tk_chscommons_b1 Release

[CSN NewsBot]

Thanks to a dashcalhoun post in our forums, a local download mirror to tk_chscommons_b1 is now here. Feel like giving it a spin? Then click away!



Through no fault of the map creator, this map is only in BETA form and may never leave this state. However, custom textures and brush work are already evident in this early build and is worth at least a look. I've snapped a few screens that can be seen below. Feel free to take a look at them while you download the map.

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[Zips]

Feel free to Digg this up. Certainly seems like this should be out there and widely downloaded.

[Omicr0n]

Once the next school shooting happens, this will be a great media scapegoat.

[Thortok2000]

Now all we need is someone who's actually been to the school to tell us if he did a good job.



I'd play it, but it looks like 1.6 and I won't play 1.6 because of ads.

[HeLLy]

Not a bad start at all, just needs some texture work and work on the lightscale.

[HACKER HELL STORM]

somebody make a source port gogogo

[-:Nighthawk:-]

Thortok if you have CZ you can load up reg CS maps in it... voillà, no ads.



Anyway, looks pretty decent. I played de_highschool constantly a couple years ago, so hopefully we can get a pub going with this loaded to see how the two compare in terms of gameplay.



To think that the result of the FBISD's overreaction (and subsequent attempts to squelch freedom of speech) is for this map to gain widespread attention, with potentially thousands of gamers shooting each other in the virtual halls of a highschool they previously didn't even know existed. Now that is ironic.

[Thortok2000]

I'm not sure responding to the ads in 1.6 by giving valve more money (IE, buying CZ) is really the best way to respond.



I might get CZ eventually anyway, though. I'm going to wait and see if ads are going to get added to it and/or any other games AFTER people buy them BEFORE I buy CZ.

[dashcalhoun]

-:Nighthawk:- wrote..

To think that the result of the FBISD's overreaction (and subsequent attempts to squelch freedom of speech) is for this map to gain widespread attention, with potentially thousands of gamers shooting each other in the virtual halls of a highschool they previously didn't even know existed. Now that is ironic.

That was sort of my hope :)

[2point4]

Buying CZ is not responding to the ads. CZ is not advertised in CS.



Also, there was a de_highschool? The creator of that map should be tortured and hanged... Why didn't that map ever get any attention? The creator of a map called de_highschool must be evil...



The map isn't bad. I'm gonna talk to someone I know that does mapping and see if they can fix some of the issues with it. There is a CT spawn point that you get stuck at, there are a lot of FPS drops in certain areas of the courtyard that can be fixed with a little compiling and a few other things, but this map should get rotation on our server in no time. I'm sure it's already on a few of them.



After running around that map a little bit, I still don't feel like hurting any high-schoolers. I'm actually having fun shooting out all the windows in the courtyard. There's a lot of them. :)

[Zom-B]

Fight the power.

[dashcalhoun]

Regarding the CT spawn point where you get stuck, if you crouch and walk away from the spawn point, you can move out of it. Not sure why it is.

[Zom-B]

Try grabbing a bench with the use key and move around. Weeee!

[StealthMonkey]

Does anybody else have their FPS drop like CRAZY when they go out to the courtyard? I get 95-100 FPS constant on all maps even with a smoke 1-2 smokes, but when I go into the courtyard, mine drops to 40-60 FPS. I tried looking at different stuff to see what it was, but I couldn't figure it out.

[mr spoon]

dashcalhoun wrote..

Regarding the CT spawn point where you get stuck, if you crouch and walk away from the spawn point, you can move out of it. Not sure why it is.

Old CS map quirk - if the spawn boxes touch the floor, you get stuck when you start. Usual fix is to move them one block from the floor.