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CTF-FNB-TDC-2374
by Rob 'FraGnBraG' Burns
ReadMe File for Unreal Tournament
Release Date: Aug 09, 2009
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TITLE: CTF-FNB-TDC-2374
Filename: CTF-FNB-TDC-2374.zip
Version: 4.0 FINAL
Player load: 8-16 players 
Last Update: Aug 09, 2009 
Author: Rob 'FraGnBraG' Burns
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INTENDED UT RENDERING DRIVER : 
OpenGL (UTGLR32) or later 
Late model D3D driver should be ok 

INTENDED UT BRIGHTNESS SETTING : 
5/10 (Press "F11" key when in-game).

eMail Address: Fragnbrag@gmail.com

Website: http://sites.google.com/site/fragnbrag/

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DESCRIPTION:  

In Feb 2006, the UT mapper and map reviewer of NaliCIty fame known as
"Nahand" held a "Theme Design" mapping contest at Unreal Playground.
An open contest to all mappers, the idea with this one was to take a
DM layout (provided by Nahand) and then modify the map by adding  
architecture, texturing, lighting and details for any theme you liked
and then judge the various outcomes. I asked Nahand if I could do a CTF 
rather than a DM and he said okay, but the bases had to match the DM 
layout. 

So with that in mind I quickly banged out a CTF layout, with a simple 
tech theme and a middle that connected the bases on a few levels. I released 
an ALPHA to see how it played, but the map turned out a bit too big, so I 
came up with two more maps - scaled down versions to 75% and then 50%. So I 
had 3 maps with the same layout, but in SMALL, MEDIUM and LARGE versions.

The MEDIUM seemed the best for 6 vs 6 matches, so this was the one I chose 
to develop for my TDC project. The theme started out somewhat gothic but
ended becoming a hybrid that incuded a few Egypt-Tech type ideas. I couldn't 
think of what t call the map, so I called it "2374" - which was the year 
mentioned in the UT-99 intro city movie. A temporary name, but I guess it just stuck.  The map is a temple of sorts, in some alien city, somewhere in the 
UT-99 universe. Not a very exciting name for a CTF map, I admit - but good 
enough for an experimental theme map. 

As per usual, I never completed the map in time for the contest deadline, so I
put it on the shelf for later and moved on to other projects. Every so often
I would do a bit of work on it but the map never interested me sufficiently 
enough to get much effort.

One thing I did want to do was to keep the brush count to below 1000 brushes. 
This was kind of a false restriction I put on myself to try and avoid map complexity,and keep the map within playable framerates. As it is, the bsp is 
not very friendly anyways in this map and zoning is minimal due to the base 
design. I could have added a few thousand more brushes into the thing but 
that would only result in a bad render performance. I eneded up around 1070
brushes, and a 2:1 overall poly/node ratio. Not too bad i suppose.

I also had to remove the original volumetric lighting and FOG, again, for performance reasons, but it still looks okay even though it is a bit less 
atmospheric as a result. 

All that said, the map plays okay, but it is quite easy for a human to 
CAP, even with the bots at masterful. Playing with 8 vs 8 inhuman makes for a 
much harder match, but guns might be in short supply depending on where 
you spawn. I could have spent more time on the BOTs but I didn't want to 
bother since the extra effort would make little difference. Could be a 
very different experience with people playing it.  

Anyways, this one is done so I can get on with other things.

Hope you enjoy the map! 
FnB, Aug 09, 2009.

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Play Information
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Game: Unreal Tournament
Level Name: CTF-FNB-TDC-2374
Game Type: UT-CTF
Botmatch: Yes
Single Player: No
Teamplay: If you want... 
Violence: Yes
Blood: Yes
Gore: Yes
Difficulty Settings: Only For Bots
New Textures: Yes
New Sounds: No
New Music: Yes
Mods: No
Mutators: No

# of Players: 8 to 16 recommended, can have more if you want, but there's 
only 10 player starts in each base ... I found 12 players good (teams of 6).

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Inventory
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Weapons and pickups 
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In each base:
1 RL + 2 ammo
1 Ripper + 2 ammo
1 Biorifle + 2 ammo
1 Shock + 2 ammo
1 Flak + 2 ammo
1 Plasma + 2 ammo
1 Mini + 2 ammo
1 Armor + 2 ammo 

In the middle:
1 RL + 2 ammo
1 udam
1 keg 
2 sheild belts 

A good amount of med boxes and health vials in the bases.

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Construction
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Base: Original Map using Nahand's TDC map layout for the bases, 
but modified and expanded with additional routes.

Build Time: The 3 original ALPHA maps were about 10 hours altogether.
Work on this Egypt Tech Themed version was about 20 hours done in 
little bits every so often since March 2006. A few hours were spent
back then ripping Egypt Tech type textures out of ut2004 and modifying 
some for CTF :) 

Editor(s) Used: 
UnrealEd2, Paint Shop Pro 8, Photoshop 6, DDS plug-ins, UTPT20Beta5, MapScale2 

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Mods
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none required...

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Installation
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Unzip the CTF-FNB-TDC-2374.zip file and place *.unr in your Unreal 
Tournament/Maps directory, then either doubleclick on it, or 
type 'open CTF-FNB-TDC-2374' in the console or select the Map in 
a Botmatch or an Internet game.

*.unr files go in Maps/
*.utx files go in Textures/
*.umx files go in Music/
*.uax files go in Sounds/
*.u and *.int files go in System/

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Additional files:
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none

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CREDITS:
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Thanks to Nahand for holding the TDC contest in Feb 2006, although I 
did NOT submit a map at the deadline, it was fun to participate.  

Thanks to all the folks at Unreal Playground who tested the original 
CTF TDC ALPHA maps and provided feedback!

Thanks to Tom_CaT for helping play test this newer verison and for 
providing suggestions.

Thanks to Epic for the UT2004 textures, I used several from the 
Egypt_Tech_Epic and Barrens* packages.

Thanks to Bot_40 for Smart Alternate Path Actor.

Thanks to Toxeen for T.Y.R.A. for Team Vortex (NP-ty.umx) music track.

Thanks to ElyVision for the "SkyCity" (Sky13) Skybox Cube Map images.

Think that's it!
(Sorry if I missed anyone...)

FNB

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Other Levels By Author:
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UT99 Levels:
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1. DM-FNB-RingOfStones 
- Ancient - Alien world temple arena 
(released January 2003 - UT99)

2. CTF-FNB-SpaceJunk 
- Tech - Huge orbital space com platform 
(released August 2003 - UT99)

3. CTF-FNB-Rusty 
- Industrial - Big, gritty, rusty, wet, deadly 
(released January 2004 - UT99)

4. CTF-FNB-Rusty][ 
- Industrial - Improved version of "Rusty" 
(released February 2004 - UT99)

5. DM-FNB-BarrelOfFun 
- Industrial - mechanized unreal FUN! 
(released March 2004 - UT99)

6. CTF-FNB-SpacePods 
- Tech - starship CTF 
(released April 2004 - UT99)

7. DM-CTC-DeadlyWorship 
- Gothic - Mideaval religious deathmatch 
(released December 2004 - UT99 with CTC Vol.2 mappack )

8. CTF-FNB-HyperFrag 
- Tech - OMG another starship CTF 
(released as CTF-FoT-HyperFrag with Swanky's 
FlagsOfTime mappack August 2005 - UT99)

9. CTF-FNB-OrionsRevenge 
- Tech - Land-based sort-of future refinery type 
deal having an Orions Curse theme twist... 
(released September 2005 - UT99)

10. CTF-FNB-HyperFrag (V2) 
- Tech - VERSION 2 completely re-bot-pathed the map and 
fixed problem with BOT FC not leaving the enemy base. 
(released December 2005 - UT99)

11. CTF-CTC-Thadaus 
- Gothic - Mideaval / Ancient Labyrinth - quite large :)
Original map was released with CTC3 mappack, October 2005. 
(Stand alone version released December 2005 - UT99)

12. CTF-CTC-WarpCoreSE
- Tech - updated version of Warp Engine Research facility CTF. 
Original map was released with CTC3 mappack, October 2005. 
(SE released December 2005 - UT99)

13. DM-FoT-SimpleX 
- Future Tech - Industrial Gas Refinery Rig located on Mars :)
Released in the Frags-of-Time Vol.2 MapPack, late April 2006. 

14. DM-FNB-SimpleX 
- Future Tech - Industrial Gas Refinery Rig located on Mars.
This is the original design, never meant for older computers.
(Released May 2006 - UT99 ) 

15. DOM-FNB-SimpleX 
- Future Tech - Industrial Gas Refinery Rig located on Mars.
3-Control-Point DOM map based on DM-FoT-SimpleX. 
(Released May 2006 - UT99 ) 

16. DM-300K-DantesArena
- Ancient theme, a simple but roomy temple of sorts.
Regular version of Dante's Arena.
(Released UnrealPlayground Dec 2006 - UT99 ) 
Released in Blito3's 300k Contest MapPack, Jan 2007. 

17. DM-300K-1vs1-DantesArena
- Ancient theme, a simple temple of sorts.
Half-Sized Duel map version of Dante's Arena.
(Released UnrealPlayground Dec 2006 - UT99 ) 
Released in Blito3's 300k Contest MapPack, Jan 2007. 

18. CTF-300K-ElectricDream 
- Industrialish theme, straight-forward multi-route CTF.
(Released UnrealPlayground Dec 2006 - UT99 ) 
Released in Blito3's 300k Contest MapPack, Jan 2007. 

19. CTF-300K-CastleFraG 
- Mideval Castle theme - Convaluted Multi-route CTF.
(Released UnrealPlayground Dec 2006 - UT99 ) 
Released in Blito3's 300k Contest MapPack, Jan 2007. 

20. CTF-UPBG-RockEmSockEmFNBv3
- Replica of an old broken Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots game.
Made for Unreal Playground Board-Game Contest, July 2007. 
(Released July 2007 - UT99 ) 

21. AS-FoT-OrionsCursePart1 
- Future Tech: First part of an assault series based on 
Orion Station locale. Released in TimeWarp Crew's 
Forts-of-Time (Volume 1) MapPack, August 2007. 

22 .CTF-300K-GOMP
- Weird Alien theme - Straight forward CTF for 12-16 players.
Built for Blito3's 300k CTF Contest Jan 2007. 
(Released at Unreal Playground October 2007 - UT99) 

23. CTF-FNB-TrekWOOT 
- Start Trek space theme: Large LowGrav CTF based on 
StarTrek Voyager T.V. show. Good for 10-20 players.
(Released at Unreal Playground January 2008 - UT99) 

24. DOM-FNB-Assimilated
- Start Trek BORG theme: Large DOM takes place inside a 
BORG cube - based on StarTrek Voyager T.V. show. Good for 
10-20 players. (Released Unreal Playground June 2008 - UT99) 

25. CTF-FoT-OrionsCursePart2 
- Future Tech: Second part of a map series based on Orion 
Station locale. CTF Battle in the Station Operations Complex. 
10-16 players. (Released in TimeWarp Crew's Fate-of-Time 
MapPack, Nov 2008.) 

26. CTF-300K-OMEGA 
- Ancient Egypt theme, zippy mover based CTF.
(Released UnrealPlayground Nov 2008 - UT99 ) 
First map entry for Blito3's Annual 300k Contest, Nov-Dec 2008.

27. CTF-300K-UrbanFrag 
- Urbanish rooftop themed CTF, complete with Lift-jumps! 
(Released UnrealPlayground Nov 2008 - UT99 ) 
Second map entry for Blito3's Annual 300k Contest, Nov-Dec 2008.

28. DM-300K-Parched 
- Another Ancient Egypt theme (much better done this time :) 
2-6 players (Released UnrealPlayground Nov 2008 - UT99 ) 
Third map entry for Blito3's Annual 300k Contest, Nov-Dec 2008.

29. DOM-300K-Newfies 
- 6-12 player DOM match on a small Newfoundland lighthouse isle.
Better stay away from the newfies still cause you might piss them off 
and then you'll be sorry!!! (Released UnrealPlayground Nov 2008 - UT99 ) 
Fourth map entry for Blito3's Annual 300k Contest, Nov-Dec 2008.

30. DOM-300K-NaliMonsters 
- 8-12 player DOM match in a Monster-infested Nali Habitat. Of course, 
there's no actual Nalis around, they're all hiding! OK, no more 
monsters after this! (Released UnrealPlayground Dec 2008 - UT99 ) 
Map #5 for Blito3's Annual 300k Contest, Nov-Dec 2008.

31. DM-300K-ShockPit 
- 2-6 player DM in an Ancient Temple of sorts. Kinda nice looking pit :)
(Released UnrealPlayground Dec 2008 - UT99 ) 
Map #6 for Blito3's Annual 300k Contest, Nov-Dec 2008.

32. CTF-300K-IdesOfMarch
- 8-12 player CTF in an dusky medieval arena.
(Released UnrealPlayground Dec 2008 - UT99 ) 
Map #7 for Blito3's Annual 300k Contest, Nov-Dec 2008.

33. CTF-300K-FrozenFrag 
- 8-12 player CTF in an Arctic Outpost Facility.
(Released UnrealPlayground Dec 2008 - UT99 ) 
Map #8 for Blito3's Annual 300k Contest, Nov-Dec 2008.

34. AS-300k-RedOctober 
- 6-8 player ASSAULT - Retake a hijacked Russian Nuclear Submarine.
(Released UnrealPlayground Dec 2008 - UT99 ) 
Map #9 for Blito3's Annual 300k Contest, Nov-Dec 2008.

35. DM-FNB-OnceUponATime
- Gothic Mideaval Lava-Filled Deathmatch Arena good for 4-8 players. 
(Released UnrealPlayground May 2009 - UT99 ) 

36. DOM-FNB-OnceUponATime
- Gothic Mideaval Lava-Filled DOMINATION Arena good for 6-12 players. 
(Released UnrealPlayground May 2009 - UT99 ) 

37. CTF-FNB-BarrelOfFun
- Industrial - Vertical CTF in a Mechanized processing station. 
(Released UnrealPlayground June 2009 - UT99 ) 

38. DOM-FNB-BarrelOfFun
- Industrial - 4-CP DOMINATION in a Mechanized processing station. 
(Released UnrealPlayground June 2009 - UT99 ) 

39. CTF-FNB-TDC-2374
- Medium Future Egypt Tech Alien Gothic Temple Arena - 8-16 Players.
Originally designed for Nahand's UP Theme Design Contest Feb 2006.
(Released UnrealPlayground Aug 2009 - UT99 ) 


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UT2004 Levels:
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1. DM-1on1-Q2SuddenDeath
- Tech Industrial - fave old Q2 duelin' map
(released August 2004 - UT2004)

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Work-In-Progress:
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Still have UT99, UT2004 and UT3 projects to finish - Whether any
of those will get attention depends on my available time (which is
not much any more). For more info on these projects, please see
http://sites.google.com/site/fragnbrag/.

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MAP DOWNLOADS:
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All released FraGnBraG maps are available from:
Unreal Playground - http://www.unrealplayground.com/mapper.php?id=1014
Other download sites can be found via "Google", just search for "fragnbrag".

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Copyright / Permissions
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This level is copyright by Rob 'FraGnBraG' Burns 2006, 2009.
Authors may NOT use this level as a base to build additional levels
without explicit permission from the Original Author (ME!!)
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You are NOT allowed to commercially exploit this level, i.e. put it
on a CD or any other electronic medium that is sold for money without
my explicit permission! You MAY distribute this level through any
electronic network (internet (web/ftp), FIDO, local BBS etc.), 
provided you include this file and leave the archive intact.

UNREAL (c)1998 Epic Megagames, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Distributed
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This ReadMe is BASED ON THE Template generated by UTReadMeTemplate.cgi
created by FuzzBuster{G3} for NaliCity.

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COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME....
HOPE YOU ENJOY THE MAP!
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FNB, Aug 09, 2009

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