UnrealSP.org, now with 100% more Web 2.0!

23/08/2012 - "Tower of Shrakith'a part 4" by Geoff Field "MadMartigan"

Each week a single map is discussed here in detail.

Moderators: Semfry, Sat42, Jigoku, UB_

UB_
Nali Priest Nali Priest
Posts: 7960
Joined: 11 Nov 2007, 21:00

Subject: 23/08/2012 - "Tower of Shrakith'a part 4" by Geoff Field "MadMartigan"

Post Posted: 23 Aug 2012, 10:14

Map Title: Tower of Shrakith'a part 4
Author: Geoff Field "MadMartigan"
From: Tower of Shrakith'a
Filename: shrak4.unr
Music Files: utend.umx, QueenSong.umx



Video Playthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YAox2MATAw

Synopsis: After the chaos... welcome back to the real world.

Discuss!

UB_
Nali Priest Nali Priest
Posts: 7960
Joined: 11 Nov 2007, 21:00

Subject: Re: 23/08/2012 - "Tower of Shrakith'a part 4" by Geoff Field "MadMartigan"

Post Posted: 23 Aug 2012, 10:15

This is ONE ending map. Summer is a pretty good time to take a look at it again.
ImageImage

User avatar Tarydax
Skaarj Elder Skaarj Elder
Posts: 1052
Joined: 11 Apr 2009, 04:10

Subject: Re: 23/08/2012 - "Tower of Shrakith'a part 4" by Geoff Field "MadMartigan"

Post Posted: 23 Aug 2012, 13:27

This map amazed me when I first played it, even after the previous three. The way MadMartigan used fog to simulate dust and sunlight was pure brilliance. The ending made me really excited for a second Shrak episode. It's really a shame that nothing ever came of it.

Looking at it more closely, it's not flawless. There are quite a few BSP holes, and it's easy to notice how the sand textures tile. Even then, it's probably ties with Unreal's ending as my favorite ending map.
Image

User avatar AlCapowned
Skaarj Elder Skaarj Elder
Posts: 1175
Joined: 19 Dec 2009, 22:25

Subject: Re: 23/08/2012 - "Tower of Shrakith'a part 4" by Geoff Field "MadMartigan"

Post Posted: 23 Aug 2012, 13:52

This is probably the best custom ending map as far as Unreal maps go.

User avatar Buff Skeleton
>:E >:E
Posts: 4173
Joined: 15 Dec 2007, 00:46

Subject: Re: 23/08/2012 - "Tower of Shrakith'a part 4" by Geoff Field "MadMartigan"

Post Posted: 23 Aug 2012, 14:09

Good fucking lord I can't think of a pack wrapped up much better than this one. For its time, the visuals and scripted events were absolutely top-notch and still beat the pants off of many modern releases. Pretty amazing what stock assets can do.
Image

User avatar SteadZ
Skaarj Warlord Skaarj Warlord
Posts: 883
Joined: 04 Mar 2012, 10:52
Location: An error occurred. Please try again later.
Contact:

Subject: Re: 23/08/2012 - "Tower of Shrakith'a part 4" by Geoff Field "MadMartigan"

Post Posted: 23 Aug 2012, 18:27

I loved this whole mappack, and this was the best ending that it could have offered. I'm still not sure how to use interpolation points (I've always used UDS cameras and the rest of the UDS stuff) but he used them greatly. I just love that he used the not-very-often-used desert theme and I think that he was the first? Although before I played it I thought that I was the first...

Anyway, an overall suuuuperb map(pack).
Image

User avatar TheIronKnuckle
Gilded Claw Gilded Claw
Posts: 1967
Joined: 12 Nov 2007, 07:21
Location: Riding my bicycle from the highest hill in Sydney to these forums

Subject: Re: 23/08/2012 - "Tower of Shrakith'a part 4" by Geoff Field "MadMartigan"

Post Posted: 24 Aug 2012, 07:23

Brilliant ending map. Still feeling the shivers down my spine from when I first played it.
ImageIgnorance is knowing anything
And only idiots know everything

User avatar salsaSkaarj
Gilded Claw Gilded Claw
Posts: 1862
Joined: 21 Apr 2009, 21:54
Location: on the prowl

Subject: Re: 23/08/2012 - "Tower of Shrakith'a part 4" by Geoff Field "MadMartigan"

Post Posted: 24 Aug 2012, 09:51

I don't get it.
I've never seen this map before yet I have the file in my Unreal/maps directory and I've played the Tower of Shraki'tha many times.
Anyway, so I started and had a quick run through (2 minutes) ... wow... not only is the architecture way above par, but the desert is convincing (even upon close scrutiny the illusion doesn't fail). And the distance views ... damn, why did MadMartigan not continue his Unreal mapping career.
I'm certainly going to look for everything he made.

BTW I guess it's just an eye candy map, I didn't encounter any enemies (but that doesn't take anything away from this map).

User avatar Legendslayer222
Skaarj Elder Skaarj Elder
Posts: 1468
Joined: 15 Mar 2009, 10:18
Location: England

Subject: Re: 23/08/2012 - "Tower of Shrakith'a part 4" by Geoff Field "MadMartigan"

Post Posted: 24 Aug 2012, 16:29

I remember spending a ridiculously long time just wandering around the desert when I first played this map, I was just that impressed. More convincing than the deserts in UT and they have textures made specifically for that theme.

User avatar Tarydax
Skaarj Elder Skaarj Elder
Posts: 1052
Joined: 11 Apr 2009, 04:10

Subject: Re: 23/08/2012 - "Tower of Shrakith'a part 4" by Geoff Field "MadMartigan"

Post Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 04:53

...aaaaand I just noticed that Mine textures are used on the outer ruins. I'd say that was a really good choice on madmartigan's part. I never thought that those textures would work that well in a map like this.
Image

User avatar Semfry
Trustee Member Trustee Member
Posts: 2068
Joined: 12 Nov 2007, 02:43
Location: UK
Contact:

Subject: Re: 23/08/2012 - "Tower of Shrakith'a part 4" by Geoff Field "MadMartigan"

Post Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 14:51

The video is actually two because the first half of the ending only displayed properly in Unreal 1 and the second half only worked in UT (227i issue?).

For a one minute ending map the attention to detail is incredible; not only are there a bunch of ahead-of-it's-time techniques (like fog to simulate dust), but there's also an entire desert out there that you don't need to go to at all. There isn't really anything to find there, but the fact it even exists is cool enough in itself. The ending cutscene also wraps things up well.
Formerly Mman

Doublez-Down
Skaarj Warlord Skaarj Warlord
Posts: 993
Joined: 27 Feb 2010, 22:46

Subject: Re: 23/08/2012 - "Tower of Shrakith'a part 4" by Geoff Field "MadMartigan"

Post Posted: 29 Aug 2012, 05:11

Wait I've played this pack and how have I not seen this map?? I thought this pack ended with all the weird blocks and the uber 10000000 hit point skaarj?? Wrong pack?
I swear to god this forum isn't going to evaporate into ether within the next hour or so. - Bug Horse


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 14 guests

Copyright © 2001-2024 UnrealSP.org

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited