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Topic Starter	Topic: The best CTF maps ever thread.
foralarx2k3 Insane Quaker Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 306	Posted: 05-13-2006 07:13 AM                  (Links to all maps are included in this post). Following on from The best Q3 DM/Tourney maps ever.......... thread, I thought I'd start a best ctf thread. It's difficult cause not all maps are to every ones taste and also I'm not a serious CTFer. The reason I've chosen mine is simple really. They've stuck around on my harddisk and I still go back to play them even nowadays (mostly with my daughters - aww bless!!). I've not included any map packs like the excellent q3wctf pak by Zoid and Casey, because I mainly tend to only like one or two of the maps from them and just get annoyed with the others clogging up my Harddisk. So without further ado here they are. Coral ctf by Willow Rocky Rampage by Agent Orange Castle CTF by Geit Des Hertogens Hove by Geit Harsh Grounds by Beefster Orbital Rampage by }{ammer The heart of dungeon by Yuri Davidoff (Alt FilePlanet Link here as well) Japanese Castles by g1zm0 Stronghold Opposition by SithLord Cast Into Shadows by QuartZ Schadenfreude CTF by Cornelius Courtyard Reloaded by Seremtan Keepers Bridge by Thred White Noise by Publius In hope that some of them bring you as much fun as I've had playing them over the years. Regards Fora. Last edited by foralarx2k3 on 05-14-2006 09:00 AM, edited 1 time in total.
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Foo Timed Out Joined: 02 Aug 2000 Posts: 38064	Posted: 05-13-2006 02:31 PM                    They're without exception awesome. The problem then becomes how to make it so easy for players to get together and experience these maps, that they actually do it to any significant degree.... _________________ "Maybe you have some bird ideas. Maybe that’s the best you can do." ― Terry A. Davis
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foralarx2k3 Insane Quaker Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 306	Posted: 05-13-2006 03:41 PM                  Sadly that's one of the issues nowadays, there just isn't the ongoing interest in this old game to be able to get a regular get together organised as in players may have good intentions and play once or twice but then the novelty factor soon drops off and they wander off to do something else thats all new and shinny. I guess that's another reason the maps I have listed up there have stayed around, cause imo they simply stand out above the rest in terms of return value.
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Foo Timed Out Joined: 02 Aug 2000 Posts: 38064	Posted: 05-13-2006 03:42 PM                    The hassle of getting everything up and running bugs me. I can remember it all for Q3, cause I'm currently focused on it. But ask me how to do the same with content for all the other games I would also like to play online around now, and I'd have to go look it all up and spend time getting the installations in order so I can actually play online. Too much hassle. I would wager that same issue plages Q3 now it's few people's focused game. _________________ "Maybe you have some bird ideas. Maybe that’s the best you can do." ― Terry A. Davis
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dzjepp It felt good... Joined: 28 Mar 2001 Posts: 9558	Posted: 05-13-2006 05:15 PM                    Japanese Castles and Spider Crossings (since that's all that is played on pubs these days )
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menkent menkent Joined: 22 Jul 2000 Posts: 4758	Posted: 05-13-2006 09:03 PM                  i always liked q3w2 edit: duelling fortresses i think?
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Oeloe The Illuminated Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 1530	Posted: 05-14-2006 08:17 AM                  Non-fp mirror for the map the Heart of the Dungeon: http://www.vgpro.com/file/15377_HOD_CTF.ZIP.html
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foralarx2k3 Insane Quaker Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 306	Posted: 05-14-2006 08:57 AM                  Oeloe wrote: Non-fp mirror for the map the Heart of the Dungeon: http://www.vgpro.com/file/15377_HOD_CTF.ZIP.html Great find Oeloe, nice one. Have updated my first post with this link and the FP one as well.
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Fjoggs Old Skool' Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 5230	Posted: 05-14-2006 10:40 AM                  menkent wrote: i always liked q3w2 edit: duelling fortresses i think? Cortyard Conundrum (spelling?) q3w3, cp9, cp14 (my favourite) and cp5 are great maps.
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foralarx2k3 Insane Quaker Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 306	Posted: 05-14-2006 11:34 AM                  Ok, here's a quick name guide to all these wcp[nn] / w[nn] map names that keep appearing in this thread. They are maps from the threewave and classicctf mod map packs. The ones with the ++ flags are my own personal favourites. Threewave:- q3w1 / q3wctf1 - Bloodlust ++ q3w2 / q3wctf2 - Courtyard Conundrum ++ q3w3 / q3wctf3 - Finnegans Revenge ++ q3w4 - Bitter Dungeons ++ q3w5 - Gospel Crossings ++ q3w6 - Black Sky Mining Company q3w7 - City Crossings ++ q3w8 - Denali Base ++ q3wcp1 - Japanese Castles ++ q3wcp2 - Cold Crossings q3wcp3 - Hot Crossings q3wcp4 - Schadenfreude ++ q3wcp5 - ShiNNing Forces ++ q3wcp6 - Devolved CTF q3wcp7 - Dynatron q3wcp8 - Harsh Grounds V.2 q3wcp9 - Spider Crossings ++ q3wcp10 - Crude Crossings ++ q3wcp11 - Industrial Accident q3wcp12 - Mostly Harmless q3wcp13 - Funk dat! q3wcp14 - Camper Crossings ++ q3wcp15 - Industrial Revolution q3wcp16 - Coral CTF ++ q3wcp17 - Divided Crossings q3wcp18 - Future Crossings q3wcp19 - Lunar Crossings q3wcp20 - Vampire Crossings q3wcp21 - La Bastille q3wcp22 - Des Hertogens Hove ++ q3wcp23 - The Vast and Furious q3wcp24 - Newcropolis Classic CTF:- q3wc1 - Bletey's Return ++ q3wc2 - Desert Cemetary q3wc3 - Heat q3wc4 - The Dead Zone q3wc5 - Showdown q3wc6 - Twisted Base ++ q3wc7 - Wizard's Manse q3wc8 - Ultimatium Fora. Last edited by foralarx2k3 on 05-15-2006 04:59 AM, edited 1 time in total.
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foralarx2k3 Insane Quaker Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 306	Posted: 05-14-2006 11:38 AM                  Fjoggs wrote: Courtyard Conundrum I truly like Courtyard Conundrum but it will always take a back seat to Courtyard Reloaded by Seremtan which is a retextured version in an urban theme with some ever so slight structural changes. Well worth checking out. Fora.
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Ganemi The Afflicted Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 563	Posted: 05-14-2006 12:38 PM                  q3wcp13 was my favorite map. It was awesome flying around with the flag through tight, complicated areas and just barely running away from a persuing enemy. I would always laugh when that happened.
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dzjepp It felt good... Joined: 28 Mar 2001 Posts: 9558	Posted: 05-14-2006 10:27 PM                    gopher it :o
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Oeloe The Illuminated Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 1530	Posted: 05-15-2006 12:07 AM                  I made a pack of the best 3wave maps for instaunlagged (instagib with railjumps) CTF once. It saved a lot of megabytes (120 reduced to 25) but the problem is that people that already have the 3wave packs can't use them to connect to your server (unless it's unpure i think) so they have to download your pack. Imho it's pretty useless unless you do it within a clan or a very tight community where everyone knows where to get your 'megapack'... Btw, in InstaUnlagged liked playing: q3wxs1, q3wcp16 (coralctf), q3wcp1 (japanctf), q3wc4, q3wc5, q3wc6, q3wcp17, q3wcp23. wcp17 was my favourite. The rest of the maps isn't really suitable for a fast paced mod like IU because they're too complicated or too camp heavy.
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foralarx2k3 Insane Quaker Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 306	Posted: 05-15-2006 05:12 AM                  Riddla, I think that's a great idea. Like Oeloe, I've created two pk3s from the threewave maps. One containing q3w1, q3w2, q3w3, q3w4, q3w5, q3w7, q3w8 The other containing:- q3wcp5, q3wcp9, q3wcp10 & q3wcp14 NB:- I also have an updated quatzctf1.pk3 containing the missing texture metalbase03a_blocks18c3__4.jpg that's in the original threewave three map pak file q3wctf.pk3 but not in the q3wpak0.pk3 file. All of this is obviously for my own personal use as I play these on a home lan with my daugthers. It does mean that if I want to play online I have to swap these out with the original pk3s but for me that's no biggy. Fora.
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