Winter Map Pack - 2011

[Stuboi0]

Hello all,

Having spent a little bit of my time creating snowy maps, I had decided to make it a theme for a map pack which I have now created! I present to you - The Winter Map Pack!

These maps are suitable for; Team deathmatch, Deathmatch, Duel, Battle and Capture the Flag

This is the first official release of the map pack, so I hope you enjoy. Simply download the zipped file, it contains the 4 multiplayer scenes; Snowy Hamlet, Frozen Village, Freeze Thaw and Icy Lake!. Once downloaded, feel free to upload them onto your server taking either any of the custom slots(Vincenzo's Admin Tools allows you to upload 20 custom maps without having to replace any of the orignal native maps!) or simply replacing the disliked original native maps. Terrain and outer terrain codes are also included in the pack.

Now I cannot gaurentee this map pack is 100% bug free, if you find any bugs or exploits on the map, (please don't rage) just take a screenshot and explain how you exploit the bug, I will do my best when I get the time to fix this bug. I will try and keep this regulary updated if bugs do occur in the future and I will keep you all updated on upcoming patches.

Screenshots

隐藏: Snowy Hamlet

隐藏: Frozen Village

隐藏: Freeze Thaw

隐藏: Icy Lake

There may be more screenshots to come

Credits go to;
- Vincenzo (20 Custom map ability with admin tools) 
- Wolfpack members, other players from other clans and the public (testing)
- IG_Alexander and the IG_Battlegrounds Server (Testing Snowy Hamlet)

I hope you enjoy these maps feel free to ask questions, I'll do my best to answer them.
Any problems, contact me via PM, on this topic or on steam; Stuboi0

 

[Lord Willy]

Brrrrr i can feel the cold down there   

 

[Frosty]

Very nice maps Stu! 

 

[Ruthven]

Nice looking maps, only two issues:
1) That looks like a lot of trees. Some people might have some issues with it. Then again, Battle on Ice has a ton of trees too so it might be alright.
2) The maps all look very similar. Try to change up the style of the maps, have some with sparse housing, some with rows of houses close together and fewer trees (more human development) etc.

 

[Stuboi0]

Nice looking maps, only two issues:
1) That looks like a lot of trees. Some people might have some issues with it. Then again, Battle on Ice has a ton of trees too so it might be alright.
2) The maps all look very similar. Try to change up the style of the maps, have some with sparse housing, some with rows of houses close together and fewer trees (more human development) etc.

1) Never, have I heard anyone complain about the quality of play... only the odd 1 or 2, then again, they aren't the majority... The trees dont actually cause much lag at all, they might be in clusters and it looks alot, but when you're actually playing it, I get 80-100 fps on DX-9, 47 other players on the server, highest settings with 3gb ram, its honestly not an issue.

2) Well lets face it, its a "Wintery Theme", hence the title Winter Map Pack, its meant to be snowy. You say housing isn't quite right. I think and the majority think its fine. You get housing which is spread out, as well as having a village centre shall we call it with houses fairly close, bearing in mind, I've added smaller and other objects such as stands, barrels, fences, to fill the gaps but players can still use gaps between houses to make it much more strategic.

The reason why ppl lag is because theres lots of clusters of trees, everywhere you look. All that information your computer is getting makes it lag. I've made a handful of clustered trees, but not many its more spread out evenly, so this way, its more iconic, people can communicate with each other saying "Oh yeah I'm by the..."

I don't like the idea of having "rows of houses", its meant to be a little country village, hamlet, farm etc. Houses would have been spread out. Each map has areas which have an advantage for each class in each faction, you have the open, then more ubranised areas and then hills for those pesky archers. It all blends nicely together and it prevents quite a bit of 2 handed spam which is good.

 

[Ruthven]

I'm not saying they aren't balanced or anything, but if you're going to add more to the pack later, you might want to spice up the variety a bit. The maps do blend together quite well, so well in fact, that by looking at the screenshots, it almost looks like the Snowy Hamlet evolves into the Icy Lake. 

 

[Stuboi0]

Variety, I kind of do and I kind of don't understand exactly what your suggestion is. Does it need more "obvious" iconic scenery or something? Add something which makes people go "oh yes, its this map because of the... (um... well for example?).

Yeah, if thats the case, I suppose you are right, but I've mainly concentrated on gameplay whilst still making it look aesthetically pleasing.

I'll make a fly through video, get a bit more close up in the maps. Using fraps for it, so quality might not be entirely great.

 

[ChloChlo]

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Any idea why is this in the Multiplayer Clans section? =L...
On topic: Nice maps, but they sort of do look monotone and need more variety.

 

[Stuboi0]

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Any idea why is this in the Multiplayer Clans section? =L...
On topic: Nice maps, but they sort of do look monotone and need more variety.

This is targetted at players and clans who own servers + Alot of server owners are in clans = Its relivent to clans who wish to host the maps...

Though I do see your point, some are not in clans and own servers or what ever. Yeah ok fine, request a move to "The Guildhall"... 

On topic, well yes, it has a theme of Winter, basically snow. Though it works well and the title of the pack is infact Winter Map Pack believe it or not...  yes, I have already been told it "needs more variety" but like I have said, I have mainly focused on the actual game play and making it look good whilst keeping that game play balance. When I can, I will add/remove stuff. I bet you havent even played this, maybe you'd see the map differently if you actually play it. Alot of people thought it might lag, until they played it, no-one complained.

 

[POM_Zero]

off topic : alot is not a word in English and is clearly incorrect. "a lot" is the correct word.

 

[MrNomNom]

Looks nice! 

 

[Stuboi0]

off topic : alot is not a word in English and is clearly incorrect. "a lot" is the correct word.

Shut the **** up and stop trolling the thread with stupid comments like that! Its a typo, a very VERY small one. Why bother posting a comment which is completely off topic. If I remember rightly so, that this topic is called... "Winter Map Pack - 2011".

No one likes a grammar nazi. 

Looks nice! 

Thanks

 

[TMAN78]

NAZI!!

Also stu, good maps, i have played on them with my crappy laptop that cant play ****, and i have never lagged.

 

[Stuboi0]

Thanks man,

I think people only look at images to reach a judgement on maps, not that these images are taken very far away so of course, a few think "well it hasn't got many objects." Believe me thats not the case, I've created a (Crap) fly through video, no sound though. Its simply showing a couple of fly through of each map and zooms out to give an aerial view of the map. 6 Minutes wrong, just flick through.

 

[Ruthven]

Thanks man,

I think people only look at images to reach a judgement on maps,

 

[Stuboi0]

Thanks man,

I think people only look at images to reach a judgement on maps,

I'm not going to lie, but thats fact, people look at images which give the first impression, but obviously, if they don't like what they see on the images, they wont download it or anything along those lines. Yes, I can admit, it needs more screens, but I've made a video which hopefully will help. Though Ruthven, I had never said that this was the case for you.

 

[Yiit]

Cool! Nice maps, good job!