[WIP] zps_ghosttown

[JackTheRipper]

This is a map I started working on a long time ago but never really finished. Recently I started working on it a little bit again and decided I will finish it this time, just to get it out of the way.

Basically it's an old western ghost-town that is haunted. There is a saloon, a church, a bank, a few random buildings, and a bunch of broken buildings that were never finished.

Here is a test version you can download and play, it's fully working, but not finished.
http://rapidshare.com/files/133445901/zps_ghosttown_b1.bsp.html
So BoB Dolen my #1 tester, please give me feedback, and any others that want to test it.



Here's some screenshot.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9276/78509761xt8.jpg

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/1302/87939384qt6.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/8964/43943573qw6.jpg

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5342/29107104wj9.jpg

[OkeiDo]

This one actually looks pretty creepy! Is that church tilting? :O

Good job! Keep working on it.

[JackTheRipper]

This one actually looks pretty creepy! Is that church tilting? :O



lol no it's not tilting it's just the perspective from where i took the screenshot, i was crouching.

but that's a cool idea, maybe ill make one of the buildings tilt or something when you enter in it, i wonder how you could do that.

[Dr.Van Gogh]

I try it yesterday on a server and the animations where great and every detail made was outstanding. !! :) just a little too huge, people could get on a mountain of sand and zombies couldent get to them overwise very nice map : )

[JackTheRipper]

I try it yesterday on a server and the animations where great and every detail made was outstanding. !! :) just a little too huge, people could get on a mountain of sand and zombies couldent get to them overwise very nice map : )

i'll put a player clip around the mountains for they can't climb on them..

but i don't understand why people say it's too huge? it's actually not that big.

maybe the fog makes it seems bigger than it is, because you can't see very far?

should i keep the fog or get rid of it?

[Dr.Van Gogh]

i think you should test it without the fog. soo you can see where the god damm flesh eating pigs are !!!

[JackTheRipper]

here is an overlay of the entire map in hammer

it's not really that big.

how do you think i can make it smaller? should i move the mountains/map boundaries closer to the buildings, or should i actually move the buildings closer in too?

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1710/69360061dx4.jpg

[Dr.Van Gogh]

your right, but i remenber one guy when we where testing it on the server. He sayd
{ everybody to the bank} and people where like wheres the bank!? and they where at the church and coulded find it :)

[JackTheRipper]

your right, but i remenber one guy when we where testing it on the server. He sayd
{ everybody to the bank} and people where like wheres the bank!? and they where at the church and coulded find it :)

maybe it's the fog then... cause you can't really see the bank if you are on the main street

[Sinnister]

looks pretty good Jack

[BoB Dolen]

Ran through, send you screenshots and such here soon.

[Hastings]

Add a stables, blacksmiths, and a whore house :D

[JackTheRipper]

Add a stables, blacksmiths, and a whore house :D

good ideas, just gotta figure out where to add them in

[N1ck [X]]

This looks impressive, Jack. I'll be sure to give it a try and get back to you.

[JackTheRipper]

Any news BoB?

[JackTheRipper]

Ok here's an updated version I've been working on if anyone wants to test it out
http://rapidshare.com/files/133682160/zps_ghosttown_b2.bsp.html


What's new:
- Level is now fully optimized and should no longer lag.
- Fog isn't as thick now and it's easier to see.
- Entire map is a little bit smaller.
- Fixed it for humans can't climb on top of the mountains and camp there now.
- Added a blacksmith, stables, and a whore house.
- Added custom signs and textures.
- Added more hauntings.
- Added more special effects.
- There is now gold bars in the bank.
- There are more weapons and ammo in the map now.
- Added a new building that can be broken into.
- Fixed the 3d skybox texture.
- Made it harder for humans to get on top of the wooden frame building and camp there.
- Added water troughs that horses would have been drinking from.
- Fixed up misc. brushwork.

[BoB Dolen]

Any news BoB?

Sorry have to post it tonight, something came up last night and about to leave to go to my gf's parents house for dinner.

[JackTheRipper]

Sorry have to post it tonight, something came up last night and about to leave to go to my gf's parents house for dinner.

np was just wondering.

[JackTheRipper]

anyone else play the newest b2 version and can provide feedback/suggestions/improvement?

[Mage_ofOld]

Looks good. Maybe add some light though.

[Arckhea]

Really cool map man..I like that it's so dark so I wouldn't change that.

The little scares are awesome

[N1ck [X]]

I had a chance to test this, and I must say, some of the triggers are brilliant! I like the western feel of the map, but you've ripped things directly from Fistful of Frags. Did you get permission for that? Other than that, nice map.

[JackTheRipper]

did the triggers honestly scare you the first time you experienced them?

and did you find them all?

[Arckhea]

scared me and i think I found em all

[JackTheRipper]

scared me and i think I found em all

a lot of the triggers i made were inspired by the movie "poltergeist"

i think ZPS needs more scary maps so i'm trying to do that. truth is i'm not a great mapper, but i'm good at giving maps very scary elements like this

[davidian]

The links broken :(, too many maps with broken url's