Elimination Map mlca1

[[uM]meisterlampe]

hi there
i mapped a lot for q3 a few years ago. a good friend of me recently asked me to dig out my old maps for open arena. so here`s the old clanarena from my ra3 map, which was a quiet simple map, so it was easy to retexture it for open arena. you can test it on the ultramaim servers, for example 78.47.72.12:27962. just vote for it.
hope u like it. if there`s enough response, maybe there`ll be more maps for open arena(old retextured for open arena or new ones...). here are some screenshots:

[[uM]Cyberdemon]

yes nice work meisterlampe!

of course i recommend the OA community to grab this map and also the other ones that should come up in the future.

it is a great rocketarena 3 map and also fulfills its potential with OA elimination gametype.

it's a real clanarena related map providing possibilites for rocketjumping with all its fun.

the only thing which could be added are area names, so you can watch the location of your teammates via teamoverlay.
just like logo room, small artrium, upper court yard from ra3map1 and map11 clanarenas.



very nice work, i will definately look forward to your other maps for other gametyps!

[Graion Dilach]

It's always good to see mappers here. I'm glad when somebody adds something to this project.

If you'd like to commit this map to OpenArena, you must post links to the pk3 and the map. Oh, and many people doesn't have downloads on when playing OA multiplayer so I suggest you to post a link here, too.

[[uM]Cyberdemon]

go forth meisterlampe!

i can serve with a http-link:

http://www.ultramaim.de/maps/baseoa/mlca1.pk3


i think the map has no bot support yet. so it needs to be added before including this map to oa content.

[Case]

it looks fantastic. this is a great dm map

[Graion Dilach]

True, the map is good. Nice texturing as well.

[Neon_Knight]

Very nice map.
OA needs more TDM/Elim sized maps like this one, it can be a very nice addition if you're willing to release it under GPLv2. (Only the license file and the mlca1.map file are missing for that to happen)

[[uM]Cyberdemon]

you find recent information about meisterlampe's maps and his .map files (including gplv2 license) here:

(ctf map: mlctf1 topic)

http://openarena.ws/board/index.php?topic=2990.msg29924#msg29924



.map files + gplv2-license:

http://6r-clan.org/maps/meisterlampe-oa_maps.7z

[GoD|Ston3r]

Very nice job!

Awesome map! Thanks a lot

[Someone_mad]

Hay thank's for the map man! 
Hum, can we have more maps for "elimination" mod? Please!   
And I've another request wish is: Can you help meh to create my own map??
It will be appreciate!

[Gig]

This download link http://www.ultramaim.de/maps/baseoa/mlca1.pk3 does not work for me.

[Cacatoes]

Yes, and the one in the topic linked by Cyberdemon does work.
So does this link.
That's what's good on a forum, you can ignore older posts and links and only take into account the more recents one.

[Gig]

I wrongly read his post, it seemed to me that it talked only about .map (source, useless for me) files...

Update: Doh! There isn't the .aas file! No bots there! :-(

[sago007]

Update: Doh! There isn't the .aas file! No bots there! :-(

Here you go: http://files.poulsander.com/~poul19/public_files/mlca1withbots.pk3

[Gig]

Thank you, man!
Tested with bots... It's a very good Elimination map!   And it's not bad even in other gametypes. I really hope this will be included in the next OpenArena releases.

P.S., off-topic: I would like to invite who creates maps to add location names: during team matches, it is good to know where your teammates are, to regroup with them. "Draw team overlay" function shows your friends location, if supported by the map... but many OpenArena maps do not provide this type of information... including this map... :-(
Well, I understand that it is not easy to invent location names, but....

P.P.S.:

Hum, can we have more maps for "elimination" mod? Please!  

I quote this. Elimination mode is great, it should be promoted in some way! :-)

P.P.P.S:
Another Off-topic... someone can tell me how to set the bot skill level, when using bot_minplayers?

[Cacatoes]

to set bot levels: g_spskill ?

[Gig]

I will try... I found online a description for that command, that told

"holds your current skill level for single player 1 = I can win 2 = bring it on
3 = hurt me plenty 4 = hardcore and 5 = nightmare"

It is not very clear... Let's try...

Update: Yes, it is it. Thank you. It influences the bots added after you set it.

PS: it seems to influence only bot_minplayers, not addbot command.

[Someone_mad]

I quote this. Elimination mode is great, it should be promoted in some way! :-)

Thank's Gig!   

[sago007]

PS: it seems to influence only bot_minplayers, not addbot command.

I believe addbot can take some additional parameters like name, model, team and skill. The gui offers it.

[Gig]

PS: it seems to influence only bot_minplayers, not addbot command.

I believe addbot can take some additional parameters like name, model, team and skill. The gui offers it.

Team and skill for sure. From command line, skill can even be fractional. Simply it is a bit strange that, if there is a variable for the default bot skill level, it is ignored and if you use simply "addbot botname", it always loads skill 4.0. But it's not really important, just a bit strange.

[Falkland]

Team and skill for sure. From command line, skill can even be fractional. Simply it is a bit strange that, if there is a variable for the default bot skill level, it is ignored and if you use simply "addbot botname", it always loads skill 4.0. But it's not really important, just a bit strange.

The correct syntax is :

Code:

]\addbot 
Usage: Addbot <botname> [skill 1-5] [team] [msec delay] [altname]

Are you sure that skill level is always 4 and not equal to g_spSkill ?

[Gig]

The correct syntax is :

Code:

]\addbot 
Usage: Addbot <botname> [skill 1-5] [team] [msec delay] [altname]

Are you sure that skill level is always 4 and not equal to g_spSkill ?

I did another test just now. If I don't specify the skill level in addbot command, it uses skill 4, not counting the g_spskill value.

PS: What is "msec delay"? Some sort of virtual lag? The score table shows "0" as the ping also for the bot I added specifying that parameter...

Q3A does the same (for both things).

[Falkland]

PS: What is "msec delay"? Some sort of virtual lag? The score table shows "0" as the ping also for the bot I added specifying that parameter...

Q3A does the same (for both things).

Yes , it adds ( or it should do that ) a "virtual lag" but it should be added only when a bot is added to a running server.

[Gig]

I wanted to ask to the creator of the mlca1 map... what about adding the DO NOT LINK[/b]) h t t p s : / / openarena . wikia . com/wiki/Mapping_information_for_special_gametypes]points for Domination mode? I suppose this map should be good also in that gametype!

Also adding the location names (I don't know exacly how they are called, maybe target_locations?) to the map, being it mainly meant for team-based games, would be useful.

[Neon_Knight]

Why don't you create an .ent file (There's an article about that in the wiki, but I'm too lazy to check it) and compile the map with just entity change?