The AWESOME Mapping Contest

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Re: The AWESOME Mapping Contest

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Finished my entry! DM-AMC-2040

Note: Hotfixed this morning!
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still a few maps missing ... the "under" map and floating doom... c'mon guys get 'em in ;)
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Re: The AWESOME Mapping Contest

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well, crap, i didn't make it in time.
Sounds are still to be added,
and botpathing is jstill ust crudely done and not tested out too much... :nonono:
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SzGergo wrote:well, crap, i didn't make it in time.
Sounds are still to be added,
and botpathing is jstill ust crudely done and not tested out too much... :nonono:
40 minutes left ...go go go!
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THE CONTEST IS OVER... Thank you for participating!!

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On 12th of December are the voting threads open.

Yes I made a double post... bite me.

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Every Participant with a finished map has to download the other maps and play-test them please.
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Re: The AWESOME Mapping Contest

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welp.
So if you don't mind, i would submit my map hopefully within a few hours. Out of this contest, of course.
However, i would be more than happy if you downloaded it and gave some feedback regardless (i've put quite some work in it).

There is one thing you could help me (i know, this might be not the very thread... still):
How t f do i get this editor to draw path across trapdoors? There are two big trapdoor in my map that can be opened to make bots fall (purpose is like in DM Fractal).
Paths are not generated across the trapdoors. Game acts as the movers were net even there to support paths... what am i to do?

And these are quite importan features, for two powerful item is only accessible if one is willing to traverse these traps (risking someone activating them). And my bots wont go for these items, as there is no path leading to them currently...
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SzGergo wrote:welp. ... How t f do i get this editor to draw path across trapdoors? ...


LE + LC + LE

You can even chain several together... bait the trap with a pickup ... :)
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FraGnBraG wrote:
SzGergo wrote:welp. ... How t f do i get this editor to draw path across trapdoors? ...


LE + LC + LE

You can even chain several together... bait the trap with a pickup ... :)

Yeah, that was my secound thought, but bots still acting autistic :(
layout is area -> trap -> room with goodies. It works so-so in this direction, but bots eventually loos interest going back.
I checked Fractal, and if i rebuild it, those lines on the trap diesappear too.

What came in my mind is to make everything 100%, and as a last resort, build a solid, place them apples, rebuild, delete solid, rebuild geometry and lighting only, so the paths above the now-gone solids will remain...
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I'd like to make a request if that is ok with the staff /rules.

Since I am not able to "update / fix" my map, due computer problems at the moment. And can not determine what is causing the (possible?) instability of my map......
Is somebody willing to have a look in the map and diagnostic it? Some say it is the bbshare actor. Feel free make any change in the map, as long it is stable for the map pack.

If this not complies with competitions rules, I understand. The disk has shown a bit of life again, but it is a matter of recovering files and replacing the disk. Total reinstall OS + programs.
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Terraniux wrote:I'd like to make a request if that is ok with the staff /rules.
It's ok ...your map runs under bonus content now. :wink:
I hope this map will be playable. I want to play it.
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Re: The AWESOME Mapping Contest

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Oh please help me...
Everything is fine now, except one thing.
There is a shitton of deco in my skybox, and none of them is existant on client side.
I guess the game thinks they are not relevant (cuz the skybox is sealed box outside evertyhing obviously...)
What am i to do?
How do i force it to replicate those things too?
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I've played the map three times today and the player freeze happens after different periods of time in the map, though the result is always the same as reported in this extract of the log
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Critical: DrawDecalsCritical: URender::DrawFrame
Log: URender::DrawWorld anomaly
Critical: UObject::StaticFindObject
Critical: UObject::StaticAllocateObject
Critical: (B_JumperWaveEffect B_JumperWaveEffect19269)
Critical: UObject::StaticConstructObject
Critical: ULevel::SpawnActor
Critical: (B_JumperWaveEffect)
Critical: UObject::ProcessEvent
Critical: (B_JumperPoint MH-AMC-Mesospheric.B_JumperPoint1, Function BBoyShars.B_JumperPoint.Timer)
Critical: AActor::Tick
Critical: TickAllActors
Critical: ULevel::Tick
Critical: (NetMode=0)
Critical: TickLevel
Critical: UGameEngine::Tick
Critical: UXC_GameEngine::Tick
Critical: UpdateWorld
Critical: XC_MainLoop
Exit: Executing UObject::StaticShutdownAfterError
Exit: Executing UWindowsClient::ShutdownAfterError
Exit: UGalaxyAudioSubsystem::ShutdownAfterError
Log: DirectDraw End Mode
Exit: UOpenGLRenderDevice::ShutdownAfterError
Exit: Double fault in object ShutdownAfterError
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SzGergo wrote:Oh please help me...
Everything is fine now, except one thing.
There is a shitton of deco in my skybox, and none of them is existant on client side.
I guess the game thinks they are not relevant (cuz the skybox is sealed box outside evertyhing obviously...)
What am i to do?
How do i force it to replicate those things too?
Did you try it with the knife mesh trick?
Add the knife mesh (in decorations) and change the mesh itself to the one you like.
But I don't know if this really works...
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papercoffee wrote:
SzGergo wrote: ... There is a shitton of deco in my skybox, and none of them is existant on client side ...
EDIT - I just looked at fractal, rebuilt (as a different mapname) and I have blue pathlines to the SB, no probs...!?

Regarding using deco meshes in Skybox -
There's some flags you set depending on the mesh/effect...
Don't know if you did this already, but this works in maps
I've made (an others...)

Common examples:

1. Flying fighter jet attached to a mover (for flypast in the skybox, etc.):
bGameRelevant=True
bMovable=True
bNoDelete=True
bStasis=True

2. RocketTrails:
bDirectional=True
bGameRelevant=True
bMovable=True
bNetTemporary=True
bNoDelete=True

3.UTFlare:
bMovable=True
bStasis=True
bStatic=True

I think for deco that doesn't move ignore bMovable, for anything that is just static (like a tree) use the #3 settings.

Hope this helps...
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Re: The AWESOME Mapping Contest

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papercoffee wrote:
SzGergo wrote:Oh please help me...
Everything is fine now, except one thing.
There is a shitton of deco in my skybox, and none of them is existant on client side.
I guess the game thinks they are not relevant (cuz the skybox is sealed box outside evertyhing obviously...)
What am i to do?
How do i force it to replicate those things too?
Did you try it with the knife mesh trick?
Add the knife mesh (in decorations) and change the mesh itself to the one you like.
But I don't know if this really works...
hmm, never heard of it... Is there anything special with the knife mesh.?
Meanwhile, i had some partial, mild success with shit: fiddling with relevance partially helped, as these decos won't get deleted at client now.
problem is: all these crap suuposed to move in the skybox along with the attach mover they are attached. Now it seems to me if everthing is always relevant, then the gme tries to update them in every moment, so their movement became jerky.
Okay, I set them to bNetTemporary, now the jerky movement is gone, however they seem to move way faster on client side...

... btw, some other sadness: there are two gradual movers, both works the same way, basically they are supposed to be looping, for they restart themsleves thru a dispatcher... The one in the arena works fine, the one in the skybox won't restart on client side...
That is a nightmare for me...
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