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in our spectacular 3 player lanparties we re having from time to time (3 guys left of |arr playing ahl) we tend to play following maps

ahl2_canalwar
ahl2_skylounge
ahl2_elhouse_b4
ahl2_schnee
ahl2_engholm_b2
dm_stalkyard
dm_cliffed_r3

all of them are really fun to play and are rarely seen on the servers onlin

which maps do you like most?

fanatic Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Posts: 229 Location: france

enterprise is awesome, should be present on every server

I should be able to have ahl2_Renovation ready for release this friday, i wasnt going to release it just yet but i may as well, if ppl are wanting something different to play :-p

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It's a small to medium sized office, nice and fast to get around too :wink:

fanatic Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Posts: 229 Location: france

Or why not take the shitty hl2 maps off the servers

fanatic Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 611

Thanks for these map list pointers anyway

theyre a nice indication of what ppl like.

fanatic Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Posts: 229 Location: france

veritas:if you can have the chance to contact some server admins about putting your upcoming maps,please ask them to change their map lists aswell,guess we might use this very topic to debate what are our favorite ones and the ones we want to be "HC n' trolls pit only" (funny thing is for now I said twice something like "contacting admins" but I actually didn't do anything at all about it :x)

duncan:so the next release will contain all the default HL2DM maps instead of one single converted map is that it? :p

fanatic Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 611

keener Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Posts: 65

fanatic Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 611

Thanks for the write-up!

keener Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Posts: 65

Just to add one - dm_bridge is awesome! Huge amounts of traffic. Some weird spawn points that make it unsuited for TP but oh well.

fanatic Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 181

i really like enterprise, schnee, metro and engholm

canalwar feels a bit too big and island is hc fest without random equipment

keener Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Posts: 65

Any teamplay suggestions? Bankjob works best for us so far, and dawg is pretty good.

fanatic Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Posts: 229 Location: france

keener Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Posts: 65

Have to agree on size of canalwar - 3vs3 kept bogging down a lot merely due to the nooks and crannies. Sometimes the spawn points were too close to each other, too.

engholm would be teamplay-oriented otherwise, but has severe balance issues with the glass ceiling area, with the other team usually at the top of the ladder on the roof, creating an insanely difficult position for the other team. Merely getting out the door adjacent to the glass ceiling is nearly impossible if the other team has got it covered.

Metro would benefit a lot from adding just a little bit of more space in the middle of the metro tracks and potentially widening the routes a little, to create distance and offer more chances for real tactical manoeuvres - right now, it's just a matter of trying to ambush the enemies. It's just as hectic with TP as in DM - not a bad thing per se, just not the kind of tactical TP experience that AQ2 could offer.

Definitely think bankjob is the most balanced level out of the crop for 2vs2 and 3vs3 so far. Also continue to be impressed with dawg. Both maps are really good gameplay-wise despite other small shortcomings!

fanatic Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Posts: 229 Location: france

I think large maps are good too,we might just need to keep a balance between large search and destroy and fast rounds in the map choice (still,I guess more little maps with a few larger ones is better,this mod is about action after all)...totally agree with engholm,this map is designed to be fast paced,and it works freaking perfectly

veritas,I was just wondering if you planned to keep the crates under the glass windowed room,I liked the fact that it was possible to get to roof without passing through the stairs (crates were removed in latest version),and if maybe you would give the map a more old-school feeling as well? (if you need fridge,bed,beerbox and other related props I always got some space in my todolist

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Yeh i could do with left4dead props but i cannot get them to work with hl2 (models are there but textures are screwed) probably not best to use them anyway due to legal wranglings :mad:

But yes to your question m8 i could do with loads of props ie household stuff. As for the crates these were taken out as by request but i have thought of doing something else (wait and see :wink:

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The only thing i would suggest is getting your modelling head on and just doing all sorts of stuff m8, im sure they will all be used at some stage

still waiting for the motorbikes for hbraid if your interested in that $_/-\o_$

fanatic Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 181

i probably mixed up canalwar with something else

probably drainage