It's release day!

wily duck, Tue Nov 03 2009, 10:27AM

Tuesday, 3 November 2009
The Day Urban Terror Superman Arrived

This is it! The long awaited ut4_superman comes to everyone today! The curtains, gloves, and pants come off! Hey weren't there some promises to be fulfilled by a few certain somebodies..? I'll be checking my doorstep. ;)

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's both! Wily Duck is flying in style, 1st class. The jeune beau préposé will be directing your attention first to the sign above that reads WHY-LEE DUHK so there is no confusion that might otherwise put you in danger. If you have not purchased the optional neck-donut safety cushion, you may be at risk of whiplash upon landing of the craft as your lungs depressurize and eyeballs slowly release from their skull. We caution you to cognitively blink on occasion or your eyelids may permanently fuse open.

Yes the map is that much fun. :)

Here's what you need to know, not only for yourself but to teach and demonstrate to others when the time arises:

1. The map comes with two demos - ut4_superman_demo, and ut4_superman_tricks. These will help get new people and experienced players off the ground quickly. Especially new people that do not understand the enhanced environment of superman.

2. If someone complains that the Hotel grass has missing textures/is orange/red-blue-white stripes/etc, kindly remind them that they must remove or delete ut4_superman_pre from their q3ut4 folder.

3. The contents of the map .pk3 includes a number of resources and documentation related to the map.

4. If a bomb falls into a nodrop zone, for instance the Pond Publishing water skyway, it will disappear. Finish the round off, and all will be normal next round.

5. The pk3 size is short of 43MB. A bit hefty, so prepare for a little wait time when you first play.

6. In testing, switching gametypes (like ctf to bomb) almost always resulted in a "waiting for snapshot" situation. Simply /reconnect to solve this.


Enjoy! Tell your friends! If you're entirely new to the map, and made it to this thread by accident, Mr.Tinker made a great once-through preview of the final version. Have a look! GG all, and again, thanks for all of your incredible support!

I did it! After way too long fussing with settings and the like...

$.MrTinker(Um3)

Well done Tinker - first to show off the new map. I would love to see more youtube videos of players showing their stuff on ut4_superman. Try running random demos, then after something incredible happens, stop it, start a new one. This way you can work backwards and find the awesome thing quickly. How about some Matrix-y, John Woo fire-fights?! Yea!! Curbstomp a flag carrier? Highlights of that 19-19 last point struggle? Evade like a ninja? Hunt like a predator? Lots of excellent scenarios to try out!