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Release: Final
Version: 3
Filesize: 9 mb
Players: 26
Theme: Not Specified
Time of Day: Not Specified
Season: Not Specified
Weather: Other/Not Specified
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Environment: Indoors
Effects: High Dynamic Range(HDR)
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pl_strider_v3
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diodio
natto-sol
Category: TF2 > Melee (No Weapons)
Tags: strider, halflife2, a/d, pl
Added 10 months ago - last modified 23 minutes ago
7,830 views, 1,418 downloads (Stats)
Author's Readme/Notes:
THIS FILE IS BEING REPOSTED AFTER CONFERRING WITH THE MODERATORS AND CHECKING VALVES "RULES"
FOR CONTENT USAGE. THIS MAP IS NOT ILLEGAL. THE CONTENT IT USES IS NOT FROM THE HALF LIFE 2
GAME FILES, BUT FROM THE SOURCE ENGINE SHARED CONTENT (C:\Program
Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\source 2007 shared materials.gcf,source 2007 shared models.gcf,
source 2007 shared sounds.gcf, etc.) WHICH IS INSTALLED WITH AND AVAILABLE TO EVERY PC VERSION
OF TEAM FORTRESS 2 WHETHER AS PART OF THE ORANGE BOX OR NOT AND CAN LEGALLY BE INCLUDED
ACCORDING TO VALVES OWN CONTENT SHARING RULES (MOD CONTENT USAGE/SOURCE). YOU CAN SPAWN ALL OF
THE HALF LIFE 2 CONTENT FROM THIS MOD IN TF2 USING create_dynamic_prop AND SIMILAR COMMANDS.

REPEAT, THIS CONTENT IS CONFIRMED TO BE LEGAL, PLEASE DO NOT DISAPPROVE AS ILLEGAL SIMPLY
BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE THE TEXTURES. ANY DISAPPROVALS MADE ON THIS BASIS WILL BE CHALLENGED.


TF2 meets Half Life 2!
The citizens of City 17 (red team) battle against their combine oppressors (blu team).
The combine blu team is taking a strider to destroy the red team's secret research facility near their base. The red team has to destroy the strider before it reaches the research center, or City 17 is lost! The blu combine team needs to escort the strider and protect it on it's way to the research center so it can unleash it's full power!
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The strider is shielded from the front, so red needs to either get under it, or attack from the sides using the various windows, ledges and roofs around the map in order to do any significant damage.

This map is slightly different from regular PL maps in a few other ways. For one, the strider, which acts as the cart, does not have a dispenser function and does not heal or replace ammo/metal, however it can attack! The strider's laser will cut down anything in it's path, friend and foe alike, so clear the area when it fires!

The strider will move forward when members of the combine blu team stand near its legs, or slightly behind it. It will stop moving if it takes damage, and start moving backward if it takes over a certain amount of damage. If the strider takes too much damage it will be destroyed and the red team will win. The strider's current damage status is indicated by the color of the light on the console in the respawn room. If the light is blue the strider is in good health, green is about half health and if it's about to be destroyed the light will turn red. Blu gets 1 point for destroying each of the gates on the way to the research center. Any Red players near the gates when they are destroyed will be killed by the explosion.

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Please don't bother posting about using Half Life 2 textures and such in TF2. The entire idea of the map is that it's a Half Life 2 themed map!

Credit to Valve for all the Half Life 2 textures, models, buildings, etc.

I hope you enjoy this slightly different type of PL map.

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12/5

I revised a map.

* The armor of the front of strider thickened.
* I reduced some durability.
* I lost a barrier.
* I made a passage underground.
* I made the tower where a sniper could step on.
* Others


9/15
A revision point of beta version 8.1

* I set up shield before strider. The durability is low in this shield, but revives immediately even if broken. In addition, the durability of strider in itself does not decrease even if I disturb this no matter how much.
* I made the durability of strider 14 from 12.
* I changed some maps to be easy to do attack from the side in strider
* I attracted attention to understand a lower text with the durability of strider at the time of a game start. Meters increase.
* I revised that a nodrow beefsteak charr stayed on a building.
* I installed a tele porter in a bottom and the gap of stairs and revised the bug that fitted in if I did teleport.
* The person whom there was below if the floor that collapsed of the second gate collapsed died instantly.
* strider did not attack it at the time of setup.
* I attached a door to blue respwanarea.


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*9/21
A revision point of beta 9

* I made the front part armor of the main body of strider big.
* I made the size of the shield before strider big and increased some durability.
* I could be accompanied and was not able to attack a wall from a long distance aside in the round building which the last curve had.
* I kept an obstacle if I would repent for a snipe from a window of 1F in the second gate side.
* I adjust the structure of the building to some extent generally.


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*6/16
A revision point of version2


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*7/4

A revision point of version3

*I make SKYBOX
*I revise the bug that warning was announced when I capture STRIDER with last CP

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Because it is WEB translation, there may be a place hard to find.
Because I am weak in English, I am sorry


Please watch http://blog.goo.ne.jp/dertend2000/ in detail.
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5 months ago
Shadow-A



Balance: From the times I've played this map, the map isn't perfectly and completely balanced, but it isn't to the extent where Blu can steamroll Red, or vice-versa. Mabye making some of the side paths more noticeable would help combat this. It also helps if Blu don't decide to team-kill the strider, which I have seen happen before.
Fun: This map is very fun, due to the strider mechanics. It's also good to go back to City 17 once in a while. However, I do have to say that the map is more fun for Blu than it is for Red, at least in my expeirence.
Gameplay: Gameplay is definetely unique, and the unique twist on the normal payload is what makes this map so memorable. The strider shield makes sure that the strider can't be killed easily, and that Blu will have to push Red out of any buildings behind the strider to ensure success.

Bananite
6 months ago
MrSaturn



Pros: different and fun
Cons: frustrating at times
Improvements: change strider health dependant on # of players

Bananite
7 months ago
dertend2000



I remodel this map and have already made a VIP map protecting VIP by MOD.

This VIP map is the map which can be idle as a CP map.

However, I do not upload the map in FPSBANANA.

http://natto.studio-web.net/download.html
I can download it from here.

DIODIO
7 months ago
clanrcr



I tried your map last night in review for our custom map rotation. It's very cool, and creative. I was wondering, would you consider making a similar map by removing the strider, and control points to make it more of an urban sniper deathmatch?

I would be more then willing to put it in our rotation if you would be willing to do that.

Everything is done so well..

Thanks for everything you map makers do!

-White|Phatt (ClanRcR.com)

Bananite
7 months ago
mdawgmike



Pros: Original concept, fun to play, mostly balanced
Cons: Not TF2ish enough; soldiers and snipers tend to dominate. On the large size, but really a non-issue once you learn the map. The information text at the beginning of the round is a little off in the grammar department, but still completely comprehensible to anyone reading it.
Improvements: Possibly incorporate some smaller nooks and crannies into the main pathways as an alternative to traveling through the open street, and try to avoid dead-end paths (there are a few). Also add some direction arrows for red at their spawn (so they know to take the shortcut paths rather than travel the whole length). It would also be beneficial to let someone who speaks a little better English to edit the map info to give it the professional edge.
Notes: This is an excellent map IMO. It far outperforms any other payload map. The rounds are action packed and something actually happens each time! I don't think there's a red vs. blu imbalance, the round outcome lies completely on how well a given team knows how to play the map. When it plays on our server whatever group wins attacking also wins defending (or vice versa) every single time the map comes up. Balanced teams are a definite necessity with this map. I don't know how one would improve on this though.

Bananite
8 months ago
Thura



So I've spent a lot of time reading the reviews here. I like the notion of a hl2 map for tf2 as snipers and soldiers would have a huge advantage. Though I thought I'd add a few constructive thoughts. You might try a hunter instead. This might fix the fact that pyro's can't damage it. It sounds like your cart death notion doesn't function fully, in which case, a better implement of it might be necessary. The Cart death should cause red to win outright instead of them having to fend off from "losing team". A few ideas might include having the cart blow up early if it takes too much damage. Plus the path should be a single road, perhaps with a few slight turns but ones that one cause the cart to "collide" with objects as it tries to pass over them. With a Hunter as the cart, you might set the path over a destroyed car for instance.

Another note. it sounds like this map has a future with a few fixes to be added. You managed to set up a sentry function, The spy idea sounds amusing, meaning that you'd have to keep an engineer near the cart. Additionally you could add attacks (3 levels) as though it were a turret.

If you can find someone to reskin the map with better tf2 colors but keeping the content you might find fewer complaints in terms of content. I know that a mapping "team" would take longer to deal with but might very well be worth it. I wish you the best of luck and will DL the map.

Bananite
8 months ago
JAM-MAR



Yo so a while ago a horse galloped by and told me that this map was the SHIZZAT and the negative reviews were from people who were downing DAT HATERADE.

Not being exactly swayed outright I decided to try the map myself. What did I find out? I found out that horses do not lie.

YEAHHH~
9 months ago
brbuVersus



Pros: Good concept.
Cons:

1. Strider's health is absolutely ridiculous. When our community was testing the map, it took a couple of minutes for RED, uninterrupted by BLU, to destroy the strider.

2. Bad brushwork. I just love being stopped by something 6 inches high, while being able to walk through a 3 foot pile of rubble.

3. Steamroll. Steamroll. Steamroll. After one round, BLU's AVERAGE score was in the 30s or 40s. The highest scorer on RED had 9 points. When the teams were switched, the exact same thing happened: the people who got 5 or 6 points on RED had scores in the 40s after just one round of attacking.

4. I just love getting 25 frames per second when I usually get a framerate at least 3 times that on most maps in heavy combat.

5. Oh, and I would rather have to "endure" a TF2-style sign than wander around looking for the battle.
Improvements: Reduce the strider's health, or make it easier for RED to damage the strider; improve brushwork; optimization.
Notes: You should get someone who speaks English natively to correct the map's ingame text, as well as its description on this page.

Also, nice decompile.

Honestly, I don't really know why I dislike this map. Wait, actually, I do: I love the idea, but the execution is terribly lacking. :(

#pwnyexpress
9 months ago
geo



Thanks for update and keep up the good work

Bananite
10 months ago
JPC



Pros: A very balanced map, snipers serve a purpose, multiple positions where a sniper can snipe undetected, this map is a shining example of what TF2 should be, realistic sniper positions, a sniper takes out an enemy from a concealed location and here this is perfect, I enjoyed playing sniper on the Blu team and on the Red team as well, sir I congratulate you on actually making a sniper map that I can enjoy, these are rare and hard to find.
Cons: I get a little fps issue, but overall, I enjoy playing the map.
Improvements: Increase the fps a little in some spots. Other than that this map is flawless.
Notes: If you make anymore, I look forward to trying them out, this is a snipers dream map, actually able to eliminate the enemy from a distance, that I admire, it's rarely focused on, and you have succeeded in making several viable sniper positions. You sir have done an outstanding job and I congratulate you. I think I'll be keeping a close eye on your next works, congratulations you have earned a fan. Maps like these need to be recognized and accepted, that is why I play TF2 as well as CSS, examples of these maps are cs_velvet_Elvis or cs_withdrawal, maps that have earned the respect that they deserve by me, viability is everything without it a map is nothing but pretty scenery remember that.

"War were declared."
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