The good & most hosted maps available

[nonoMapper]

Hi SD forums,

we host a lot of maps and i always wondered about the maps i miss having in our cycle. I probably tripple checked all the maps available (well, almost all) from the old and new famous mapsites like wolffiles.de.

I was wondering if some of you players or admins can list their most favorite and playable maps. This way i can find out which famous maps i am missing and our players might like to see …and vice versa ofcourse
Here is my objective maps list:

CountryRoad_JP.pk3
Warbell.pk3
__bridges__ss.pk3
adlerhorst_te.pk3
am_hydro_dam.pk3
atom_b1.pk3
axislab_final.pk3
axs_assault_b3_fixed.pk3
base12_b6.pk3
bayraid_beta2.pk3
bergen.pk3
bloody_omaha_b2.pk3
bn_pirate_sniper_fix.pk3
braundorf_b4.pk3
bucket_v2.pk3
byzantine-final.pk3
caen_4.pk3
caha_tavern_b2.pk3
canyon3_sse.pk3
canyonlake.pk3
castellum_final.pk3
coast_b1.pk3
dubrovnik_final.pk3
eagles2_a6.pk3
el_kef_final.pk3
eltz_beta1.pk3
et_dam_b1.pk3
et_ice.pk3
et_mor2_night_final.pk3
et_ufo_final.pk3
et_village.pk3
exhumed_ss.pk3
facility31_b1.pk3
fortress.pk3
frostbite.pk3
goldendunk_orig.pk3
graverob_b1_ss.pk3
haemar_b1.pk3
hog_b12_dt_ss.pk3
industry2_final.pk3
italyfp2.pk3
karsiah_te2_ss.pk3
lighthouse2.pk3
mia1c_cc.pk3
mitchelldown.pk3
mlb_bergheim_09.pk3
mlb_carnage.pk3
mlb_egypt_fixed.pk3
mlb_starbase.pk3
mml_helmsdeep_b4.pk3
mml_minastirith_fp3.pk3
mp_assault_fal.pk3
mp_sub_fal_nocmp.pk3
neetb2.pk3
nemorosuspb2.pk3
neuschwaben_final2_sse.pk3
op_tower_night.pk3
penemuende_b2.pk3
pha_chateau_ss.pk3
pha_horus_ss.pk3
pirates.pk3
praetoria_m2_11.pk3
reactor_final.pk3
sector47_final.pk3
sedespb2.pk3
snatch3.pk3
sp_delivery_te.pk3
stalingrad.pk3
subway.pk3
supply_pro.pk3
tc_base.pk3
tram_et.pk3
trmfght_beta2.pk3
v2base_te.pk3
venice.pk3
vesuvius_rev_beta.pk3
weisbaden_final.pk3
xfactory.pk3

Look forward to your favorite maps

[Mateos]

Hello,

Can you sort this list by name please? ^^’ It would be easier to check if a map is “missing” or not

[schnoog]

Maybe this tiny list will answer your question

+---------------------+-----------------------------------------+----------+
| MAPNAME             | CAPTION                                 | GAMES    |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------+----------+
| oasis               | Siwa Oasis ^5official                   | 17061742 |
| goldrush            | Gold Rush ^5official                    | 13097138 |
| fueldump            | Fuel Dump ^5official                    | 11985730 |
| supply              | Supply ^2final*                         | 11433684 |
| radar               | Würzburg Radar ^5official               | 10867273 |
| battery             | Battery ^5official                      | 10666478 |
| railgun             | Rail Gun ^5official                     |  7970377 |
| braundorf_b4        | Braundorf ^3beta4*                      |  7069995 |
| adlernest           | Adlernest ^2final*                      |  6966569 |
| frostbite           | Frostbite ^2final*                      |  5561808 |
| sw_goldrush_te      | SW Gold Rush TE ^2final*                |  5541292 |
| supplydepot2        | Supply Depot 2 ^2final*                 |  4207202 |
| sp_delivery_te      | Special Delivery TE ^2final*            |  3869526 |
| venice              | Venice ^2final*                         |  3657536 |
| caen2               | Caen 2 ^2final*                         |  2582039 |
| bremen_b2           | Bremen ^3beta2*                         |  2579174 |
| tc_base             | TC Base ^2final*                        |  2443418 |
| te_valhalla         | Valhalla Station TE ^2final*            |  2139787 |
| baserace            | Base Race ^2final*                      |  1704876 |
| sw_oasis_b3         | SW Siwa Oasis TE ^3beta3*               |  1629083 |
| et_beach            | ET Beach Invasion ^2final 1.1*          |  1622793 |
| snatch3             | Snatch! ^2final3 + fixed version*       |  1569067 |
| warbell             | Warbell ^2final                         |  1517630 |
| goldrush-ga         | Gold Rush [Greater Access] ^2final*     |  1454235 |
| et_ice              | ET Ice ^2final*                         |  1449333 |
| caen                | Caen ^2final*                           |  1266728 |
| reactor_final       | Reactor ^2final*                        |   927439 |
| dubrovnik_final     | Dubrovnik ^2final*                      |   895255 |
| mlb_temple          | MLB Temple ^2final*                     |   845438 |
| et_mor2             | Marrakech Streets 2 ^2final*            |   788615 |
| v2base              | V2 Base ^2final*                        |   713602 |
| goldendunk_a2       | Golden Dunk ^3alpha2*                   |   694724 |
| italyfp2            | Streets of Italy ^3first playable2*     |   645569 |
| 1944_beach          | 1944 Beach ^2final*                     |   637077 |
| et_mor2_night_final | Marrakech Streets 2 Night ^2final*      |   633728 |
| saberpeak_final     | Saberpeak ^2final*                      |   619962 |
| cathedral_final     | Cathedral ^2final*                      |   617231 |
| transmitter         | Transmitter ^2final*                    |   614319 |
| Karsiah_te2         | Karsiah TE 2 ^2final*                   |   589956 |
| supply_pro          | Supply Night ^2final*                   |   570349 |
| mlb_daybreak        | MLB Daybreak ^2final*                   |   530439 |
| purefrag            | Purefrag ^2final*                       |   515570 |
| supergoldrush_final | Super Goldrush ^2final*                 |   515367 |
| supplydepot3        | Supply Depot 3 ^2final*                 |   499586 |
| radar_summer        | Radar Summer ^3different versions*      |   493910 |
| bremen_final        | Bremen ^2final*                         |   493306 |
| temple_final        | Desert Temple ^2final*                  |   481531 |
| Baserace_desert     | Base Race Desert ^2final*               |   475590 |
| mrmen_gamma_final   | Mr|Men Gamma Jumps ^2final*             |   469151 |
| axislab_final       | Axis Lab ^2final*                       |   443884 |
| mml_minastirith_fp3 | MML Minas Tirith ^3first playable3*     |   437543 |
| falcon2             | Millenium Falcon ^2final*               |   419880 |
| supplydepot         | Supply Depot ^2final*                   |   417171 |
| industry2           | Industry 2 ^2final*                     |   401466 |
| xposed              | X-Posed ^2final*                        |   393561 |
| baserace_b3a        | Base Race ^3beta3a*                     |   382111 |
| password2           | Password 2 ^3v1.2*                      |   366277 |
| bremen_b1           | Bremen ^3beta1*                         |   365819 |
| parisbastille_b3    | Paris Bastille ^3beta3*                 |   360868 |
| v2_factory          | V2 Factory ^2final*                     |   359611 |
| glider              | Glider Assault ^3different versions*    |   349554 |
| gamma_mill_b2       | Gamma Mill ^3beta2*                     |   347696 |
| trmfght_beta2       | TramFight! ^3beta2*                     |   335222 |
| venice_ne4          | Venice NE4 ^2final*                     |   331238 |
| ae_sniper_challenge | AE Sniper Challenge ^2final*            |   327583 |
| el_kef_final        | El Kef ^2final*                         |   325608 |
| stalingrad          | Stalingrad ^2final*                     |   312116 |
| braundorf_final     | Braundorf ^2final*                      |   309973 |
| sp_delivery2        | Special Delivery 2 ^2final*             |   295131 |
| lnatrickjump        | LNA Trickjump ^2final*                  |   294048 |
| v2base_te           | V2 Base TE ^2final*                     |   288572 |
| northpole           | North Pole ^2final                      |   284390 |
| et_mor2_night       | Marrakech Streets 2 by Night ^2final*   |   275006 |
| sos_secret_weapon   | SOS Secret Weapon ^2final*              |   273762 |
| subway              | Subway ^2final*                         |   271358 |
| caen_4              | Caen 4 ^2final*                         |   252044 |
| bremen_b3           | Bremen ^3beta3*                         |   250474 |
| breakout            | Breakout ^3different versions*          |   248850 |
| mlb_hotchkiss       | MLB Hotchkiss ^2final*                  |   239087 |
| lighthouse          | Lighthouse ^2final*                     |   236410 |
| school              | School ^3beta1*                         |   230746 |
| et_village          | ET Village ^2final*                     |   213262 |
| bergen              | Bergen ^2final*                         |   212050 |
| am_hydro_dam        | Hydro Dam v2 ^2final*                   |   204398 |
| haunted_mansion     | Haunted Mansion ^2final*                |   201230 |
| mlb_egypt           | MLB Egypt ^2final*                      |   200425 |
| nejijump5_b5        | Neji Jumps 5 ^3beta5*                   |   199265 |
| chocojump1_3        | Choco Jump ^3v1.3*                      |   199250 |
| tankbuster          | Tankbuster ^3different versions*        |   199144 |
| stargate_1945       | Stargate Center ^3different versions*   |   191507 |
| resurrection        | Resurrection ^3different versions*      |   190986 |
| battery_recharged   | Battery Recharged ^3different versions* |   190065 |
| eagles_2ways_b3     | Eagles 2 Ways ^3beta3*                  |   189356 |
| adlernest_2         | Adlernest 2 ^2final*                    |   184417 |
| baserace_b3c        | Base Race Winter ^3beta3c*              |   183302 |
| rommel_final        | Rommel ^2final*                         |   182730 |
| cortex_who          | Cortex WHO ^3beta5.1*                   |   182264 |
| bucket_v2           | Chicken Bucket ^2final2*                |   180809 |
| beerrun_b7a         | Beer Run ^3beta7a*                      |   179571 |
| sw_battery          | SW Battery ^2final*                     |   176093 |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------+----------+

This are the 100 most played mags

Greetz
schnoog

p.s.: NonoMappers list sorted

CountryRoad_JP.pk3
Warbell.pk3
__bridges__ss.pk3
adlerhorst_te.pk3
am_hydro_dam.pk3
atom_b1.pk3
axislab_final.pk3
axs_assault_b3_fixed.pk3
base12_b6.pk3
bayraid_beta2.pk3
bergen.pk3
bloody_omaha_b2.pk3
bn_pirate_sniper_fix.pk3
braundorf_b4.pk3
bucket_v2.pk3
byzantine-final.pk3
caen_4.pk3
caha_tavern_b2.pk3
canyon3_sse.pk3
canyonlake.pk3
castellum_final.pk3
coast_b1.pk3
dubrovnik_final.pk3
eagles2_a6.pk3
el_kef_final.pk3
eltz_beta1.pk3
et_dam_b1.pk3
et_ice.pk3
et_mor2_night_final.pk3
et_ufo_final.pk3
et_village.pk3
exhumed_ss.pk3
facility31_b1.pk3
fortress.pk3
frostbite.pk3
goldendunk_orig.pk3
graverob_b1_ss.pk3
haemar_b1.pk3
hog_b12_dt_ss.pk3
industry2_final.pk3
italyfp2.pk3
karsiah_te2_ss.pk3
lighthouse2.pk3
mia1c_cc.pk3
mitchelldown.pk3
mlb_bergheim_09.pk3
mlb_carnage.pk3
mlb_egypt_fixed.pk3
mlb_starbase.pk3
mml_helmsdeep_b4.pk3
mml_minastirith_fp3.pk3
mp_assault_fal.pk3
mp_sub_fal_nocmp.pk3
neetb2.pk3
nemorosuspb2.pk3
neuschwaben_final2_sse.pk3
op_tower_night.pk3
penemuende_b2.pk3
pha_chateau_ss.pk3
pha_horus_ss.pk3
pirates.pk3
praetoria_m2_11.pk3
reactor_final.pk3
sector47_final.pk3
sedespb2.pk3
snatch3.pk3
sp_delivery_te.pk3
stalingrad.pk3
subway.pk3
supply_pro.pk3
tc_base.pk3
tram_et.pk3
trmfght_beta2.pk3
v2base_te.pk3
venice.pk3
vesuvius_rev_beta.pk3
weisbaden_final.pk3
xfactory.pk3

[nonoMapper]

Thanks for sorting, i forgot that i know your list from splatterladder and i allready checked them ofcourse.
I was also more hoping to find maps people hardly know or never got the fame they deserve.

@Mateos: done thanks to schnoog;)

[Mateos]

Good evening,

My 1 cent suggestions:

• 2Hide CAL R1
• Wacht Am Rhein (bulge_beta1)
• Air Assault FP1
• Breakout 2
• Castle Attack (Beta 5)
• et_beach (And some other Scrim maps, but I just write down this one :P)
• Falkenstein (I like the level design)
• Fata Morgana (Ah the good old times :P)
• Market Garden ET R2
• Nachteinbruch
• Navarone
• Oil Raid
• Praetoria Mission 1 (Strange you only have the Mission 2)
• Quotidian (Beta 2)
• Resurrection (<3)
• Ruins23lite
• Saberpeak
• V1 Rocket (Beta 2)
• V2 Base
• V2 Factory
• Wolfrudel
• And some others I skipped because this list is already too long; If you want me to shorten in a bit I can, and I can also give direct download links if you’re interested

[Chris2]

Personally I would try stick to having at the most about 6 customs on a server at one time, it’s hard to learn any more than that really.

Also what team sizes do you have on your server? You need to pick the maps based on the amount of players you regularly get, not all maps are suitable for large team sizes nor suitable for small team sizes.

Also consider what mod you are using and which features you have turned on or off, this is why I don’t like the pub mods that started to take off back when I was mapping, they change the game way too much, it’s hard to make a map for both stock ET and ‘lets add lots of silly stuff’ ET.

Pick wisely and you’ll have players coming back time and time again, you could even try add another 3 map campaign that changes each month or so to try out new maps on top of your stable 6 map list.

[Smurfer]

A personal favourite is “2 Tanks” by 2Bit.

[Mateos]

These maps can be placed in the server ETmain but not in the rotation; Also selected the maps without a .campaign thingy inside…

Second paragraph is one of the things that made me leave my previous clan. We had not a lot of people but gigantic maps. They still have…

I map in Radiant and test under ETPro :rolleyes: Sometimes custom icons doesn’t appear well on Limbo in other mods because of that

[schnoog]

Mateos, you`re a drama queen

Gigantic maps are crossing several timezones… all less is tiny
(Talked to a MS Flight Sim fanboy. 9 hours of flight to land @ JFK, and you`re calling ET maps gigantic…tzzzzz)

[Smurfer]

Another personal favourite is “Troop Train” by 2bit. It’s unique.

edit: also “V2 Factory” but it has a steep learning curve.

[Mateos]

I think Canyon Depth would fit more the word “gigantic”

My fav is Resurrection, really love the atmosphere and the scary elements placed all around the map That’s why I would like someday to make a haunted map myself for ET with occult stuff

[noomi]

Also what team sizes do you have on your server? You need to pick the maps based on the amount of players you regularly get, not all maps are suitable for large team sizes nor suitable for small team sizes.

[nonoMapper]

Thanks for the feedback.

@mateos, thanks for the list. I see a few unknown maps. I will test them this evening or tomorrow. Very big thank you:)

@rest, the mod generates the campaigns depending on the playercount. Size doesnt matter in this case.

Since wolfet has less and less players, i was searching for smaller maps. Lets say up to max 10/12 players.

There are big maps that are good and have a good objective together with sweet graphics.
On the other side, from my experience, there are only a few GOOD and playable smaller maps. I can be mistaken and thats why i was hoping some of you know maps most people dont host because, well, they are not famous.

btw. isnt 2 tanks that map where 1tank is axis and the other is allies? afaik that map lags as hell.
Trooptrain is for crazy people…that map scares players away ;(

[Mateos]

Here an attempt of a reduced list for 10/12:

• 2Hide CAL R1 (Players can be a bit lost though)
• Wacht Am Rhein (bulge_beta1) - Same as up, careful on objectives and command map
• Air Assault FP1
• Breakout 2
• et_beach (And some other Scrim maps, but I just write down this one :P)
• Falkenstein (I like the level design)
• Fata Morgana (Ah the good old times :P)
• Nachteinbruch
• Oil Raid
• Praetoria Mission 1 (Strange you only have the Mission 2)
• Quotidian (Beta 2)
• Resurrection (<3)
• V1 Rocket (Beta 2)
• V2 Base
• Wolfrudel

(Maybe some 1944 series maps)

See also comp maps (Supply, Adlernest, Braundorf, ET_Ice, Dubrovnik [Don’t forget roof-blocking script]), and some recent ones such as Pirates, playable with few or 30 people at once

[nonoMapper]

The 2 praetoria maps are lagging maps Mateos. I think we agree on that. Even the second one lags as hell as soon as the tank enters the city (?).

Oil Raid and Quotidian are 2 maps i have to try. The rest i allready know.

Didnt bulge_beta have bad spawnpoints? or maybe my team was bad but i think the spawnpoints are bad placed.
Breakout2 is also a lagmap.

I try to sort out the best playable maps available.

@Chris, you are right about the custom maps but i think thats a good idea for 5 years ago maybe. Meanwhile everyone know most of the maps i posted in the first post.

[Mateos]

Yes about the first Praetoria (If you have a 56k connection with a 2004 computer), second one I don’t recall any FPS/lag issue

The 2 next shouldn’t have this kind of issue;

I don’t remember bad spawnpoints, maybe the first Axis one is quite close from the tree barrier, however seems good?

I played Breakout 2 on a bad connection/PC without problem o.o Strange

[nonoMapper]

Nah, i have (not atm tho.) a good broadband connection. The lags in praetoria 1 and praetoria 2 are probably because it is a big open map?
A duocore 2.2ghz, 2gb and my HD5670 should be enough.

The lags in praetoria 1 are all the time from the very beginning. In praetoria 2 the lags mostly happen when the tank enters the city where the axis spawn.
Breakout 2 lags pretty heavy at the trainstation.

It is strange to me too that YOUu dont have any lags in these 3 maps since diego admitted the lags etc. (if i remember correctly…)

[Mateos]

My previous laptop has Intel Core2Duo 2.2GHz with 3 GB of RAM (I say 3 cause I had a 7 32bits…), NVidia GeForce 310M, 40 FPS at least, with AAx4 through panel almost all the time (Just disabled when playing ETPro). He said so, but when was it released?

Here, with a quite bad connection (Public WiFi + Far from the source), I lad on Radar, a bit on Gold Rush, but not on Adlernest or Supply

[Chris2]

Low fps isn’t the same as lag. You probably getting lower fps on Radar and Goldrush, these maps contain way more detail and have a load more entities than Adlernest and Supply combined.

I’m not sure about this but I think idtech3 (or any engine for that matter) can only do so much regardless of how good your PC is, if a map pushes the limits of the engine you will get problems not matter what.

[Mateos]

On my side I’m not kidding, it’s lag: +200 ping and yellow spikes on lag-o-meter. I know the difference between lag (Network) and low FPS (Performances), it’s just in this case the increased distances = more stuff (players) to display = more network required = more potential lag on crappy connection, I think?