Good Quake maps

[AngryEddy]

Just beat Insomnia, now i'm gonna try out Geophobia.

The best part of Insomnia is the opening hub, the rest of it is pretty average, and feels very moddey.

 

[AngryEddy]

Just beat Geophobia. The last fight with the 3 giant monsters at the end was a pretty good fight.

 

[Astral Rag]

The Horde of Zendar

Amazing non-linear map with highly detailed architecture, cleverly hidden secrets and horde fighting done right.

The map is large and vertical but never gets annoying or confusing thanks to the use of shortcuts in the form of lifts and teleports.

Truly one of the best Quake maps.

Easily

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[Astral Rag]

12 brand new Honey-themed maps:

https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/func_mapjam1.html

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edit: I just noticed this pack contains a new map from fellow Codexer skacky.

Massive


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His previous creation Conference of the Shamblers should also be on top of every Quake fan's must-play list.

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[skacky]

Thanks! Most of the maps in that pack are outstanding, especially when you realize they were all made in two weeks or less! I'm also working on a map for the next pack that's scheduled for the 27th, with another theme.

 

[skacky]

So the second jam pack was released today, featuring 8 maps, one of these made by yours truly. It is even better than the first jam pack so be sure to grab that. It features what I think is one of the best Q1SP maps I've ever played (mfx's). It should be uploaded on Quaddicted soon but I'm leaving this here: http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=61061

 

[Tzaero]

Amazing...

 

[baturinsky]

Tried a couple of maps... Realised that I like Doom or Duke or Blood better than Quake. Because Quake mobs are too bullet-spongy, while being quite easy to dodge. So killing them is quite boring.

 

[Jasede]

Look beautiful though, those maps.

 

[Twiglard]

Quake 2 - "Nightmare Orchards"
Quake 1 - dm4, kenya (ztndm3),

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fragtown series

 

[Astral Rag]

Another fantastic-looking new release:

Rubicon Rumble Pack

 

[skacky]

It's a must play. Telefragged and Ceci N'est Pas Une Pipe are some of the best Quake levels I've ever played. The former has 900+ enemies on Hard/Nightmare.

 

[Darth Slaughter]

I want to try one of HD packs for the original levels, but I see there's 3 HD texure packs. Which is the best? I want it mostly for the UI... does it affect the fan maps?

EDIT:

When loading a map, I receive a warning like:

"*** edicts exceeds standard limit of 600", or "*** models exceeds standard limit of 256". Is it serious?

 

[Astral Rag]

I want to try one of HD packs for the original levels, but I see there's 3 HD texure packs. Which is the best? I want it mostly for the UI... does it affect the fan maps?

EDIT:

When loading a map, I receive a warning like:

"*** edicts exceeds standard limit of 600", or "*** models exceeds standard limit of 256". Is it serious?

I don't use or recommend those but here is a nice overview of the different engines and HD texture replacement mods.

Don't worry about it, did you use -heapsize 192000 +max_edicts 8192 -zone 2048 ?

 

[Darth Slaughter]

I don't use or recommend those but here is a nice overview of the different engines and HD texture replacement mods.

Don't worry about it, did you use -heapsize 192000 +max_edicts 8192 -zone 2048 ?

Yes...

Anyway, for now I'm just fumbling with things, I installed nehahra mission with quakespasm, and it doesn't work. Then it worked with darkplaces.

Whats the best course to change engines back and forth wothout messing with quakeinjector installations?I see that it just don't realize that you changed the engine, and a mission is indicated as installed.

 

[Astral Rag]

A new map pack has arrived! Func Map Jam 3, a community project by Func_Msgboard.

The theme of this jam was Zerstörer - Testament of the Destroyer, and it features six small to (very) large maps by DaZ, ericw, ionius, mfx, Tronyn, and scar3crow taking on various aspects of the mod (which is also included in this release). Prepare for evil atmosphere and hostile environments.

Several of the maps require an engine port with increased limits as well as support for fog.

https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/func_mapjam3.html

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[skacky]

Sock has organized a semi-secret jam session on Twitter called Q1RetroJam. The rules: 1 wad, 1 day to create 1 bsp, <100 monsters, +traps, +skill lvls, +exit, +org bsp limits and +org detail lvl. The theme was Medieval (think the first few E1 maps and E2).
I tinkered a small map in about 20 hours (I streamed everything from beginning to end). It probably won't be stellar but it was fun. You can see pictures here: https://twitter.com/search?q=#Q1RetroJam&src=hash&mode=photos

The pack should contain at least 5 maps and should be released in a few hours. I'll post the link when it's released.

 

[skacky]

Available on Quaddicted and most probably on Quake Injector as well: https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/retrojam1.html
The highlight is definitely Sock's. Watch out, MFX's map is extremely (and I really mean it) difficult.

 

[Astral Rag]

Q1RetroJam

Mission accomplished!

 

[skacky]

 

[Riskbreaker]

Just finished Telefragged from Rubicon Rumble Pack. Twas only RRP map I originally skipped cause I thought entire map was designed around annoying gimmick. Yeah, I tend to be a real fucking idiot at times.
Turns out this is easily the most impressive map from that (most excellent) package: gigantic, amazing-looking production facility populated by ridiculous amount of enemies, with loads of fun secrets and bits of nice humor here and there.
Also, that stealth/puzzle sequence at the very beginning was actually pretty fun! Really clever way to start a map.

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[Astral Rag]

Func Map Jam 4 - Low Gravity Runic Theme

For those who missed it:

Retro Jam 2

Oh this looks nice too:

Fallen from Grace (the castle)

And then there's also this release:

Beyond Belief (in one map)

 

[Astral Rag]

Quake 2 on Xbox 360: the first console HD remaster. id Software's launch game had 1080p60 support - even when the hardware didn't.

 

[grudgebringer]

Wuuut?

 

[r3jonwah85]

Quake 2 on Xbox 360: the first console HD remaster. id Software's launch game had 1080p60 support - even when the hardware didn't.

I have the Quake 4 Special Edition that came with that as well, although I am not sure if it got the same treatment on the PC version. Would be nice to do a coop run though. It is kind of funny that I never once thought about the differences between Quake 1 and 2 as a kid, when you play them now they are so very different.