Edited by buckler: Link is broken, if anyone has these files, please let me know and we can put them up here.
----RAKA'S ADVENTURE beta----
by Breakdown
Story:
Raka is a young peasant, a lone survivor of a deadly invasion that
took his people from the land to make them slaves. There is a fairy
tale that says in the Brown Mountains there lies a portal to the
lair of Lord Arnold, the Wielder of Noroth. However, in order to
use this portal, the seeker must also find 4 energizers scattered
across the land..
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/end cheesiness
Well here we are, beta release of Raka's Adventure. After a long
five or so months of work (with countless breaks) I feel I have
a map that is in presentable and working condition for play. Due
to the map being based on searching, I decided I will just give you
a quick flythrough of where the "energizers" are at.
-Lake (island near the middle
-Castle (near the top of a tower)
-Maze (in the woods area)
-City (on top of the arch)
- Mountains (there is a smooth slope to climb up somewhere
near the base of the mountains)
I don't want to give you too many hints, I want it to be challenging
as possible.
So, you're pretty much on your own. Go to MPCGamers.com to give
feedback and comments regarding the map.
The actual lair of "Lord Arnold" will be in a map coming out soon
as well.
Good luck!
Also, note this doesn't work in MP, sorry.
----Credits----
Hardcore - For always giving inspiration, always willing to test
when I need it
Caleb1117 - Crossbow model
Droideka - coming up with the name "Lord Arnold", bless his
creativity
Coke and Pepsi - for keeping me awake during the nights I'd work
on this
Maveritchell - inspiration for the map with his Vace Thermill missions
in SWBF2.
Pi Man - for making the BoPC ZE fix, without it, this map wouldn't be made
PorCh Wookie - my modding teacher, he got me into it
MPCGamers - I can always count on feedback and comments and motivation
from this site. You guys are awesome.
To those I have forgotten to mention, be it because I used your
assets, or you have given ideas, I apologize, but you are still honoured.
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-Breakdown
bhfbreakdown@homtail.com
mpcgamers.com
Also, remember that if it's very laggy or even crashes if you try to move around to quickly/ look at too many things at once, try turnng down all you rsettings
DOWNLOAD LINK HERE: http://www.filefront.com/15772213/RakasAdventureBeta.rar
Good Work! I'll try it out!
I will try it when i have time for it...
Thx a lot BD (already thought it looked great)
I am in the naboo place and I can see this map will take time to explore. thanks breakdown.
Just to give everyone a heads up, this map is designed for the patient and the efficient, seeing how this map is huge and the AI doesn't play nicely here. Also to mention that you only get a few lives.
In other words, this map is made of completely awesomeness and it's nothing like other maps you've played.
Heh, thanks for the compliments.
Also, please post your feedback here or on SWBFFiles when it's out there. I don't want people to hurl a whole whack of suggestions to me on Xfire only for me to log off and lose all the suggestions when the chat window closes.
All feedback and comments are appreciated!
i just tried it out. here are my pros and cons
CONS:
-I crashed after about 5 mins (maybe just me though)
-Taun Tauns die too quickly when you leave them
-Skeletons are a little weird
PROS:
-very good map design and layout
- i like the different sword animations
- fun challenges to overcome
Yeah the size of the map makes it so crashes are probably to happen
It's odd, you and HC have both told me the Taun Tauns die if you leave them, they've never died for me.
Skeletons on the bad guys are funny looking yeah, :P, but I kinda like it.
Cool! 8)
Thanks BD.
I'll try it out and give some feedback.
Same here, I still haven't beaten the first Raka because I forgot all about it :P
I got so close, I was about to fly up to the ship but a bot took the only fighter left and it didn't respawn, so I was stuck on the ground ???
I'll give you some feedback later today :cheers:
If you don't approach the Taun Tauns from the entrance of the fence they will die. Means if you just jump over the fence they die. Cool map that detects if you try to cut corners a crash happens. It is cool.
Supre job Breakdown. :cheers: The Taun tauns died on me too, unless they ran away. But the map never crashed on me yet. I'll be enjoying this map for a while since I've only found one CP so far. The scenery is beautiful so I don't mind wandering around.
It's an amazing map BD, I have a habit of never going the right way so the map crashes a lot for me.
Taun tauns didnt die for me but i did have some large lagg on this map...what is a real shame because the map at first sight is very good indeed. One small thing tho...if i were you í'd make some more Cps for the enamy thing or just make the map smaller. Also...all my bots were gettering in the centre of the map exept 2 or 3 they were walking to all things
still nice map one problem...lagg
Thank you for the feedback, everyone
Verik, there isn't much Ican do lag wise, some people's computers just can't handle it. Plus there's really no possible way to make the map "smaller".
Unfortunately, the map crashes instantly for me.
Quote from: xshat on March 11, 2010, 12:45:21 PM
Unfortunately, the map crashes instantly for me.
Either you have a really low end computer or you deleted some file, because I don't thinkit's happened to anyone else.
Hi BD,
I haven't forgotten, but I've been feeling ill lately so I haven't thoroughly tested it out yet.
I tried it once, and it seems like it will be fun locating the four energizer things.
I'll give some feedback after I feel better and try it out more.
Quote from: Breakdown on March 11, 2010, 06:56:09 PM
Either you have a really low end computer or you deleted some file, because I don't thinkit's happened to anyone else.
Or, you just don't know how to munge.
Please read the ReadMe.
Quote from: README
Also, note this doesn't work in MP, sorry.
As for SP, try lowering all the settings.
Comments on good and bad things:
Bad things:
-bd....i'v been taking a serious look at the map now i have some time. when i enterd the castle (atleast what it looked liked) i had to glich whit my taun taun to get in... maybe a open door will be better for this
-when i was in the castle i went exploring the upperlvls however i fell into the depps and saw this:
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a lot of buildings under the normal lvl (maybe good idea to take that away)
-in the square place there is this big chappel thing...and on there there are things to stand on i'd like to know how to get there.
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-Also at the enamy Cp that can be captured there is or a glich or something els because every entrance i come it seems like that place is some sort of iland however you can still walk on it (not a problem for me but it seems strange)
Not good not bad:
- Taun tauns dont die underwater
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-Those tentical things get you when your behind the wall
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-Pritty irratated this one...all the bots are gettering in the square...
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Awesome things!
-Those little bridges accros the rivers
-The awesome ruins and things like this:
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-The really large and all walkable map whit taun tauns XD
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Thank you for your feeback Verik, it's what I really appreciate when I release a map!
The entrance to the castle should be on the other side you enter, there should be two staircases leading up from it, and it is is reddiosh brown in color. Unless you are referring to how to get into the actual castle, not just the main area inside the walls. In that case, there's a tunnell on the west side leading into it.
The floating buildings under the terrain I can't help. In Zero Editor, whenever I try to delete an object, it ends up deleting that object and 5 others it seems.
Example, I accidentally place a tower where I didn't need it. If I delete it, then three of my most carefully placed walls inthe maze will dissapear, and 2 of the CP's will dissapear (it's happened to me), so instead I just move the unwanted object under the terrain, where nobody should be bothered by it.
The 'chapel thing' is where the CP for that area is, if you are referring to the arch with the bridges going up to it. Just look around the city area and you'll begin to piece together how to get up there, *hint* it involves platforming similar to the lake.
Quote-Also at the enamy Cp that can be captured there is or a glich or something els because every entrance i come it seems like that place is some sort of iland however you can still walk on it (not a problem for me but it seems strange)
Could you get a screenshot of this? I don't understand what you mean.
The glitch where Taun Tauns can get underwater is annyoing, and can ruin the challenge for some parts of the map. I'm working on trying to get rid of that glitch but not sure how I can at the moment
As for the tenticles, well then just don't go up to the wall next to them.
SWBF AI is seriously retarded, I have no idea why they always gather to one spot, I've tried using bot paths but they just all go to the square. Next version will hopefulyl have this fixed.
Thanks for the other compliments, but could you tell me where that last screenshot is? I recall I deleted all those tunells leading throug the mountain? (temporarily, it's still under construction)
last screenshot just just next to the enamy Cp, and ill upload the other screenshots later...for now im owning some noobs *not looking at unit33*
Its a damn good map BD.
I just got bored.
Doesn't mean its not good, its just really long. not my kinda thing, but i can see how it is to others
excellent job bd
This map is awsome. Great job with the scenery-i love the lake challenge and the mountains are fantastic. I took like a kazillion screenshots while playing, but i dont know how to post them. And the taun tauns also die for me after a short period of time. Also, not all of the bots run to the square. About 10 head to the lake, and they all push each other in. swbf ai are very retarded indeed.
Notes:
-I couldnt figure out how to get to the arch in the city.
-When i got inside the castle (love the tunel) i was running down some stairs when i fell halfway through the floor and died.
-The river part is hard >:(
-Maze is uber laggy (whats up with the tentacles?)
-I love the mountains, but the taun tauns dont die of the falls, which makes it a little unrealistic.
Overall Great Job :tu:
The map is done in my book. I like the compact claustrophobic passages the best then second the jumping to get some where. And last the maze is cool once you know the tentacles are passable.
Thanks for the feedback guys!
Later tonight I'll record some walkthrough vids of how to do the city objective and the castle one.
It looks nice, Breakdown - I can't play it, but from the images posted here it looks like you were pretty creative. Some of the prop objects could have used a retexture (Naboo objects specifically), but the design itself looks pretty solid - and kudos for taking a real stab at a mission map in SWBF1 without Lua scripting!
Quote from: Breakdown on March 07, 2010, 09:06:50 PMMaveritchell - inspiration for the map with his Vace Thermill missions
in SWBF2.
I don't know if you have SWBF2, but if you do, and the above is the case, you might want to try out my Spira: Besaid - the Vace Thermill missions are much less reminiscent of what you have here. Spira is much closer in that it is a fantasy adventure spread out over a single map with platforming elements.
Quote from: Maveritchell on March 13, 2010, 09:41:59 PM
It looks nice, Breakdown - I can't play it, but from the images posted here it looks like you were pretty creative. Some of the prop objects could have used a retexture (Naboo objects specifically), but the design itself looks pretty solid - and kudos for taking a real stab at a mission map in SWBF1 without Lua scripting!
I don't know if you have SWBF2, but if you do, and the above is the case, you might want to try out my Spira: Besaid - the Vace Thermill missions are much less reminiscent of what you have here. Spira is much closer in that it is a fantasy adventure spread out over a single map with platforming elements.
Thank you for your comments, too bad you can't actually play it, but I guess screenshots will just have to do.
I'm downloading Spira right now :)
Well i just took another look at the map, except i was using sides from the atf chaos mod so i could see all the scenery :P
For the tunel that leads under the moat to the castle, there is a section with no roof that extends out into the middle of the water. I dont know if this was intentional or not but it just seems a little weird.
There is talk about how this mod map is kind of unstable in certain situations which I haven't experienced. So I ask you, you were able to play around in this mod map with modded troops? I will believe it when you show screen shots, video or even broadcast video.
I gave it a try. It's definitely challenging. As of yet I haven't been able to get any of the cps.
But I only tried it twice so far. I did notice some glitches in a few places. For example in the city you can walk through some of the walls.
But it looks good. And a challenging map is always fun.
Good work BD.
Ryanoceros, if you ever see me online I can broadcast live video for you as best I can on how to get to the cps. Breakdown or ag can do the same and it is cool.
I appreciate the offer, but that would take away the challenge. :)
I like a good challenge. I've only had time to try it a couple times so far. I'm sure I'll figure it out though.
Thanks anyway. :)
it actually worked finw with modded sides-at least id did for the ATF rebel sides. Id took like five minutes to load the map, but other than that it was normal. Do i need xfire to have im-game videos?
Quote from: Jon415 on March 15, 2010, 06:52:27 PM
it actually worked finw with modded sides-at least id did for the ATF rebel sides. Id took like five minutes to load the map, but other than that it was normal. Do i need xfire to have im-game videos?
I dont think you need Xfire for ingame vedeo's and otherways you allways have a camera :D XD
I added this on SWBFFiles, and wrote a lengthy review for it- check it out!
http://starwarsbattlefront.filefront.com/file/Rakas_Adventure_BETA;111863
Sorry for the delay in getting it up. :(
ill definitely try it out and get back to you
So far I got two! Grreat map, Breakdown.
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The lake was o' bit tricky. O' little lag xfire creates makes it harrd ta jump from one pillarr or tree to the next, says I. But I nonetheless made it darr in o'bout tirty tries.
But ta get the one in da maze, I cheated. I just skipped all the sarrlacc snake things that be grabbin yah
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I finally found the tunnel to the castle! Dat took awhile
Cool inside maze
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Amazing construction
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I be like...Great, how am I serposed ta get thru all of this...?
Ye be a tricky one, Breakdown but I got it. 3 down. 2 ta go
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One complaint. This map makes me car sick :sick:
Haha thanks for the comments! Nice to see you managed to get to the castle platform, out of curiousity, how did you get there? Did you have to do the jump between the gap? (That one where there is two sections of tunnells, and in the middle is a gap)
Thanks again, I appreciate it!
Also, to go along with your pirate ways, wouldn't this map make you sea-sick? Surely pirates don't ride cars!
I completed Raka's Adventure. :cheer: :superman: :bow:
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Cheers Ryan! Glad to hear it :D
Thank you, BD. Fun map. :)
I had a tough time on the last one, in the city. But now it's almost easy, now that I now how best to do it.
Quote from: Breakdown on March 25, 2010, 02:53:22 PM
Haha thanks for the comments! Nice to see you managed to get to the castle platform, out of curiousity, how did you get there? Did you have to do the jump between the gap? (That one where there is two sections of tunnells, and in the middle is a gap)
Thanks again, I appreciate it!
Also, to go along with your pirate ways, wouldn't this map make you sea-sick? Surely pirates don't ride cars!
T'would be a shame on all pirates if I claim ta 'ave been sea-sick, laddy. But I 'ope no shame come ta me if I be only car-sick.
Here's how I did the castle one
http://www.xfire.com/video/25cd91/
Ah good! You did the castle exactly as I planned for it to be done. I was expecting a shortcut of some sort. :cheers:
Here's a tip:
You the freecam mod if you want to plan where you want to go. It can be helpful.
Good idea, ag. If I get stuck wit'out 'ope on dar City one, I may just 'ave ta use me freecam.
Glad ta 'ear I sailed da rright way, Breakdown.
And blast ye, Ryanoceros, ya beat meh to it. 'As anyone else finished dis adventurre?
I finished it 3 times 1 time by killing all the bots and 2 times because i cped
****Spoiler Warning: Completion Videos******
DO NOT VIEW UNLESS YOU HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED RAKA's ADVENTURE
Or, if you desperately want to see how to complete the adventure.
... btw, these are self hosted. Please be considerate of my bandwidth. Don't repeatedly view these movies.
Download once and save them to your hard drive. Thanks!
http://homepage.mac.com/ryanoceros/.Movies/rakada1_city.m4v
http://homepage.mac.com/ryanoceros/.Movies/rakada1_lake.m4v
http://homepage.mac.com/ryanoceros/.Movies/rakada1_tower.m4v
http://homepage.mac.com/ryanoceros/.Movies/rakada1_maze.m4v
http://homepage.mac.com/ryanoceros/.Movies/rakada1_mountain.m4v
BD, if you prefer I remove these just let me know.
Ryan
No, I really appreciate you uploading this Ryan, thanks a ton!
It's also really good that you did all the challenges exactly how I planned them to be played, nice job!
:) Thanks!
No prob. It was fun.
Great map. Great design and planning.
A few collision errors, but still very fun.
On the mountain area, the place where you have to go around to get to the small ice bridge, i tried that before viewing the video and i just randomly died :(
maybe it had to do with the fact that i was not on my tauntaun?
Yeah, that's probably why. The Taun Taun likely has better traction than Raka does.
It also survives some unrealistic feats such as going underwater, flaing off the mountain, etc.
That is purely a problem with SWBF's engine itself and the way the taun taun is created, IE: the Taun Taun to SWBF is a tank, and as such can survive things that a animal could not.
Well maybe that was better for this map, because most of the things are bugs were you can only come in by the taun taun (what is exuly fun)