The Phantom Menace Episode 1 Duel of the Fates

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Being the avid fan of The Phantom Menace myself, I looked forward to seeing this map. However, when I first tested it I was immediately disappointed. I'm not sure if this is the author's first map, but atleast several problems came to me the second I spawned in the hangar. But we'll deal with that later.

Duel of the Fates, perhaps one of the greatest lightsaber duels in the Star Wars movies. When I spawned I donned my Maul model, and then realized that this map is boring to test out by myself. So I added an Obi Wan Kenobi bot to fight with while I was looking around. Needless to say he owned me a couple of times with the dreaded force push, foreseeing my lovely splatter at the bottom of the generator room -_-. Then I retaliated! Using force grip to hold him over the edge of one of the platforms, making him suffer! *Ahem*. Back to the review. After exploring the rather large generator room, I then went through the blast doors up through the hallways, discovering multiple round platforms most likely used for discussing that guy Sio Bibble's ridiculous beard. So after that I went back into the hangar and discovered another room, with a statue of... ragnos? What the heck is he doing there?

Unfortunately, that's the good part. The screenshots can certainly tell you this is a first map. When I spawned, I immediately recognized there was no light at all in this map (AKA no shadows, means that the map generates its own brightness). The author used many repetitive textures that looked phony and unnatural, and hurt my eyes. I also saw that the author totally misused the caulk shader, it's even viewable in the map. Also, the doors need to be linked up together. AKA, when I go through the rather *large* doors, only one of them opens, and I have to walk over to the other one to get it to open. When I entered the generator room, I noticed that there was an excess of bridges and platforms that were not there in the movie, creating unnecessary fps. After that I went into the hallways, noticing the way he poorly used textures and the largely undetailed corridors. There are also unnecessary ledges with models that are not even clipped down.

Here's some tips for the author: STRETCH YOUR TEXTURES. I don't want to be rude but that's a very important statement. the ones that are not stretched look very repetitive and ruin visuals. Also, study up on the architecture of this place in order to create an accurate representation. And most importantly, when you compile make sure you have light. You will know when you see shadows and patches of light where you placed your source. Trust me, the map will look a lot better. Also, when you use the physics_clip shader on the models, make sure you have it placed accurately. When I tried jumping up on the ragnos statues There was a HUGE invisible box around it. Also, make it so when you fall off edges (the balconies, etc.) you die, instead of just falling on the skybox. In the generator room this will come in handy.

Overall, this map is quite a doozy. One thing I certainly liked was the clear audio of the music, very good and not fuzzy or chopped at all. Download if you like.

~Authuran