Lord_PackRat
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some of you may remember dm_tower_arena from a loonng time ago...
i may have mentioned that it wasnt finished and i was gonna get around to completing it... har har har
well now, one year from its release (within like a week actually... wierd coincidence, i only just noticed) i present to you dm_tower_arena_v2.
I found it the other day when I was looking thru my old project archives for a scripted sequence i wanted to cannibalize for a more current project.
As soon as I saw it I realised I was gonna have to finish it, even tho I don't really play hl2dm anymore.
The one thing that bothered me the most about the original was the atmosphere... it looked cool but it was way too tranquil. As you can see I've remedied that. :smoking: The map is now smack in the middle of a thunderstorm that sounds as pleasant as it looks. I guess the major focus of this exercise was really the atmosphere of the map, and I'm more than happy with the result.
Some gameplay changes too - a couple more platforms... some item rearrangements... and now the map actually has slams... the suspended rocket-whore platform is now see-thru and you can shoot thru it, and theres no teleporter to escape in, so going up there for the rocket launcher is more risky.
As this is more of a closure release than anything else, I haven't playtested it much, but there shouldnt be any issues as the mods i made are simply from my todo list from the original version.
Download the map
Here are some screens ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7), though frankly I don't think they do the atmosphere justice. (yes im more proud of the storm than the rest of the map)
edit: also, i won't run a server like i used to because my shitty adsl isnt really equipped for it, but if anyone here is running a server and wants to give it a spin...
i may have mentioned that it wasnt finished and i was gonna get around to completing it... har har har
well now, one year from its release (within like a week actually... wierd coincidence, i only just noticed) i present to you dm_tower_arena_v2.
I found it the other day when I was looking thru my old project archives for a scripted sequence i wanted to cannibalize for a more current project.
As soon as I saw it I realised I was gonna have to finish it, even tho I don't really play hl2dm anymore.The one thing that bothered me the most about the original was the atmosphere... it looked cool but it was way too tranquil. As you can see I've remedied that. :smoking: The map is now smack in the middle of a thunderstorm that sounds as pleasant as it looks. I guess the major focus of this exercise was really the atmosphere of the map, and I'm more than happy with the result.
Some gameplay changes too - a couple more platforms... some item rearrangements... and now the map actually has slams... the suspended rocket-whore platform is now see-thru and you can shoot thru it, and theres no teleporter to escape in, so going up there for the rocket launcher is more risky.
As this is more of a closure release than anything else, I haven't playtested it much, but there shouldnt be any issues as the mods i made are simply from my todo list from the original version.
Download the map
Here are some screens ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7), though frankly I don't think they do the atmosphere justice. (yes
im more proud of the storm than the rest of the map)edit: also, i won't run a server like i used to because my shitty adsl isnt really equipped for it, but if anyone here is running a server and wants to give it a spin...
