26.01.2008 01:09
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Urban Havok WIP Level UPDATED (1.0.4 Now Available)
Urban Havok WIP map.
Hello everyone, I'm working on a short single player map, It features close quarters urban combat. This level has more alike with a Call of duty 4 level than Crysis. Gone are the lushes jungles to be replaced by concrete and rubble. You must fight your way through the city to the US Headquarters. You and 20 or so other US marines must accomplish this. On your way you will encounter tanks and air support.
I made a quick test map for you, the full map will have invisible boundarys restricting player movement, don't worry though because its hard to go the wrong way, just don't go into any buildings and don't go off into the desert.
If you like this Call of duty style gameplay then just post and tell me! if you hate it, I'll just stick to making jungle maps llike everyone else. People are spitting out tons of generic jungle maps (which is great), I just wanted to do things a little differently...
You can get the test map here, (UrbanHavok, 1.0.4)
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This post has been edited 3 time(s), it was last edited by Cry-Havok: 17.03.2008 14:33.
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26.01.2008 01:11
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RE: Urban Havok WIP Level
I have been waiting for a mode like this o:
I love fun fights in crysis, more then COD4
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26.01.2008 01:27
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nice map but to much fog, i turn off it 
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26.01.2008 01:30
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Looks really good.
This all done with standart crysis assets?
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26.01.2008 01:32
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If I turn it off it doesn't look as dusty and harsh, the fog also reduces lag, a tightly packed level like this can really lag up especially with the 100 or so NPC's in there. I may lessen the fog if people can get over 30 FPS with this map. What Kind of FPS are you getting (in the actual game, not the Sandbox2).
Also the screenshots make the fog seem more close up than it actually is ingame. Just try the test map... The Screenshots are taken at Medium quality, so it will look even better on most peoples systems (and mine to when I get an 8800GT and 2GB more RAM)
+ yes, this is all done with standard crysis assets, no extra moddling etc. has been done.
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This post has been edited 3 time(s), it was last edited by Cry-Havok: 26.01.2008 01:36.
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26.01.2008 01:41
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What Kind of FPS are you getting (in the actual game, not the Sandbox2).
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around 20fps with c2d 3.2ghz 8800gts all High
at Start
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26.01.2008 01:41
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One question. Why restrict the movement? That's why we have Crysis, so we can go anywhere and explore anything without those annoying fences we can't jump over for some reason like in CoD4.
You could still make a city map and make it look like Call of Duty 4, but I would suggest not to restrict the player and let him roam around the city environment free of boundaries.
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26.01.2008 01:46
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good point but I can't make it as linear if the player can do what they wan't thats where the invisible boundary's come in,
+ chicken 2 that looks very odd, try turning off HDR and see if the fog looks as it does in the screens, 20FPS? On high thats quite good. The fog looks crappy on yours though and where is all that gorgeous specular I added to make the rocks shiney? If more people try this test map and it looks as bad as chickens there must be a problem...
Ok I fixed the problem, Set shaders to medium everything else can be on high however. Its to do with the HDR and the fog, will fix soon thanks.
Also if the AI's don't attack on the first load please reload the level and they will work fine!
Ok I fixed the HDR so it looks like normal, will reupload soon so you can enjoy HDR goodness on this level.
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This post has been edited 4 time(s), it was last edited by Cry-Havok: 26.01.2008 02:20.
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26.01.2008 02:51
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First of all, on very high/high it looks as chicken2 showed, weird, however, on medium it looks perfect, the only big problem is that it has weird hitches..
I imagine you know what your doing and you probably played COD4 so il spare u the "there should be more explosions like assault and plains etc.." talk, I hope you gl o:
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26.01.2008 02:59
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Cool idea... a couple suggestions, if I may...
- ditch some of the US soldiers that don't do anything and replace them with more enemies
- don't use invincible enemies (this really bugged me)... I went across the rooftop where the
VTOL was, and down into the building next door... I proceeded to empty hundreds of rounds
into the guys in there (and several grenades), but they just kept getting up... that's no fun 
- I almost stopped playing immediately when I tried to enter an open building and was
blocked from doing so... make a map and some objectives to guide the player. And if you
want to keep people out of buildings at least put some closed doors in.
This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by intrepidbiped: 26.01.2008 03:00.
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26.01.2008 03:13
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This is just a beta remember I'm just getting a feel for how people want levels to go down.
There should be a constant barrage of explosions, this may not be working for some reason however. I have a track view sequence which plays on load and activates explosion objects, I find this way easier and quicker with more control over the timeing. If it does not work however then I will switch to fg. If you turned off the game for one invisible wall you'd have a heart attack if you ever tried playing a Medal of honor game lol
Release 1.0.2 will include the fixes you guys want.
@-HiViH- Can you explain what you mean by hitches? stuttering perhaps, what are you specs. Mine has none...
****Update**** (1.0.2)
Okay I have corrected all the quick problems
- Doors on all buildings
- No Invincible AI's
- Fixed HDR Gray smoke and black sky problem
Here is a quick link to the download:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/0ad3f3/
sorry its not on filefront it won't upload crysis maps
The Crymod Download will be up soon
Please list improvements you'd like me to make for the next version, you've all been excellant help! thanks in advance.
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This post has been edited 4 time(s), it was last edited by Cry-Havok: 26.01.2008 04:31.
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26.01.2008 04:52
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Looks great! I am downloading now! This really remeings me of "Blackhawk Down", even the whole premise of it sort of does. I'll let you know more thoughts on it once it finishes downloading.
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Cool. I just played a little of it so far, but I wanted to let you know a few suggestions.
-- The background artillery is a cool idea, but it is very repetetive, which isn't really a big deal.
-- I like your placement of the shools, it made them look like many different houses and things, but maybe a few buildings made of solids spread about would subtract from the feeling of the same thing over again.
I can't wait to play more and to d/l the release when all of it is tweaked to perfection
JK but maybe close to it 
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by mangobyebye: 26.01.2008 05:03.
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26.01.2008 05:29
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Nice map! I LOVE the change of setting, not to demean the paradise lsot theme though. One problem though, apart from the friendly AI not doing much. The map fails to load the artillery effect for me. But it's spelt artilary for some reason...
Also, the ground explodes as if it's snow when you shoot at it.
This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by Soban: 26.01.2008 05:34.
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26.01.2008 05:56
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almost as fun as PyshiX or whatever
there are many improvements but at this point Id optimize it.. you can change the veg view distance ...ect
the AI is eating the engines resources.. Id make the AI spawn once you turn corners..
once thats done.. turn down the fog multiplier so the distance isnt greyed... now you could add some rolling clouds/fog/smoke effect !!!
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26.01.2008 08:58
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nice man, but id turn the fog down a bit and try using alternatives to make it not just look... foggy, but instead dusty and slightly foggy.. if ya know what i mean
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26.01.2008 09:15
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TANKS! This map needs 1 or 2 custom archetype tanks with 5x normal health. Make it a massive battle. Concentrate every soldier in the center of the map!
I'll dl tomorrow. Looks amazing.
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26.01.2008 10:06
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ok... I need to crackdown on my WiP.. so Ima sell some movies I have and get cigeratte money..
Ill need a tension breaker so Ill be waiting
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26.01.2008 11:53
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I meant like, if you played GEOW or The Witcher before the patches, the fps is ok and then it just jumps done for a sec..
anyhow now its a bit better i think, at start, with VH setting, you couldnt play at all, it was about 15FPS, then it got into a steady 25, strangly enough medium shaders or even low didnt really increase the framerate at that time..
The AI is walking into walls, and enemys dont attack until attacken, as for the VTOL coming from the sky, it gets stuck in a weird way at where he is supposed to land and after a bit he explodes.. i dunno if that was suppose to happen so Im just letting you know 
Anyhow, I have high hopes for this and will do as I can to assist, again, good luck.
I have a HD3870, E6550, 2G of RAM.
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by -HiViH-: 26.01.2008 16:05.
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26.01.2008 14:33
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Low fps while playing it. I'ts a bit monotonous, but the environment is ok.
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