is anyone even interested in custom maps?

[SoUlFaThEr]

im asking because no servers run them......when custom maps come, people go...

also it gets hard being original with over 8000 maps out there !

[Terran]

We ([FAW]) are always interested in good custom maps!
Currently I prefer some fun maps, like cs_johnwayne !

[Pierre-Marie Baty]

...and over the 8000 maps out there, how many of them are crap ?

dunno, but that might be the reason why people are reluctant to join maps where a custom map they've never heard about is running.

[Terran]

This also depends on the server and it's community. We had always many custom maps at our server and our regulars loved them (till our tragic CS1.6 delay). They often demanded new custom maps but it was hard to find good maps...
Most of our pervious regulars are now playing at another custom map server but they still love to play good custom maps .

[SoUlFaThEr]

cs_johnwayne was a real hit in the states......i guess you guys like it too huh ?

good to hear !!

yeah how can you know what a "good" custom map is.

small file is #1, i suppose, which is something i always ignored for more detail

I have another map maybe you might like Terran:

sf_columns (introducing my own map type : sf_ hehe)
its a huge building with stairways leading up or down to a middle bomb spot.

small file.....nothing special....no flair like johnwayne either......but cool

tell if interested.
are you running 1.5 or steam 1.6?

[CoCoNUT]

I´d like to have a look

[SoUlFaThEr]

uh.......sorry guys......its not stairways.......its ramps.

its just 2 huge columns with ramps going up and down ......and on many of the levels they are connected.......

i like it.......but.......its too simple for my tzaste but when we see fy_iceworld.....this should be cool

[SoUlFaThEr]

heres the map for you CoCoNuT
(ill throw it on yer site separately Terran)

this took me 4 hours to make btw

[Austin]

Well, .. as you said,.. most players just drop when a custom map comes up.

I guess they have been trained by bad programming that forces the DL speed to be capped to some ridiculous limit for downloading the maps in game, even if you are running a server that has like 800kbs LEFT OVER after it takes care of all the players on the server....

Plus further weirdness like not being able to offer map downloads AT ALL because of security reasons. (Anyone thought of NOT downloading .cfg files in-game???? wtf. this is crap.)

I have found that IF you:
Offer map installers that are 1 click (finds the correct directories from the registry and installs all files no problem)
AND
You advertise a link to these easy installers,
THEN
about 30% of the regular players WILL
FINALLY DL them.

As it turns out, the average CS player isn't the best or the brightest out there!

If anyone has anything that works better please let me know…

Edit
Terran thanks fo rthat tip!
THis was enough to push me over th eedge and install 1.6, which at first pass was less then satifying, since it didn't work..

Oh well, once they get the bugs worked out that WILL BE COOL!
Less then a minut DL fo rlarge maps! In game!

[Terran]

As with CS 1.6 you can setup a CVar "sv_downloadurl" which point to a website where all files are available for download IN GAME. This is really fast as the bandwidth and server speed are the only limitations .
A few weeks ago I here about this feature in detail.