SI_SATUR9 is my first map for Science & Industry, and is also the first map I've ever treated seriously. Around June of 2001, following continuous compile problems and other annoying stuff, I finally released an "alpha" of it. It was horribly bug laden. Nonetheless, the textures and concept rocked, so later in the year, following Trojan, and a failed month or two spent on a different S&I map, I came back to this and started fixing it up. It wasn't going so hot, so I went and did other things, namely a step into the HLDM arena. After a bit of dallying about, I came back to it in the early months of 2002, and started work on a similar map from scratch. I kept it in a similar theme as the first, but worked hard on giving it a much better layout. The theme, that of a mountain top research facility with a hint of 60's sci-fi is still there, but the ridiculous to negotiate 5 level bases have been given a complete revision.
I'm still working on this one. I have the third beta of the dubbed "redux" version available, and will be working on making this all nice and spiffy. PLEASE, dl the beta and send me some feedback, either on the S&I Forums or e-mail. I updated the screenshots below from the old version to the newer version. |
