Great fixes TB guys, I just couln’t resolve 2 of these i knew about
that flag getting stuck in the ground - so it sthe collision setting!!!
and every attempt I had of using a cubemap for the sea just crashed the editor :-(
I did do a pass on reducing instrauctions on materials, but ran out of time - so thanks for the effort to who ever had to go through all of those and complete that!!!
It is very trcky…and despite days of trying i never got this to work well.
Finally i resorted to a trick when the bot reached a point replaced it with skeletal mesh of the same and used matinee to play anims on that…. which is not in itself very easy. If you want to know how to do that let me know … i would have to dig it out of.the archive (origionally the trebuchets in irilla were loaded by teams of bots)
Look at the kismet in my grail ffa old style duel map…. or the bit kismet in irilla… bith of the have bit feint commands
U can make bots better… try the ones on grail castle old duel map :)
Maybe my last chance to do fixes for a while so any feedback for testing irilla most welcome.
Already got the missing towwet :) ooops
See how it plays.with what the sound cues that i added… does that work ??? If not shall explore further…
Several update over the last few days….
More collision optimisation (another half a day on this, should be getting good fps improvements)
Dungeon remade for better game play and less cluttered environment
SPectator stands added to final malric platform, together with additional attackers roof access, for better tactical environment.
Market stall changes - you now only have to destroy 9 of the 11 stalls (previous change reduced 13 stalls to 11)
added tourch sounds
minor cosmetic adjustments all overload
collision and path smoothing
fixed block door on final cathedral level
collision optimisation
final agatha spawn grass area refined
Optimisation - area mesh controls improved
new upload going up now…
Some more remodelling and glitch fixes to the final 2 objectives. Alternative flag capture root as new access to flag… Balcony in hall is now a minstrel gallery, wider and easier to fight on. Door at end of hall is a lot wider, with easier access to the roof.
plus these…
DONE - treb rock explosions not happening = test
DONE : Voting Concept is great, execution needs work. Some more indication of who has voted, ways to confirm. : display of vote stats plus bots now vote - cos it was annoying me
DONE - Siege Tower run is lengthy. : about 1000 units knocked of run distance and forward spawn at fishing hut activates sooner. but guys, the run length was about standard for official maps - are you SURE you want it shorter!??!?!
DONE : Unclear when Siege Tower was being contested. : to test - sound cue when tower stops now, contested sound added.
DONE : elwebbaro: "marketplace needs less burnables to complete, like 70% of all stalls or something
and any more insights on the following comments from the competition feedback ?
TB Question : “Could do with forwards spawn intervals”. : Not sure what this means, maybe remedied by lengthy run fix
TB Question : “Unclear where to stand when pushing” : Seriously guys, which pushable does make it clear, how is what we have done here not the same as every other pushable in the game, am i missing something??? More detail please?
Another little update uploaded… added another minor side path to malric platform to open up any agathiam defensive position a bit… also given masons an overshoot positiom on that area… This should help reduce the “all defend malric” strategy… though when i played this hasnt been that effective … amyway whole effect should be last objective is less defensible
Change notes for the recent upload
DONE - increase agatha min spawn times…
DONE - siege tower needs the forward spawn earlier - Now 5 seconds of travel earlier.
DONE -The final objective is very defensible, they(The defenders) nearly lasted the whole 25 minutes Less defensible.
DONE -There is one walkway you can defend that gives a view of all the attacker options. re- routed
DONE -Dock Spawn Invisible Wall. Need something more convincing to block people from dropping off here - DONE
DONE -Need more warning on forced forward spawns. - DONE - If I get what this meant!!!
DONE -Siege Tower run is lengthy. - DONE - switched to fishing hut spawn sooner now
DONE - -The final objective time was way too long. The first objectives took a moderate amount of time to complete each of them, we were still left with ~25 minutes.
Made some initial stages a bit harder… Whole was 35 mins so you must have motored those 1st ones, reduced to 34 mins and rebalanced stage bonuses
Objective 2:
Objective 3/4:
Thanks Andrew working on things now
Can u remember on the treb not completing… did the wall get destroyed and to what stage… where did tge wall destruction progress bar get to. I assume the trebs were shooting rocks ok… Did the objective time out and agatha win?
I use level streaming in grail. 1 place it worked ok, 1 place gave .5 sec pause which even though between objectives ppl didnt like
thanks - yep will add some fall onto objects and also i think restrict that area somehow or do something about excessive archer camping. which TB said was bad there. I did however design to so archers can camp there, and then can be cleared out by the agathians as there is access for them. This works well in a lot of games so I am still going to have that dynamic I think. But changing the balance of the dynamic is a good aim……
yeah yeah, its too confusing for some, its a castle - i am sticking with the layout based on reality. HOWEVER - any great ideas to simplify that last bit of gameplay greatly appreciated. if I think of anything I will do it, but not been coming up with much :-(
Ok going to do a little update soonish … so any more feedback / suggestions / requests please.
Thanks to those who have contacted me already :)
actually, now the comp is over, if anyone has any pointers or wants to take a look the map in udk and see if they can get a solution to light balance that would be great……
I might have a look again at some point and redo the hud markers and things i didnt get round to for another release…
nah - lowering the spec in the materials doesn’t do anything. tweaking hte post process high end brightness settings helps a bit but of course effects everything
I did try putting a post process effect volume just in that back passage area where it is extremely bright but never got it working
Hey thanks… well improvements the from first round… a few things i can improve further but most are constrained by the real castle thing. So not going to change those. I built this as a chance to play in something like a resl castle and not origionaly for the competition so quite happy.
The light sent me mad trying to get it right, white walls and blooom aaaarrrggg. I may try some more twesks.
Objective 2 comment i think you are referring to the main objectuve flag reversing themelves… is that right?
I may be mad or i suspect not really understanding what you are meaning cos I am oretty sure I removed every bloidy deadend anywhere, compleetely and totally … where are they!!! :)
Is it still confusing?? This is down to the player i spect… I will bet however that most will find it less confusing than citadel … so I will put that challenge out there, in the best possible spirit.
Thanks…
And from mew too. Feedback appreciated on GrailCastle and Irilla please.
Well I find it pretty constructive when someone says my map should gave been picked, its good to know ppl feel this way after all that hard work and passion.
No disresoect to other map makers or TB of course but it is important to me that people can express this.
Thanks this means so much, its such a main thing to have ppl enjoy what you have done :) thanks.