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Race-themed map competition

Post by Taivyx »

This (staff-approved) map competition is, in essence, a contest to see who can create the best racing map.

Since Maveritchell has released his racemode source and I know of at least 2 people who are doing racing maps already, I thought of this.

In addition to that, we can use the winning map for the annual swoop/podracing competition!

The judges will be, of course, the public.

And now onto the technical stuff

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Deadline
December 15 (It's the holidays, so why not?)

Requirements
1. A proper racemode (can be Mav's, or your own). Must have scoring system, start and end, and time tracking.
2. Custom racers/race vehicles: can be skins or new models
3. A racetrack (duh)
4. Make it creative and have fun!

Suggestions
- Maybe Boonta Eve, however remember the map should be creative
- Make it fun!
- Having a custom racemode will most likely up your score considerably

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Competition entrants must be announced no later than November 25.

Maps may be posted in the WIP thread, and can be WIP at this point.

Map links must be pm-ed to me by December 15, and I will post the links once I have all of them.

If this is too much like Ateas' Unorthodox map competition, I apologize.

Good luck!


Contest Entrants:

-Hak'orth: Magma Circuit, by Taivyx
-Rancor Galactic Park, by MetalcoreRancor
-Boras II: Stunt Course 3.0, by SBF_Dann_Boeing
-Coruscant: Speedway, by Darth_Maul/Xavious
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Post by EGG_GUTS »

Sounds Good! Probably won't make a map though. There should be short cuts too :wink:
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Post by Master Fionwë »

Well, I might try this. It would be interesting to see all the maps people make for this.
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Post by EGG_GUTS »

So does that mean Who ever wins this comp. We send him/her our pod racers and they do vehicle spawns?
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Yeah, I guess, if lieutenantcoda agrees to let the winning map be the race map.
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EGG_GUTS wrote:Sounds Good! Probably won't make a map though. There should be short cuts too
How can't there be shorcuts you mean. :evil:
What can you do about terrain blasting?
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As long as it's fun...... for everyone
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Post by yankeefan05 »

EGG_GUTS wrote:Sounds Good! Probably won't make a map though. There should be short cuts too :wink:
Theres short cuts for the current ones too. ;)
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yankeefan05 wrote:
EGG_GUTS wrote:Sounds Good! Probably won't make a map though. There should be short cuts too :wink:
Theres short cuts for the current ones too. ;)
Jumping over foothills /= shortcuts.

On topic: *submits map*

Lol, kidding. I'd recommend standardizing the race mode coding, since there's not really any different way you're going to get the things you're looking for in a race mode.
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Re: Race-themed map competition

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I propose an idea: We take all the maps' that are made for the comp's .wld files and apply one per mode in one final map. That way there could be 6 racetracks in one map.

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Re: Race-themed map competition

Post by Master Fionwë »

Awesome idea! That would be really cool, then it could be like a tournament. It would really increase the size, but it would be worth it I think.

Off-topic: But I like the new layout, it'll take some time getting used too, but it's really cool.
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Re: Race-themed map competition

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@Mav: Some could have much more creative things, such as awards (like, instead of endurance, war hero, etc.), such as "top-notch racer", when they complete a lap in under *blank* of time.

@Challenger: Nice idea, however, the public (modders or not) are our judges. We could however take the three best or so and release them in a map pack, not one map with the layers different from each other.


This is not final, however, I am working on a lava-world based racing map, and may submit it to the competition.
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Taivyx wrote:Yeah, I guess, if lieutenantcoda agrees to let the winning map be the race map.
wow, for the first time a decision is up to me!

well anyway, sure, i agree, the winning map shall be the race map. but like pods, there were many wacky circuits to race on. i say instead of just the winning map, how bout 2nd, 3rd, 4th best map also have vehicles! anyway, Taivyx, maybe you could set up a poll. the questions would be the pods will be in the 1st, 1st and 2nd, 1st-3rd, 1st-4th winning maps. one question could be that all maps will have the vehicles. well, if the poll does come out, it will be decided.
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Re: Race-themed map competition

Post by Master Fionwë »

I think that Challenger's idea is pretty good. I think that he means we could do it like this:
the first map would be under conquest, and this is just an example


ReadDataFile("dc:RAC\\rac.lvl", "rac_race1")

the second would have this in the script:

ReadDataFile("dc:RAC\\rac.lvl", "rac_race2")

and the third would have:

ReadDataFile("dc:RAC\\rac.lvl", "rac_race3")


I think that would be a pretty good setup. If three maps would be included, then combine the odfs and msh, and all that stuff together for each map, and then have a world1, world2 and world3 in the main world folder, in this example RAC. That would free up addon space by two-three maps.
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Re: Race-themed map competition

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@Fionwe the Master ( :P ): Non-modders may find it weird, and bug us about it. The simplest (although larger) option would be a mappack.

I can't seem to find how to do a poll, can someone help me?
The place where the poll options were before has turned into a file attachment place.


EDIT: I just thought of something. Since racing works best in multiplayer, how bout for the testing, we set up a server running all of the comp maps? It could be at a certain time, so everyone who wants to can test it.
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Re: Race-themed map competition

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That would work, yeah. But then everyone who wants to test any map would need to have each one in their addon folder.
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Re: Race-themed map competition

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That is the point of testing........ to get and test all of them, then decide which one is the best out of all of them.
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Re: Race-themed map competition

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Master Fionwë wrote:I think that Challenger's idea is pretty good. I think that he means we could do it like this:
the first map would be under conquest, and this is just an example


ReadDataFile("dc:RAC\\rac.lvl", "rac_race1")

the second would have this in the script:

ReadDataFile("dc:RAC\\rac.lvl", "rac_race2")

and the third would have:

ReadDataFile("dc:RAC\\rac.lvl", "rac_race3")


I think that would be a pretty good setup. If three maps would be included, then combine the odfs and msh, and all that stuff together for each map, and then have a world1, world2 and world3 in the main world folder, in this example RAC. That would free up addon space by two-three maps.
Yeah, that was my idea exactly! :D Thanks for the feedback on my idea (btw Fionwe, check your PM's in the JD Forums).

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Re: Race-themed map competition

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What's JD forums? :?
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Re: Race-themed map competition

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Could a admin/mod add a poll like leutenaintcoda (sp?) specified?
Thanks
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