Baguet Map Pack

Isn't it spelled baguette ?

lol that was my first thought...

at any rate looks like it'll be just as tasty.

That mascot is amazing

Hooray! Looks awesome guys.. good luck!

Cool!!!

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But "French Broad" is difficult for french guys cause they know "Baguette"!

You mean French Bread right ? I'm loving the name you found to call your maps pack ! Keep it up !

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Here's some fresh news about our Baguet Map Pack! This time, we're going to release a bit more informations on the pack, on our objectives and on a particular environment.

The Baguet Map Pack will be composed of four small-sized maps, each with its very own style. The environments will vary a lot between each map and the gameplay is meant to be fast and fun without sacrificing the graphical immersion and the war feeling. Our objective is to bring to the Day of Defeat Source community an alternative to these orange maps. New maps with immersion, optimisation and "furious" gameplay.

Now we're going to describe one of our four environments.

The following map is Grippy's work and is set up in an eastern European forest, where a battle is about to begin. Germans are entrenched in their very last positions and are ready for the allied attack... To help you imagine the place, here's two screenshots :

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A preview of the first contact zone between the two teams.

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Even if the map is mostly set in an exterior environment, there's also some underground ways allowing the allied team to organize and plan their attack safely.

That's it! In the following news, we'll describe the other environments and give you a bit more informations!

Stay tuned.

The team.

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So you thought the Baguet Map Pack was just a mirage? A way too large project to be handled by a small team of clumsy Frenchies? Not at all! Even though the news from the team have been quite sparse lately, the Baguet Map Pack is coming along - and coming along very well!

Today, we are proud to show you the evolution of the two maps featured in the previous news.

Here's a screenshot of Grippy's map. He decided to change the atmosphere: the action will now take place at twilight. A denser vegetation reinforces the player's sense of being in a forest. On a gameplay scale, several additional cover positions are designed to facilitate the Allies' progression.

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As for Kane, he worked hard on a new atmosphere and the addition of several buildings. Not only for reinforcing the player's immersion in the Normandy bocage (behind enemy lines), but also for improving the gameplay.

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And now, the thing that everyone was waiting for (or not), the first presentation of another map to be included in the pack: dod_nordhausen. Made by Moroes, Nordhausen's action is set in Germany, in the middle of the night. Allies will have to neutralize a V-1 rocket launch site. First, they will have to find the explosives, then infiltrate the base, and finally, destroy the launch platform and the V-1 warehouse.

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There are more exciting news, and we're keeping a full belt of ammo in reserve for our upcoming announcements, so stay tuned! We'll soon reveal the fourth and last map of the Baguet Map Pack, along with some other crunchy bite-sized developments...

That's all for today soldiers, dismissed!

Holy shit, epic post is epic! (I felt like such a twat saying that)

I love the way you present stuff! I'll definitely be checking this out, the quality looks amazing.

w00t...

one word, ze awesomeness

Quality work. Look forward to seeing more.

Looking top notch! J'aime vraiment votre presentation !

Thanks for nice words & support guys.

Also, I remind you another map is still hidden !

I hope you won't be disappointed with our packmap!

Do you guys have a projected release date?

Doubtless, beta testing will start in October, then the mappack will be released shortly after this.

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A sad news to begin with: the withdrawal of one of our members, Satyre: "I regretfully leave the Baguet Map Pack shortly before its release. Indeed, I just couldn't find the time to finish my map on schedule. School goes first, and I have to go on a mapping hyatus for the the time being. Sorry for this withdrawal at the last minute [...] ."

But do not fear! Satyre left us his map and the rest of the team is working hard on finishing it. The content of the pack won't be affected and we'll still offer four maps with totally different environments.

And so we present the fourth and last map from the Baguet project, dod_colonia, which takes place on the mountainous plateaus of Sicily during the Italian campaign. The map features an "attack/defense" gameplay: the objective for Allies is to capture a manor occupied and used as headquarters by the Wehrmacht.

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Let's also add that those screenshots do not reflect Satyre's initial artistic orientation and that he will release his own version at a later date.

In other news, we're glad to (belatedly) announce that Cpt Ukulele, a 3D modeler well known in the mapping community, has joined the team. His arrival enabled us to work on more original content specially created for our maps! Here are some examples of the new models realized by the team:

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And to conclude this news, here's a selection of pictures from the other maps in the pack that are nearing completion. We give you, respectively, dod_wildenthal, dod_nordhausen, dod_causeways:

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Playtests are now imminent!

Looks promising.. I'm eager to play them.