I love a good map, whether big or small. Sometimes my staff even leaves me one to review! This is one of those maps, and trust me ladies and gentlemen you don't want to miss out on this one. It's a Darth NormaN map, after all, and since it was once again made for a mapping contest it is of the highest quality.
This map comes backed with everything it should: bot routes, new textures, new shaders, and lots and lots of dynamic glow and environment effects. As a result this map may play a little choppy for some, especially if you have dynamic glow on. My laptop has not chugged on a map as of yet, until this one. I was running at about 10 fps outside with dynamic glow on. With glow off it's significantly better, but doesn't look as pretty! Which makes me sad, because I like pretty. However players with a decent rig should be fine with this map.
The map itself is a temple, of the ancient variety. Overgrown, a little caved in, and somewhat forgotten, this temple provides the perfect atmosphere for an intense duel, or a no holds barred free-for-all. It has full bot routing, for those hectic bot matches everyone loves, and while relatively small compared to many free-for-all maps, it's plenty large with no worries of getting lost. The foggy and rainy atmosphere adds to the mood of the map, giving it the perfect setting. The music also enhances the mood. It's definitely worth a look, if not an immediate download. A nice break from all the industrial-looking maps!
Bot Support: Yes New Models: Yes New Textures: Yes New Music: Yes
~Inyri
***************************************************** Temple of the Elders a Jedi Knight : Jedi Academy Map ***************************************************** Author : Darth NormaN E-mail : [email protected] MSN : [email protected] ICQ : 262187088 Web : www.darthnorman.de.vu Mapname : Temple of the Elders (console: 'map templeoftheelders') Filename : Temple_of_the_Elders.zip Filesize : 17,2 MB Releasedate : 10/2006 Gametypes : duel powerduel (ffa supported but not recommended) Buildtime : 5 weeks (contest rule) Compiletime : ~45min Brushes : 1452 Entities : 224 Botsupport : Yes New textures : Yes New effects : Yes Secret : hm... a small one yeah :P New models : Yes New music : Yes (WC3:FT soundtrack - return of the ancients) -------------------------------------------------- Facts about Temple of the Elders -------------------------------------------------- * Made for MB2's Duel Map Contest * The Temple, once made by The Elders, lies in a huge jungle. It was built to protect the world for the thing it hides inside: The Eye of Sargeras - a titan of old times. During the search of the deciples of Ragnos, Luke sensed the Dark Fource that the Eye emits and so the Temple was found... * new dimension of atmosphere (thunderstorm, rain and thunder sounds) * more interactivity - many things are destroyable now * I made SEVEN textures just for that ONE book! ;)@Llama -------------------------------------------------- Installation -------------------------------------------------- put the .pk3 file into your 'JediKnight:JediAcademy/GameData/base' folder Enjoy it!:) Darth NormaN -------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL THANKS TO - FOR -------------------------------------------------- » George Lucas - creating Star Wars » Lucas Arts,Raven,Activision - making such great games like JK:JA » Blizzard Entertainment - creating the Warcraft universe » all who are responsible - the creation of the great software i used (GTK Radiant 1.4(+Tools), Q3map2, EasyGen...) » all members of these forums - support and advise » www.illusions-tec.de » www.darth-arth.de » www.sjcleveldesign.com » www.map-review.com » Test Team: BrisosX,Doc,Kessno,Llama -------------------------------------------------- Addition -------------------------------------------------- I tested this map on a clear version of JKA (v1.0.1, without bonus mappack). So if there are still some unexpected bugs then you have broken shaders/assets in your base folder. If you are sure that this is not the case contact me personally or in the forums i mentioned above. But i hope that won't be necessary ;P The archive 'templeoftheelders.pk3' includes the following files: - map in .bsp AND .map format - new textures - new shaders - new effects - new models as ase files - arena file/levelshot/botroute ...and the folders that belong to them. To map with my shaders enter "elders" into your shaderlist.txt! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COPY ANY MATERIAL OUT OF THE .map,I SEND IT FOR LEARNING AIMS ONLY!!! -------------------------------------------------- THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY ACTIVISION, RAVEN, OR LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC. ELEMENTS TM & © LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC AND/OR ITS LICENSORS. You are allowed to use textures/shaders/efffects for your own projects - IF THEY ARE NON-COMMERCIAL! (a note in your readme would be great ;))
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