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FPSC Classic Product Chat / October Level Design Competition: Official Rules

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flashing snall
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I have a question. It says to have custum media, whitch means to try not to use stock media. does it count as custun media if re re-texture stock media, but do not apply new models? Does it count as much?

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I had a comment Keith, why don't you have E.C.S. Pro listed in the prizes?

BULLSHOCK2 said that he would donate it as a prize didn't he?


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Thats correct

@keith

if you want, you can throw E.C.S. pro up there for all future contests, ill be donating it every month...


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Quote: "I have a question. It says to have custum media, whitch means to try not to use stock media. does it count as custun media if re re-texture stock media, but do not apply new models? Does it count as much?"

You can use Custom or stock media; but if someone goes to the trouble of making some good custom work (even re-textures), then they may get a few more points. Custom work is only 5 points out of the total number possible; you can make up for it in other areas (such as level design, entity placement, frame-rate, etc.).

Ok Tim; I only put up what people are going to offer in this thread (or by PM/E-mail to me), as we are still looking for prize donors from the last competition to give their respective prizes. I definately won't be putting up the $50 Rich usually pledges, because no one can seem to get ahold of him and because that's quite a donation to take for granted.

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I just finished my level. I am a little early, but I have to finish my own game before Christmas, and time is running short.

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dang!!! finished the level???
And I have not even started my map or story yet!!

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OK Luke; go ahead and PM Just One Old Man to get the upload info. You can always resubmit the level if you want later.

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Michael S
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I still want to judge

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I know.


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Hey fred idk if this is ok so i made a game and it is about zombies and you have to save you partner can i do it.


And 2 is can i use other people meaterial that is commercial use like staminas modles pack and Jhon flechers Db shotgun with walking dead probuctions andimations they said it was all commercial use so i just wana no now so i can change it before i enter it.

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I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to say, or if you're talking to Fred. The rules about custom media and using someone else's work is in the first post:

Quote: "- You may use custom media; to include entities, segments, sounds, music, and scripts, etc. Just remember that all the levels will be made public once the competition has been judged, and a decision has been made public.

- There will be NO stealing, pirating, or unauthorized borrowing of media/music/or scripts to be used in your level. If this is discovered, you will be automatically disqualified and possibly banned from the forums. If you're not sure if its OK to use someone else's material; then the best thing to do, is not use it. If you do use someone else's material, then you must have WRITTEN permission to do so (unless the permission is given in the license agreement; i.e., free for 'commercial or non-commercial'). Forging written permission will also result in punative action."


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There will be know swearing allowed. What about the place down where people go if there bad. If we use it as a place, not an expression, can we use it? As in, "you are condemed to ****" or somthing?

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thx thats all i needed keith
now i no we are not great friends because we had sum arguing but i am sorry and thx

now back to toppic

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@Flashing Snail; I don't think that falls into the catagory of profanity, although I imagine most people are against visiting that particular destination.

@Butyouman; I don't remember any arguing, so it must not have been that bad.

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sweet! thats good, cause *wothout even thinking about it* went and made my script... and used that word

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@ keith,

i dont think im in the wrong here but im just going to ask just in case.


1) is it ok if i join since im a mod?

2) is it ok if a make a level that will be the demo for a full game to be released later?


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1) Mods are allowed to join just like anybody else.

2) That's not a problem, as long as you started working on it no earlier than the start of this month's competition.

Welcome Aboard!


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flashing snall
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So, is there going to be an upload size limit?

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The biggest one I remember so far was a bit over 100MB. There is one entry uploaded already at 55MB.


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@ keith

ok, thanks..

i actually STILL havent started it...lol, but i just dont want to put a ton of work into something that i cant really use over and over...


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flashing snall
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how many entries do you have so far? I want to know how popular thi is! and how many games i get to play latter.


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+1 for my entery when I upload it... when its made that is.

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Right now we have 1 entry (that I know of); but it's still very early in the competition.


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flashing snall
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cool. im almost ready to submit mine (ive been working on it 24/7), im just waiting for my beta testers to finish their betaing.


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24/7; that should be a good level then. Looking forward to it.


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dang. good thing we have prizes till the top 5 this time

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Yeah the prize package is pretty robust this month; although, as I said, don't look for TGC to offer any more Packs (like Model Pack 5) again. Jon's pack was a one-time thing for this month only, due to him agreeing to put it up as a prize before he was offered the deal by TGC. Of course I could be wrong, and they may want to get involved in the future, but don't count on it.

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bottom line is, I am really enjoying this phase...making games, creating models, working on scripts etc. And ofcourse, in doing so, if I win a prize...great!!

But for now, I am relying on prizes to help me upgrade my game development. Like I had said earlier, I am not in a position to spend money on other things after Milkshape and FPSC (although I did buy ECS and WCS just last week)

So as long as these prizes are put up, I am going to go all out trying win them

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That's the spirit! You already just won yourself some new crates to work with.

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Wont be needing them in my RPG though , but greatly appreciate them.

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Quote: "ive been working on it 24/7"


wow, where do you get the time to do that?


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Copious amounts of Cafeine and a regular dose sugar allowed him to go 3 weeks without sleep.

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lol. i guess i meant, every day when i get back from school and finish my HW, and eat, and chill for an hour or to......


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Quote: "3 weeks without sleep."


lol.

did you know that if you stayed up for 72 hours straight, you would halucinate just like a person on LSD.

just a bit of completely useless information.


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I stayed up for nearly 4 days straight once (2 hours short of 4 days). Don't plan on ever doing that again.


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Lol. i can only say ive gone for about 27 hours. I would have give about 10 hours before that if not the wonders of Mountain Dew!lan partys rule.


Keith how long do you estimate the judges will judge before the results come?


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you gotta be kidding me lol advenchure rpg?? why not just use the morrowind builder, oh well better i'll give it a wack, this is gonna be a cake walk, i can do a level in that time, and are we alowed to use stuff from other packs?

hang on a minit, did i miss another comp?? is it over?
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It took us nearly 28 hours of straight driving from Kuwait to Al Kut (Iraq); but we had an incentive to stay awake.

@Dark Heart: Nope it's not over with; check the first page/post for all the details.

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how the hell do you make and rpg? seriously who came up with this? rpg's have player fighting stats and levels up, you can't make an rpg on fpsc unless you just want to emagine your playing one. unless anyone has any scripts?

hey can i send in a level from the game i'm making? it's kind of adventure, through a science complex that is over run with aliens
(yes i know they did that in half-life, leave me alone, lol i like the idea) but this will be different, and you get to be part of a swat team as search and rescue, it's your classic experiment gone wrong. but it's a fun consept.
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Well the theme was RPG and Adventure. Sure you can send it to us (made in FPSCreator) as long as it is something you're currently working on; and it hasn't just been sitting on your hard-drive (which would constitute a bit of a head start I imagine). Just follow the submission criteria laid out in the instructions on the first page.

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ok but don't expect it to be an rpg, cos you can't make real rpgs on fpsc and i stand by that. i will try my hardest to make it look like one.
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As long as you adhere to the criteria as much as possible, you should have a shot. Good luck.

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You don't have to make a full blown RPG or Adventure game. The idea was to just break away from the general FPS genre and challenge people to creating something else.

I'm sure that once people have entered this competition, many aspects they've learned and put into the level they enter, will fit very well into their own games.

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Quote: "I stayed up for nearly 4 days straight once (2 hours short of 4 days)."




I hope my level won't keep you up that long (unless you enjoy it...)

I felt horrible after 25 hours so i think i'll stick to 14 awake a day.

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when I had an asthma attack last year, I was up and awake (and gasping and panting!) for over 72 hours!!
And I didnt hallucinate or anything

My eyes kept closing, and I couldnt open them even if I tried hard, but I was awake all the time.

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an incentive to stay awake, i would like to say lol, but tiss no laughing matter. (my bros over there) nive goin KeithC, serve our country!

i think an rpg would be possible if you used that mod that (i think) conjured came up with.


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I've just finished my entry and uploaded it, so there are 2+ entries now.

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Ben, if your entry is anywhere close to the October one, there go my chances

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lol, hey man, have donfidence in yourself.

The length of the level is crucial right, if you do mine as fast as possible, it about 5 minutes...


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So you mean it should be loooooong? Or is a short one good?
Ofcourse I am talking about the game level

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