Northerner:
i just cant believe that i got the scoop on ChiemseeMan! LOL
How is that Northerner? This map was released on etmaps.de by somebody (not necessarily bob_le_roux) almost a month ago, on October 3rd, 2005. Has anything changed since that release, is the release different in anyway? No offense to Bob, but from what I remember there were major nosedives in the FPS in spots and the interactivty was rather low (no doors were able to be opened for instance). There were also a couple artifacts left over.
Now if this has been solved, I apologize, though it does serve to prove a point that has been all too glaring. Just because a file is being played on an unlocked server, does not make it a) a map or b) something ready to be released to the public. In some cases the mapper never wants it to be released to a wide audience, yet time and time again I see maps on some of these sites that are unfinished or barely ever started and the people that run the sites have not even played them. Quality control anyone? Example: 007, a 7.5 MB file which is nothing more than a box room with two James Bond textures and the entire Metallica song “Enter Sandman”.
Should the people that run these sites need help in reviewing these files, I would be more than happy to. I have to look through all these files to find good maps for our servers, would be nice if somebody would cut down on the subpar and unfinished maps being released to the general public which is doing our beloved game and the community at large absolutely no favors whatsoever.
Once again, I apologize to bob, for the majority of the post really has little to do with his map, which shows promise, but as I said in the first paragraph there were some things that I found that needed to be fixed. I loved ROP River and look forward to more maps of that caliber from you. I’ll try to post some specifics later on about the map, if you are interested, but in general doors that actually open and more areas to explore, never hurt anyone, especially in a map that big.
