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Plea for more good single-player maps

Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:38 pm
by AJBryant
I've just gotten into the game and, dammit, I'm hooked. The trouble is, I don't know who plays in my area so no LAN gaming -- and I'm really not too savvy when it comes to gaming *online* with groups of people (how do you organize something like that?!).

Basically, there seems to be a pile of really great maps and mods out there -- but they're all for deathmatching or free-for-alling or general group play. I'm desperately searching for a few good single player maps I can play with.

(And please -- can we leave off the "keep the captain alive or you fail" missions? AI comrades aren't to "I" and annoy the crap outta me. 8-) )

Tony

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:05 am
by lizardkid
Most people don't like SP maps because they say the AI is too easy. I guess i'm the main SP maker nowadays. I've never made an MP map :)

online gaming is a skill, contrary to more older-fashioned beliefs. The more you practice and work, the better you get. i started playing online about a year ago. now i'm in the #4 clan on the TWL ladders.

SP is great, but MP is also really fun if you get to know how to play it ;)

back to your question, There are very very few good SP maps for MOHAA, as a general rule, people attatch "SP custom map" with "POS".

Try downloading Corfu Liberty, that's stock game quality that is. That's the only one i'd recommend, i don't like any other SP map. most are a bunch of idiot wannabe-mappers making blocks for geometry and throwing AI everywhere.

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 3:41 am
by hogleg
Heres a goodSP map
:wink:

And you can join a public server i

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:04 am
by k47a
lizardkid wrote: Try downloading Corfu Liberty, that's stock game quality that is. That's the only one i'd recommend, i don't like any other SP map. most are a bunch of idiot wannabe-mappers making blocks for geometry and throwing AI everywhere.
Yeah, Corfu Liberty's great - it's almost like a "real" MOH:AA map :)
What about the Iron Tusk stuff (by Cobra)? It's quite a mess and I'd never manage without cheats but I think it's still worth a download...

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:07 am
by Mj
most are a bunch of idiot wannabe-mappers making blocks for geometry and throwing AI everywhere.
<------ Culprit :P

I may make a SP map outta Dieppe... Or just make somethig and give it to you, Lizardkid :D

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 4:35 pm
by jv_map
If you want to start playing online best get the All-Seeing Eye trial and you'll find tons of people to play with in seconds :)

http://gamesdomain.yahoo.com/ase/register

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:07 pm
by Rookie One.pl
Try Manstein's SP maps, they're quite good, too. And check out the review section on this website.

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 8:41 pm
by AJBryant
Thanks, all.

Corfu's interesting. Crapload of Nazis -- dang. That's a toughie.

I really like Cobra's Tusk series. Very nice.

Lizardkid, I'll be looking for your stuff -- and Manstein. Who is it who does all those Steinheder-Meer maps? Very cool.

Okay, at some point I'm going to have to try this online -- but here's the really dumb Q:

How do I, a lone player with no connections and no circle of MOHAA gaming buds, go about finding a random game somewhere I can join in on? And -- oy -- how do I actually *join*?

TOny

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 8:49 pm
by Mj
MoH:AA >> Multiplayer >> Internet >> Browse servers >> double click on one with some people in :wink:

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:01 pm
by Rookie One.pl
Just like jv said - get ASE and you'll have tons of players to play against, in your own country.

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:06 pm
by lizardkid
I haven't released anything yet, but i'm working on something i will release that is SP... Mj mapped it and i'm doing the fun part :D

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:18 pm
by AJBryant
MoH:AA >> Multiplayer >> Internet >> Browse servers >> double click on one with some people in
Hm. Can't be that easy. :)

So I do it from the game, eh? I'll have to give it a shot.

Thanks again, folks.

I think I'm going to like this forum. Folks are friendly and helpful. One doesn't always run into that.

Over the next few months I hope to start doing some skinning and mapping myself (I'd really like to do a WWI mod and put this in Verdun or the Somme). I hope I can get some help as I work on it. (Of course, the big problem here is that I'm a Mac user and not a PC user. Mapping isn't going to be easy. Sigh...)


Tony

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 10:44 pm
by Mj
Some people do it, so it can't be impossible :wink:

Just stick at it, and if you ever need help; Ask 8-)

Hehe, and it can be that easy :P

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 12:18 am
by Elgan
make sure u got the patch also. otherwise the search online wont be there;)


if u cant find anything about online u prob need the patch.

lastest version is 1.11

in console ( hit ` with console enabled in options) type shortversion and see what it says.


However ASE like jv suggested is way better.

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:29 am
by lizardkid
i like Gamespy personally. Never tried ASE, GS has good features like rating, news on games, etc.