[Muffie]

Fredrik, on 06 May 2014 - 04:00 PM, said:

It is possible with a highly skilled jump c;

http://youtu.be/NV5LvgtiRCQ?t=8m42s Start from 8:42 if the link doesn't do it.

No that is about 99% impossible to do.

Happyday, on 06 May 2014 - 08:53 AM, said:

That sounds like a big game-changing alteration to me that makes it easy to spawn camp from the roof. Why would you make that accessible?

It's quite easily accessible from both sides.


Also for spawns, instead of climbing down the ladders to get to lower exits make some spawn on the lower floor too. it's kind of campy when everyone is coming out of the 2 top doors on both spawns anyways.

This post has been edited by Muffie: 07 May 2014 - 11:56 PM

[uJ|V00d00]

People have mentioned making the map bigger, and improving routes. This is achievable. But it would be better to keep an original styled version of Uptown for everyone who loves the original layout. That should be Happys primary goal. Maybe tweak things like the annoying non ledge issue, that 4.2 created, and any other minor gameplay related issues.

At the same time, nothing is stopping Happy from creating a larger version, with more of a ricochet feel to it, with malls and high rise buildings. After all Abbey has a CTF version which is larger than the original, and as such a CTF/Bomb version of Uptown could also be created that was bigger and better suited to those gametypes. The sky is the limit on a modern engine.

With the new engine, im guessing a lot of the older limitations will no longer be a problem, and making things much bigger should no longer severely impact framerate, especially since this engine should be able to take full advantage of Nvidia and AMD's high range GPUs and deliver a great graphical experience at a decent frame rate.

[wG*Swiiitan]

V00d00, on 11 May 2014 - 12:48 PM, said:

People have mentioned making the map bigger, and improving routes. This is achievable. But it would be better to keep an original styled version of Uptown for everyone who loves the original layout. That should be Happys primary goal. Maybe tweak things like the annoying non ledge issue, that 4.2 created, and any other minor gameplay related issues.

I agree! Maybe even making two versions and calling one: Uptown Classic? and the other one like: Uptown HD?

V00d00, on 11 May 2014 - 12:48 PM, said:

At the same time, nothing is stopping Happy from creating a larger version, with more of a ricochet feel to it, with malls and high rise buildings.

Exactly! I think that what Urban Terror lack right now is good, large TDM maps. I believe in order to get more players we need to make the game more enjoyable for casual players, who can later on become more competitive and pro'ish after getting more into it :D
This game is currently very hard to get into as a beginner and i believe people leave the game without even knowing the great things about it.

V00d00, on 11 May 2014 - 12:48 PM, said:

With the new engine, im guessing a lot of the older limitations will no longer be a problem, and making things much bigger should no longer severely impact framerate, especially since this engine should be able to take full advantage of Nvidia and AMD's high range GPUs and deliver a great graphical experience at a decent frame rate.

Ye i can't wait to see how great looking this game will become and if the devs know what they are doing i see a great future for UrT HD (:

[strayA#Pez]

i think the only big problem with uptown was the spawn in bomb and TS, it would be great if they could be changed. Even if they are changed to the CTF spawns and the bomb site locations are changed slightly.

[FS Frankie V]

JustMe..., on 11 May 2014 - 01:09 PM, said:

I agree! Maybe even making two versions and calling one: Uptown Classic? and the other one like: Uptown HD?

Personally I don't see that happening.

An idea though that we toyed with in the past is extending the game environment using concept based additions. Uptown for example could have a companion map called Downtown (if there is one already I hope the point is being made) :)

How could this idea translate from 4.2/idtech3 to Unreal Engine 4?

UE4 has a really cool feature called streaming (aka progressive loading) where one part of the map will be loaded into memory and off load as the player moves from one zone into the other.

So in theory you could start with an Uptown section and plug in additional sections making a much larger map that could expand or contract based on player loads.

[Muffie]

I always thought docks and uptown were related, docks use to have a billboard relating to uptown

[tupp]

I think blue team has more ladders than red team and the ladders on red team aren't really even that helpful since there are faster ways to climb up most places.

With blue, the ladders by the laundromat are kinda necessary, but kind of bad at the same time because it's the only way to get to the top without doing fancy walljumps and stuff or going round the long way.

I think maybe having the laundromat ladder be replaced by stairs start going down by the laundro sliding door down into the back alley or by the dumpster.

[Warlord33]

I Love Uptown from 4.1, and (as I am new to 4.2) I still quite like it in 4.2.

One thing I would like to ask for, is to make the buildings real so you can go in and over them.

Also, (I think this has been mentioned) When I first started playing UrT, One of my first MP games was on Uptown, and there was a wall at the S.W.A.T team(/blue team) spawn that was really good, and it provided cover and also made it easier to get to the window opposite. Later on, This wall wasnt in the maps. Can you add this again please?

Thanks,
Warlord33

[Fenix]

Warlord33, on 13 May 2014 - 08:11 PM, said:

Also, (I think this has been mentioned) When I first started playing UrT, One of my first MP games was on Uptown, and there was a wall at the S.W.A.T team(/blue team) spawn that was really good, and it provided cover and also made it easier to get to the window opposite. Later on, This wall wasnt in the maps. Can you add this again please?

Try Uptown in CTF mode

[Orbit]

Fenix, on 19 May 2014 - 11:27 AM, said:

Try Uptown in CTF mode

Really?
4.2



versus 4.1

This post has been edited by Orbit: 19 May 2014 - 04:41 PM