[Robman]

It's my map, but not really my game. Sw is my game. I was unimpressed to see such blatant map hijackery, I think it would be up to the community to discourage such activity for the health of the workshop/game. I don't own megaton or redux yet for connection(phone tether) issues so it's going to have to be others decision.

[Forge]

I'd be irritated if someone took one of my Duke maps and made a SW level out it without asking or giving credit.

[Robman]

lol, I see you put a quote on there, thanks Forge & Drek

[Lunick]

I saw it a few days ago and it seemed awfully familiar but I didn't have time to download it.

It will be removed.

[Robman]

Lunick, on 11 August 2014 - 02:48 PM, said:

I saw it a few days ago and it seemed awfully familiar but I didn't have time to download it.

It will be removed.

I feel bad for "complaining" about it, but it did seem trés un-cool.
I hope he was left a message that atleast alerted him to the fact that it's not the way to go about things so he can learn from it and grow as a mapper.

[Sixty Four]

Oh shit hehe I know this map I played it the other day very nice job Robman it was kind of to big for DM with 4 players at least, I imagine 6-8 would be great. Wow didn't know it was yours. I actually know the poster and could message him to add you in the description or remove it. However you want ?

Oh I see Educator has already posted it

[Micky C]

It's not just that the guy stole the map and purposely removed credit (which is the main problem), but the map is also 150% (?) too big for Duke, since SW and Duke use different map scales. Therefore the map won't play as intended, and like you said it was a bit big.

I'd be pretty pissed off if someone did that to me. It's a grey area when you're uploading old maps when the original authors can't be contacted, but is generally accepted as long as you give them credit. But taking a recent map, even if you swap a few textures, knowing that the author is still perfectly contactable and put it up implying it as your own work, it's a pretty big disgrace.

[Robman]

Thanks Duke64 and yeah Educator already uploaded it awhile back.

I've found the difference between Sw and Duke to be about 38%, when I converted the map from Sw to duke, that's the number I used anyway.

[NUKEMDAVE]

I uploaded the Shark's Cove maps by Hangnail:

http://steamcommunit...398&searchtext=
http://steamcommunit...827&searchtext=



I tried contacting him via email first, but it wouldn't send and it looks like he hasn't been active on here for a while. I added some co-op spawn points and some switches here and there so players can't get stuck anywhere. The switches I added only show in co-op, so nothing is different when it comes to single player. For anyone who doesn't know, you can set switches to pal 2 to make them show only in co-op. That's something I asked Termit to add a while back. There is one problem, though. Termit hasn't added the option to play user maps in single player in the expansion packs.

[MetHy]

New map by a new mapper (actually is his 2nd map):
http://steamcommunit...s/?id=302479727

Good gameplay, layout and architecture. Sadly the almost total lack of shading prevents the map from being really good. With proper shading and some minor fixes, it could be a really good map.

Joined the map with this post for people who don't have Megaton.

Attached File(s)

•  penthousemayhem.zip (552.69K)
  Number of downloads: 221

[Micky C]

Don't have time to look at it now but I wonder if its another case of Fox's shading script being useful.

[MetHy]

Yeah it could work. It wouldn't do all the job, because imo the map lacks every kind of shading (it would be good to have some light work in there, some rooms darker than others or with flickering lights etc) and there is also no shadows at all, but it could help.

Edit : in all honesty though, I believe it's better for people if they learn to shade before using such a script, but to each his own way I guess.

btw - how many "shading script" stock options did you buy?

[Kyanos]

Micky C, on 19 August 2014 - 02:30 PM, said:

Don't have time to look at it now but I wonder if its another case of Fox's shading script being useful.

Where is that anyways??

[Micky C]

The mapster script version isn't working properly at the moment. I'd love for someone to fix it. It's in a PM between me, Fox and Hendricks420 currently.

@MetHy, true, but the script could serve as a learning tool. It can show noobs tht if their maps can look twice as good with the most basic shading, imagine how much better it will look with proper shadows, rooms with different darknesses and light effects.
At the very least it can help give maps a touch of depth where they'd otherwise have none.

[Robman]

Some years ago when I was learning how to shade ( not saying I'm uber good at it still...)
Maligned (aka: Verge/Unskilled) gave me these motivational words: " I could shade better with my pubes." ... He meant well, ah goodtimes

[Mike Norvak]

I just released this DM map, with some interesting effects. If someone wants to check it out.

THE HUNT on steam

[JoJo the Idiot Circus Boy]

Did a playthough of Penthouse Mayhem By sT1LL_WAnTeD

[Forge]

NUKEMDAVE, on 14 August 2014 - 07:45 PM, said:

I uploaded the Shark's Cove maps by Hangnail:

Igor Willems (iggy) made a few DM maps for Caribbean if you're looking for more levels for that expansion to upload to steam.

i can't vouch for the quality though, you'll have to look at them yourself

Slayers Island
Pokemon-car

Helltown 2
http://www.scent-88....hell2/hell2.php

i haven't got around to submitting the other two maps to CGS yet

i did successfully contact him at the email address on his site about four or five years ago to get some art files for his maps. I have no idea if it's still a good contact or not
http://www.duke4ever.eu/

[NUKEMDAVE]

Lunick already uploaded Helltown 2 to Workshop. I might check the other ones out when they're available. I was hoping there would be some user maps for Nuclear Winter, but I can't seem to find any.

[Forge]

most of the xmas/winter maps i've seen pretty much just rip the art off and get released as a solo project w/o depending on the expansion.

i don't remember the names of very many of them, but i wonder if you drop the included art file and launch it with Nuclear Winter if they'd work or not. probably not unless it was a direct exchange between the tile #s

[NUKEMDAVE]

Yeah, it might not work. I've thought about making my own Nuclear Winter map and uploading it before. I might get around to it someday.

Anyway, I uploaded Pokemon-car and Slayers Island:

http://steamcommunit...s/?id=303411686

http://steamcommunit...s/?id=303412891

I titled them exactly as they are in the HTML files and included the HTML files. I also added a song to each one so nobody has to listen to Dethtoll. I gave the Pokémon map a MIDI version of the Pokémon theme. I gave Slayers Island this song:

https://soundcloud.c...kes-beach-party

I'll add a video to each map's page when/if a few of my friends record some gameplay. They usually do.

[MetHy]

Another new SP map :

http://steamcommunit...s/?id=303400189

I haven't tried it yet but the screenshots look interesting.

Edit : Well, the map looks good and is quite unique, and the mapper has potential; however it is full of very questionable and un-fun design choices. "In your face" drones and commanders; shitty unfair deaths (and i even got one due to a glitch), and in terms of progression too I got stuck a first time and asked the mapper for help, but now I'm stuck again and I really don't feel like continuing... Kind of a shame.

[JoJo the Idiot Circus Boy]

Let's Play Duke Nukem 3D Megaton UserMap: Destillateur With MrRumbleRoses

[Forge]

MetHy, on 21 August 2014 - 04:15 AM, said:

Another new SP map :

http://steamcommunit...s/?id=303400189

I haven't tried it yet but the screenshots look interesting.

Edit : Well, the map looks good and is quite unique, and the mapper has potential; however it is full of very questionable and un-fun design choices. "In your face" drones and commanders; shitty unfair deaths (and i even got one due to a glitch), and in terms of progression too I got stuck a first time and asked the mapper for help, but now I'm stuck again and I really don't feel like continuing... Kind of a shame.

i finished it already. looks nice for the most part, but progression can get confusing. There's way too much fire power available to the player - especially at that cliff basin with the devastator & a ton of dev, and rpg ammo. All those +10 colas are cute, but it seems like there's a dozen of them in every major location as well

Spoiler

i hate jumping off blind cliffs without knowing there's a reason to do so - i tried to strafe jump the first chasm and splatted before i could aim for one of the pools of water at the bottom
the switch in the alcove between the two windows where the rotating gears in the pool of water are - it's marked with a texture, but that clue's assuming the player has already explored the vent shafts and has seen that panel blocking the path
didn't care for the six button puzzle to get the red key
ditto for the five switch puzzle after using the red key
also took me a second to remember the door between the engine pistons after solving the five switch puzzle
way too much ammo and health at the final boss fight - which is the typical strafe-fire vs. overlord in a large circular room

[Sixty Four]

I learned something with my Turok map. If you make the nuke button pal 14 (i did this to make it green and blend with the map) in megaton if you are in co op or sp you wont go to the main menu or go to hollywood after you complete your map, instead you will start right back in your map. I did it in forever doom map as well but i made the floor under it pal 24 but its really pal 14

[NUKEMDAVE]

Here's another map that I uploaded that was made by Jon Hunt and uses Redneck Rampage art:

http://steamcommunit...895&searchtext=



It originally supported single player only, but I set it up for both co-op and Dukematch without affecting single player gameplay. I fixed a few small things throughout the map, though, like some of the doors that were clipping through other sectors and causing visual glitches. I guess he won't mind. He's fully credited, but I can delete it if necessary.

I included a Redneck Rampage song for the map, but I just can't get it to play and I don't know why. I thought the OGG file might've been corrupted or something, but I even tried other files and they won't play either. The filename is exactly the same as the map's filename. If anyone has an idea on what could be causing it not to play, let me know. It sure doesn't play for me.

[The Commander]

Maybe I should finish Dukes Nightmare II one of these days...

[Sixty Four]

Also learned something else about the workshop. Could be useful to those who are having the "user map crash". It simply means you have to many workshop maps. Unsubscribe from all maps then delete worskshop/maps folder. Then go back and get the maps you want to have after doing this you wont crash while clicking user maps anymore. I haven't been able to find out the limit yet though.

[Kyanos]

Duke64Nukem, on 25 August 2014 - 08:04 AM, said:

Also learned something else about the workshop. Could be useful to those who are having the "user map crash". It simply means you have to many workshop maps. Unsubscribe from all maps then delete worskshop/maps folder. Then go back and get the maps you want to have after doing this you wont crash while clicking user maps anymore. I haven't been able to find out the limit yet though.

IMO thats a really bad bug, forcing telling people to delete their map collections is not a fix.

[MetHy]

I thought it wasn't a matter of how many, but rather some specific maps which cause the crashes.