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This is the first objective version, but as it is based on
the deathmatch map: I will list some changes from that map.

- Added an objective and the resulting explosion and debris.
- Removed all vis_leafgroup brushes and replaced them with
  only two vis_leafgroup brushes.
- Optimized the detailed and structural brushes to increase
  the general FPS of the map. It now runs at a minimum FPS of
  50 in the absolutely worst place with all graphics set to
  maximum. This is a 15 FPS increase. As every computer is
  different, the numbers by themselves are irrelevant, the
  important thing is that it is a ~30% increase.
- Re-scripted and re-designed the elevator to remove previous
  errors.
- Decreased the size of the skybox.
- Decreased the complexity of almost all "patch meshes" by 1
  or 2 levels.
- Re-designed the back of the hotel ( There is no visual
  difference, but it has big alterations to adapt better to
  the VIS compile process ).
- Fixed around 20 very small brush/texture errors. Most were
  errors that you could probably only see in the map editor,
  or if you really knew where to look.
- Added a piano that you can activate to play a little in the
  bar. Or rather: I added the capability to paly a little, the
  piano was already there.
- Added a few spawn points of all types to decrease the 
  feeling of "been there, done that" when spawning into the
  map.
- Changed the turned over truck outside the entrance of the
  hotel into another one standing up. This because the
  collision map on that truck is defect at the top: creating
  an irritating, invisible, barrier.
- As I prefer German boxes with the text "Gefahr!" to German
  boxes with the text "!rhafeG", I flipped the textures on
  some of the boxes ;-)
- Changed the the barrier at the Allied spawn area so that it
  looks like the Allied has hi-jacked an Axis supply truck and
  used it to run through the Axis barbwire barrier.
- Added an info_player_intermission node, to lock the players
  at a nice view at map-end.
- Lowered the lightmap density on a small selection of key
  brushes ( mostly the ground in the main square ) to get
  sharper shadow edges. I think that looks more realistic in
  such clear weather.
- Fixed the strange and very unrealistic boxed shadows that
  were dropped by all the trees in the map.
- Shadowcaulked some of the buildings at the edge of the map
  to genereate correct shadow casting.
- New loadscreen and scoreboard pictures.