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* Urban Terror Level *
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Title : Superman2 a.k.a. SuperSoldier
Filename : ut4_superman2_beta.bsp
Author : wily duck
Date : April 2013
E-mail address : *****************@****************.com
Homepage URL : http://gamedev.digitalamusement.com
If you find a problem, comments, questions, report hacking, or need to discuss
an issue about the map, post your findings on the FSK405 superman forums at:
http://www.kickassctf.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewforum.php?37
-wily duck
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* Includes *
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A dev/ folder containing a lot of content and descriptions related to the
development of the map.
The .map source file. It's encrypted! No you may not have the password. This is
so that the source file can not be lost by say a hard drive crash.
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* Level Description *
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The Urban Terror Supersoldier - Second episode
Intense, extemely fast paced map in a huge city environment. It mixes essences of
the Matrix, parkour, Quake3, perhaps ThreeWave, Aeon Flux (cartoon, Liquid TV),
and Urban Terror into one badass adrenaline rush of a map.
There's much more to experience in this map since its predecessor!
The fighting is not just horizontal, but vertical; with midair combat seen often.
Using the flypads marked by green transparent arrows, one can scale a building
by jumping at the marked points. Each flypoint is designed so that you must jump
into it willingly - which may become a leap of faith. Flying is not meant to be
static either, in other words, one landing point may be the apparent and obvious
path, but by using the directional keys, you can begin to find new ways to fly,
land, enter, and exit locations. I've created each flypoint to do at least a few
different tricks, turning into combos and chains of gut-gripping moves.
Each object in the map serves a purpose. Some objects that have purpose may not be
obvious. Such as the angled supports outside of the hotel - fall and hold jump when
landing on them. The overturned van becomes part of such a combo. There's a lot
of tricks and secrets in the map, so you'll stay busy and entertained for a while.
Best of all, gameplay does not slow down when only a few people are on the server.
2 vs 2 is still fast, retaining the intense feeling that I've delivered with my
map, Superman, a.k.a. Urban Super Soldier!
To make sure it gets said, the map has nothing to do with the comic book. In fact,
the map should have been called supersoldier right from the beginning.
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Single Player : Yes
Gamemodes : CTF, Bomb, CaH, TDM, TS, FFA
Suggested player load : 2-32
New Textures : Yes, many from myself
New Sounds : Yes
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* Construction *
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Map Base : Original
Mapobjects used : Numerous objects, see credits.
Editor used : GTKRadiant 1.6.3
Compiler(s) used : FS_q3map2.exe
Other utilities used : Photoshop CS5, q3ase, q3map2build, notepad, perl
Known Bugs : Bugs stomped out by the amazing Superman test crew.
Compile machine : AMD Phenom 2 quad-core 940 3.0ghz, 4GB RAM 5-5-5-15,
Win7 x64 Ultimate
Compile time, total : ~12 hours, 16151 seconds for -light, rest was -vis
Lightmaps : 137 @ 128x128
Total Brushes : 8206
Total Entities : 406
DM spawns : ~35
CTF spawns : ~30
Bomb spawns : ~32
CaH capturepoints : 9
PK3 Compression : Zip, fast
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* Compile notes *
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-bsp used standard -meta. See dev/mapscripts/_convert_model_compile.bat
if you want to know how to turn a patch group into brush meshes. Needed to do this on
patches that were bent on all three axis's, otherwise shadow splotches would randomly
appear. Thanks to TwentySeven, Null, and Bladekiller for getting me through that ordeal.
-light used -super 3, which made this phase ~3 times longer. Twentyseven says -super
is depreciated. I found it to work the best in this very large map, eliminating
most blotching and smartly smoothing shadows. -filter was applied as this cleaned most
dark edges that shouldn't have been dark. -lowmem became necessary because the upper
safe_malloc limits had been surpassed. It is not practical to use > -samples 4.
-vis used -hint for mostly automatic hinting, although I kept my hint brushes
throughout the map. I worked with Null on this for a bit, but still couldn't get
the compiler to understand what I still apparently really don't understand. In
the end, most areas are drawn correctly, FPS is at an all-time high for the map.
Did not use -merge.
Authors note on the compile:
This map has taken the compilers to their limits. I hit many walls towards the end
of development because the map was asking too much out of the compilers. This
resulted in learning new, more intelligent ways to map, conscequently raising
my skills quickly in a short amount of time. It will all be necessary in order
to create Supersoldier, where I intend to raise the bar yet again.
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* OTHER LEVELS BY THE AUTHOR *
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ut_koth : King of the Hill : Own the hill, it's an upward struggle.
ut_cahos : Capture and Hold Chaos : Arena UrT CaH.
ut_deep : Deep under the ocean : Hold your breath, fight for air.
ut_sled : Downhill Ice Fight : Snowboarding the mountainside.
ut_sled_free : Second Downhill Ice Fight : Own the snowbowl.
ut4_pacman : Pacman : UrT in classic Pacman
ut_mspacman : Ms. Pacman : UrT in classic Ms. Pacman
ut4_mapmaker : The Urban Terror Map Maker : Learn to map. All tools included.
ut4_joust : Experimental jousting : Fly and snipe joust.
ut4_raid : 2008 Map contest entry : Torrential downpouring rain.
ut4_temple2 : Lost Temple : Lots of gameplay variety.
ut4_superman : Urban Terror Supersoldier : Vertical gameplay in a huge map.
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* CREDITS *
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+ The Supersoldier Development team, disbanded:
Banme, Boogie Knight, DankRider, Fokker, Gladi8r, Mindriot, SleepingGuy, Tinker
+ And more recently, these people made their presence in my world remind me what
I really mean to the community, and the game:
EZ Duzzit, Acetone (and Team Acetone), Nikki, RalphNader, several regulars in FSK405 TS3
+ DVISOR Hypermedia for the distribution of this map via the /dvisor proof-of-concept platform.
http://dvi.sr
Map Media and Content From External Sources
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Models:
- Lt1/BlackRayne (especially the helicopter) : Most models in the map, http://www.blackrayne.net
- monkeyism.com : Volvo, Van, Laptop, Camera, Trash. Defunct site, gg.
- Invis : Pimp white chevelle.
- Dragonne : Box truck. That PWNT license plate is funny as hell.
** NOTE ** - I created window shaders for some of the vehicles (porsche, monte carlo), shiny skins (gmc van,
volvo), and lightmapping (newsstand). See scripts/br_models.shader and
scripts/vehicle_enhancements.shader. These shaders were designed to be portable, and
not intrusive to other maps while providing the appropriate effect.
Textures:
A number of textures have been modified or changed in such a way they may note be distinguishable
from the original source.
- Photorealistic : BerneyBoy, see textures/Credited/Readme_PhotoRealistic.txt
- RealWorld Light : ShminkyBoy, see textures/Credited/RealWorld_readme.txt
- Original skybox : ThorN, from ut_tehtowers, used with permission, modified and cleaned for
superman final.
- FSK405 image : FSK405B
- Misc. textures : Frozen Sand
- Misc. textures : Id Software
- Misc. textures : Anyone's who's textures have circled the net and landed on my shores. I don't
have any other readme's or documents to show what came from where, so I thank
you, the unnamed developer, for your contributions to the community.
Sounds:
- http://www.partnersinrhyme.com : Free sound effects
- Id Software : Borrowed sound effects
* COPYRIGHT / PERMISSIONS *
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This map MAY NOT be sold, or in any other way turn into profit except for the
author and authors' delegates. The map pk3 contains media that may not be used
for commercial purposes.
This map MAY be publicly distributed on any media as long as this media is
distributed freely without anyone having to pay for it. This level is designed
for the Quake 3 Total Conversion "Urban Terror" and is not replicated or edited
without the expressed written documented permission of the author.
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