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New Maps / Re: Jump Ontra [Final Release]

« on: November 19, 2013, 01:06:30 AM »

Update.

Those bugs have been fixed. If anyone could help me write better tips...would be appreciated

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New Maps / Re: Jump Ontra [Final Release]

« on: November 18, 2013, 01:12:03 PM »

Thanks for the feedback Heinz.

Yeah I know about the hints...I suck at explaining jumps :S

Also the bugs are known at the moment and will be fixed in a later update.

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New Maps / Re: Jump Ontra [Final Release]

« on: November 18, 2013, 11:21:24 AM »

sorry if I'm being blind but is it for soldier or demo?

Soldier. 

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New Maps / Re: Jump Ontra [Final Release]

« on: November 18, 2013, 09:06:29 AM »

The final release has been uploaded.

Check some pictures of the map in the Dropbox folder link I provided.

Shunix...the map now has 20 jumps plus 2 bonus jumps...so it's not just another 10 jump map. 

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General Discussion / Re: Beginnings 2013

« on: November 16, 2013, 01:53:46 PM »

Man, these maps are good...sadly I suck and would therefore get the slowest speedrun :S

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Jump Help / Re: VRAD Help

« on: November 15, 2013, 01:34:34 AM »

the lightmap scale of the really large brushes. I usually reduce the entire map's lightmaps if rad size becomes too big though, go to Edit > Select All (I think), bring up the face edit sheet and put a number like 24 or something into the lightmap scale entry.

Thank you very much. 

It works.

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Jump Help / VRAD Help

« on: November 15, 2013, 01:14:46 AM »

Heya there,

Whenever I make a room around the size of 2600+ units in width or height...VRAD always seems to herp and crash when compiling. I have stuck hint brushes within the room and/or to the entrance of the room and it still crashes.

It's becoming rather annoying as I am nearing completion for my jump map :S

Any help would be much appreciated.

Edit:

Compile log...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Fast Compile Selected!
Compile Start Time: 15 November 2013,  07:24:13

-------------- Start Compile BSP ----------------
VBSP Started, Please Wait!

VBSP:  c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\team fortress 2\bin\vbsp.exe  -game  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf" "C:\Users\Matt\Desktop\jump_ontra"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Nov  7 2013)
8 threads
materialPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\materials
Loading C:\Users\Matt\Desktop\jump_ontra.vmf
ConVarRef mat_reduceparticles doesn't point to an existing ConVar
Patching WVT material: maps/jump_ontra/nature/blendground_canyon_wvt_patch
Patching WVT material: maps/jump_ontra/egypt/sand_floor_blend_03_wvt_patch
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
Chop Details...done (0)
Find Visible Detail Sides...
Merged 26 detail faces...done (0)
Merging details...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (0)
writing C:\Users\Matt\Desktop\jump_ontra.prt...Building visibility clusters...
done (0)
*** Error: Skybox vtf files for skybox/sky_morningsnow_01 weren't compiled with the same size texture and/or same flags!
Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_morningsnow_01 to build the default cubemap!
*** Error: Skybox vtf files for skybox/sky_morningsnow_01 weren't compiled with the same size texture and/or same flags!
Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_morningsnow_01 to build the default cubemap!
Finding displacement neighbors...
Finding lightmap sample positions...
Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Building Physics collision data...
done (7) (400297 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Water found with no water_lod_control entity, creating a default one.
Compacting texture/material tables...
Reduced 3627 texinfos to 2100
Reduced 95 texdatas to 74 (3655 bytes to 2613)
Writing C:\Users\Matt\Desktop\jump_ontra.bsp
7 seconds elapsed

Compile Complete for this module.
VBSP Completed: 15 November 2013,  07:24:22
VBSP:  Compile time: 7 seconds elapsed

-------------- Start Compile VVIS ----------------
VVIS Started, Please Wait!

VVIS:  c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\team fortress 2\bin\vvis.exe -fast  -game  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf" "C:\Users\Matt\Desktop\jump_ontra"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (Nov  7 2013)
fastvis = true
8 threads
reading c:\users\matt\desktop\jump_ontra.bsp
reading c:\users\matt\desktop\jump_ontra.prt
 874 portalclusters
1993 numportals
BasePortalVis:       0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
Optimized: 4777 visible clusters (4.25%)
Total clusters visible: 112441
Average clusters visible: 128
Building PAS...
Average clusters audible: 229
visdatasize:102839  compressed from 195776
writing c:\users\matt\desktop\jump_ontra.bsp
0 seconds elapsed

Compile Complete for this module.
VVIS Completed: 15 November 2013,  07:24:22
VVIS: Compile time: 0 seconds elapsed

-------------- Start Compile VRAD ----------------
VRAD Started, Please Wait!

VRAD:  c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\team fortress 2\bin\vrad.exe  -game  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf" "C:\Users\Matt\Desktop\jump_ontra"

Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (Nov  7 2013)

      Valve Radiosity Simulator     
8 threads
[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[34 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:\users\matt\desktop\jump_ontra.bsp
Setting up ray-trace acceleration structure... Done (0.19 seconds)
10219 faces
32173512 square feet [4632985600.00 square inches]
0 Displacements
0 Square Feet [0.00 Square Inches]
10219 patches before subdivision
560089 patches after subdivision
sun extent from map=0.087156
sun extent from map=0.087156
194 direct lights
BuildFacelights:     0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (25)
BuildVisLeafs:       0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...
Compile Complete for this module.
VRAD Completed: 15 November 2013,  07:25:08

One Line Summary: 15/11/2013 07:25:08, jump_ontra.vmf, Team Fortress 2, normal , fast, crashed?, 00:00:08, 00:00:00, 00:00:45, 00:00:54
History.csv was updated.

Compile Summary - job mode: FAST
Map Name: jump_ontra.vmf
VBSP - mode:normal , 7 seconds, 00:00:08 elapsed
VVIS - mode:fast, 0 seconds, 00:00:00 elapsed
VRAD - mode:crashed?, n/a(LDR), n/a(HDR), 00:00:45 elapsed
Total Compile time: 00:00:54

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New Maps / Re: jump_detr - For the Pyro detonator

« on: October 08, 2013, 08:25:20 AM »

Man I suck at detonator jumping. Haven't fully tested the B course, but A was pretty fun.

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New Maps / Re: Jump_nmotion

« on: October 02, 2013, 02:46:56 PM »

Looks a lot better.  My only complaint is that now the glass on 13 is nearly impossible to see. 

Also in most cases, for aesthetics, it looks better if light actually comes from a source (ie, prop).

I can't do anything right now because Source SDK won't open hammer on my computer, and I forget the exact filepath for hammer.exe

Does anybody know where hammer.exe is located exactly?

Within the /bin/ folder in the /tf/ directory.

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New Maps / Jump Ontra [Final Release]

« on: October 01, 2013, 11:30:08 AM »

Heya there,

I have been jumping for a little while now, and wanted to test the water in creating my own jump map.

The final release has 20 jumps plus two bonus jumps.

Download

Download Jump Ontra
Current Version: Final Release

Screenshots

Jump Ontra Screenshots (Dropbox folder)

Thanks to

• Illep
• Precise
• Krutte
• Scanna
• Blind Girl
• Japtor
• Sausage
• Torii
• Yo
• Leify
• Soup Can

Feel free to provide feedback. 

------------------------------------
            Changelog
------------------------------------

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Ontra_a4
- Final release
- Modified water textures
- Added 10 more levels
- Added second bonus
- Added hints for #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19 and #20
- Added line for bonus switch
- Added a timer

Ontra_a3
- Modified player clip area in the bonus
- Modified area of teleport trigger on #7
- Modified jump #6
- Made the end wall on jump #8 non-shootable
- Modified the teleport trigger area on jump #5
- Added control point

Ontra_a2
- Modified height of teleport trigger in #5
- Moved spawn point for #9
- Added more regen for #9
- Player clip altered in #9
- Changed the second platform to a surf on the right hand side on #9
- Added tele trigger to the second door on #10
- Added exit sign to the end level
- Added bonus level
- Added more height to red spawn room
- Added a different way to gain access to the intel
- Modified jump #8

Ontra_a1
- First release

Enjoy 

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Jump Help / Re: Feedback on map in progress

« on: August 03, 2013, 09:16:03 AM »

Thank you both for the feedback. I have updated the original post with an updated version of the map. Much appreciated.

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Jump Help / Feedback on map in progress

« on: August 03, 2013, 12:59:23 AM »

Heya there,

I decided I wanted to continue to try and make a jump map as I have really been inspired by maps like mouser, yucca, momentum and others.

What I am looking for is feedback on this map (which is a work in progress) in which has 6 jumps so far. The difficulty I am aiming for is medium, so this isn't intended to be a "learning" or "easy" map. If you could suggest things I could improve on or remove it would be so helpful.

Also, I am specifically wanting feedback for jump #5 as I have had some testers say that the height of the first platform is too high for that stage in the map. So I am unsure about whether to change it or not.

Download link (unfixed version): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/76690088/jump_ontra%5Bwip%5D.zip

Download link (fixed and updated version):https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/76690088/jump_ontraWIP.zip

Any criticism is helpful...as we all learn by our mistakes

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Jump Help / Advice to improve on these jumps...

« on: August 02, 2013, 04:34:26 AM »

Heya there,

I am just wondering if anyone could provide me (in anyway at all) some tips to improve my jumps in the below videos...

4starters - E10

4starters - B4

4starters - D2

I only have a few jumps in F, and one or two in E to complete for that map. Would anyone know any good maps with the difficultly level of course C and above?

Any help is appreciated. 

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Jump Help / Re: Jump4starters [E and F]

« on: May 16, 2013, 04:12:22 AM »

Nevermind...

Found a video of both courses on YouTube.

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Jump Help / Jump4starters [E and F]

« on: May 15, 2013, 02:03:00 PM »

Heya there,

Played on this map earlier...see that the creator updated it.

How the heavens do you do E and F...

The new map design is quite amazing.