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Mirage

Author	Kuroneko
Date of release	Final - August 31, 2003
.bsp filename	sc_mirage1

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Description

Your mission, whether you like it or not, is to enter the ruins and retrieve the artifact. Black ops and grunts stand in your way of success, but teamwork is key. With 4 classes to choose from (Scout, Soldier, Medic, Sniper) you shall rise up above your foes, and succeed.

Additional info

2-8 players recommended.

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Changelog

Community edits:

+ Community edit v1 - Dec 25, 2024 (by Garompa, Reuniclus and Wayne)

– Community edit v1 - Dec 25, 2024 (by Garompa, Reuniclus and Wayne)

GENERIC FIXES

Used the original maps as a base to ripent the .ent through import, bypassing the version mismatch errors in the maps ripented by newbspguy's current bug that the ripents of other people are having due to copy pasting brushes. Checked for errors and the maps work fine without version mismatch on servers.
Changed some env_messages to game_text
Changed env_model to item_generic
Changed monstermakers into squadmakers, with proper translated spawnflags
Fixed squadmakers without spawnflags or missing spawnflags, to have proper spawnflags
Changed info_player_start to info_player_deathmatch
Changed env_beam's negative StrikeTime value, to positive values (this could've caused crashes due to overflows)
Changed env_xenmakers that were spawning monsters, into squadmakers with proper external xenmaker entity
Replaced some of the Wayne's models that were identical to default (hwgrunt and hwgrunt_ld) with some other of the default custom hwgrunt models
Removed Wayne's missing soundlist files references in maps, and .gmr and .gsr as well
Gave many alien monsters spawned through squadmakers, a properly colored xenmaker effect
Replaced item_security and brush based item collectibles, with item_inventory
Used Wayne's ripents as a base. His guide arrows and wrong way signs have been replaced with more immersive things like lights, props, breakables with hud displaynames, enemies, etc… Except in maps that have a theme where it would be plausible to have direction signs.
Enemies with humongous amounts of health have been toned down a lot
Maps with low ammo at start have now extra weapons and ammo at spawn
game_text messages have been tweaked to be less intrusive, away from the crosshair, indicating the character name that speaks if intended, and sometimes giving them proper color that indicates ally or enemy.
Typos in game_texts and displaynames have been fixed. Usage of "\n" (new lines) in displaynames has been abolished
Fixed typos on entities making them not recognizable by the game
Fixed netnames when intended to be used as displaynames on old maps. Now you can see those npcs true names!
Regenerated .res files
Repacked with missing files into a .zip using resguy

sc_mirage1

Used Wayne's ripent as a base with trigger fixes, and guide arrows
Modified the guide arrows into more immersive props and effects to blend in with the environment
Added changes by Reuniclus manually since his version created version mismatch errors: snipers and hwgrunts now have their models fixed, and the floor doors 49 and 50 have flags to stop monsters from opening them
Restored the music track that played through the worldspawn entity (this was not good!) and made it an ambient music that plays only once.
Fixed monsterclips around the water area
Fixed lever button having a wall toggle for when its activated to mimic a wait -1. Replaced it with wait -1 instead.
Fixed end fade timing

+ Fix2 - by Reuniclus-579

+ Fix - by Reuniclus-579

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Pretty good fun - *with a working team*

BlueSpark 06 Mar 2018 11:38

Straightforward and linear, with a couple of gimmicks, this cool little map really tests your abilities to work cooperatively in a functional team. Grunts and blackops respawn, so the biggest challenge is to to press forward as a team before the enemy overwhelms you all. Fortunately, the spawning stops eventually. There's a new grunt model, and a grunt-skinned HWG, which means that he now has the mobility of a regular Grunt, so watch out! Healing is essential, as is strategic gameplay. Run-into-heavy-fire-and-die players need not apply here. By default, the map has no armour either at loadout or laying around - in SC5 this means instant death so I added 50AP to the map cfg. The Author designed the map so that the class system was rigid, i.e. you couldn't drop your weapon for another player to use. I decided to honour his wish rather than change it, however the downside is that you can't drop ammo or med ammo either, which is a shame since both are important co-op strategies. Weapon and ammo-drop on death are also disabled.

On vanilla servers, it's going to need quite a lot of players, on one of those stupid "all cheats and weapons" servers, I guess one can finish it solo in minutes. Something in between would be ideal, for a team of 5-10 players.
Hone your co-op skills, it's very satisfying to beat the odds by working together! Sadly the ending is very abrupt and makeshift.

Changes:
Added 50AP to map cfg
Added res file (default content from SC5.16)
Few map cfg updates (where commands had changed/evolved)
Added these changes to d/l as "Updated version - sc_mirage_updated1.7z"

Last edited on 06 Mar 2018 23:52 by BlueSpark Show more

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