Custom Maps

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Scrupus wrote:

Dear all players,

we will try to arrange a little custom map event on first sunday,trying to present some of the new custom maps for all the players looking for more custom content in ETQW.

There are already many servers running custom maps out there, but due to some technical obstacles there have been some problems to get players to actually play custom maps. The problems are minor and some of them will be fixed in 1.5, so the time has come to start playing custom battles.

So we have compiled a pack of 4 maps, for easy download and installation, and will run them in custom campaigns on several servers sunday afternoon. The servers are already running, so I suggest to download and try out the maps already, so you are prepared for custom battles with other players on sunday.

We will start on EU server sunday 18 May at 21:00 CEST - for translation to other timezones, use this link:

http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fi...0&sec=0&p1=187

Instructions:

1. Download and installation

Please note that you have to download ALL maps before you connect to the custom servers, to avoid problems with the autodownload system.

For new players, I have prepared a mappack with all the 4 maps in one big zip (including the sub directories base/ and base/megatextures), so it can be unzipped directly into the ETQW game folder. The zip can be downloaded here:

http://etqw.nett.org/download/etqw/m...008-spring.zip

The total size is 120MB but the server is on a good network with around 200Mbs of free bandwidth so it shouldn't take that long to download.

If you already have some of the maps installed you can download the rest individually from the map threads, see links below.

2. Preparation

There is a couple of small things you should be aware of: Due to a problem in 1.4, the client may reset your settings if you have a default player profile selected. Another problem is that it may disable Punkbuster on first connect. The best way to avoid both of those probs is to save your settings to a file, and even better use autoexec.cfg to run your settings automatically. See these threads for some good tips (thanks to dommafia and Natural Causes):

http://community.enemyterritory.com/...ad.php?t=25209
http://community.enemyterritory.com/...904#post331904

So - at least save your settings, if you have a lot of them.

Also be aware that the client will restart when you connect to a custom server - this is normal, and you will quickly get used to it. Note that in some cases you may also see more restarts during map changes, but this should not happen on sundays event, since we are running in campaign, and without any mods.

3. Connect to the custom servers

This is simple - just enter the ip address/name in the "direct connect" field, or run the connect command from console. The servers are:

EU: ICE Custom Server, ip= etqw.nett.org (operated by me)
US: Hack House, ip= hacked.org (operated by Langley)

We will start on the EU server, play at least 2 x 4 maps (should take an hour or so), and then move over to US for those who want better ping from there. You can check the status of both servers on Splatterladder:

http://etqw.splatterladder.com/?mod=...info&idx=25364
http://etqw.splatterladder.com/?mod=...info&idx=25503

There are also many other custom servers out there, and hopefully there will be more events including more custom servers (and maps) in the future.

The map rotation will be:

Sky - Comm Link - Meltdown - Artic Assault

For a quick description of the maps, I'm stealing some content from an earlier post by Hozz:

Sky (close to final): a map consisting of only Jump Pads floating in the air, just like the good old Quake 3 maps! But nontheless 5 objectives to do, aimed at smaller scale (6v6) battles.
http://community.enemyterritory.com/...ad.php?t=24518

Comm Link/(Beta): GDF must infiltrate a Strogg Fort and blow up their stuff, map is aimed at smaller battles (infantry only - 3v3, 6v6,...). With bot support!
http://community.enemyterritory.com/...ad.php?t=25185

Meltdown (Beta2): great infantry-only 6v6 competitive map in a Strogg-infested urban environment. The prettiest map you will find right now:
http://community.enemyterritory.com/...ad.php?t=25735

Arctic Assault (Alpha1/first playable) - huge map, large scale battles (not less than 55 vehicles in current version i heard ) with MCP escort, Shield Gen and Transmit Objective for GDF (attacking):
http://community.enemyterritory.com/...ad.php?t=25166

(original post here: http://community.enemyterritory.com/...9&postcount=11 )

That should be it - I hope I got everything right, but if you see any errors or something is unclear, please let me know and I'll fix. Hope to see you all on sunday - defend the objective, for the makron!

I still have to download sky but then I'll be able to go probably rofl its at 3:00 for me. Gotta go buy some new shoes first!

Armegadon wrote:

I still have to download sky but then I'll be able to go probably rofl its at 3:00 for me. Gotta go buy some new shoes first!

Nizzle post a pic of them here

lawl we'll see

Yes Yes Yes i just waited for this