All in all, I probably shouldn't have release the last update as rc1. I still have several things planned to put into this map due to the attention its gotten.

Yeah, I'm an idiot. It'll be fixed next release.

There will be an exit under the far left waterfall. The middle one will probably go away.

Could you tell me how to duplicate this? I can try to fix it if I can see it.

I'll mess around with the settings. I personally like them like this, but we'll see.

It's a pretty good refute imo. My files are my files. A league shouldn't be looking through them. My processor is my processor. A league shouldn't be able to take control over it when I'm not looking.

ESEA committed an enormous breach of privacy and trust. I personally don't care if you play with them next season, but I certainly won't be.

ESEA doesn't mind putting a virus on my computer, and PineBeetle just called a significant part of our community a cash cow. I don't particularly care what you guys do, but I'm gonna go ahead and stick with UGC until all of this is sorted out. I will get shiny metals and probably have just as much fun as I would in ESEA or UGC.

RC1 RELEASED

http://i.imgur.com/M4USj2s.jpg

For full list of changes, check the original post.

Download: HERE

I'm still considering spacing it out a bit more, but I don't really know yet. I kind of like the tighter feel. It leads to much faster play. We'll see. If you play this map please feel free to record a demo with mumble audio, or a VOD of some sort. I'd love to improve this map for you guys, and seeing how it's played will help greatly. I'm having lots of fun making it so far.

http://comp.tf/wiki/Metalworks

I'll fix the clipping issues with the files. I couldn't see it without the configs, thanks for pointing it out.

As for the water, this is a really cheap (resource wise) water. I'll consider changing it to a nicer one, but that would cause worse performance. I can try though.

As for the errors in console, I'll look into them.

Last thing. I'm considering releasing the final version as "alt_nature", as the current standards aren't all that great. "altiduo" seems way too long to be included in the game, and it's very different from KOTH. We'll see I guess.

Doesn't this cut close to Monet v. LiT? There's like... half an hour between these games.

I wrote that on mobile, and was ahead of myself. I meant that I'd work a full time job's worth for free because I love this game. Seriously, this game and this community helped me through some serious medical issues that I wouldn't have been able to deal with myself.

I'm a high school senior with one class, and a full ride (plus more) to uni with next year. Each day I need a few hours for school and half an hour to play trumpet. Other than that, I'm free about 13-15 hours a day, and I don't sleep much. My food and housing is paid for the next five years, and I don't really get out a whole lot.

I guess what I'm saying is that I have the time to do this, and money is not an issue... so if anyone worth trusting is seriously considering doing this, I'd hop on board for free so long as they do the same.

Think about it... a league where people play video games... for fun! No client BS to deal with, minimal league fees (to pay for web servers/ modest prize pools), and admins that don't suck the life out of the community.

Seriously, if you're respected in this community and want to get a league going, message me. We'll get this stuff done.

I have considerable experience in web-design and database management if anyone wanting to create an alternative, serious league wants someone who knows what they're doing to help. I'm not kidding, I'll drop everything and work a full time job if it means a better opportunity for growth an competition in this great game. Message me. Please.

The shutter, waterfall, tree, and fence issues are all known and I'm working on them now that I know people actually like the looks of this map and want to play it. I've been busy with life things recently, so it may not be until Thanksgiving weekend when I have time to actually sit down and rework some of the major things on this map.

Seeing the skybox to the left of the waterfalls was semi-intentional. That was around hour 10 or so of working on this map constantly, and I just wanted the to be finished and release it. There's no excuse other than me being stupid.

The 90 degree lighting was to make the map equal to both teams in every single way. I may change it if people care enough, but it will probably stay that way.

The HDR... I'm stupid for not testing that. I'll work on getting that fixed in this next update.

Clipping issues with displacements and whatnot... didn't even think about it, I just threw the player clips on and hoped they worked. As with everything else, it will be fixed for the next release.

As far as the ground goes, I'm going to try and do something neat with the next release... you'll see.

Also, people with super-frame-saving configs can't see the tree next to house. I'm either going to try and fix that or just remove it.

Along with all of these things, I'm going to make respawns much shorter. They're way too long (I'm pretty sure they're default KOTH right now...)

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Thanks for the in-depth analysis, this is the first map I've made from scratch and released. So yeah, thanks a bunch for all of those problems, and I hope to fix them ASAP.

I was talking to some friends after playing on it for a while, and they said pretty much the same thing. I think there may be an overhaul next weekend which will change spawns around, shorten respawn times, and enlarge the map a bit.

ULTIDUO_NATURE_WIP1
Because I'm a moron.

Download link: HERE

Now featuring things all maps should have!

* Spawn doors!
* Health!
* Ammo!
* Sound!
* Correct ammount of capture time!

http://i.imgur.com/Zf8BB5F.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9S3TUng.jpg

I'll be releasing the final build of this map as ultiduo_nature_final. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Has anyone tried out this map? How did it go?

I play trumpet. I like jazz more than anything else though. This is me filling in someone's solo who missed a gig about a year ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nlz7eP3s-I

Also, handbells! They're actually pretty awesome, especially when you have to weave your hands to play different melodies and stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64enc6YoM9M#t=161 You can start at around 2:40 and get the general idea. I'm on the far right, and those bells weigh anywhere from 7-15 pounds or so.

I will if there's a significant problem in the map. I also have a couple other ideas for something similar (you'll probably see it next weekend).

It is from the ground, but not the bridge (I don't think).

In the folder tf/materials/effects/, there is a VTF file named "crit.vtf". You can change that to any vtf file you'd like. I'm not sure if it works in sv_pure because I've never tried it.

You can convert images to VTFs with this little tool: http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?c=178

Best of luck!