your map is awful and you actively made the game worse by providing this garbage to valve

this map is fucking awful

love this map

It's much but i have had alot of fun on Aquarius, i made a friend on that map.

135.148.78.135:26970

Disregard I found them, any ideal time people are active? Thanks for letting me know it existed

What server is that?? ip address or domain?

Hi, it's running in the 24/7 Offshore server!

Anyone running this map?

Yeah, the bots are hilariously bad on this map.

we need a custom navmesh, the bots have no idea what to do in the water

fish

Glad you made it in the game chief

(I'm into fat bitches!)

Shoutouts to the speed boost underwater to encourage underwater combat

people will complain because its different but its very fun, some classes/weapons struggle but are still viable

Of all the maps in the Offshore project, I'd call this one the most daring by far.
Water sections in TF2 are nothing new (two maps featuring this launched with the game) but on a scale like this? Unheard of unless you count the underwater spell on Carnival of Carnage.

While this has no doubt been playtested extensively (atleast I presume as much) It remains to be seen how the playerbase at large will go along with it, I can imagine this (or at least the first area) will be a controversial one to say the least.

At any rate, the Neon annihilator detachment will have a field day.

Press F to pay respects for the poor shark

friend sent the crash report. sent you a friend request so i can send it to you in steam DMs

i'll ask my friend the details once he gets online

Thanks for the report, dmxand3r. I'd like to fix that if possible, so any details or crash dumps would be appreciated.

this map crashed my friend's server when we tried to load it up

genuinely amazing, I love the ocean theme and the idea of pushing the cart underwater

Confusing as hell. Final point is a cluster that is unfun to defend or attack. Haaaard pass.

Better get in over that Slopster crap

and that being said, it literally isnt a typical tf2 map, this theme isnt something commonly done and established in tf2s artstyle, so I cant really imagine how it could look better in that way

Im slightly conflicted on this, it doesnt look the least bit like a typical tf2 map... but its fun as hell, and I think thats more important

If this doesn't get in istg

PLEASE LET THIS BE ADDED, Respect to those involved in making this gem

We are currently running this map if people are looking for a server to play it on: 108.181.63.51:27015

not bad

the shark would eat the seal

new seal map when?

All the pyro sharks will be migrating here if it so opens up to casual mode

Go for it.

Hey, can I use your map as a background for my warpaint promo?

Finally, some action!

Wild. Thanks for the bug report, will be fixed in the next version.

spoiler: it isn't https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/14074026155211760898/323EC205679E0EE2034CC36A6229842B4A3F2344/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

update added, time to check if i can still put a tele in that one spot in blu spawn

No problem! I respect that you're updating and improving things as time goes on.
Kudos to you, and your team!

Thanks for sharing your playtest experience, acres. This sort of feedback helps greatly.

The first area has plenty of alternative approaches and is almost impossible for red to regain (upward) ground in, so the open elevator tends to resolve itself even if things go awry.
The underwater, sideways elevators, and pathing I'm keeping an eye on with how players approach and adapt. They're a bit overwhelming with options so I'm looking into modifications to simplify play there.

Red side navigation (towards A and B) should be addressed with an upcoming spawnroom and pathing change.

(Also, sorry for the wall of text. I wanted to leave feedback since I took part in some of the discord map play-test sessions.)

As cool as the map looks, I do not like how it plays at all.

Having the cart switch start from being on a very, VERY open elevator, then to an underwater section, to then being on a moving platform that's going sideways. Is just too much. It causes such a headache for those trying to push the cart.

Not to mention the sheer amount of different pathways to go. I get having flank routes, but having this many just makes it difficult, and confusing to get to where you need to go.
(This is more of an issue on the Red team,) But I sometimes get lost just trying to find the correct ramp to climb to get to the next point. It's so frustrating.

If I can give props where it's due, the custom assets are great. I especially enjoy the final cap, where the massive shark explodes. That was really gnarly. And I loved it!

But I'd much rather have a simple, fun-to-play map. Rather than a map that's more fun to look at, than it is to play on.

Thank you for crediting everyones roles! It is appreciated.

I don't wanna sound like an artstyle elitist and talk about how anything post 2011 sucks, but this map fails to adhere to what a map in the TF2 universe should look like. Looking at the last screenshot alone, there's almost no way to tell this is a TF2 map.
The colors and the way the buildings are shaped are way off compared to what you'd normally see in other maps

Too blocky, too empty with its few props, and it looks bland with the use of like 4 solid colours total. But it has potential, please work on it more.

They'd like a breakdown of roles which should be up soon.

Water has been given working DirectX 8 fallback parameters. This should address some visual bugs with water on -dxlevel 80 and 81.
A work in progress finale cinematic has been added. We'll be polishing it up over the next few days.

@Doki it seems to be pretty many people right now already, who missed? Authors of some kind of prop pack or what?

in the comics of TF2, theres a whole Atlantis super technological base under water (new zealand)
so this is very accurate

Personally I think the base portion looks too technologically advanced for a TF2 map, but then again, we almost had a moonbase map added. The underwater props and fauna are grea