Map contest

Hi everyone, just wondering what was happening with the map contest. Final map submission was a few days ago, what's the next step? Is there an ETA for map packs?

It's going to take some time to judge and we will be working with the mappers to resolve bugs and provide feedback on gameplay. Not sure exactly how long, but we will try to keep you updated on our progress.

Thanks for the info, can't wait to check them out!!

Walking Target wrote: we will be working with the mappers to resolve bugs and provide feedback on gamepla.......y

nice strategy, other contests might just take the finished product and dump the problematic ones, its good to see your the University helping out during competitions too

soo gutted i didnt get me act together.

Well, we hope to have another one soon enough with a slightly different focus.

Can't wait to get them running on my server!!

w00t, can't wait for new maps for the community !

In the end, you should post all the maps that were handed in, cause Iam sure alot of servers/people will end up using them ! ( mee mee mee)

Has anyone ever figured out how many maps have been released since day 1? I'd be interested to know. I have quite a few maps in my maps folder but that's probably a tiny amount compared to what's been out there in circulation.

I have 623 maps.

snipeIT wrote:w00t, can't wait for new maps for the community !

In the end, you should post all the maps that were handed in, cause Iam sure alot of servers/people will end up using them ! ( mee mee mee)

We will only be releasing the winning three maps. Other contestants may release their maps if and when they choose.

The reason for this is that we will be working closely with the top three mappers to remove any remaining bugs and issues and to provide feedback on gameplay. Part of the prize is being included in the HL2DMU map pack.

badinfluence wrote:I have 623 maps.

Nice collection you have there!!

badinfluence wrote:I have 623 maps.

you should delete about 90% of them.

Ehrm, I find 1053 .bsp files in my maps folder... A mere 8.9GB of data there.

thats a lot

I remember a huge amount of BSPs in your mapfolder will slowdown your hl2dm start.

Swot wrote:thats a lot

I remember a huge amount of BSPs in your mapfolder will slowdown your hl2dm start.

hmm sounds like the beginning of an urban myth there

Well, I guess the pop-up menu for when you're creating a local server will have to be built, but I can't say my loading time is especially long... and that's on an Athlon 64 3200+.

think the winner of the map- contest will be swot with his new map