09-23-2004, 05:44 PM
Quote:really do wish someone would make a good map like arena that has as many jumps and takes as much time to master, and is also fast paced.
easier said than done:). Arena is almost the perfect map...i spent my entire junior year 2nd period math class trying to map out another arena. Me an wha have agreed that it needs to be geometrically sound...but ive tried to come up with another pattern of discs that has as many outlets as arena does...think about it...from any platform you can get to any other platform in 2 jumps or less and there are multiple ways to do it. the combinations are amazing. I dont even think the maker of the arena map realized the potential his map had. You cant have anything too big otherwise you get running around wars (arena2 anyone?) and i hate multilevel arena maps since jumping up is a HUGE disadvantage. one more problem i have with mapping for ricochet is the arrows...I have NO IDEA how to make as perfect arrows as the ones in arena...the textures are all on right, the jumps are now the standard time and speed and are hard to reproduce (even after i decompiled and look at where the placement and properties of the jump. another problem is bumpers, im not skilled enough to make angled bumpers (although i am getting better with rc_2v2 and the multi level bumpers, but go play 2v2a and youll see just how bad i am at it D: ). Blah..enough of what i have no power to do right now anyway.
I heard that ricochet was included in the 1.5 patch, didn´t bother with it until i saw the review by PHL. I figured it was just another shoot em up game but when i saw the review i was intrigued by the completly different look. I started playing dm2 and thought i made the biggest mistake of my life but then tried the arena map and was hooked. Anyone remember [RECTUM] ? haha i know PIX does:). I also love the feeling of man vs man and how its a duel. I just wish i could convince GRITS to have a DECAP ONLY plugin (no i dont have one made yet but im sure it wouldn´t be that hard to comment out primary attack or try to convince evil to make it a cvar:)damn i wish i knew c++)