Finding Good Single Player Maps

[metalseed]

Traps that result in instant death suck the life out of a map for me.

[terminus]

Thanks for this post.

I'll get around to playing Nehahra, if I ever get it working with Qrack.

I get this error with -game nehahra...



I can't get Beyond Belief to work with it either.

[Hazza]

I actually might.

Although don't get me wrong, most of the maps actually are pretty awesome, the only downfall is the designers keep putting in minor features that annoy the hell out of me (the most common one being a slow build-up towards the decent guns- or obstacle traps/jumping puzzles).

[golden_boy]

I know there are a couple really good custom maps, but when I just want to kill some monsters, I play vanilla Episode 1. I could probably use the shareware for this.

This is probably because none of the custom maps have any more interesting gameplay than vanilla Quake. Otherwise I play the maps that friends work on.

When I need something different, I play other games.

King Hazza: Make your own then.

[Hazza]

Sadly I've probably played all of the maps I'd likely really enjoy, as I'm super-choosy. THere are just SOOO many dealbreakers in a map that will turn me off, so many that if I listed them I'd look like a jumbo jerk!!!!!

Hell, at this point I'd be unlikely to touch a map that lacked custom monsters or guns (although I'm actually playing fbase at the moment which is pretty awesome so far).

Even most of the favorite mods/maps don't grab me.

[BEEF34T3R]

Huge thanks, Spirit!

[Spirit]

1) Quaddicted.com: kinn_marcher.zip - The Marcher Fortress by Kinn (not Quoth related at all)
2) Quaddicted.com: nsoe2.zip - Soul of Evil: Indian Summer (update) by Dustin "Tronyn" Geeraert et al

Too easy.

[BEEF34T3R]

Hi!
Can anyone remember, what Q1SP maps do these screens belong to:

1) http://www.quaketastic.com/upload/fi...cherjagged.jpg
-something for Quoth

2) http://www.quaketastic.com/upload/fi...ots/nsoe2a.jpg
-a part of mappack

Google keeps silence
Thanks!

[Zop]

I recommend going to http://disenchant.net/maps.html to get the OUM pack. It's a partial converstion with some good ideas. I have yet to check out moonlite, but it was mentioned at a map forum as being awesome.

[Baker]

Im posting this again in this sticky thread:

As you can see i have attempted to collect in an easy format for reference and download, all the classic Q1SP maps/episodes.

the two main pages you should look are:

my "hall of Fame" page (all time best)
http://www.planetquake.com/underworld/qclassics.html

in addition, my "q1sp recommended maps page"
http://www.planetquake.com/underworl...commended.html

these two page contain all the best SP maps since 1996 voted for by players or picked by me.

lastly, all new maps from when my site opened for reviews, (nov 2002), are here:
http://www.planetquake.com/underworld/quakereviews.html

Eventually, I'd like to make a Single Player resources page and I'll be putting those links at the top.

That's what I used to get started in single player and never looked back. :d

(The RetroQuake ppl did a good job too, but I don't agree with their ratings ... Lunaran's deserved a 15 out of 10, heheh j/k).

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[underworldfan]

Im posting this again in this sticky thread:

As you can see i have attempted to collect in an easy format for reference and download, all the classic Q1SP maps/episodes.

the two main pages you should look are:

my "hall of Fame" page (all time best)
http://www.planetquake.com/underworld/qclassics.html

in addition, my "q1sp recommended maps page"
http://www.planetquake.com/underworl...commended.html

these two page contain all the best SP maps since 1996 voted for by players or picked by me.

lastly, all new maps from when my site opened for reviews, (nov 2002), are here:
http://www.planetquake.com/underworld/quakereviews.html

[Starbuck]

...

Baker, no that's some other dude. I need a rarer handle

JohnXmas, agreed, the coagula packs have some great maps. Necros' entry to the first pack, "The Emptiness Without" is one of my favourite maps of all time, in any category.

It's only because the maps were being judged equally on their SP/DM merits that it wasn't the clear winner too. He went with a full SP experience and it just sucked in DM so dropped from 1st to last place.

Such a bleak atmosphere, so strange. Necros at his best. I like him more when he's being minimalist, than when he's pushing the boundaries and making absolute epics, for some reason.

[JohnXmas]

Might I say, some of the most awesome maps ever.

I might add there has been 2 Coagula Contests.
Both are ***** Q1SP paks!

Coagula 1

This contest was started by Tronyn with Elek's blessing as a challenge to create a map or maps in the style of Elek's Coagula series: Namely, a set of open structures floating in a void, suitable for both single player and deathmatch (as Coagula was originally intended as a deathmatch map.)

- Fat Controller's review.
- [Kona]'s Etheral Hell review (no frame).
- Alternate FilePlanet download link.


Coagula 2

These six maps are the entries for the Coagula Contest 2, organized by myself. I reviewed and judged the maps submitted.
Coagula maps are maps floating in a starry/black void, where often you plummet to your death as you fall off the thin walkways, pathways, ramps, platforms and outcrops that typically make up a coagula level.

- Download Coagula 2 pak from Pushplay's Quake page.
- Alternate FilePlanet download link.


Visit Tim ELEK website. Creator of the first Coagula maps (included in the 1rst contest).
TeamShambler reviews of Darkness Within, Castle Golgotha, Coagula, Coagula2_Flesh and Coagula3_Bone.

Don't miss one of my all time faves, Precipice Continuum.
Canyons are already present in Golgotha (as well as some parts of it) but here...
Omg!... Prepare for the ultimate *3D* trip! That water pit... Argh!
This one is a must have... Play it before reading the review (Retroquake)!


In conclusion, Nehahra again, with ELEK's masterpiece add-on The Tides of War.


Download it from Neh website.

ELEK is the creator of 8 maps of Nehahra, including the start and 2 cutscenes.
He's now retired of what he warmly refer[s] to as commiting mappery. What a legacy!

˜jX

[Baker]

Thanks to Spirit @ Quaddicted, this can never be the case:

Download Archive: Coagula Contest

Might I say, some of the most awesome maps ever.

[Zop]

Nehahra is so good! Joequake is compatible (to play it multiplayer). Shootable walls are fun! The AI is quite more challenging than anything I've seen.

Is it just me or is Coagula not able to be downloaded?