For this Experimental Mapping Challenge, entrants had to make a map no larger than 1,000,000,000 Hammer Units. In the real world, that would be a cube about 20 metres long, wide and high.

The actual proportions of the map were left to the mappers. The limit was the cubic capacity.

This limitation forces mappers to think about how well they use the space.

The mod contains 13 official entries and 3 bonus entries.

Basic Details

Title: The 1 Billion Units EMC

The 1 Billion Units EMC Filename: sdk-2013-sp-emc18-1-billion-units.7z

sdk-2013-sp-emc18-1-billion-units.7z Size : 94.9MB

94.9MB Author: Seji-evan, HQDefault, Ian Spadin AKA Idolon, Matt71490 AKA Event Horizon, Mista Heita, Nick AKA supernocho, krassell, Pedro Marques AKA Dalannar, 1upD, Niker107, Maarten Frooninckx AKA marnamai, Matt the Czar, Malavek, Nikodem Nowak AKA WALLe PL, Tomasz Nowak AKA HiP0L, Justin Kelly AKA Breezeep, Confused_Travolta

Seji-evan, HQDefault, Ian Spadin AKA Idolon, Matt71490 AKA Event Horizon, Mista Heita, Nick AKA supernocho, krassell, Pedro Marques AKA Dalannar, 1upD, Niker107, Maarten Frooninckx AKA marnamai, Matt the Czar, Malavek, Nikodem Nowak AKA WALLe PL, Tomasz Nowak AKA HiP0L, Justin Kelly AKA Breezeep, Confused_Travolta Date Released: 11 February 2018

Download Options

Download to your HDD [94.9MB]

THIS UPDATED VERSION CURRENTLY CAN NOT BE USED WITH GAUGE. SORRY

Manual Installation Instructions

Make sure you have the “Upcoming” branch of the Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer installed in Steam and run at least once. (Properties – Betas – select “upcoming” from the dropdown list).

installed in Steam and run at least once. (Properties – Betas – select “upcoming” from the dropdown list). Copy the “sdk-2013-sp-emc18-1-billion-units” folder into your “SourceMods” folder.

Restart or start Steam.

RTSL.EMC18.1-BILLION-UNITS should now be listed in your “Library” tab.

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Theme Details

The 1 Billion Units EMC.

Mappers are allowed to enter a map with a maximum cubic unit capacity of 1,000,000,000 Units. That is more or less 1024x1024x1024 or 20 metres x 20 metres x 20 metres in the real world.

The X,Y and Z dimensions can be anything the mappers’ want but the maximum total cubic size must not exceed 1,000,000,000 Hammer units.

The map must only have one area – not split into various parts.

This is the maximum volume of the map, NOT the area the player can reach.

VMF files MUST be submitted with each entry for easy verification. Within that space, the mapper can do anything they want.

The maps will be judges on clever, efficient and inventive use of the space.

No extra credit will be given for submitting smaller maps, but we may be secretly impressed.

Full details can be found on the The 1 Billion Units EMC announcement page.

Deadline

The deadline for submitting maps was:

11am GMT Monday 29th January 2018

CET is Central European Time. Phillip’s Time.

Entries

Liftout by Pedro Marques AKA Dalannar

hard yard by Mista Heita

Lost by 1upD

Micro Adventure by krassell

Arcade by Ian Spadin AKA Idolon

Aluminum by HQDefault

Think Inside The box by Nikodem Nowak AKA WALLe PL and Tomasz Nowak AKA HiP0L

Infested Mines by Nick AKA supernocho

Zardoz by Confused_Travolta

Tenement 17 by Matt the Czar

Claustrophobia by Matt71490 AKA Event Horizon

Alternative Route by Seji-evan

The Hole by Malavek

BONUS

Shafted by Justin Kelly AKA Breezeep

Pipes by Niker107

Rush Hour by Maarten Frooninckx AKA marnamai

Phillip’s Favourite

This will be announced on the site in due course

Community Poll

Time for you to share your thoughts! Vote for your top 3 1 Billion Units maps. Poll closes February 25th.

The bonus maps have not been included in this poll.



Which are your 3 favourite 1 Billion Units EMC maps Zardoz by Confused_Travolta (9%, 9 Votes)

Think Inside The box by Nikodem Nowak AKA WALLe PL and Tomasz Nowak AKA HiP0L (17%, 17 Votes)

The Hole by Malavek (1%, 1 Votes)

Tenement 17 by Matt the Czar (1%, 1 Votes)

Lost by 1upD (1%, 1 Votes)

Liftout by Pedro Marques AKA Dalannar (9%, 9 Votes)

Micro Adventure by krassell (9%, 9 Votes)

Infested Mines by Nick AKA supernocho (10%, 10 Votes)

hard yard by Mista Heita (12%, 12 Votes)

Claustrophobia by Matt71490 AKA Event Horizon (3%, 3 Votes)

Arcade by Ian Spadin AKA Idolon (12%, 12 Votes)

Aluminum by HQDefault (4%, 4 Votes)

Alternative Route by Seji-evan (13%, 13 Votes) Total Voters: 45

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More About the Experimental Mapping Challenges

Experimental Mapping Challenges, also known as EMCs, are short challenges, normally 50 or 72 hours long, with a theme that severely restricts and limits what mappers can do. The themes are chosen to allow a wide range of artistic interpretation. In addition, they allow mappers to take risks and try things that in normal maps they might avoid.

For more details visit the Experimental Mapping Challenges homepage.

Release Versions

Dev1 – Developers’ Version. First versions of maps.

Dev2 – Second developers’ version, included updated maps and a few new files.

1.0 – THIS RELEASE: First public version. No known issues.

Credits

The RunThinkShootLive.Com introduction video was made by Jeff Muñoz (ThatoneJeff)” and he also significantly helped with logo design – thanks Jeff, you ROCK!

The menu music is Brane Scan by Kelly Bailey from Half-Life 2

Steam Grid View Images

There are four custom gridview images for this release.

To use them, switch your Steam Library view to Gridview. Right click on RTSL.EMC18.1-BILLION-UNITS and chose “Set Custom Image”. Click “browse” when a small windows appears and navigate to your SourceMods folder and the “sdk-2013-sp-emc18-1-billion-units/steam-gridview-images/” folder and select the image of your choice.

You can of course, create your own image and use that.

General Entry Rules

Maximum two maps per mapper per competition.

The map must be original and not have been released publicly before.

The map must run in system with only Ep2 installed

By entering the competition you grant PlanetPhillip.Com & RunThinkShootLive.Com the right to release the map as part of the Ville Mod.

Maps must not appear before the release and for one month after the release of the mod.

No assets from retail games other than HL2, HL2: Ep1, HL2: Ep2 and Lost Coast are allowed.

Other assets are allowed with written permission from their original authors, which MUST be included in the entry.

Phillip’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into about it.

The map MUST have a proper name.

The map MUST have a proper filename: MapName_ABC.bsp (ABC is replaced with the code for the mapping challenge)

All entries must be sent to: runthinkshootlive@gmail.com no later than the deadline.

Sponsorship

This challenge was not sponsored. If you are an individual or company and interested in sponsoring a challenge, please contact Phillip (runthinkshootlive@gmail.com) to discuss the options.

Panoramic Images

Coming Soon.

Videos

Coming Soon.

Playthrough Screenshots

Screenshots coming once I have played the mod.

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