (Is fps banana even still a thing?).
Anyway, i'm really excited about the map, i did a trick where i used filter entities to make sure that only the cts can open doors (unless ts capture the control room). Another kinda cool thing is the obstacle course i made, which has moving platforms that are triggered to start and stop moving when a moving target is hit from a shooting range(2 ts and 2 cts are supposed to enter the shooting range, and the ts are supposed to try and time their hits to help their comrades who are running the course and the 2 cts are supposed to time their hits to hinder the runners). Other cool features include breakable walls in some of the cells and a vent system that has some weapons stashed in it (on top of a fan that can be turned on and off)to help any ts lucky enough to find them in capturing the control room.
It might look a bit bad(I should have learned how to use decals for the labels on things, instead i used world geometry/brushes, and i had a lot of them bugging out((the last ten or so compiles were just trying to fix the bugs with my labels, i had textures leaking into each other and all sorts of nightmarish bugs, but i fixed them by making the labels into func_walls, along with (((but separate from)))the walls they were written on)).
Anyway the map should promote good gameplay; it gives ts more chances to rebel than most pb maps(the reward for finishing the obstacle course is a chance to rebel), but if the cts keep control of the vents(via the maintenance room) and the shower, infirmary, and kitchen they should be able to maintain control of the map.
There's a bit of room for some roleplay as well; some of the ts spawn outside the prison in the car park and are effectively visitors, and they can ask the cts to visit with a prisoner in the visiting areas. they could claim to be family or friends or even a lawyer demanding the the prisoners rights be recognised! (lol)(they could also try to bring a glock which is stashed in the car park into the prison, and try to pass it off to an inmate while visiting with them, or just use it themselves in a random attack).
Also; working showers!
The map might need a bit of optimising, I didn't add areaportals and i haven't stress tested it on a big server( I made a map similar to this years ago and someone told me that they got less than 20 fps while playing it, and they recommended putting areaportals in, and i tried it but i couldn't get them to work properly. Also it doesn't have a minimap; i don't know how to do that either, never bothered learning it. If anyone wants to try and optimise it they are welcome to try, but just remember that the labels bug out and it was quite difficult to get them to stop, anyone with experience with decals could just replace all the labels with decals to make the map run better but there are quite a few of them.
Anyway I'm off to check if fps banana is still a thing and I'll try to post the .VMF there, and I'll post a link to my map here if so.
hmmm, maybe I could zip the map? might give that a try too.
Anyway, i'm really excited about the map, i did a trick where i used filter entities to make sure that only the cts can open doors (unless ts capture the control room). Another kinda cool thing is the obstacle course i made, which has moving platforms that are triggered to start and stop moving when a moving target is hit from a shooting range(2 ts and 2 cts are supposed to enter the shooting range, and the ts are supposed to try and time their hits to help their comrades who are running the course and the 2 cts are supposed to time their hits to hinder the runners). Other cool features include breakable walls in some of the cells and a vent system that has some weapons stashed in it (on top of a fan that can be turned on and off)to help any ts lucky enough to find them in capturing the control room.
It might look a bit bad(I should have learned how to use decals for the labels on things, instead i used world geometry/brushes, and i had a lot of them bugging out((the last ten or so compiles were just trying to fix the bugs with my labels, i had textures leaking into each other and all sorts of nightmarish bugs, but i fixed them by making the labels into func_walls, along with (((but separate from)))the walls they were written on)).
Anyway the map should promote good gameplay; it gives ts more chances to rebel than most pb maps(the reward for finishing the obstacle course is a chance to rebel), but if the cts keep control of the vents(via the maintenance room) and the shower, infirmary, and kitchen they should be able to maintain control of the map.
There's a bit of room for some roleplay as well; some of the ts spawn outside the prison in the car park and are effectively visitors, and they can ask the cts to visit with a prisoner in the visiting areas. they could claim to be family or friends or even a lawyer demanding the the prisoners rights be recognised! (lol)(they could also try to bring a glock which is stashed in the car park into the prison, and try to pass it off to an inmate while visiting with them, or just use it themselves in a random attack).
Also; working showers!
The map might need a bit of optimising, I didn't add areaportals and i haven't stress tested it on a big server( I made a map similar to this years ago and someone told me that they got less than 20 fps while playing it, and they recommended putting areaportals in, and i tried it but i couldn't get them to work properly. Also it doesn't have a minimap; i don't know how to do that either, never bothered learning it. If anyone wants to try and optimise it they are welcome to try, but just remember that the labels bug out and it was quite difficult to get them to stop, anyone with experience with decals could just replace all the labels with decals to make the map run better but there are quite a few of them.
Anyway I'm off to check if fps banana is still a thing and I'll try to post the .VMF there, and I'll post a link to my map here if so.
hmmm, maybe I could zip the map? might give that a try too.
