Hi all,
I have some IA maps that I would like to release for everyone to use.
just let me know what you think and if anything needs to be changed.
you can download the file at this link.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ym3m2ignmhg
unzip to root folder.
Gotta hotmail account?
Use filefront... as long as the file isn't too big.
yes I have a hotmail account.
it is zipped about 4.5 mb
http://savefile.org/
http://www.mediafire.com
Quote from: bigbadbogie on November 14, 2009, 06:11:40 PM
Use filefront... as long as the file isn't too big.
I must stress this again, because you guys confuse me.
DO NOT EVER USE FILEFRONT! Unless you
like having your files randomly disappear.
This has happened to EVERY modder who has used it in the past few years, yet EVERYONE still uses it, and some even SWEAR by it, even AFTER complaining about its troubles. What in the hell...
Skydrive from hotmail
Quote from: Clavin12 on November 15, 2009, 07:22:42 AM
Skydrive from hotmail
Is even worse than Filefront. Microsoft remove anything that they think could even be remotely possibly anywhere near iffy. My backup of PF got deleted for copyright violation. I complained, sent evidence of it being my own work, and they still refused to put it back up.
I'd go with mediafire.
Yeah, I agree with the FileFront issues, had my own for a while. MediaFire is a good place to upload, and there are some other places as well that are good. I'll have a look at the map pack when I get a chance, some stuff I gotta do before then.
Also, might I suggest using the sharing URL without the file name perhaps?
Quote from: mag on November 15, 2009, 10:52:44 AM
ok I setup an account with mediafire.
you can download it now with this link.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/dmx1ymhywtj/Mag's IA Map pack.zip
let me know if there is any problems.
URLs with spaces in them cause issues with the autoparser, try to add [url] tags around that so the link works right.
changed link, let me know if it works or not.
May I suggest getting rid of the "my only problem is..." part in your post?
I unzipped to my main bz2 1.3pb5.1 directory and it made a file named "Mag's IA mappack" but you can't see them in IA. Deleting.
I hope you put it in the right spot. Missions/Instant/ that is.
I am a non-modder. A player. I am not supposed to do anything but unzip it to the main directory. If there are directions from the modder maybe I'll follow them, otherwise, main dir it is.
All instant maps should be put there. Unless you have a mod in which case you put it in the equivalent folder for that mod.
it goes in the instant folder with the other IA maps.
Put them under: maps13/missions/instant
Realistically though, things SHOULD always extract too rootdir (as in the zip or installer should put them in the correct folder within). Not everyone is that computer savvy
Isn't that part of the reason this forum exists? So people can collaborate and solve the problems they couldn't alone?
All things zipped should go to the root dir. I want people who just started playing this game to have an easy time adding things. Many people lose interest when they have to do something that their parents have told them not to do with the family computer, or they have to learn how to be a modder just add some maps and many other reasons. I've been playing this game since it showed up on the shelves, and all the mappacks I've ever dealt with unzip to the main dir, or I don't use them.
agreed, if you want more people to test the map, do make it so that the zip extracts to the root. Its not that hard to make two or three more folders in the zip.
On to the maps. I only tried two cause it was late. They're... BIG. very big, and seemed fairly flat. Not really a bad thing but I was kind of expecting a few more pools on a map that size. The headache one (as far as i can tell) has the second pool a really long way away. I guess thats why it's a headache. :P On the yellow one the only real glitch I encountered was that some of the starting loose scrap all the way across the map was on my team so it showed up on radar. That meant that my scavvies kept heading for them and getting themselves killed instead of staying at base.
All in all though, they were decent looking maps, I like the colors you used.
I didn't know the folder dir, was a big thing.
I uploaded a new zip with the added folders to unzip to the root folder.
I'll correct the scrap problem and upload a new zip later, I'll wait to see if there is any other problems.
the headache map has a pool to the right of the base that is close by.the headache is if you get caught in the spikey terrain.
It's not a particularly big thing, but we're a picky lot. Let's face it, there's not much else to do around here except mod and play.
made some changes, corrected the scrap problem and added 2 more stage points to long streach.
enjoy.
added an updated version of long streach, with more pools with defenses.
it's not for the faint hearted.
the new name is extreeme.
unzip to the root folder.
http://www.mediafire.com/?wwjgtfgk1m1