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Version 4 of The Jedi Academy Released! -=Derelict-Crusader= - May 02 08:13pm

No big speeches, just a run down of what has been changed:

- Glass room has been redesigned to make way for more dueling room, the design is much like the "matrix room" but with a twist. (Old concept from the very first Beta of the JA map.)

- The "Pillar room" has YET AGAIN been redesigned. The lighting in the room is very dim and should make for some very cool saber duels!

- A special area has been added for the JAC and JAT. It can only be reached with the use of teleportation powers through the use of "The Jedi Academy Mod

- The "Pit" or "Plank" room has been slightly modified. Walk-on access has been added and Duel staging lines have also been added. Water received some tweaking too.

- Council room spawn points have been changed in order to prevent player interference.
- 2 more spawn points have been added between the old 2 spawning areas.

- All the buggy area-portals have been fixed. What this means is that the frames are solid everywhere you go!

- A whole new bot-route; the most comprehensive route for the JA yet! (Desann did a lot of running during testing)

- Door closing speeds have been changed in order to preserve FPS, this ties in with “area portals.”

- A lot of other minor level tweaks and details have been done.

- All the observation decks received an extra Shield and Bacta Canister.



Enjoy the latest version!

Download Version 4

-DC

Servers will be updated today.

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May 05 2003 01:09pm

Rampage
 - Student
 Rampage

w00t, GJ DC :D nice mapping :)

May 05 2003 10:00am

Shadow Warrior
 - Student
 Shadow Warrior

Use noclip and shoot through the ceiling of the pit room. You'll see it from there.

And DC, in version 5, would it be THAT hard to allow people to go inside the windows and even fall out of them? And I really like the idea of hacing shutters, or unbrakable glass panes (I prefer both, with switches for each :D) to be able to prevent people from falling?
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May 04 2003 11:20pm

Icco
 - Student
 Icco

cant find the jac room so annoyed!
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May 04 2003 02:43pm

=Derelict-Crusader=
 - Retired
 =Derelict-Crusader=

Heya!

Thanks for all the great comments guys! I'm glad that everyone is enjoying this version, I know I am! :D

Always know that I do take note of what you guy think/suggest, hence the results/changes in V4.

And yes, there will be a Version 5, the question is WHEN?! :P

-DC

Have fun and hope to see ya on the servers.
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May 04 2003 02:24pm

Barabbas
 - Student
 Barabbas

The Jedi Academy just keeps getting better and better, thanks alot DC, marvellous effort.

Just one thing, if you do have a v5, as Kronos suggested, I reckon you should get rid of the metallic feeling of the dark room and those two strips in the pit room. I mean, no offence DC, you have done more than I could ever do, but would Luke Skywalker, founder the the Jedi Academy, really order in some heavy machinery into an ancient temple just to give it a mech look? I personally prefer the simplistic and matrix mats:D

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May 04 2003 07:15am

YubYub
 - Student
 YubYub

I'm guessing that the secret room has no doors.

I like the new pillar room. Very eiree!!


May 04 2003 04:03am

Flamori Athena
 - Student
 Flamori Athena

The secret room..I'l find it or perish!

Several times...
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May 03 2003 09:38pm

Nemesis Nova
 - Student
 Nemesis Nova

Hey Derelict,

I got two things to say :)

1. Congratulation: you should be proud of your work cuz its amazing. Your the creator of a place where people think they're at home. Again Congrats!!

2.I have some decent suggestion for V5 (if V5 there is :P).

--You could put switches in all rooms that lower the windows like in the pillar cuz its really cool

--You could do glass door instead of solid rock doors...its would be different :)

--In the new glass room you could do a button that would close the side of the platform to do like a cage :) could be sweet for limited duels

--A FFA training room INSIDE the temple :)

That's all

Kronos
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May 03 2003 07:57pm

Icco
 - Student
 Icco

try red/ling it

what are the cordinates for the room?
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/Icco


This comment was edited by Icco on May 03 2003 08:00pm.

May 03 2003 07:41pm

Kilik
 - Ex-Student
 Kilik

hmmm, wen i d/led it, it says its a corrupt file.... what is wrong??
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May 03 2003 05:57pm

SS/ph00d
 - Student
 SS/ph00d

It looks good except you should've done something with matrix and the outside area.
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May 03 2003 05:44pm

Bubu
 - Hubbub
 Bubu

pleasant stiff smoothness ROFL :D
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make install -not war

May 03 2003 05:37pm

Shadow Warrior
 - Student
 Shadow Warrior

Aphex, I'm pretty aware I said that. Don't ask for a definition, I can't offer one ;)
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- Shadow Warrior

May 03 2003 05:22pm

Kueller
 - Student
 Kueller

Really cool map. Took me 4 minutes to find the teleport coordinates to the JAC/JAT piece of the temple. It's really great, I like the pillar room very much. It makes for some really different duels and setting. I LOVE YOU DC!:D
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May 03 2003 05:21pm

Battlin' Billy
 - Student
 Battlin' Billy

Can't wait to check it out! Good going DC!!!

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May 03 2003 05:19pm

Bubu
 - Hubbub
 Bubu

when you're configuring your server from the game menu, go to "Advanced" and make sure "pure server" is set to "no"

or when you run your server, type devmap [mapname] and when it reloads it, type /sv_cheats 1

i think the cheat you're looking for is /noclip ;)
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make install -not war

This comment was edited by Bubu on May 03 2003 05:20pm.

May 03 2003 05:17pm

SirBizNatch
 - Student
 SirBizNatch

just a question, when ya start ur own multiplayer game, how do ya turn cheats on? it never lets me.

i wanna c the JAT JAC area!
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May 03 2003 04:45pm

Nex
 - Ex-Student
 Nex

Nice map... But i´ve got a problem:
The skybox is buggy:confused:
Why??????

CYA!
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Inter Arma enim silent leges!

May 03 2003 04:17pm

Auron
 - Ex-Student
 Auron

Nice work. All the new rooms are a lot bettert, so most of the traffic has been taken out of matrix and hall. The map is a lot nicer, I especially like the sign above the door. :D Good work.
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May 03 2003 04:16pm

aph3x
 - Retired
 aph3x

uhhh huh huhuhhhh huhh you said pleasent stiff smoothness

May 03 2003 02:30pm

Shadow Warrior
 - Student
 Shadow Warrior

Nice work, Dom! Maybe it's just that I got more RAM and started using 680X480 again, but I can now feel the pleasent stiff smoothness of a good map :D
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- Shadow Warrior

May 03 2003 01:36pm

Sniya
 - Student
 Sniya

AWW SOUNDS GREAT,CAN TRY YET THOU MY COMPUTERS JUST BEEN FIXED.I HAD TO REINSTALL WINDOWS SO ILL NOT TRY IT YEToh nuts stupid caps
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May 03 2003 12:51pm

Bubu
 - Hubbub
 Bubu

ohhh... you know i never noticed that before! :D
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make install -not war

May 03 2003 11:14am

Silencio
 - Student
 Silencio

That symbol is something I drew for Ulic a while ago. Don't know who colored it, though. It's the same as the symbol in the site menu
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May 03 2003 08:38am

xAnAtOs
 - Student

Nice map DC, good job :D
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