Ohhhh YEA BABY… after having had a last playtest last night with some of the great =FBF= guys we decided that Warbell had gone gold… and thus several months of heavy mapping have come to a happy end… and now
Its time for the the Allies to save the world, to fight back evil Axis troops messing in the occult…
with full cast of caves, crypts, an old Abbey, and a dastardly occult ceremony…
its time to toll the
WARBELL
Story:
Axis are trying to mess in the occult again, and do real nasty things. Allied special forces took over the occult site in a raid. Now the Axis attack to get back control over the old Abbey and finally raise the evil Wargod. Allies are on the mission to save the world from this of course.
Core facts:
Axis attacking
18 mins timelimit
spawntimes are 15s Axis, 20s Allies
multiple access routes to all objectives
gameplay honed towards fast and intense battle
gametypes: single map objective/ campaign, very suitable for stopwatch too
map design… check out the pictures below
loads of special effects
framerates will be constant 76 FPS everywhere for average computer systems (1.2GHz CPU/ 512mb RAM/ Ge4 TI4600 128mb gets at least 50 FPS in the bad areas)
nighttime setting but bright enough to see and kill the opponents
First stage:
- gain access to the Guardhouse (2 access routes: caves and road)
- maybe slip through the teamdoors with stolen uniforms
- capture the flag or
- destroy the Guardhouse Gate (secures forward spawn)
Second stage:
- use dynomite to gain access to the Hidden Room
- take the Book of Death from it’s glass case and
- deliver it to the Altar in the sacrifice room of the Abbey
- destroy the gates in the Abbey for faster access (2 dynamitable, 1 satchelable and one teamdoor, none of them rebuildable)
- repair the Bell Mechanism in the Abbey
- ring the Warbell (after you built the mechanism AND after you delivered the objective)
- sacrifice three axis players to the Wargod in the Inner Sanctum
- optional: forward spawn at a neutral command post
Tactical Overview
Gameplay and playerloads:
In 7 Playtests we had with up to 26 players Warbell provided us with an amazingly captivating gameflow, and real fun games.
The stages are defendable, but with a balance that allows attackers to overcome the defense in some waves.
Its plays very good with 10-18 players, and becomes happy large-scale fraggin with 20 and more players. No idea what the maximum playerloads are but at some point it will be just one massive frag fest.
Download & hosting servers
Get the mapfile with etpro-cm-shaders and readme here
You can play the map on our server:
IP: 194.105.135.3:27960 - ]UBC[ |TheRiver| 6maps
location: UK
slots: 18+2
We are running 2 special Warbell-campaigns for the next few days with Warbell and a few other good maps.
I think there is one question every mapper asks himself when starting a new project:
Why another map?
Simple answer: 2 maps to learn mapping, the third to have fun.
Warbell originated from the idea to create a map that s not just a map, but an impressive piece of map Artwork combining intense, captivating gameplay, nice atmosphere and a good laugh.
It is also an hommage to the RtCW single player, and the custom SP mission timegate for RtCW.
But look for yourself… here come the pictures!
View towards the Guardhouse
Backside of the Guardhouse, in the 2nd stage (nice foam carnage) 
The Caves that lead towards the Guardhouse and from the Guardhouse to the Graveyard
Guardhouse and Guardhouse stairs - either get up here for the flag, or destroy the Guardhouse Gate
Hidden Room in the Guardhouse - here the Book of Death was locked away (book by EB, painting by Kach–>)
View at the old Abbey
View at the old Abbey with Crypt Gate from the Graveyard
View at the Belltower with the Warbell (thx EB!), you can see the Warbell Mechanism at the platform
Abbey Main Hall looking towards the entrance room of the Inner Sanctum
In the crypts… here be MONSTERS (no kidding) (and they eat players too)
Abbey Church where the monks prayed that guarded the evil site for centuries
Inner Sanctum and Bellrope on the first level - go here to toll the Warbell:
Inner Sanctum and Altar - Axis need to put the Book of Death here to open the Sacrifice Portals:
Inner Sanctum and Sacrifice Portals - the Wargood is already awaiting a Sacrifice (orange portal) and Allies try to keep Axis away from the portal:
Inner Sanctum and Sacrifices - one Axis player just made it into the portal sacrificing himself to the Wargod:
General info, Credits, Thanks
>>> About the map
Map: Warbell
pk3: warbell.pk3
mapped by ]UBC[ McNite & ]UBC[ Kach–>
first day of mapping: sometime in the fall of 2005
All credits for leveldesign and objectives go to ]UBC[ McNite!
day of release: July 18th 2006
>>> credit for models
excellent Book of Death and Warbell model by EB
awesome DT Opelblitz model by Detoeni
>>> credit for paintings
2 original paintings in the map by ]UBC[ Kach–> (more paintings viewable at www.warrenkachmar.ca)
wb_p/wb_rubens1 // Pieter Paul Rubens (1619) Christ on the Cross between 2 Thieves
wb_p/wb_rubens2 // Pieter Paul Rubens (1632) Last Supper
wb_sfx/prayinghint // Albrecht Dürer: praying hands
wb_p/wb_stmartin // unknown Hungarian master, app. 1490: St Martin and the Beggar
St. Martin is the Saint for the soldiers. Find more info about him here.
>>> credit for waterworks & shaders
real cool watershaders and river created by carnage
initial help with alphablend shaders by: Der’Saidin
>>> credit for textures and sounds
wb_z: all textures from RtCW except cryptwall_01a.jpg, cathedrale_c06dm_wb.jpg
wb_sfx/c_flameX.tga: from RtCW
wb_b/window4: all versions are reworks of a RtCW window
wb_sfx: g1 - g13, glow, bd1 - 13 by EB (they are all used on the open book)
for detailed credits on the sounds check the warbellsounds.txt
>>> Thanks
McNite:
my clan for tons of good times playing ET and TheRiverIIRedux
Kach–> for mapping with me
$taTiK for feedback on gameplay and design whenever i needed some
Kach–>:
McNite for teaching me about mapping and allowing me to participate in the process
Everyone that took the time and energy to help test and provide feedback during development of Warbell
>>> Help with mapping and the whole mess:
Der’Saidin for lots of discussion on gameplay and objectives
all the helpful ppl that answered my posts here at SD forum
>>> playtesting and feedback
a HUGE credit for all the playtesting goes to the clans
[]UBC — M8D — =FBF= — -=B|D=-
the coordinators in particular:
M8D DrStock, =FBF= Pax, -=B|D=- Schlauch and -=B|D=- Welshboy
also special thanks to the M8Ds for providing us with a special Warbell playtest TS-channel
and our serverprovider Digitalservers.co.uk for allowing us playerloads far beyond the rented slots for all the playtests
and all the players who participated in one or more of the 7 private playtests
the command map changed a lot after private playtest 
