[MAP]TE-Coldsteel

[peumobil]

report crash server
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[Cat_in_da_Hat]

Running ok on Aussie / NZ server except no radio.

[Mr Vain]

Will try it again this evening, last night server crash like peumobil.
Thx Drecks.
Regards.

[Drecks]

Yeah one server crash, other server works fine, next server crashes other works without radios, next server
runs it without problems. Story gets boring. Guess this project is doomed.

I noticed that I don't even take time to seek if the map is on a server.

[Cat_in_da_Hat]

Ahhh who needs arty anyway. There were plenty of good RO1 maps that had no arty.

[Mike_Nomad]

Originally Posted by Cat_in_da_Hat

Ahhh who needs arty anyway. There were plenty of good RO1 maps that had no arty.

Now yer talkin'! We play Coldsteel alla time and have a blast.

[peumobil]

This UDK 20011 not seem well suited for a PC game. more for Xbox 360.
You do the best you can what is already well

[Drecks]

Its not only the absence of artillery radio's what spoils it for me.

The Wonky mantle/cover behaviour on these same servers is my biggest spoiler. In my opinion that takes away all the fun. It takes away the possibilities to use shortcuts and flanking.

And to put it simple the map is made with working mantling/covers in mind.
I did not put these things there cause i liked these red rightangled squares.

@ Cat in da Hat Your not gonna tell me the cover mantling works well on your server
but the radio's wont show ????

[peumobil]

Coldsteel reinstall of FF is OK
reinstall Coldsteel TE (no radio etc.)
no crash

[Mike_Nomad]

FF works OK.

[Yoshiro]

We "think" we've isolated some "funny" kismet in coldsteel that may be the cause of the TE problems. We've contacted Drecks.

[Mike_Nomad]

Originally Posted by Yoshiro

We "think" we've isolated some "funny" kismet in coldsteel that may be the cause of the TE problems. We've contacted Drecks.

Wunnerful.... just Wunnerful!!

[Drecks]

Yep I woke up from my nightshift preview nap and will rebuild this tommorow.
One have to remain handsome thats why I need these preview naps.

Meanwhile if this is the cause the FF version must work without any issues
So cover/mantle must work ok on servers with the TE problems.
At least thats what my grey matter logical thinking system tells me as it doesn't
have the "funny" Kismet thing.

Thanks

[Drecks]

I remember I added that "funny" Kismet together with the massive disable all spawns. This was close before the first release.
I noticed some spawns where still active when the level restarted after the first round ended.

I had a chat with xendance about this. And the massive disable spawn was added. I think together with the "funny" Kismet. This must have been before the very first release.

I will fix this,rebuild it in preview quality and then get it to a serveradmin who runs a server where the map have problems. Then we know if this solve the problem.

Still I doubt as I remember we had the no radio, wonky spawns on The Damned Priest server when we tested it before release. It was there we noticed that the spawn remains active and I added the massive disable all spawns.

[Cat_in_da_Hat]

Originally Posted by Drecks

Cat in da Hat Your not gonna tell me the cover mantling works well on your server
but the radio's wont show ????

Let me get back to you on that.

if you like PM me a spot where you know mantling is buggered and I will go check.

[Drecks]

Originally Posted by Cat_in_da_Hat

Let me get back to you on that.

if you like PM me a spot where you know mantling is buggered and I will go check.

I only need to know how covers behave. On servers with that radio issue all covers behave weird. One will slide away from the cover or even get catapulted. Weird thing is the bot have no problems with the covers.

While on other servers all things including covers work well.

[Drecks]

Originally Posted by Yoshiro

We "think" we've isolated some "funny" kismet in coldsteel that may be the cause of the TE problems. We've contacted Drecks.

Did run a test on a server which had the mentioned issues.

I changed my "Funny" Kismet as suggested. So only only a pulse off of Level Reset. It did not solve the issues with the spawns and radios and covers.

[Cat_in_da_Hat]

Originally Posted by Drecks

I only need to know how covers behave.

Yep they behave badly on my server as well. Just dragged me across the map but I was able to bag a few germans during the trip !

Sorry i didnt spot them before. My game style has me rarely using them.

[Drecks]

Thanks.

Now at least we narrowed down something more.

[Drecks]

I didn't post for a while but with a possible solution for custom map worries in sight it might be usefull to show some updates for the Coldsteel map.

Decide to add the northern part of the Strippinghall to the battleground.
That part was kind of unused. So added another objective there.

So now once the Axis have taken that Deadly Alley they open up two objectives. The Strippinghall and the Distribution area 4



Now to open up the last objective Axis need to capture both of them. But the Strippinghall is the main target as Allies only can close down that last objective by recapture the Strippinghall.



As you can see I a manage to add these zoneareas on the overhead map.
So now its more easier for players to find the objective. (I still doubt for some of them).

All the areas visible


Some shots of the new added northern area.

From Axis side



From Allies side.