Map Review : Southern France 2 Final

Post by **Surgeon** » Thu Nov 28, 2002 8:07 pm

General Deaths review of Southern France 2 is just up and awaiting your thoughts.

Lt.Blitzkrieg · Post by **Lt.Blitzkrieg** » Thu Nov 28, 2002 9:28 pm

I agree 100% with that review. I have that map, and expected a bit more than what I got from it. First off, am I the only one that felt like a midget in most of that map??? And, second, that lighting thing you saw where the lighting was too bright on one section of the wall as compared to another, I have had the same problem with other maps I have started, and noone can seem to explain what I am doing wrong.....Help on that for me would be appreciated, lol. Also, sometime, explain to me Z fighting, I am VERY new to any and all FIRST PERSON SHOOTERS, and would love for someone to help explain that to me..........One other thing on the map that I was VERY impressed that I never saw much of in discussing of other maps that have been previewed on other sites, is noone takes in account the fps, that to me seems to be at least 50% of the entire gameplay issues, if they suck, gameplay will suck, but, dude, I must say, KICK A$$ REVIEW. L8r GEN.

Post by **jv_map** » Thu Nov 28, 2002 9:42 pm

Z fighting happens when two brushes closely overlap. You'll see two textures mixed together, mostly resulting in diagonal patterns.

Coublacka · Post by **Coublacka** » Thu Nov 28, 2002 9:59 pm

nice review
i agree about the creativity part. doesnt look like he changed to much but i havnt played it yet, im just going by the screenshots.

=Sgt. Daniel R. O*Neil= · Tue Dec 03, 2002 9:07 pm

THANK YOU !!! Finally someone sees it my way. On my server i had a friend keep telling me to go get it and try it out a while back. He just raved about it saying how much better it was. I went and got it. I thought the textures were terrible compared to the original one, and i didnt see a whole lot of changes to it. Then the biggest surprise was that i didnt hear any sound. I mean no background sound. It was dead quiet. I heard so many like it and stuff. I was dissapointed....was it just me or did everyone seem to get "over hyped" before it even came out. :roll:

Post by **Surgeon** » Tue Dec 03, 2002 9:20 pm

yes - most of these conversions are overhyped and poorly done

=Sgt. Daniel R. O*Neil= · Tue Dec 03, 2002 9:46 pm

I mean its not like im trying to complain when i finish my map im just like ok....here it is. Im not going around saying "THis is way better blah blah blah" Its pretty much the only way to get me to download stuff and the use of screenshots...but i guess that makes me the stupid one because i fall for it

guest · Post by **guest** » Fri Dec 06, 2002 12:47 am

well you can't please everybody, that was my first map and it might be my last from the reviews you guys gave it, shows me that i'm not good enough to map.
about the sound, thats the way i wanted it, a nice silent night so you can hear whats going on, i think maps with all them battle sounds takes away from the map because you can run around like a fool and nobody can hear you coming and i wish i could have done more but the shitty program keeped crashing, i wanted archs but crashed everytime and about the textures they did not use too many diffrent textures in the original and i thought they were ugly, thats just me who played the map over a million times.
let me just say that i would rather play ulgy maps like mine that is fun to play then a nice looking map that has no playability at all and i seen alot of them but i'm not going to put anybody map down, all i can say is that i tried sorry if you guys didn't like it

=Sgt. Daniel R. O*Neil= · Fri Dec 06, 2002 2:34 am

A map is a map. I would not have said anything negative about it, except for the fact it was told by everyone i know that its sooo much better and all this other stuff. My beef was that was overhyped. You might want to talk to some of your friends because a couple of the guys on my server say they know you and said these things as well. So naturally i got a painted picture of what type of person you are. So if its untrue that you said these things then im sorry and you might want to be careful what you say around your friends because it looks like someone may have stabbed you in the back :oops:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Dec 06, 2002 3:33 am

wow i don't know about that, when i saw someone running the map all i would do is ask them how they like it so i can learn from it and answer any questions they might have, what they like and don't like about the map. thats it, am i wrong to do so :?:

i can't control what people say about the map but i'm not the source of this hype you are talking about

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Dec 06, 2002 3:36 am

I got the map and liked it right off. It was more fun than the original map which I thought was boring. And I would rather play a fun map than a map that looks awesome with no fun factor at all. I wish I could make a map like that which was fun. Its not always for looks. And for a first time map, it looks good to me. And I agree with the maker of the map, I don't like sound in maps either. Everyone has their preferances. So I say, "drive on map maker" hope to see another map soon thats fun to play. later all

=Sgt. Daniel R. O*Neil= · Fri Dec 06, 2002 7:19 am

But those two posts are within 3 minutes of each other, and both are guests. Also you both talk the sameway. Just an observation :lol:

Post by **Surgeon** » Fri Dec 06, 2002 10:03 am

The review was intended to give people an idea about the map - it's one mans views and not intended to be the be all and end all - thats why we have this forum thread for people to discuss it. No matter what the map /and or review you will always find people who like/hate a map - thats just something you have to accept as a mapper....Just read every thing as constructive criticism and don't give up mapping.

Gen D you suspicious man - two totally diff ip's

=Sgt. Daniel R. O*Neil= · Fri Dec 06, 2002 4:13 pm

Well its smells fishy to me :lol:

guest · Post by **guest** » Fri Dec 06, 2002 8:26 pm

thx surgeon, i don't know what =Sgt. Daniel R. O*Neil= problem is :shock:

he thinks i know everybody in the world and now i think he thinks i'm this other guest :roll:

dude you must seek some help for the problems you got
and to this other guest i say thanks for liking the map, i wish i had more of you come and post but next time give a name because this guy named =Sgt. Daniel R. O*Neil= gets goofy when you don't because he thinks it's me

also this will be the last time i come to this site thx to =Sgt. Daniel R. O*Neil= confussed mind. oh i almost forgot
thx general death for the review

it's been helpful you have giving me alot to think about in what needs to be done in making maps, thx again
bye everybody

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Map Review : Southern France 2 Final

Map Review : Southern France 2 Final

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