De_Forest

de_GroveCove?

Fantastic map.. especially at doing a locale many source mappers wouldn't attempt.

Good Christ in hell hitting himself over the head with a stick.

This thing's destined for all-time classic status. Took a walk around it by myself (any plans for bots in the future?) and once I put my jaw back in place I admired all the shootout potential. It's almost like a Vietnam game, you'll be walking slowly through those passages, keeping an eye out for snipers in the countless perfect spots, and boom.

I just had one of those "what the hell am I doing here" moments.

the map is like a big maze

Really Really amazing !!!

I've just to say you I think your grass are too Green !! It's the only critics I've to say you! The other "bugs" are well know.

Good work man!

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This is de_forest_rc1 and de_cpl_strike side-by-side, in the same scale.

I marked each up with where the Ts can go (red), where the CTs can go (blue) and the rough areas where they'd meet (magenta). Obviously for de_forest_rc1 this is based only on walking around and not gameplay experience, but if you time it yourself I expect you'll find that I'm about right.

de_cpl_strike is a fairly large map. I know that as a CT, if I'm hanging around at T spawn when the bomb is planted, I'm in for a rough time if I plan on trying to defuse. If I stay around the hotspots, and take the quickest routes, I've got a good shot (except for the fact that I'll probably get shot in the face on the way). I would say that I'd be stupid to even go near T spawn unless I'm sure the Ts won't rush.

de_forest_rc1 is huge. If I'm near either of the hotspots north of the river and the bomb is planted at A, it takes about 25s to get onto the bomb, running with a USP out. i.e. If I don't have a kit, I can't stop running, and if I do have a kit I'm probably screwed anyway if I have to take any time at all to fight. If I'm near the big rock and the bomb is planted at B, it takes about 30s to get onto the bomb, running with a USP out. Even with a kit, I'm basically screwed.

My suggestion would be to move bombsite A to near where the shed is just SSW of CT spawn, move bombsite B to near where there are several big rocks overlooking the water NE of CT spawn, and shorten the route going clockwise around the windmill to give the CTs a second viable way to get back to B (maybe make the hill smaller N-S, or maybe send an E-W tunnel through).

I didn't think the map what that huge, and yeah I agree with Robert about the view distance being maybe being a bit of an optical illusion.

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One more note: please do not post this on other forums just yet, I dont want this early version to be distributed too much before the final version is out. Also when there is a dedicated server up it would be great if everyone could gather there to play! the more players the better!

Thanks!

So no PIMPAGE fro me

I also had a runthru, the map looks preety sweet.

But i miss sum old sheds were u can go inside, or a forest fire watchtower.

Woah, ran around and it looked completely amazing. I especially loved the river area, basically because it made me think of all the things I should have done in De_cult, like the rocks at the end of the river, why didn't I think of that?

Then again, I don't know if it really makes a good CS map. The distance between the bombsites is pretty big, not a problem in itself, but when you take the amount of cover created by the foliage, it really makes defusing hard. The bombsites are at the small huts, and the CT would have to sit in a certain spot with almost no cover, while the bomb-defending T could just hide forever and then shoot the defuser.

Btw.

De_Firstblood or De_Rambo

Don't have anything else to add that anyone else hasn't said! *does another sex wee*

Great looking map. I hope you or Barndoor will make a nice nav file for it.

How about "DE_Treeline" if you don't already have a title.

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got any good pictures of a forest fire watch tower? I could use another landmark.

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Saw some of the map at work. Will be nice to see the final result. This one could become really popular hopefully.

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got any good pictures of a forest fire watch tower? I could use another landmark.

Perhaps something like:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/201/5006 ... 0646_b.jpg

or:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/3765 ... 520a_o.jpg

or even:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1416/809 ... 11e2_b.jpg

Tho for this map I think a more basic than the last one would be preferable.

Hi all,

As I am fond of your map, I have been starting a server dedicated to de_forest_rc1 map, in order to test it.

The ip adresse is 82.67.58.97:27016, the name is : DE_FOREST TEST TICK 100

Have fun!

EDIT : you didn't make the .nav file... that is not good for the server!

Hello,

Just downloaded and tested it a bit. Very very nice, doesn't look like any other CSS map I know, huge... I'm curious about the gameplay...

I noticed this:

- My console was full of this kind of messages:

SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (models/plants/yukka_001a_large.mdl)

- Both yellow areas on the radar are too big. The B especially.

- The rock behind the B house are weird. Their shape change when you move toward them. As you are very close, it is very noticeable.

- Why can we climb on the roof of house A ? Very frustrating IMHO: we got a ladder and a trap, but no, you can't climb

I joined but it started to calculate bot navs so i skipped it.

wow nice work