Some guys ask for it and we support it. Every month we (www.dodmaps.com and www.dodmaps.de) will present a mappack with some of the best maps of the month. The month may is not end but we start with the project.

DodMaps_Mappack_May: dod_ambushcombat, dod_bierville (Final Version), dod_bridge2, dod_flugplatz, dod_haunt und dod_stuka_v1

DL the mappack (http://dodmaps.ngz-network.de/index.php?site=mappacks.php)


hope you enjoy it :D

This is pretty nice idea GK.

But I think you can't find enuf "the best" maps for the release every month.

Anyway. Pretty nice idea for the community.

that is right but i think around 5 maps per mappack it ok.
maybe we starts every month a vote for the maps which will inside

Now if allthose custom servers out there would use the same versions of the same maps.....

I think you should make different mappacks

- a zip file containing the maps
- an setup.exe containing the maps (easy install with the click of a button!)
- a tar.gz file containing the maps so that a linux admin can install them easy (most servers are working on linux!!!!!!!!).

Perhaps you should promote them on sites like dodhq.net, national dod sites (dayofdefeat.nl, dayofdefeat.fi, dayofdefeat.de, etc.), of course dodmaps.com. I mean: every major dodsite should promote your mappack.
BUT you should also try and reach as many admins as possible and convince them to install custom maps in their rotation. I know there are a lot of reason not to do it but there are also a lot of reason to do it.

I think that's one key to the succes of custom maps.

The reason why ppl don't play much custom maps is because there are to few servers with custom maps running. The reason why there aren't many servers with custom maps is because not a lot of people download custom maps.
I remember the mappacks from the killinggrounds back during beta 1.x Those were VERY popular. Not a single mappack ever after had the same popularity as those mappacks.

In the end. I want to make a comparison to CS. We have to admin, CS is BIG, HUGE, etc. in terms of running servers but when you take a look at it: it has LOTS of custom map servers and custom maps are quite popular in that community. So, why don't promote custom maps here instead of sharing them between us happy few on the mapping forums??

That's my two cents on the subject.

Ever since the Kustom Kuttle changed ownership, I've had no one consistant place to play costum maps. Kustom Kettle has now changed to just a normal server. Right now there are 10 servers playing custom maps, 7 have passwords on them...

The Kustom Kettle was always....always...full

I thought the Kettle was just running standard maps until there were enough (good) v1.0 custom maps out there to fill the servers?

Atm you can play normal map (included the both missing maps) and the following Custom Maps: dod_frenzy, dod_haunt, dod_bridge2, dod_stuka_v1, dod_getriebe_b3, dod_bierville (Final One), dod_flugplatz and dod_ambushcombat on our Server #1: 213.158.123.4:27016 DodMaps World [OwP] #1 - Custom Maps. But if this server is nearly empty. we tried to make the same with server #2 but it was the same so we change back to only normal and the both missing maps.
Ok maybe reason is that our both server have the same IP: 213.158.123.4 but different ports 27016 + 27017 but i think my german countrymen and women are not playing custom maps like americans or other folks. we (Rot and i) saw ppl talking about to less severs which provide custom maps, we decided to make 1 server. now we have 2 but only one server ( the normal one with the both missing) is runinng. Also Rot and i talk with several admins to post our servers in the news. it didn`t help much. the KK are the only servers which are full every time. Sometimes it is **** and Rot and i talking why we both spend our money in 2 server but ppl don`t like it. It makes no fun but we can do nothing :(
only trying

http://www.dayofdefeat.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5849

you should really check this thread out.

The majority of the maps we are playing at the Kustom Kettle are custom maps. We are also running most of the stock maps as well.

We all have to wait for the maps to be updated and/or edited. If you check the servers, you will see that they are usually always full.

The web page also has the current rotations.