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Chapo


17Buddies is proud to announce you the first 17Buddies mapping contest:

2012 Solstice Mapping Contest
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This is a Counter Strike 1.6 mapping contest that will last from Friday, April 20th to Wednesday, June 20th at 11:59pm GMT.


Please read the following contest rules and information closely.


Rules:
  • Types allowed: Defuse, Hostage Rescue, Fight Yard, Gungame, or Aim map,
  • Only one external wad allowed: 17bsolstice.wad ( No Wadinclude allowed other than mapper's signature),
  • Use of 'standard' wads is allowed (cstrike.wad, halflife.wad...) and zhlt.wad allowed,
  • The theme of the map must be related to summer, solstice or sun,
  • Map must have at least 32 slots,
  • Map must have been optimized with 1200 wpolys maximum,
  • You must place prominently in the map at least one banner and one button 17buddies provided in the 17bsolstice wad file,
  • The map must be your own map and must be made for this contest,
  • Do not use custom content without permission from its creator,
  • Do not have any disgusting content in the map,
  • Only one map per mapper,
  • Only one mapper per map,



Judging:
  • Visual appeal and attention to detail
  • Overall fun and playability
  • Lighting – Is the lighting convincing for the situation it’s used it.
  • Detail – Pretty simple to grasp.
  • Texture use – Do the textures in the map all fit, and flow together?
  • Model use – Do the models fit the map?
  • Optimization – How well does the map play
  • Build quality of map
  • Brush use – Did you use brushes well in the map?
  • Entity use – Did you use entities well in the map?
  • Design
  • Balance – Is the map fair for both teams?



Registering:
  • Register on 17buddies
  • Post a message in this topic with your mapper's name before Friday, April 20th 2012 11:59pm GMT
  • Send a PM to Chapo with a valid email where we can send you messages.



Prizes:
Sponsors: If you want to enter this competition and promote your company, please contact Chapo.
  • 1st Prize : 6 months of free Advertising on 17's Buddies main pages ( Value : 48 Euros )
  • 2nd Prize : 3 months of free Advertising on 17's Buddies main pages ( Value : 24 Euros )
  • 3rd Prize : 1 month of free Advertising on 17's Buddies main pages ( Value : 8 Euros )
  • ..and all mappers will receive our eternal consideration


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Submission of the Map:
  • You must submit a full archive in .zip format with all needed ressources (textures, sky, models, sprites, sounds,...),
  • You can use HLBox17b to create archive,
  • Map must be send before Wednesday, June 20th at 11:59pm GMT.


Judges:


Registered Mappers:



Thanks:
We wish to thank the following sites that allow us to promote our mapping contest:

We DO NOT want to thank the following site(s):
  • Site du zero:
    A french 'community' with mapping tutorials that doesn't seems to like mapping contest. They have edited our topic. glare.gif
  • Extreamcs.com:
    They moved our topic to recycle bin.



Questions:
If you have any more questions don’t think twice about asking, but read carefully the FAQ below before asking.

I wish you all the best! Good luck, and happy mapping!
Chapo
FAQ
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Q: How long do I have to complete the map?
A: The map must be completed, and sent before Wednesday, June 20th at 11:59pm GMT.
Q: Can I use old work?
A: No, the map must be made for this contest.
Q: Can I copy paste stuff in?
A: Yes
Q: Can a friend help?
A: If you want, but only one mapper can be rewarded.
Q: Can I send more than one map?
A: No
Q: Can it be any kind of map?
A: No. Map must be a Defuse (de_), Hostage Rescue (cs_), Fight Yard (fy_), Gungame(gg_), or Aim (aim_) map.
Q: What Game?
A: Counter-strike 1.6
Q: Can I use wadinclude?
A: Yes, but only to add your signature to the map. No custom texture other than those provided in solstice.wad allowed.
Q: Can I make custom models and stuff?
A: Yes
Q: Is there a max file size?
A: Yes, 5MB is the largest archive size, including all necessary files.
Q: Can I use little things like models that I have made?
A: Yes
Q: Will my map be put on your site?
A: Of course ! All maps will be
Q. Why do I need to send in the models, sprites, ...?
A. This contest will look at how the map is built, not just how it is in game.
Q. Where do I sign up for this?
A. You just need to post your name here and send a PM to Chapo With a valid email.
sokol-maps
Sokol
Cesar
Apps
i have a question,
Q: Is there a max file size?
A: Yes, 10MB is the largest map size.
10mb the bsp. file or the .zip file
Tatu Eugen
Tatu Eugen

I am in.
SergioPoverony
i'm +
making map
Chapo
Cesar => You're right, It's ambiguous.

For a Cs 1.6 map, I think that 10Mb for the whole files (.zip archive) can be a good size.

Is 'Apps' your mapper's name?


Sergio => With which mapper's name do you register ?


All => Remember to send me a PM with a valid email.
SergioPoverony
QUOTE
Sergio => With which mapper's name do you register ?

mapper name is SergioPoverony
Chapo
Ok, no problem. I have received your PM wink.gif
Cesar
Sorry: Apps as mapper name
audizmann
Out of curiosity, are the prizes of any use if you are not representing a company?
Chapo
You can use them for advertizing for your team or personal website (for example)

But no porn or offensive or racist site (No off-site charter)

icon_jap.gif
tizu
I haven't been mapping for more than 1 year... but I'll take the challenge. I'm in.
Name: tizu
Dominio
Challenge accepted!
Dominio
Chapo
Great!! bravo.gif

Come on guys! You've got time till countdown end !

ami2.gif
Grounded
Glad to see people still want new 1.6 maps smile.gif

Mapper name: Grounded
warri
Hmm, why not?

Mapper name: warri
Chapo
QUOTE (Chapo @ 31/03/2012 - 20:56:35) *
Cesar => You're right, It's ambiguous.
For a Cs 1.6 map, I think that 10Mb for the whole files (.zip archive) can be a good size.


Some mappers told me in private that 10Mb should be too huge for a CS 1.6 map.

What are you thinking about reducing filesize (perhaps to 4 or 5 Mb) ?
Chapo
Don't hesitate to ask or give feedback about rules.

We can change them until 22 april, ending of registration and official start of contest. wink.gif

ami2.gif
deepeyes
oh wow, this is the first 17buddies mapping competition I ever know ... good luck everybody ... icon_biggrin.gif
Grounded
QUOTE (Chapo @ 01/04/2012 - 11:01:50) *
Some mappers told me in private that 10Mb should be too huge for a CS 1.6 map.

What are you thinking about reducing filesize (perhaps to 4 or 5 Mb) ?


10Mb is only too much if custom textures aren't allowed, otherwise I don't see a problem. It says only the 17b external wad is allowed, but does that exclude using wadinclude to build other custom textures into the bsp?

April 22nd is too far away!
23shockwave
23shockwave
Naigel
Thank you for notifying me by e-mail.

My nickname is Naigel, this will also be my mapper name.

Question: am I allowed to sketch layouts now? Or can I officialy start 22 april?
Chapo
Sorry, I made a mistake: Summer Solstice 2012 is the 20 June, not 22 June, so contest will end Wednesday, June 20th at 11:59pm GMT (edited in first topic and banners)

You can start before 20 April, but if rules change, your work may go to trash can wink.gif

Custom textures aren't allowed: only standard wads and 17bsolstice.wad. No wadinclude allowed.

Please don't send me draft work. I want to be objective in our judgment and for the moment, i don't want to see work in progress wink.gif
Cesar
god damn. 17buddies.wad doesnt have textures like wood, or beach sand
it would be awesome if you can put at least 5 custom textures
SergioPoverony
Yes. You wad textures not complete, no series texture icon_decu.gif
Chapo
You can use standard wads (cstrike.wad, halflife.wad, ...) which contain standard textures wink.gif

17bsolstice.wad is just provided in addition, for 'summer' theme.

With more textures or custom textures allowed, theme may not be respected and contest will be more easy...

So no wadinclude wink.gif
SergioPoverony
May be wad include ZHLT wad?
S3B
We'll include the texture in our wad, and also the sky texture
Chapo
As they are not 'heavy', we can incorporate them to 17bsolstice.wad if you want icon_oui.gif
SergioPoverony
For real compile map i'm and other mappers use ZHLT tools - this tools including in map ZHLT.wad (this is special textures)
I can use it?
deepeyes
These are most common .WAD files you can find on Counter-Strike game:
cached.wad
decals.wad
fonts.wad
gfx.wad
halflife.wad
liquids.wad
spraypaint.wad
xeno.wad
mr_ZAZA
ZAZA
Jairito Mapper
JaiiRiToO

Go Go Peru!
Kira.
Kira.
tizu
QUOTE (Naigel @ 01/04/2012 - 15:42:51) *
Thank you for notifying me by e-mail.

My nickname is Naigel, this will also be my mapper name.

Question: am I allowed to sketch layouts now? Or can I officialy start 22 april?



I guess you can start whenever you like, as long as you finish and hand the result on 20 june. smile.gif
Kira.
My nick is with a dot at the end.
Like that : "Kira." smile.gif
Chapo
ok
Naigel
There are different versions of zhlt.wad online... please provide the one you'd like us to use or allow us to have our own 'special' .wad file with these textures. I've made my own and named it compile.wad and it contains textures like NULL, CLIP and AAATRIGGER.

You can download that .wad here, to see what I mean:
http://naigel.nl/files/mapping/compile.wad
Chapo
as we said above, we can add those special textures to 17bsolstice.wad if you want wink.gif
fr33pr0d
Name: fr33pr0d
Hopefully I'll have enough time to finish it.
Chapo
You should make a Romanian team gap.gif

Really happy to see all those mappers joining our contest.. bravo.gif felicitation.gif

ami2.gif
fr33pr0d
That's exactly what I was thinking.. if everybody agrees (romanians that is), maybe we should keep it 'old school' and name the team 'Romanian Mappers' (or RM) smile.gif

Edit: damn.. it changed my flag automatically to UK. Any chance I can get the romanian flag back? icon_biggrin.gif
Chapo
It was a joke wink.gif

Actual contest is for individual mappers.

But if you think it's a good idea, maybe one day we could do a contest with countries teams. icon_oui.gif

Flag can't be changed once recognized by my scripts wink.gif
Max (von A)
I'm in this, Chapo:

Max (von A)

I hope to be on time king2.gif

PS: and now I'm going to promote on the website of my community
Chapo
Thank you Max. felicitation.gif

Remember to send me your email by PM wink.gif

And you can give me the link of your community in order for me to add it to the "thanks" list wink.gif

Edit: got it with your 'www' profile button icon_razz.gif
Chapo
Added links to mapper's maps (if present).

You just have to click on registered mappers to see their creations icon_oui.gif

Search is made by searching exact provided name, so mappers, verify that all your maps have the right mapper's name (if not you can edit name by clicking on "edit" button on each detail page, in 'summary' zone).

If you don't have maps yet, it doesn't matter: novices are welcome wink.gif
tizu
QUOTE (Chapo @ 03/04/2012 - 09:06:02) *
Added links to mapper's maps (if present).


Love the idea. +1

Welcome fr33pr0d, thanks for joining! icon_kimouss.gif
Dominio
QUOTE (Chapo @ 02/04/2012 - 19:14:26) *
as we said above, we can add those special textures to 17bsolstice.wad if you want wink.gif

Yes, good idea...
But if somebody has 17bsolstice.wad in cstrike folder, he will has to delete it and download again with new textures, if I understand it.
<I am sorry for my bad grammar>
mr_ZAZA
How I understood, it is old-school competition? Where I can release my map?

About links... Please, add this link to itself on a site. It is very large site devoted to GoldSrc and Source models. Now I translate it into English. Very useful website for any mapper. Enjoy it!

Sorry for my English. I badly study English in school =)
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