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Infested

Author	cold_blood3d
Date of release	Final - December 24, 2008 (SC 4.0B) v1 - September 22, 2004 Beta 2 - August 12, 2004 Beta 1 - June 5, 2004
.bsp filename	infested, infested2

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Description

Long after the incident at Black Mesa, most of the alien species has been eradicated from the planet. However, there are still many moderately sized populations of aliens scattered across the globe. Thousands of military troops have been dispatched to meet the rapid reproduction of the aliens. You are part of an elite, highly trained team, specialized in killing aliens.

Your team has been assigned to eliminate a large population of aliens in a genetic research building. You will arrive on a truck near the building entrance. It is likely that there will also be some human resistance since many of the troops have been brainwashed by the aliens. The human opposition is the aliens' first line of defense.

Objectives:

Eliminate human opposition, then deactivate the security system.
Proceed up through the building, killing anything that gets in your way.
Secure the helipad so some backup soldiers can be flown in. Next part of map will load.
Continue your ascent of the building until reaching the CenCom Laboratories.
Once in the CenCom Labs, you must rescue the valuable Gauss Gun so it is not lost in the explosion.
Find the Control Center in the CenCom Labs. Activate the building's self-termination sequence to ensure that all aliens are killed. If you wish to save yourself, you will have to quickly get to the building's underground transit system where a train will be waiting for you.

Additional info

4-16 players recommended. This is a challenging map meant for larger servers.
Infested received BOMS status on the Sven Co-op forums for its 2nd beta release. Soon after, it was then included in the Sven Co-op 3.0 Content Pack. The final version is included in Sven Co-op, and was previously included in Sven Co-op 4.5 and Sven Co-op 4.8.
There's a secret weapon in part 2.

Additional credits

Cafe of Rabid Snarks - (testing)
{RS} Seraphim - (testing)
Dethtex - (textures)
Makaveli - (textures)
Mayang - (textures)
Royale Frazier - (textures)
Spooger - (textures)
Hezus - (feedback)
Hell-met - (feedback)

Changelog

+ Final

– Final

BOTH MAPS:

Optimized:

Full sweep of maps applying NULL texture to every unseen face.
Cleaned up and optimized messy brushwork.
Reduced overall entity count.
Greatly reduced the "model count" - so there shouldn't be any more 512 model error crashes on even the most plugin-overloaded servers.

Other Changes:

Fixed minor visual errors, such as texture misalignments and floating/overlapping brushes.
Fixed env_fade and text intro at start so everyone can see it—not just the first player to join.
Added clip brushes in a few spots where players could get stuck.
A couple of tweaks to AI nodes.
Slightly raised all centered game_texts so crosshair doesn't obstruct message.
Changed all instances of "cold_blood3d_killa" to "cold_blood3d".

MAP 1:

New cliffwork and curve-sloped entrance road.
Smoothed truck tires by giving them more sides.
Fixed ladder on security station so players no longer get stuck at the bend.
Fixed exploit where players could walk between the security lasers without disabling them.
Added a little bit of ammo in places where players might run out.
NPCs in building lobby are now spawned exactly before the player reaches them, and not at any earlier. This fixes an AI problem where they would all run forward just cause they heard the player from afar.
Increased height of elevator doors so the outsides isn't exposed during movement on laggy servers.
Adjusted bookshelf ladder in library/study so players can walk up without getting stuck on the first step.
Weakened breakable trash bins so players don't give up and assume they're indestructable.
Increased rate at which snarks fall down from the ceiling vent at end of blue corridor.
Fixed bug in which a headcrab could block the primary stairwell door (leading to roof) from opening.
Adjusted triggers so all barnacles in the stairwell area are fully spawned before players reach them.
Fixed barnacle that extends tongue an infinite distance past the floor.
Extended max view distance so far off cliffs and snipers don't disappear.
New helipad lights w/ glows.
Adjusted timing and placement of friendly sniper spawns so they don't instantly get killed.
Clipped area where enemy snipers could hide behind the building out of players' sight.
Removed the game_end and used a changelevel instead (because AMX mod ignores the nextmap cvar).

MAP 2:

Made it so new spawns are activated sooner:

The spawns at the top of elevator are now activated upon deactivating the security system and gaining entrance to the lab. (Previously they were enabled when you released the gonome). This should alleviate the time wasted waiting for elevator.
The spawns at the lab entrance are now activated once you get the Gauss gun. (Previously they were triggered mid-way through the robo-grunt metal corridor leading to control room.
Alien spawns adjusted to account for faster spawn activation.

Improved scientist sequence (the one who unlocks Gauss gun):

Instead of disappearing via killtarget, he will now run away in a crazed panic when the turrets turn on, and he'll end up running into the fire and dying.

Improved escalator:

Moved some vertexes on the ends part of handrails so they look smoother.
Placed some clip brushes on the ends of handrails so players can jump up and ride them without getting stuck on the edge of a conveyor and having their model get all shaky.
Clean up of escalator brushwork. They were originally constructed with about 5 times more brushes than necessary. Also cleaned up some of the messy internal remnants of the old escalator system that had moving steps. (removed long ago due to synchronization issues and engine limits).

Improved movie poster scroller in subway:

Replaced one of the movie posters with the Sven Co-op movie from April Fool's joke.
Resized movie posters so they have proper proportions (they were vertically squished before).
Decreased delay between the posters changing.

Improved train sequence:

Extended the glass on train windows through the support beams so you don't see any gaps during movement.
Adjusted some timings to account for triggering delays, which should correct for some train/glass synchronization issues.
The train speeds up a bit faster now, so it looks like it's accelerating.
Extended the path of ending camera so the train appears to keep going during the fadeout. (originally, the camera would reach its end path point and stop a fraction of a second before the fade finished, making it look like the train stopped.)

Other Changes:

Copied in the new helipad lights w/ glows, which were added in the previous map. Also stuck a light_environment outside so the outside area should be properly lit.
Fixed falling headcrab getting stuck at spawn.
Clipped falling light (func_wall_toggle) so players don't get stuck when it appears on the floor.
Increased height of elevator doors so the outsides isn't exposed during movement on laggy servers.
Changed water in fish tank so it doesn't instantly disappear. The water will now travel down when the glass is broken.
Slightly reduced amount of monsters that spawn later in areas after players clear them so it isn't so frustrating for stragglers.
Secret sniper rifle now has a tipped over vending machine near it so it's more obvious. The cart is closer to the return vent, and the fan in that vent has been raised so it's not so easy to kill yourself on. Changed its dmg to 1000 per bullet so it's more worth getting. (skl cfg change)
Added clip brushes in a few spots where players could get stuck.
Barnacle has been given extra time to fully spawn itself.
Adjusted damage zone of fire to be more accurate.
Moved dead scientist a few units away from computer so his feet won't be in the computer.
Added monsterclip in headcrab cage so their feet don't go through the wall.
Fixed critical problem that would cause the satchel explosive doors to never open if the camera sequence got cut off (by lag etc.)
Extended edges in elevator shaft so newbs don't have as much trouble climbing down.