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==CTF-Afterlife (Unreal Tournament 2004 Rendition)==

Screenshots: Soon to be hosted on my Google Pages site.

===Summary and Inspiration===

Section lost to the voids of memory.

===Journal Entries ===

====December 21, 2002 ====

Well, when I was almost done with the basic layout of heaven for the original Unreal Tournament, i realized that it would be a real waste for me to do it in an obsolete game. I also decided that I would start over from scratch, when i learned about [[Legacy:Static Mesh|Static Mesh]]es. The geometry is redundant and low-poly obsolite.  You can find the geometry here ([http://home.att.net/~parkers/nick/UTstuff/OldAfterlifeT3D.zip]) and you can do ANYTHING with it, I don't care ;)! Also, Ii will have to learn how to create the terrain for the Earth part of my level.

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Im thinking of not having a skybox in heaven! I could use distance fog to not have skyboxes, but i will use a particle emitter for the clouds below, like the clouds blowing across the plane in the Airborne missions in Americas Army: Operations. The sun, in the east (sunrise) would be one of two Ion Cannons for the Ion Painter, hidden in a "cloud" in heaven. The second Ion Cannon, the moon, will be between the noon position and the west. It would be like 6:30 in a summer morning.

On Earth, there would be a cross between a hilly, canyonous, and rugged lanscapes. It would be like a modified mini Grand Canyon. There would be the moon in the east in the sky, so that heaven wouldn't be visible. There would be a fine mist fog that the moon could barely poke though the shoud. It would be like 2:00 in a summer night. Oh, i forgot, the moon would be the Ion Cannon!

Hell would be a big cave with lots of magma (not lava, which is above the Earth's surface) and magma eruptions, that would incinerate the doomed player. It would be miles below a giant volcano.

====December 22, 2002 ====

My brother had a lan party with his friends and I was invited, so we played UT2003 for hours and gave me good ideas. I think Epic butchered up Phobos 2. It is nowhere NEAR the look as the first one. In my opinion, I like the first Phobos better. Also, I like Curse 3.

====December 23, 2002 ====

Created Heaven box, nothing much

====December 24, 2002 ====

Created distance fog. What is a good summer 6:00ish fog color? (in Red, Green, Blue)

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I really need a 6:00ish fog color!!! :angry: I need it to look realistic!

====December 25, 2002 ====

I need a good mapper to tell me what a good summer 6:00ish fog color is

====December 26, 2002 ====

Im starting on creating the [[Legacy:Static Mesh|Static Mesh]] for the platforms in Heaven. It would look like a semi-sphere with a big spike on the bottom with spikes coming out of it. Also, it will have a disc platform underneath with adreniline pills on it.

====December 27, 2002 ====

Completed the clouds flying by via an [[Legacy:Emitter|Emitter]].

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Started on the "Hall of Pillars" (not to be confused with UT1's DOM-Sesmar's control point area)

====December 28, 2002 ====

Perfected the distance fog color and distance.

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Added the teleporter platform that goes into the Hall of Pillars

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Halfly Completed Hall of Pillars, looks good!!

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Created rough Hall of Pillars!!!

====December 29, 2002 ====

Put in sunlight.

====December 30, 2002 ====

Discovered that if you create distance fog with a skybox, you can see the skybox through the fog. I didn't want that to happen (cause i didn't want a skybox) so i put really dense fog in teh skybox so that you couldnt see the stuff in it (i put the skybox from Face3 into it and deleted the tower thingys). HOOAH, i now have a "non skyboxed" sky!

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Here is a snapshot of my level in progress: [[Legacy:ZxanDocs/Aftelfe_Heaven|ZxanDocs/Aftelfe_Heaven]]

(i will get it tomorrow!

====December 31, 2002 ====

I will make the picture a secret.

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Put in the middle platforms.

====January 1, 2003!! ====

Put in jump pads that jump people between the platforms.

====January 2, 2003 ====

Tested the jump pads for two things:
* Will they hurt the player when landed because of height problems?
* Will the player fall to doom because it jumps too low?

They are "Picture-perfect".

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Starting on the master platform.

====January 3, 2003 ====

Feels like it is easier to map in 2003, not 2002 ;). Also, school was closed because of a winter storm problem :P!!! (so i mapped more!). I finished the architecture of the Master Flag Platform. I put in the weapons and ammunition. I am 1/6 completed with the map.

====January 4, 2003 ====

Added powerups.

====January 5, 2003 ====

Little things

====January 6-13, 2003 ====

lots o' homework + projects ;)

====January 14, 2003 ====

Created subclasses of the weapon pickups to make them placeable (for respawn time reasons), and eventaully create a wildcard pickup with a cool sm for it.

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I need comments and suggestions for this really bad (1337 in help!) should i add more places in heaven? (such as [a] cloud(s) with respawn points in them?

====January 15-16, 2003 ====

Miscy stuff ;)

====January 17, 2003 ====

Changed the fire caldrons static meshes

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Added notes.

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Deleted Notes

====January 18, 2003 ====

started on the earth's terrain

====January 19, 2003 ====

Finished earth... Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! This is fun, 2/3 done!

====January 20, 2003 ====

didn't quite finish earth, little tweaks

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Started on hell's "The Five Bridges"

====January 21-24, 2003 ====

other stuff in hell

====January 24-28, 2003 ====

touch-up stuff to entire level.

====January 29, February 2, 2003 ====

working on the Magma Lake

====February 2-7, 2003 ====

still working on the magma lake

====February 7-9, 2003 ====

I got rid of the moon in heaven, becuause you only need one ion cannon. I also got rid of the volcano in hell because of HOM problems

====February 10-13, 2003 ====

misc stuff

====February 14, 2003 ====
* Added fire flickers (seriously)
* Made the fire go with the wind.
* Made the magma surface double sided
* Added distance fog in the magma, for more realistic magma

====February 15, 2003 ====

SCREENSHOTS!

====February 16, 2003 ====

* Made the grand stlactite pulse with green-cyan light
* Made the pool of magma explode with chunks of magma

====February 17, 2003 ====

School off! Snow snow snow!!!
* Got rid of green-cyan light: added emmiter

====February 18-May 04, 2003 ====

Nothing much, put in translocator beakon teleporters in! ;)

====May 05-May 31, 2003====

I got banned from the game and my dad forcefully made me uninstall the game. If I didn't he would block the Wiki and any other Unreal Tounament type sites, including the Forums. He made up a deal that i could get the game back: If i get consecutive good grades on Algebra quizzes and tests. I successfully accomplished that and he let me reinstall the game. I got a tear in my eye by seeing my level again! ;)

====June 01-June 09, 2003====

My dad, reluctantly suggested to add a little more greenery and plants on earth, and I told him "thanks". Now, thanks to my dad, i have a better-looking earth area. Also, I made earth a little darker.

====June 10, 2003====

I did many things to my level:
* Got rid of gaudy stairs in heaven and put in aerodynamic "wings" and "nose cone" on it.
* Added lifts to get to the top stories of the Hall of Pillars.
* Added more vegetation to earth.
* Added wall sconces to hell. 

All of those made it better looking and more fun; z-axis is more availiable

====June 11- June 13, 2003====
* Added an extra story to the Hall of Pillars.
* Added HoP-like tower on the master flag platform.
* Rotated middle heaven platforms so that you can move around better.

====June 14- August 21, 2003====

NOTHING! Computer had startup problems, fixed now

====August 22, 2003-February 01, 2004====
*Kind of "forgot" about it.
*Thought I lost it to a cd, but later recovered it.
*Starting it up again.

====February 01, 2004-June 23, 2004====
*Forgot about it again.
*Had UT2003 to UT2004 sm collision bugs.
*Fixed the collision bugs.
*Enhanced the Heaven platforms/towers.
*Miscellaneous Bugs and Such.

====June 23, 2004-September 15, 2004====
*ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
*Will resume with it in a few days.

===Summary and Verdict===

Status: Dead, I will not further develop CTF-Afterlife for Unreal Tournament 2004. I will (take this with a grain of salt) start CTF-Afterlife for Unreal Tournament 3 from scratch.