jump_lotus

[Malecus]

Merry Christmas, nerds. Malecus here, builder of Babylon and Mirage.

Trying something different here with jump_lotus, an Airstrike map. I've wanted to do this for a while (Pants beat me to it with his map), and finally put it together. This is a mostly-easy map that introduces some basic techniques you can use with the Airstrike. Each jump also has a QR code that takes you to a YouTube video, showing how to do it.

Thanks folks, hope you enjoy.

Download here:
https://github.com/alexwnovak/TF2Maps/releases/download/jump_lotus/jump_lotus.bsp

You can get the original VMF and materials and stuff here:
https://github.com/alexwnovak/tf2maps

Preview:

[plep]

Interesting

I really hope this whole thing is possible with stock rocket launcher. If not, RIP Tempus but either way it's gonna be a TAS challenge for sure.

[Superchuck]

Interesting

I really hope this whole thing is possible with stock rocket launcher. If not, RIP Tempus but either way it's gonna be a TAS challenge for sure.

we already have jump_strike

[plep]

we already have jump_strike

This is a different map tho, even if the concept is the same. You can't play jump_strike with stock because it forces you to use Air Strike :^(

[pants]

Really nice looking map and pretty fun.

- Plopy you can always just have a tempus version which uses the same weapon modifying triggers on strike to make it possible on tempus.

[Malecus]

Whether it's possible with Stock, I'm not sure. I entertained the idea of ensuring it was possible, but I didn't end up doing this. At #3, you can certainly down-pogo, but it also happens to be a bounce height. The trouble is you can't do much after you bounce (unless you guys can prove me wrong).

I considered doing what Pants did and using the modifiers to turn up your Stock fire rate, but also went without. Turns out, if you take your Airstrike onto Pants's map, it ramps up your Airstrike's fire rate into something totally insane (but neat).

Otherwise, thanks for the kind words. 

[pants]

What I meant was you could render a _tempus version or something which has those triggers and is otherwise only for online play.

[Malecus]

I updated my original post with the link to my GitHub repo where I store all the resources and VMFs for my maps. The idea is that it's like "open source" mapping, so anyone can poke around it and see how I did things--or modify it for themselves. I probably won't do the "_tempus" version, but feel free to do it yourself.

[scotch]

I updated my original post with the link to my GitHub repo where I store all the resources and VMFs for my maps. The idea is that it's like "open source" mapping, so anyone can poke around it and see how I did things--or modify it for themselves.

That's a really great idea.

[John]

inb4 multiple jump_lotus maps with like one modification

[False_]

Malecus man, your maps are all so beautiful and well designed, props to you!

[Malecus]

@scotch: Thanks! Just a little way to give back to the community, especially if it's something they like. For each project, I disassemble at least one map to see how somebody did something. Would be a lot nicer if I could just get their original VMF.

@John: It's my secret goal to have more forks and distros of a TF2 map than Linux.

@False_: Well thanks, I do try. This one came together fast, which was great. I never skimp on the effort I put on the jumps themselves (distances, difficulty, difficulty ramp-up, precision, etc.), or the flow between jumps (especially for speedrunning). I DID skimp on the detailing on this one a little. It takes (by far) the most time, and I wanted this one out, since I have some big things cooking.

[Reich | Jump.tf]

Most jumps can be done easily without the airstrike, s'nice

[Malecus]

Nice! Can't wait to see some Stock playthroughs.

[Adolf The Toast Jesus?]

Real fun nice map love the aesthetic also <3

Also can someone make a stock showcase? pls