Metro 2.0 (final release)

***Update Feb. 17 2019*** - Massive improvements to clipping outside of map; slight remodeling of evil-team base (H2O Purification Hub); moved HB on evil team side of map; removed death at QD under the train station; added some jumppads to increase gameplay speed and close up the map a bit.

***Update Feb. 11 2019*** - Improved numerous gameplay/flow elements and some aesthetic changes. (demonstrated in this video )

***Update Dec. 12 2018*** - Fixed major clipping error near "Peanut Plaza"

***Update Dec. 10 2018*** - Added another custom sound and increased the volume of other sounds. improved clipping and fixed texture errors.

***Update Dec. 6 2018*** - Added more lights, sounds ents, fixed texture errors, added 2 jumppads, and other minor improvements

URL https://drive.google.com/file/d/129Ln8CooAeP048-lN8B-ABrzb9_q04rZ/view?usp=sharing

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7YearBitch | 2018-12-04 15:58

Generally speaking, good DM map! I like the style, wybo japanese (maybe) letters, and way you used env-shaders with low "envscale". Thing I like the most is approx. same amount of SG and CG ammo (15 vs 16), which is good when you have more than 6 players on the map... :)
One thing that bothers my weak eyes is skyboxcolour, but oh well... Config is a bit bloated, and I saw 1 texture using parralax shader, while you didn't add "texture z ..." to it. Maybe adding few lights will be good idea, since there are some places where's none of them except ambient. Except that, everything else looks good to me, we should gather some 6+ people to test it for gameplay :P

Ao1 Pointblank | 2018-12-06 06:01

Just posted an update, which addresses most of 7Year's points ^

Ao1 Pointblank | 2018-12-10 05:08

Alright, I just put out the last update for a while. Metro is done unless there are some serious errors (fingers crossed)

Ao1 Pointblank | 2018-12-12 19:45

Posted v1.4
Final release for now.

Ao1 Pointblank | 2019-02-17 23:42

new release.

Suicizer | 2019-02-18 21:31

The map feels like there has been spend a lot of work on it at first sight.

Using some different texturepack than those which are around for years feels refreshing, although it may be from Red Eclipse for some of them.

Same counts for the sounds and models, although there is no license included for them.
Also, with what program are they modified? What's the source of the base? Is it made from scratch? Be sure to document such thing, unless you want to keep it all for yourself.
Back to the map; Adding empty boundingboxes as a way of clipping is not a great thing to do, as if every map would do such thing, people's directory would all be cluttered with empty models.

The lighting of the map feels dull. The skybox doesnt feel fitting the map at all, as the map has quite some high resolution textures while the skybox is just that very same resolution. So I would advice a more space-like skybox.
There are some places which do are lighted, but don't have a light-source at all.
The amount of lightmaps that has been generated is ridiculously high. Normally a map with such size and geometry uses between 6-9 lightmaps, while this one uses a whopping 81 lightmaps.
So lightprecision 64 / 48 would be advised to increase the performance and the lower the file-size of the map.

The map has some nice details, but things like a car don't feel right in this theme (or the theme doesn't feel right in that setting...).

There's a texture-error at pk02_light01b_c.

You can see you've spend a lot of time and work on the map. Although that might not come out yet, I think the map do has some potency to become a nice one.

Ao1 Pointblank | 2019-02-18 23:35

in response to this, i've changed the skybox to "yonder" (visually very similar, just higher res).
i have also deleted a red light in evil base that was a leftover from when there used to be a teledest there.
also re-added clip on the "cryo chamber" near evil base (forgot to re-add it when i was re-clipping the map)

i'm not going to change the lightprecision or lighterror, however. i think it's worth the extra loading time.
i am also not going to remove the mapmodel clipping. it's think it's very useful. it doesn't need to be used on every map, but here, it does it's job just fine.

regarding license for models or whatever:
if the folder paths were not a clear enough hint at the creators, the rotating signs and the blank clip model are made be me with the help of the /writeobj command in sauer, Blender (a free open-source modeling software), and Gimp for making the skins.
some of the details on the textures (arrows, lines, circles, techno-y stuff) were taken from free gui graphics packages. blank.png for the 2D clip model... needs no explanation.
the floor grate (same model i used on Pariah and Meltdown_2) was taken from Assault Cube, another Cube engine game.
the "metro_music.ogg" is free uncopyrighted music made by SiriusBeatTV on youtube. i even credited them in the metro.txt file and left a link to the original, untrimmed video. if i did something wrong, sue me. or let them.

have fun folks ;D
oh, btw, i didn't update the loading pic nor the website thumbnail after the skybox change... i dont think it's a big enough change to really matter.

Suicizer | 2019-02-19 09:01

Good job, you've explained your additional content.

Ao1 Pointblank | 2020-09-16 01:22

it's done. With 1 final emergency update, models should work with SVN now.

Doko | 2020-09-16 23:13

This is pretty awesome man, you did a great job!

Ao1 Pointblank | 2020-09-21 22:51

thanks a lot ❤️

LURKing | 2020-11-23 21:43

Absolutely fantastic! In every way! From editing, to lighting, to gameplay, this is a fantastic map!

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