[ADD] de_cokehouse_cbg

[acolyte_to_jippity]

I'm glad you asked! Well, here's my brief rundown of the maps and how they need improvement for WCS gameplay. These are things that I'm more focused on as a player as well as a mapper, so I realize they're not obvious to everyone, but the less obvious sometimes makes or breaks whether a map is mediocre, awesome, or just plain sucks potatoes.

Dolls:
problems ~
a. violates the 'no free/pickup weapons' on a map rule (tmp in the mousetrap)
b. has graphical errors (minor, but they are present)
c. contains sections that are not quite sized well for smooth playability (like jump heights, doorways, etc)
d. some argue that it should be recolored

solutions ~ removing the TMP, moving the mousetrap to a more inopportune position, resizing the (cereal?) box leaning against the bed, fixing the ladder sizes/positions so players don't get thrown so easily and replacing some textures, but that's more of a preference thing

Italy:
problems ~
a. skybox is far too low for flying races
b. there are far too many player clip brushes that prevent access to rooftops, etc
c. doorways, halls and other sections have objects protruding from them, sometimes causing random death when a particularly fast race bounces off one surface and hits another

solutions ~ a higher skybox, access to more rooftops (admittedly, this will open up the map for flying/teleporting races so I would opt to add ladder access to some rooftops as well), adding clip brushes to "smooth out" object/player collisions

Though these seem like small things, the playability can change drastically with a few minor changes. The idea for dolls is to make access for the less OP races to reach the bomb site a bit more easily and quickly, making the playing field a bit more even. The same kind of goes for my ideas with italy, being that the T side can camp the house all day, while shooting out the windows. Access to rooftops, for one, can make it a bit easier to sneak up on them and create a more interesting perspective. I dig some of the other italy remakes, but they are not designed with WCS in mind. One prime example is the ceiling of the map on the far left side (coming from CT) where flying races leap over an invisible wall and get stuck behind the map. I've already fixed most of the issues in italy and it's nearly ready for compiling, I just need to make some adjustments to the lighting concerning the skybox changes.

I hope this makes sense.

yeahh...sorry. but there was 1 sentence in what you wrote which is valid. the free tmp (while not a very major thing) should go. that's it. don't fuck with those maps otherwise. they're awesome as they currently are.

it seems to me the 'problems' you bring up are the end result of people deciding that they would rather bitch and complain, instead of adapting their strategy slightly or even (now is the time for gasping), LEARNING THE MAPS. other than the tmp on dolls, (and the completely retarded color-based complaints), these issues can be solved by players not being lazy fucks and actually putting some effort into learning some shit. it's pretty obvious after the first one or two times what place(s) kill you on italy or dolls, if you enter them wrong...so you either don't enter them that way, or you keep dying.

[CYBER]

yeahh...sorry. but there was 1 sentence in what you wrote which is valid. the free tmp (while not a very major thing) should go. that's it. don't fuck with those maps otherwise. they're awesome as they currently are.it seems to me the 'problems' you bring up are the end result of people deciding that they would rather bitch and complain, instead of adapting their strategy slightly or even (now is the time for gasping), LEARNING THE MAPS. other than the tmp on dolls, (and the completely retarded color-based complaints), these issues can be solved by players not being lazy fucks and actually putting some effort into learning some shit. it's pretty obvious after the first one or two times what place(s) kill you on italy or dolls, if you enter them wrong...so you either don't enter them that way, or you keep dying.

To be fair aco, dolls is very restricting for the races. Unless u have a flyer or tele race or unbelieavably low gravity, it's hard to reach the bombsite... If anything there show be a ladder on the wall between ct spawn and the vent bookcase to facilitate non-teleporters... Its fine as is for playability, but not diversity. U're forced to stick to a handful of races here. No one feels like playing a respawner or shadow or any race that makes it hard for them to go plant or defuse the bomb. Currently u literally have to jump hoops around the map through the drawers in order to get there... Just saying , it's not fair. But no other change other that the glithes i mentionned earlier should be fixed. And removig the tmps.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

To be fair aco, dolls is very restricting for the races. Unless u have a flyer or tele race or unbelieavably low gravity, it's hard to reach the bombsite... If anything there show be a ladder on the wall between ct spawn and the vent bookcase to facilitate non-teleporters... Its fine as is for playability, but not diversity. U're forced to stick to a handful of races here. No one feels like playing a respawner or shadow or any race that makes it hard for them to go plant or defuse the bomb. Currently u literally have to jump hoops around the map through the drawers in order to get there... Just saying , it's not fair. But no other change other that the glithes i mentionned earlier should be fixed. And removig the tmps.

so, the problem is that people might not be able to play their favorite race 24/7?

lets see, human, flame pred, sucubus hunter, hells demon, hellhunter, archmage, dragonfly, strider, vaga, molecule, beast, jack...

pretty much any mobility race is great for this map.

[Erdenay]

First of all... Italy is fine as it is. It's skybox is high enough and there's no need to change it. As far as dolls go... Remove it, it is an awful map.

so, the problem is that people might not be able to play their favorite race 24/7?

lets see, human, flame pred, sucubus hunter, hells demon, hellhunter, archmage, dragonfly, strider, vaga, molecule, beast, jack...

pretty much any mobility race is great for this map.

Red ones won't work well, yellow ones are meh.

[Goku]

The entire point, which I think Cyber kind of pointed out is:

The maps are not "broken" for regular gameplay, but we have no maps that are fully customized for WCS here. Italy is fine to play on, but is actually a poor map for WCS, it's just that we like it because it's an old familiar. If you wanted to walk through it with me with some of the races I could explain a bunch of things that we've all noticed from time to time. The only people I expect will complain will be those that 'race whore' and don't like the idea of a more even playing field. Everyone deserves a chance to get kills and enjoy playing. Low levels get nowhere, get frustrated and leave. I've even let people kill me for experience so they don't get frustrated and leave.

My ideas are such that having maps that show access/support/playability for ALL races is something that will make playing them more interesting, and will make the server in general more interesting. With that in mind, there are things wrong with cs_italy when it comes to this mod, it's just that generally people don't know that. Even all the versions of italy have almost all the same "glitches", and they really don't need to be there. People don't have to deal with skywalkers/flyers having access behind textures. The reason you can see through one side is a tool in Hammer called "nodraw", which means invisible. One side is nodraw, one side is textured so you can see the texture on one side and see right through it from the other side. Those are all over the maps and they're REALLY easy to fix.

Keeping a server fresh and interesting keeps it populated. These changes I'm talking about are not big ones, and most of them aren't even visible.

I don't know why people shoot ideas down before they even test them out, but I figure it goes along with being afraid to try new things.

Try something new once in a while?

[What]

Dear god its like talking to a wall. You still assume there are "problems" that "you" need to "fix". Which, there aren't. You still are operating with this fallacy, as well as assuming that when you "fix" said map it makes it even, which considering what you are talking about doing to the map will have the exact opposite effect. Flying races get around just fine on italy, and can be quite a pain in the ass to deal with, now your idea is to make it easier to zip around and hide therefore making it easier to whore those races and at the same time making races like, lets say succubus hunter, even more irrelevant to the game play. Italy is one of, if not the most popular maps on the server. You can chalk this up to familiarity if you want, but people clearly have no issue with it as it stands, as evidenced by tom and aco's comments as well as my own. If you want to have a "WCS specific" map, then make one, from scratch, don't manipulate the existing map cause you feel you can make it better, when all your doing is making it worse.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.