Pier

Pier
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Basic Information
Developer(s):	Unknown
Map Info
Environment:	Beach, Commercial, Park, Ports
Setting:	Nighttime/Island Town
Map Overview

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Blu has discovered that Red has purchased a shipment of fireworks for a show when the pier is completed. Taking advantage of the situation, Blu plans to escort a bomb cart to demolish a significant portion of the roller coaster using the fireworks to cover the inevitable explosion. — Pier publicity blurb

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Pier is a community-made single-staged Payload map. It features 5 Control Points. It takes place in a Venice-themed city featuring a variety of canals and alleys for plenty of flanking routes with the end of the map featuring a rollercoaster-like incline similar to that of Hightower. The majority of the map's border is water.

Update history

July 7 2011

• Work on Pier begins.

July 21 2011 (a1)

• Initial release for playtesting.

July 22 2011 (a2)

• Added pickups.

July 23 2011 (a3)

• Added moving bridge to third section.
• Altered final point.

July 31 2011 (b1)

• Detailed all the things
• Added cover on the fourth point, the bridge.
• Added a few more sniping positions in the town.
• Improved access to catwalks in boathouse.
• Gave Blu team a forward spawn for third and fourth points.
• Fixed looping sound from moving bridge.
• Altered final point.

July 31 2011 (b2)

• Fixed some brushwork.
• Added more particles.
• Improved clipping
• Made shooting gallery props breakable and respawnable.

August 1 2011 (b3 - Public Release)

• Improved transition of water between level and 3d skybox.
• Added a missing texture.
• Improved texturing of first area.
• Improved clipping.

August 5 2011 (b4)

• Various detail improvements.
• Reduced spawn times for both teams on final point.
• Disabled collisions for crane machinery.
• Improved optimization.

October 2 2011 (b11)

• Various detail improvements.
• Added a red spawn closer to the third point.
• Moved fourth point back.
• Widened upper pathway between cliffs and town.
• Enlarged area around second point.
• Added alternate pathway to final point.
• Moved stairs near fourth point to opposite side.
• Added alternate pathway between warehouse and pier.
• Adjusted sight lines on the fourth point.

October 2 2011 #2 (b11_fix)

• Fixed issue with cart stopping on final point.

June 8 2013 (b12)

• Various detailing improvements.
• Added rock for cover in beginning area.
• Added overpass connecting to blue apartment.
• Connected second point and red apartment bridge.
• Gave fourth point a cubby for cover.
• Added set of stairs to catwalk on final in the connecting building.
• Pushed red spawn on final back.
• Moved Blu's forward spawn during fourth point to final spawn.

June 14 2013 (b13)

• More detailing.
• The town has been infested with Ivy.
  • Brightened map to be not as depressing.
  • Fixed issue with Overtime and third point bridge.
  • Replaced hydro shields with more appropriate barricades.
  • Added rocks to beach around fourth.
  • Map now has a case of Saturday night fever.
• Reverted to b12 because of "Engine error: ED_Alloc: no free edicts" for servers with high playercounts.
  • It helps when the server operators tell the map maker what's causing the crash!.

June 17 2013 (b14)

• Fixed server crash.
• Adjusted bridge to give more cover to red on fourth.
• Put more ammo around first point.

Summer 2014 (b15/16)

• Reduction of edicts.

June 5 2015 (b20)

• Skipping numbers is fun
• Moved all the burgers
• Played with color correction
• A to B
  • Widened bridge path
  • Shut doors to blue building
  • Widened canal path
  • Added wine cellar flank to B
  • Reversed side stairs to red house bridge was on
  • Changed some pickup locations
• B to C
  • Added lower dock pathway (no more jumping across!)
  • Dropped path under dropdown
  • Tweaked far entrance to warehouse
  • Moved more pickup locations
• D to E
  • Raised corner choke side because this map needs more height variation
  • Swapped side of stairs next to the shooting gallery
  • Moved shooting gallery, was replaced by overpowered sentry alcove
  • Erected a barricade next to truck
  • Added upper level to red spawn building
  • Removed doorway between catwalk and connector building

Gallery

• Pl Pier 2.jpg

  Blu's team base.

• Pl Pier 3.jpg

  A checkpoint.

• PL Pier.jpg

  B checkpoint.

• Pl Pier 4.jpg

  E checkpoint.

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  Overview of a path to Red's base.