Dead Cat Maps Updated with MP5 & Benneli Shotgun...

[Toonces]

Now I REALLY took Ghandi up on his offer...

I bagged both the MP5 and the Benneli put them in all of the Dead Cat maps...



Here's the link:

http://www.unrealplayground.com/download.php?mapid=1934

...and I still had a few problems getting them to work:

1.) Once again, no matter how I placed the weapon, the texture panel that covers the MP5 clip and both Benneli panels would look colorized or washed out. I exported all three of them, converted them to .dds files and then used them. Once again, the .dds files did the trick.

2.) My problem with the other maps was indeed the sound file for the MP5. I found the easiest way to get around this was to export them from Ghandi's map, close the editor. Reopen it and then import them into your map and save it. Then reopen Ghandi's map, close it, open your map, place the weapon bases, and then rebuild and save it.

For Lily Liver and Ancient Evil, which do not use weapon bases, I set the initial placement height at 100 instead of 50 and put the weapon bases below the terrain. I then turned off the base's spiral emitter, and placed one of my own right below the where the weapon would appear in the game...worked great!

Anyway, thanks to Ghandi and Raven for the absolutely kick-ass weapons! Be sure to look at the screenshot Ghandi, I think you'll get a kick out of it...

-Toonces

[Cobra]

I have D/L it simply super!!!!.

[Toonces]

Originally posted by Cobra
I have D/L it simply super!!!!.

Many thanks for the props...I really do appreciare it! I played a couple of games today on the Dead Cat server on these maps. I must say that it's a real hoot blowing people up with the Benneli...

-Toonces...

[ShirleyFT]

I saw a picture Ghandi posted of the Benneli blasting away somebody to bits. That's what 2k3 needs, some powerful weapons.

[Ghandi]

Thanks Toonces!

You're the first I know of to start using the weapons and you jumped in with both feet.

I thopught the colorized problem would dissapear when I included the bmp files. What OS do you have? Mac, win2k, win xp? I appreciate the feed back and I might change the files to .dds in the next release. The screen shot is cool!

[Toonces]

Originally posted by Ghandi
Thanks Toonces!

You're the first I know of to start using the weapons and you jumped in with both feet.

I thopught the colorized problem would dissapear when I included the bmp files. What OS do you have? Mac, win2k, win xp? I appreciate the feed back and I might change the files to .dds in the next release. The screen shot is cool!

You are most welcome and thanks again for the great weapons!

I am running XP on the server and the machine I edit the maps on. I will say this about the .dds files at the DTX1 setting, I cannot see a perceptible drop in image quality and they are almost 100Kbs smaller per frame. At least that's one small benefit...

Another problem has popped up. I received this in a thread on the INA forums:

I've had to remove these MP5 maps from my servers. They don't seem to be compatible with UTSecure. Every time a map loads with the MP5 mod everyone gets booted from the server with this message when using Ravens mp5 from prefablab. What a shame to they looked like nice maps.

Modified Package Detected

The server has determined the set hack Illegal pickup [CTF-{Z}MP5Raven.mp5pickup] Drawscale is not allowed.

Please restart and do not load any script hacks to play here.

This is obviously UTSecure reacting to the models it doesn't recognize...This really blows! Unless they find a way...and really fast...to update their UTSecure approved base, this will kill the Mods community for UT2003. This is gonna knock out not just custom weapons, but custom player models as well.

All I can say is really bad move Epic...

I am not running UTSecure on on the Dead Cat servers, but that means it can only be a matter of time before the botters start showing up...

Not that it will do any good, but I am gonna write DrSiN and raise hell about this. He may not do what I ask, but at least I know that he reads my mail...

-Toonces

[Fnix.USA]

Toonces your avatar scares me, and to think you ppl complained about mine.

Toonces avatar = cat giving me an atitude.

[Ghandi]

Originally posted by Fnix.USA
Toonces your avatar scares me, and to think you ppl complained about mine.

Toonces avatar = cat giving me an atitude.

Fnix, Yeah but I saved your avatar because it was so scary...




Ofcourse you know I like you fnix, and this is just good humor.

[Ghandi]

Toonses,

I'm going to get a copy of UTsecure and fix the weapon sizes so it wont have this problem. Bummer.