New Official Maps!

(Entar) #1

Personaly, I think the 6 original six maps are great, but they could make some more.
:clap:

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(MadJack) #2

Of course there should be more official maps rolls eyes problem is, theyā€™re hard at work with another project.

I prefer them working hard on a project based on D3 than doing some more ET maps.

My 2 c

(Boleth) #3

Mad Jack isnt so mad after allā€¦ :banana:
they shouldnt waste their time on ET, its a great game and will probably last a long time but they have other projects using the D3 engine to get on with!
Let them do that forst and if theyā€™re sat around doing nothing one day maybe they can make a couple maps then, but not now! :smiley:

(Mean Mr. Mustard) #4

Ok, I canā€™t hold off posting any moreā€¦

SD is a business. For a business to survive they need revenueā€¦ Would more SD maps be great?? ā€“ oh yeah!! But realistically, you want more maps from them - pay them their fee!! Iā€™m sure there is as much of a chance of that happening as SD magically producing more maps for free :smiley:

(Crotalus) #5

Even thinking about asking SD to make more official maps is a slap in the face for the great map makers we have in this community already. Some of the customs that are out now i think are just as good or even better than the ones that SD has put out(no offense SDā€¦just my opinion).
Let them worry about D3 and other projects that will generate revenue. Let the community worry about making great maps for ET. :slight_smile:

(Loffy) #6

Crotalus, I agree. And I want to add the fact that the support from the SD mappers is tremendeously generous, e. g. this example map: http://www.planetquake.com/simland/ldr1_1/samplemap11a.htm
or this tutorial: http://www.planetquake.com/simland/pages/articles/rockwall1_1.htm
(But, if SD made Tram for ET, and tossed in a command post somewhere in the middle, - or gave the .map file to a team of custom mappers -, I would love it, for nostaligic reasons.)
I am really looking forward to the Doom3 thing. ā€œWe are currently hiring for a new full game based on the Doom 3 engine.ā€ I wonder so much what that game will be be.
// L.

(MrLego) #7

I would settle for an officially released box map full of crates with EVERY RTCW texture in use.

The models would be nice too. :wink:

(badong) #8

We all love ET but we need to accept the fact that ET is dead. If you donā€™t want to accept that fact then at least accept the fact that it is certainly not as popular as it used to be, there are fewer and smaller servers for it, and all these forums are visited from the same 10 people who have about 5 different screen names.

My advice to Splash Damage: MOVE ON.

(sock) #9

We all love ET but we need to accept the fact that ET is dead. If you donā€™t want to accept that fact then at least accept the fact that it is certainly not as popular as it used to be, there are fewer and smaller servers for it.

I was thinking that the other day, ET was dying off and not attracting much interest and then someone showed me the gamespy stats for ET ā€¦ :wink:

http://archive.gamespy.com/stats/

Sock
:moo:

(MuffinMan) #10

I donā€™t see it that way, you canā€™t call it dead just because there are fewer people, after all itā€™s a free game and so itā€™s guaranteed to be played for a really long time. and as itā€™s free and the source is released there are quite a few mods in progress and will be!
I donā€™t need masses of players in such a game, I need enough to have good games

anyway I know that the engine is outdated and people have tasted the new graphics already, so my hope is that all the noobs that donā€™t like the game enough to learn how to play it will switch to other games

(oS!Digital) #11

*** Lets not start a flame war ***

EDIT: sock

(Davros) #12

:eek2: well no game will catch hl yet since it has a zillion mods, and it aint far behind cod. good stuff :smiley:

(oS!Digital) #13

k sorry sock butā€¦ omg :stuck_out_tongue:

(Entar) #14

I can see what you mean about the other mappers. That is sorta mean to them.

But the original maps just have an authenticity to them. The new maps jsut seem sorta cool but not authentic. Thats what makes a map fun to play, the authenticity of them, that and good detail (which the originals have both). Also, the original maps were made by people who MADE the editors. Donā€™t you think theyā€™d know what they are doing?

Just my opinion. Thereā€™s a reason you see a lot more of the original six then new maps on servers on the net (no offense everybody).

Entar

(MuffinMan) #15

no thatā€™s not the reason - the reason is that most people are too lazy to get and learn the new maps - oh did I say that? didnā€™t want to start flaming, just forget meā€¦

(Mean Mr. Mustard) #16

I donā€™t think ET is deadā€¦itā€™s just not the ā€˜monster of onlineā€™ games it used to be. It was freakinā€™ huge and immensely popular. It also had a very good run being a very popular game. After almost a year, itā€™s finally down to a ā€˜normal sizedā€™ online game. So, it just appears itā€™s dead. Hats off to SD for such a great game. :banana: Canā€™t wait for their next one! (whatā€™s the chances of taht one being free :stuck_out_tongue: )

(Noldor) #17

itā€™s free. itā€™s funny. The more you play it, the more you like. Discover new ways to conquer sectors, to place mines, to defend cannonsā€¦ itā€™s amazing.
I didnā€™t play so much an online 1st person shooter since when i played Counterstrike. And it requires huge add-on file and patches, and Halflife original.

So, good game, good fast engine with decent framerates even on older videocards, you donā€™t need to buy it and itā€™s tiny to downloadā€¦ what do you want more?

(Davros) #18

a community bonus pack could be a good idea. it worked for UT2003. like muffin said some ppl would just rather change server than exit the game, find a website with the map, download it, then join again. in which time the map could have changed on the server :D. where as a map pack with top maps picked by sock or somebody could be eaiser, just one download and guaranteed good maps :clap:

(SCDS_reyalP) #19

Should the makers of Enemy Territory make more official maps?

Yes, but they should bring me pai and beer firstā€¦

(badong) #20

Haā€¦BF1942 beat out BF:Vietnam. As it should. That piece of garbage was no where near as good. SELL OUTS

@sockā€¦what are you telling me for, youā€™re gonna make some new maps or what. If not then at least ā€œofficializeā€ some of the customs, even though there are some really promising customs that are not out yet.