Yeh nice one drakir. v57
Happy xmas!
North Pole! (FINAL released)
Drakir
(Drakir)
#22
Tnx all for the warm words.
I am really suprised with this map, it plays great. It was mostly intended to be a FUN-map, but after playing it for several hours on a full server the outcome of every round was different. Sometimes it seemed hopeless as Axis to get past the Allied defence, then someone sneaked in and grabbed the star and ended the game.
Also got the news that it will be used in a christmas tournament. Great to hear!
Always fun when your hobby pays of!
Loffy
(Loffy)
#24
Also got the news that it will be used in a christmas tournament. Great to hear!
Yup, it’s out now. Read all about it here:
http://www.swertcw.com/default.php
// Loffy
PS. Deadline “…December 15th, 2003… Team from all countries is allowed to sign-up…” http://sm.maca.se/np/
fattakin
(fattakin)
#25
had a blast last night and its DEFINTELY fun, and even better - Competitive!
The Christmas touches are nice, maybe the Girlfriend will approve when she sees the Christmas theme (shes a sucker for christmas, like i am for ET)
Seriously tho - the first game i had, the axis were all over the Map and i got the chance to have a good look around but it soon got tougher and i got into the spirit of dishing it out - managed to sneak the star under the allies noses as mentioned above by going the back route!! Whoo Hoo Presents delivered
I played as allies after a while and managed to hold the Forward Spawn under some intense firefights for most of the game… class feeling when outgunned jumping into the canon ’ see ya suckers’ lol
Great touches and fun fun fun!
Fenris
(Fenris)
#26
Just for your info, have you seen these errors (on the server) when the map loads ?
G_PickTarget: target t94 not found
G_PickTarget: target t1082 not found
G_PickTarget: target t1083 not found
RivrStyx
(RivrStyx)
#27
Drakir… i added the map to our custom server. Problem is it won’t work with etpro. Crashes the server.
It works in etmain though so figure its an etpro problem. Maybe its the info stands you added. Etpro claims it stripped out all unused code…maybe that was part of it.
bummer
RivrStyx
(RivrStyx)
#28
Got it to work. Wasn’t etpro. It was sv_maxclients
I have a normal size campaign server…but the custom server i have it set to 58 total slots (8 private). Had to drop it down to 50 total slots (with 8 private) for some reason. Above 50 total locked the server up on northpole only. <shrugs>
But alls good now 
Loffy
(Loffy)
#29
Hi!
Thx for all the nice comments!
There will be some fierce fighting on this map! The stable area/wooden gate will be a choke for sure. I think the attacking team must get stable-area-control (or do a 1 man sneak via the reindeer balcony), to win.
To control the stable area, the Axis need to get there (cannon BOOM to gate or tram) and eliminate the allies. For this, you need some players with good aim combined with quick medics to heal fallen heroes. Then, as the Allies respawn and exit the stable and run for the workshop, the attackers must be ready to “take care of” the poor Allies. Drakir and I set the respawn times to 20 and 30 sec. to aid the attackers a little.
Two parallell examples:
a) The attacking team takes control of the Allies’ spawn area on the RtCW map Assault, before rushing the tower for the winning plant.
b) On Gold Rush: The attackers (Allies) gather around the bank. They eliminate any Axis outside the bank. Then they wait. The poor Axis dudes who were outside the bank respawn and the attackers crush them, before entering the bank full force simultaneously (6 Allied bank raider vs. 4-5 defenders).
Ok, this is a bit theoretical; hard to actually do it in a stressfull clan war against a strong and smart defending opponent. But what other attacking tactics do you have for North Pole? Drakir and I are really looking forward to the North Pole Cup to see the various tactics on this map.
EDIT: Apparently tons of teams have signed up for the Cup!
http://sm.maca.se/np/index.php?turniej=1&id=1
// Loffy
http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~yugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/03/index.html
sock
(sock)
#30
I still need to find some time to download this and have a look. It certainly looks fun from the screenshots and alot of cool comments here on game play.
At last something with an fun theme. :drink:
Sock
:moo:
Mean_Mr_Mustard
(Mean Mr. Mustard)
#31
I download the map last night - lots of cool features - I won’t give any of them away for those have not checked it out yet.
Looks like it will be a blast to play! It’s going on the server I play for an xmas party! Thanks guys for the map!
Fenris
(Fenris)
#32
Have it up as first map on my campaign rotation, yesterday we were some 10-15 persons on, and in my opinion it was great play, thanks for a well done map It was actually voted for map restart 3 times in a row before the vote turned against restarting and continuing on with the campaign 
Superfreak
(Superfreak)
#33
Yeah, I put it on [Ballz] Fun Night…and we’re averaging 3-4 map restarts before the campaign moves on 
Nice map - put it on for the fun, but it’s really very playable too…Nice job with this one.
Superfreak[Ballz]
Drakir
(Drakir)
#34
Still amazed with the response for this map!
As i told you before, the aim was a FUN map for the holidays. And already just a couple of days after the release the map is on over 30 servers.
ETplayer
(ETplayer)
#35
uhm, i dont know if this was ment this way… but…
Just a tiny itty bitty comment on ur map…
When u use that gejser thing (wich makes u fly ) everytime u fly u crash to the ground and ur dead… ( u fly towards the bridge » and splatt « )
Was this ment, or was it a mistake in the design :???:
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Santa’s rock music is great, the whole allied team went jumpin on the bed and dancin around :drink:
For the rest
GREAT map, props… and keep up the good work :drink: :chef:
Drakir
(Drakir)
#36
Well u need to practice air-strafe, while in air, you can steer a bit by using the side strafe. Aim at the mid-bridge top part, of you practice this you will end up in loosing only 15 HP.
This was made by design to make it abit harder than the cannon, so it pays of using grabbing the forward spawn gaining access to the cannon which is much easier and faster.
EDIT: HTML error
pack
(pack)
#37
oh it’s possible, dunno if you need luck or skill though 
There are like 100 fun thing in map Good job, very nice for holidays!
Other comments after first few times of play:
-I think it’s a bit difficult for axis ? :???: (unless there are some secret
doors i did not discover yet :moo: )
Drakir
(Drakir)
#38
Not a real secret, but if u use the tram and then sneak into the stables. At the top floor there´s a really angry reindeer that kicks u to the other side whre there is a ladder that takes u directly into the warehouse where the star is. This is a great sneakpath that i have seen used alot to capture the star in the middle of a hopeless assault at the door.
knuckles
(knuckles)
#40
I just posted this on PW:
Hope to see some of you guys there as well.
Thanks for the cool map! 
We are running a special Christmas style rotation on our Pub right now (all snow maps) featuring the new ET map North Pole that was just released a few days ago.
NorthPole is a fun map with allot of cool extra stuff you can find throughout the map.
Server will autodownload NorthPole when you connect at upto 130k a sec or you can download it direct from:
Get the file at:
http://www.pcgamemods.com/3369/
http://www.sikstrom.nu/rikard/files/etmain/northpole_zipfile.zip
[NW]Mothra ET’s revenge Server
IP: 64.142.7.242:27961
Hope to see you all there.
North Pole:
“In the Axis search for religous items they are on a quest to steal the “Christmas Star”, the symbol of hope and joy! Allied intelligence has picked up this mission and are doing anything they can to prevent the Axis forces from stealing the “Christmas Star”. If the Axis forces succeed in their quest then a whole world celebrating christmas will be in agony and that will drain their spirit on the battlefields, this will give the Axis forces a huge advantage in the war.”