pl_zig_b4

[Duggles]

Today and yesterday I have been playing one of the new payload maps, pl_zig_b4. Admittedly I do like it, but unfortunately the first checkpoint is unrealistically difficult to get the cart to. I know yesterday we actually did play it all the way to the end, but I would leave that to luck and unholy teamwork on part of the blues. I was thinking of changing something to do with the map, such as making the train faster, making the red spawn further away or something more drastic.

I know there will be disagreements about fiddling with the map but it's just too lop-sided on the first checkpoint, in my opinion. I have found a couple of tools that most source mappers would already have, one that decompiles the map (Vmex) and one that can edit the ent file (EntEd). The latter odesn't need a recompile so I would prefer to do that. Someone who is more experienced with SrcMapping could do this instead of me, so I'd be happy to pass the baton, since I only ever messed around with GoldSrc mapping (that's HL1).

So I guess we should have a chat about what could/should be done...

[Fester]

First off nothing can be done about the coke points cuz we don't make the maps we just UP them to the server all new maps get thrown on a few nights for umm... testing? .. but i agree it is a very difficult first point but all the rest seem to pass easy once first is done..

[dintbo(aka bosco)]

Its a beautiful looking map though. Shame its a bit flawed. Bloody fps hell on a craptacular machine like mine as well