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Need help for a new game!

by [ sonic-x ] on 06/13/2003 23:37, 77 messages, last message: 07/09/2003 16:39, 14786 views, last view: 05/18/2024 05:29

Hi!
We are working at a new game based on Cube, but we need a little help...
who want to help us?

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#54: Raiden critique

by Bascule on 06/27/2003 09:16

Just played through the maps last night and here are a few thoughts. It would be nice if there was a response from the Raiden team, as they seem to have been really quiet here recently. Or anyone else for that matter - there does not seem to have been much fanfare for the first solid set of SP maps we have seen in a long time, especially when so many other mods are wavering in the vapourware area at the moment.

Don't want to get caught in the Mod/PC/TC debate, but I didn't see any real evidence of any engine changes (i.e., monster names are unchanged), just resources, so for me it's just a slightly modded set of maps.

In general, a series of well-mapped, well-themed areas, although very low monster counts in general, due to small size of maps. However, I like small, compact maps for both DM and SP, so that is good in my book!

Maps were mostly DM-style arenas, rather than traditional SP progression and played more like DMSP than true SP.

The theme more-or-less hung together, although the maps could have been played in any order without any discernable change in 'storyline'.

Highlights:
Really enjoyed it overall, a fun, quick blast.
Mech model was good, apart from apparently wearing flares and Cuban heels on it's feet!
The minimalist style of UVB - it is good to be able to make a convincing map with only a handful of textures.
Glowing blue crystals in the final Raiden map, a really nice touch.

Lowlights:
Experienced the 'triangle bug' on sky corners for the first time ever.
Some mis-aligned textures on the crates/industrial boxes.
Couldn't finish UVB, in fact didn't even reach the point where the monster count starts to be displayed when you've only got ten left to kill. In editmode, there didn't seem to be any areas that I had not been in, except an outside balcony area, but that was empty?!? Someone forgot some door-opening triggers?
The size difference as the only real identifier between the two 'soldier' enemies looked plain wrong. I kept thinking that I had a perspective problem. It reminded me of Alice-in-Wonderland somehow!

Improvements:
Could have done with a start map of some sort - maybe to select a skill level, or even act as a 'hub' for level selection.
Change the monster names in the engine code.
Link maps better by matching themes/textures from end of one map to start of another.
Make it more a proper SP episode by using and end-of-level trigger to move into the next mep more smoothly. I have long thought that with the quick Cube map loading times, that something along the lines of the transitions between Half Life maps could be acheived in Cube without extra coding by having an identical map section in two maps with a hidden changelevel trigger in the middle of a corridor or something.

Wow! that ended up longer than expected.