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First post updated with new version

We would like to use this opportunity to allow the Odamex community to experience the final version of Velocity CTF! If you have not checked out Velocity yet, shame on you! However you can use this opportunity to play what is in my opinion the most polished CTF map pack since the original zdctfmp. I hope you all enjoy!

WAD: Velocity CTF
Maps: 12 (1-12)
Mode: 12 player CTF (6vs6)
5 points || 15 minute time limit
Server: CoffeeNet - DTX1 & MWI1
Date: Saturday, February 25th 2012 @ 8pm EDT

So many improvements have come to these maps over the course of a couple weeks :)

Here are some details I noticed about rc1fix.wad

map02: You added the teleporter, great! But the entire wall needs to be redetailed now due to misaligned textures on walls that are different sizes.
map04: There is a rocket launcher right in front of the lift. Can you move it? That is an annoying spot for people trying to escape on a port that forces autoswitch.
map06: The switch textures behind the gates do not animate. Just replace them with a grey regular switch so that people do not get confused.
map07: How do you get the rocket launcher behind the wall in the middle of the map?!?
map08: Again: autoswitch. Get rid of the weapons in the middle of walk paths. Try to keep them out of the way so people running with the flag are not screwed trying to defend themselves.

So I've come to the conclusion that using IDL2012 as a base for odactfmp public CTF map pack was a bad idea. Why? Most of the maps are best suited for 3vs3, rather than 5vs5/6vs6/8vs8 that most public servers enable. The map pack was supposed to be the pack that kept players in the servers for hours with long games where people can quit/join whenever without the server dying down much.

So I plan to modify the structure a bit. I don't know if I want to make two seperate map packs, or just divide the maps so that, for example, map01 - map20 would be pub, and map21 - map40 would be maps better suited for private CTF.

Here is the maplist, and what I personally think the maps are best suited for:

map01 - zdctfmp map01 - Priv
map02 - zdctfmp map02 - Priv
map03 - zdctfmp map03 - Priv
map04 - osctfmp- map05 - Pub
map05 - chaoscore map01 - Priv
map06 - 32in24-4 map01 - Pub
map07 - zdctfmp map07  - both
map08 - zdctfmp map08 - after that last IDL round, neither
map09 - IDL Contest 07 - pub
map10 - IDL Contest 21 - pub
map11 - zdctfmp2 map11 - pub
map12 - 32in24-4 map16 - pub
map13 - 32in24-4 map13 - pub
map14 - 32in24-4 map09 - priv
map15 - zdctfmp2 map15 - pub
map16 - zdctfmp2 map16 - priv
map17 - 32in24-4 map17 - priv
map18 - odactf1 map02 - both
map19 - IDL Contest 20 - both
map20 - zdectfmp2 map01 - priv
map21 - 32in24-4 map08 - priv
map22 - 32in24-7 map22 - pub
map23 - zdectfmp- map02 - pub
map24 - IDL Contest 10 - pub
map25 - odactf1 map04 - pub
map26 - zdctfmp3- map26 - both
map27 - bpctf map26 - pub
map28 - chaoscore map11 - both
map29 - zdectfmp2 map19 - both
map30 - zductf map30 - priv
map31 - 32in24-4 map31 - priv
map32 - 32in24-7 map27 - priv
Thoughts? What do you think the maps are better suited for? What maps should be replaced by other maps? Do you recommend any maps that are better suited for public CTF?

You already missed it foo. This was last week's.

Pretty much what Decay said. While I would love to stay home and play Odamex all day, I unfortunately have a job and social life, and so do 99% of the other people that have this port on their hard drive.

Your idea for Nightmare is great except for one problem: the fact that Odamex has the worst cooperative netcode right now. Why play Odamex when the competing ports already have cooperative (and survival) and have done it BETTER? As much as I hate to say it, Odamex just isn't "caught up" with the other ports in aspects like that. The developers are focusing more on catching up with newer features and standards that are in higher demand by the competitive scene. Remember that the majority of Odamex players are:
*People that play Odamex with more "exotic" environments, such as PPC Mac and XBOX.
*IDL players that want features that are now standard on ZDaemon and Skulltag
*Doomworlders that play occasionally when a new highly anticipated wad is going to be hosted for Nitro (DDWID, 32in24-11).

So the problem? IDL people still play ZDaemon because Odamex doesn't have everything they need yet. Doomworlders only play occasionally, and usually get their ass kicked by the IDL people. IMHO, only time can fix this as Odamex gains more features that have become standard in other ports over the years. Then in addition to that, Odamex has to do things better than the other ports. How do we get there as fast as possible? Simple. We need more people willing to tackle the problems in the bug tracker.