Doom3world

id Software is pleased to announce that we are holding a Quake 4 mapping contest! Quake community mappers have shown amazing talent and innovation and we would like to recognize those talents and challenge them to show us what they can do.



Community Map Pak Contest


Prizes:

* Winning participants will have their map included in an official community map pak released by id.

Basic Rules:

* Maps must be submitted by their author and be of their own design.
* Maps may not use custom textures or models.

How are the maps being judged?

* Maps will be judged on their playability, performance, atmosphere, originality, technical quality, gametype flexibility and file size efficiency.

How many maps will be included?

* 8-12 maps will be selected, spanning multiple gametypes.

What gametypes does the Q4CMP seek to include?

* We are accepting submissions that include support for any of the following gametypes: 1v1, Team Deathmatch, CTF, Arena CTF and DeadZone.

I understand custom textures cannot be used, but what about custom materials and fx files?

* You may include custom script files such as fx and material files, but you may not include or reference custom textures, models or sound files.

How many entries am I allowed to submit?

* Submit as many as you like! We are accepting both existing community maps that have already been released as well as new creations.

What format should I submit the map?

* We prefer that maps be properly packaged with their .map, .proc, .cm, .def and loadscreen screenshot files, however can accept just the .map. The maps will be repackaged for both the voting process and final Community Pak.

Who will be judging the submissions?

* You! As the deadline draws near be on the lookout for an offiicial polling station near you.

Where do you send the maps?

* Map submissions should be emailed to: syncerror@idsoftware.com

Deadlines:

* The deadline for entries is January 31st.

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Stayed tuned to id Software for further information, rules and regulations on the Community Map Pak Project.

I'm slightly puzzled by the no custom models rule as that kind of limits the style of levels to having no 'organic' or 'terrain' related stuff in them (and we know how bad brushwork is at that stuff now!). No custom textures 'yes', no custom models? hmmmm.... (I can understand the point of not wanting to bloat out the eventual file size of the update unnecessarily)

No models? Oh well. I understand no textures, but terrain models using Quake 4 assets should be allowed. Then again, I can understand they may not want extra folders with everyone's custom models and whatnot.

Anyway, I'm really excited what people come up with. A good move by id to hold a contest like this!

Quaker-X

Finally!

We are not allowed to contain extra media such as textures and models primarily due to copyright reasons. Its very difficult for us to verify who the author of such media is and whether you have proper permission to use it. The additional size that this media adds to the patch is also a (minor) concern. Its just a legal liability issue. While many people do their own work, it would be very easy for someone to "borrow" a texture or model from another game and claim it as their own -- and we would be held liable for distributing it.

That makes perfect sense.

Still it's rather unfortunate in regards to "models" since so wonderful things can get achieved with the Doom3 engine.

count me in aswell!

i havent mapped since june or so when my pc crashed and i lost all my data/partitions including all my maps and textures.

is there a prize or something for the "best" map in the pack? might be a nice drive for alot of mappers, a simple item signed by the id software team or something

a doom/quake shirt signed by J. Carmack, A. Carmack, J. Romero and T. Hall...thats gotta be a dream prize for most i think


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trick question for syncerror:

no custom textures allowed, obviously mappers will supply a levelshot with their levels. is it allowed to use that levelshot as a texture in the level?

technically not really a texture but more of a cheeky workaround

We reserve the right to and may be replacing the loading screen art (to give them one unified look for the CMP), so it would not be advised. =)

hello. DM only maps or sp as well? clarify please

also 1 month on holidays is not much time to make a quality quake4 map

Not dm only, but no single player. 1v1, TDM, CTF, ACTF, DZ

This should be great. The last Q4 mapping contest that D3W co-hosted really sparked some great maps. A contest from id should bring out the best of the best. One month! Cool!

Are the final maps (8-12) pack will be free?

What else...

SyncError: Using assets from previous patches (such as the textures and materials added by Ritual in the latest patch) is fine, correct?

Quaker-X

How does 1 know which are custom and which are not?

Well, for starters, they designed the game, so they'd be pretty on-top of what is or isn't custom.

The idea behind not using custom textures is to keep the filesize down. So if there are any image files in the final pk4, they're obviously custom textures.

I think he meant for himself, Snoop.

Just to be on the safe side, since my Q4 folder is a mess, I installed the game again in a clean folder to ensure that I don't use any sneaky little custom textures or models.

So would it be illegal if there was a texture from another map then? I have this folder it q4 ed taht says q3textures it might have come with another map im not for sure.

You should *only* be using textures and assets that came with either Quake 4 or any one of the various updates. As this is an 'official' competition that's going to be included in an official map pack it stands to reason that anything not *official* is not usable.

So no, those are not usable.

Slight addition: They don't want to have the risk to distribute copyright protected artwork a hobby designer did unknowingly use for this level.