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MegaStorm
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| I am sorry it has taken me a while to add the custom maps. I am trying to setup a good redirect system since a lot of these maps are large and the compression in patch v1.2 is not decreasing their size much. You should start to see custom maps on the DM and TDM server this week. For future reference no maps that are larger then 30MB will be taken. |
So is the art of downloading map packs and installing them offline lost in UT3?
I literally have gigabytes of custom content (maps, mutators, skins, music, and voice packs) still on my hard drive for UT99 and UT2k4, all of which I downloaded manually. For UT3, custom content and, more importantly, custom servers within my ping range seem to be a lot scarcer, so I honestly don't know about UT3's capabilities in this regard, particularly since Epic rewrote that aspect of the engine to favor the PS3 platform. |
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spyder
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:05 am Post subject: |
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I get dumb redirect bugs on my server still even after the 1.2 patch. Once and a while people will get kick for something like "Download failed, package a_vehicle_darkwalker" or something. I haven't seen any fix for it yet.
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ThreeNF
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for looking into the custom maps, but the rule on 30MB or less doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me  |
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bob
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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| The main reason for 30MB of less is compression is not decreasing the size of the files that much. By keeping the map size low people will not have to wait a long time for files to download. |
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bob
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| spyder wrote: |
| I get dumb redirect bugs on my server still even after the 1.2 patch. Once and a while people will get kick for something like "Download failed, package a_vehicle_darkwalker" or something. I haven't seen any fix for it yet. |
Were you able to get back in after this message? Also, can you take a screen shot when you get this message. |
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ThreeNF
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| bob wrote: |
| The main reason for 30MB of less is compression is not decreasing the size of the files that much. By keeping the map size low people will not have to wait a long time for files to download. |
But it's just a one time wait? I'm afraid that you might miss out on some really good maps by following that rule. Considering the popularity of the UGM servers, people will wait or get the file elsewhere before joining the server |
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bob
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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I guess I can allow a few 30+MB for the really good maps.  Just let me know what maps you are thinking about.
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spyder
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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No you cant get back in until the map changes.
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GingerSuicide
Joined: 28 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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Idk how big vCTF Atlas City is, but it is one of my favorites.
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ThreeNF
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| bob wrote: |
| I guess I can allow a few 30+MB for the really good maps. Just let me know what maps you are thinking about. |
Here are 3 that I can think of that will be over 30MB even after compression.
DM-CG-Harbor
DM-Shrine
DM-Downpour
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fecal_spray
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:06 am Post subject: |
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Ok, here is one that needs to go on hands down. DM-Tempest3:
http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=601736
Amazing remake from UT99. Its not the final version, but RC1, so the final should be soon. With compression it is right around 30mb. This really needs to go on the dm server no questions asked. It just owns that much. |
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ut3zoggy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:04 am Post subject: |
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that fragpipe_2k8 map sucks badly.
fst-mobis is pretty buggy and not very fun with 6+
please remove these two maps |
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bob
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I removed legos, fragpipe and mobis and added tempest3 and krodan. Remember to give a link for recommended maps. |
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GingerSuicide
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| ZOMG Spyder, Post a link to ATLAS CITY! |
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fecal_spray
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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Whats wrong with DM-Lego?
I have a bunch of other maps to recommend, but they are on my main PC which is broken right now. When that is fixed I will be posting more links!
VCTF-AtlasCity:
http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=595497
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Hmm... I must be missing something here, as I see no custom maps on the DM server as of right now.  |
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