ToxicVille is the second mapping challenge in The Hammer Cup 2017, a series of five mapping challenges spread throughout the whole of 2017, each with a different theme.

It contains 18 entries.

The focus of this theme was clever and interesting use of the radioactive toxic goo from Half-Life 2.

Basic Details

Title: ToxicVille

ToxicVille Filename: hl2-ep2-sp-thc17-c2-toxicville

hl2-ep2-sp-thc17-c2-toxicville Size : 264MB

264MB Author: Paws, HighFire, Ttiki, Osko, Mark AKA Strontvlieg, Dats Ridonkulous, Lucia, ethosaur, Dirk Destiny, 1upD, Minesweeper, Tiop, Sockman, Егор Стрельников, MistaHeita, Abdulhamid Cayirli AKA Crowbar, Clément Baticle AKA Klems, Saints Sasha

Paws, HighFire, Ttiki, Osko, Mark AKA Strontvlieg, Dats Ridonkulous, Lucia, ethosaur, Dirk Destiny, 1upD, Minesweeper, Tiop, Sockman, Егор Стрельников, MistaHeita, Abdulhamid Cayirli AKA Crowbar, Clément Baticle AKA Klems, Saints Sasha Date Released: 15 April 2017

Download Options

Download to your HDD 264MB]

You can still use it with Gauge once you have downloaded it.

Manual Installation Instructions

If you require more help, please visit the Technical Help page.

Copy the hl2-ep2-sp-thc17-c2-toxicville folder into your …\Steam\SteamApps\Sourcemods\ folder.

Start or restart Steam

RTSL.THC17.C2.ToxicVille should now be listed in your “Library” tab.

The Hammer Cup 2017

The Hammer Cup 2017 consists of five mapping challenges, each with a different theme.

Entrants will receive points for each challenge they enter.

At the end of the event, the best 3 points totals from the challenges they entered will be added together for each entrant.

These totals will decide who wins the Grand Prizes.

This means that entrants do NOT have to enter each and every contest to win the grand prize but they will need to have entered at least 3 challenges to have a chance of winning the grand prizes.

Full details of the event cane be found here: The Hammer Cup Homepage

The Hammer Cup 2017 Prize Fund

The more money we raise, the more money the entrants get!



Theme Details

When the Combine took over Earth, environmental issues were ignored, we think it’s fair to say. Half-Life wouldn’t be Half-Life without a good dose of corrosive, radioactive goo for zombies to splash around in.

We want you to create the most fiendishly hazardous, nasty environments you can and create some ingenious methods for the player to fight or puzzle their way across that space.

Toxic areas are all about restricting parts of the level that the player can use as they solve the puzzles and fight their way out.

Antlions, Combine, Zombies plus any other enemy, NPCs, etc. can all be thrown into the mix for this one but please make sure the radioactive goo plays a key part in the level design.

Over the years we’ve seen lots of different spaces where toxic goo appears. Poisoned lakes, abandoned factories, waste ground or even in the city itself.

Your entry map can be inside, outside or a mix of both. DO NOT limit yourself to the same situations that the games used toxic goo for. Create something new!

Update: we are specifically talking about the classic yellow/green toxic goo found in HL2 and the Episodes. That toxic sludge should feature in your map – but how you use it is totally up to you. We’re hoping for new and interesting twists – be creative!

Entries

Listed as they are displayed in the mod itself:

Ups and Downs by Paws (First time entrant)

Rebel Takedown by HighFire (First time entrant)

278 by Ttiki

Detour by Osko (First time entrant)

Inconvienent Pollution by Mark AKA Strontvlieg

Tunnel Vision by Dats Ridonkulous (First time entrant)

Toxic Fields by Lucia (First time entrant)

Sludge Hole by ethosaur

Drain the Swamp by Dirk Destiny (First time entrant)

Floodgates by 1upD

Uplifted by Minesweeper (First time entrant)

I Need Water by Tiop

Waste Management by Sockman

Water Back by Егор Стрельников (First time entrant)

Escape From Dirty Sewers by MistaHeita (First time entrant)

Blight Town by Abdulhamid Cayirli AKA Crowbar

Antlion Farm by Clément Baticle AKA Klems

The Crossing by Saints Sasha (First time entrant)

Reviewing

If you decide to use the Per-Map Opinion Images, please either watch the video below or use the VilleReviewTemplate.txt file. Thank you.



Winners and Points

I am pleased to announce the winners:

First Place Osko with Detour

Second place Clément Baticle AKA Klems with Antlion Farm

Third Place Dats Ridonkulous with Tunnel Vision

Honourable mention to Abdulhamid Cayirli AKA Crowbar with Blight Town (it very nearly came third).

Full details of the scores can be found on the official The Hammer Cup 2017 score sheet.

RTSL Community Voting

For this year’s The Hammer Cup, a public vote will have equal importance as the Judges’ vote.

The voting for ToxicVille closed Monday 1st May 2017. Thanks to all who voted!

Menu Music

Brane Scan by Kelly Bailey from Half-Life 2

Release Versions

Early Access – This Version. First Release.

1.0 – This release: Contains updated maps (Sorry, I forgot to record exactly which ones.)

Credits

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

Rob Martens for converting the RTSL introduction and my personal introduction video into .bik format.

Abdulhamid Cayirli AKA Crowbar for creating the chapter images

Kyle White AKA K12T6 for creating the background map.

Custom Gridview Images

This release contains no gridview images.

General Mapping Challenge 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 or HL2: Ep2 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: planetphillip@gmail.com no later than the deadline.

Sponsor

This challenge was partly sponsored by Nodecraft – High Performance Game Servers.

Videos

Coming Soon.

Screenshots

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Meta Review Data

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Users

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Using Gauge Manually: Time Taken:

Average: 3 Hours, 60 Mins

Shortest: 2 Hours by crowbar

Longest: 5 Hours, 45 Mins by Unq

Total Time Played: 63 Hours, 53 Mins Statistics based oncomment(s) with meta review data.

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