I made few pickup changes to DM-Qu0. Brief :

• Removed 50 armor.
• Replaced Vest armor by Belt armor. Total armor = 150.
• Remove Grenade Launcher and ammos.
• Move the Rocket Launcher so it’s not directly under the UDamage. It’s closer to the Sinper rifle and Lighting gun areas.
• Move the vials that was under the UDamage to the previous Grenade Launcher spot and add 1. Total health = 120.
• Move some pickups a bit.

The flow is better now with all those small changes and matches are even more intense! Post your feedback here plz! Have fun 😀

DM-Qu0 is my next map for 2021, it look like I just can’t take a break from mapping… lol 🙂 I’m releasing B1 before Christmas, take it as Stevie’s Christmas gift 😛

Layout is base from one of my UT2004 favorite maps. Yes I have a ton of classic maps 😉 The original is a duel map, this one isn’t really different. You can play with 6 players max depending of their skills. This is the shell map only. With the meshes, it will be a bit smaller so gameplay will be “tighter”.

In case you didn’t notice, I always release my maps the friday, but since I’m in vacation, it’s like friday every day, ha ha!! Head over UTCC to download it. PS:

• You can get out of the play area of the map by the roof using the translocator. I didn’t bother adding blocking volume.
• You can also enter in caveats in the walls. Those caveats had meshes in it. Eventually, all walls will be meshes and covered by blocking volume to permit walldodge and wallrun.
• The lighting is the original one. There is no need at this point to start working on the lighting.
• Except the shell, pickups and the music track, there is nothing else.

Poste your feedback here plz! Have fun 😀

DM-Cruel is my last map for UT4 in 2020.  Head over the map page for download.

For feedback, please post your comments at my map page. It will be your way of showing your support 🙂

Many things as been done for the final. The most important are :

• Added BV’s so it provide a better flow around some walls and also small areas where more BV’s was needed.
• Added decals for lifts (arrows + caution bars at exit).
• Deleted unnecessary meshes.
• Made many materials adjustments.
• Reduced the fog a bit (from 0.008 to 0.005).
• Set individual culling values on many, many meshes, few thousands in all.
• Create LODs on most meshes to obtain more FPS. This as been a very long process!
• Perform few full lighting build (production quality).
• Tweak the custom Jumpad so it look prettier in Epic mode. In all other quality mode, the LODs are more aggressive so the effects are looking more rough.
• Tweak the spark particle near the Sniper pickup.

At last, after putting months & months of work into this level, I can share it with you all 😀 After R1, the next release will be the final and my last map for UT4 in 2020. Head over DM-Cruel page to get all the details and download link 🙂

For feedback, please share your comments here.

If there is no comments, that mean you are not interested, so it will determine if sharing my next maps with you will worth it or not. I’ll decide what I’ll do then in 2021. Continue sharing my maps with only few of you who appreciate them or keep everything for me, you decide!

Note that I’m aware of few things for this release and more work is planned  :

• I plan to add more BV’s at some spots to help in the movement department. It won’t be realistic but will provide a better flow around some walls.
• I plan to individually cull as many meshes as possible and also make LODs on the most meshes to obtain more FPS. This will be a long process since the map contain 5 847 meshes!
• The custom Jumpad is looking really basic in low / mid settings. This is related to optimization for low end GPU’s. Still, I’m open to suggestion to make it look even prettier in Epic mode.
• The spark particle near the Sniper pickup is passing through the ceiling and can be visible in the GL corridor.

Enjoy, and let me know what you think.

Most of the time, I release my maps a friday so it start well the weekend. But anyway, saturday is another good day too for sharing new content 😀

There is no point of waiting more for feedback. I’m satisfied with the current map state. So I’ve decided to publish the final. For the final version of DM-Valas, many changes has been made. Head over the map page to download it.

Gameplay :

• Add a platform in the Link room and put the armor vest there. Remade the BV’s so you can stand on the platform & go very close to the windows, like the other 2 big windows to enjoy the scenery.
• Fix a collision issue where you can get stuck between the top of the opened doors and curved ceiling near the Sniper.
• Made many pickups (weapons, ammo & armor) changes.
• Made some changes to a bunch of playerstart.
• Redone all doors bottom BV’s with individual modification if applicable. The previous BV’s was more accurate to meshes geometry but could slow down players a bit. The new one are less accurate but provide more fluidity.
• Remove the 50 armor.
• Set culling values on more meshes to gain more performances. That mean roughly 95% of actors have individual culling values to obtain the maximum performance possible.

Visuals & varia :

• Add ambient sounds.
• Corrected some spelling errors in the map story.
• Create an organic scene for outside the map so you have a nice scenery looking at the big windows. It is not a reachable area and is perfect for distract players while they look at the scene, you can blow them to pieces in the meantime lol.
• Enhance the decals in the ‘C’ sector, the room between the Rocket and Link, where you have health and ammo.
• Made many material / texture / reflection box & sphere adjustments.
• Made some subtle meshing here and there & aligned few meshes correctly.
• Perform few full lighting build (production quality).
• Redone the ingame preview pic.

Note: the final map is bigger because it’s prettier than before. More materials, more textures, more effects make a level bigger, simple as that. But, I’ve made all I could to make it smaller. The initial size was more than 640 MB before my optimizations.

Also note that this is my last final map for UT4 release on Discord and Epic forums. From now on, if you want my stuff come to my place, my blog. I suggest you subscribe to my blog to get always the latest information.

Let me know what you think in this post, or better, at my  DM-Valas page and add your like to it 😉 THX for your support, it mean a lot to me 🙂

Credits :

Achernar, Barsam2, ÐutchSmºke, Florin Biziitu, MoxNix, Shaddycat for their constructive feedback 😀

I’m working on this level since few weeks now and I’m rather satisfied with the actual state. Gameplay is great and visuals are looking good 😀

Only thing left to do is to ‘dress up’ the outside of the map (which I have no idea what I’ll do yet) and maybe fix issues I didn’t saw and add stuff from the feedback you’ll give me… yeah you! Since the outside of the map isn’t related to gameplay and is only a cosmetic thing, it’s time to share the map with the 5 persons on the planet who play my maps. At least, that is my impression 😛

Head over DM-Valas page to get all the details and download link 🙂

Note, for all my maps I use Temporal AA since it offer the best visuals. Also, before you play it, know that I made all I could to optimise the map for max FPS. My average FPS is 100 playing in 1440 on Epic settings. I hope it run well for you!

Enjoy, happy w-e and let me know what you think 😉