Add back the Custom Maps servers?

[Tarluk]

I know that they got removed cause the map pool was broken post-Steam, but I'd really like to see these return. Would love to play on maps like Borneo, Megasnow, Slaughter, and Watergate; maybe it'd be a good excuse for a more curated map pool than before?

What maps would you all like to see in a custom map pool?

 

[vilewitch]

gustom mapps

 

[Dozer]

koth_king.

 

[VintagePC]

ctf_convoy (I'm kidding)

 

[vilewitch]

24/7 convoy server

 

[Tarluk]

Convoy's a fun one

Is there an archive of what maps VaultF4 used to run on the custom maps server? At some point it might be fun to do some sleuthing and create a custom maps pool with about the same ratio of modes and the same quantity of maps as in the current TF2C pool

 

[MrCrossa²³⁸]

Balloon Race!

 

[VintagePC]

Convoy's a fun one

Is there an archive of what maps VaultF4 used to run on the custom maps server? At some point it might be fun to do some sleuthing and create a custom maps pool with about the same ratio of modes and the same quantity of maps as in the current TF2C pool

hmm.... not publicly posted but I could grab a file listing of what all is on our FastDL instance for the full history. I do still have some historical mapcycles from various eras, but we generally always ran a subset rather than the full compliment just to keep it feeling fresher and more focused rather than the same popular maps always getting voted in. I am a little sad we lost our wealth of custom maps built up from back when we still ran TF2 servers, but that was around a decade ago now when our previous server box bit the dust.

 

[Shens]

PL_LONGBOY !!!

 

[ONLY ->->->throbium<-<-<-]

I am quite fond of the payload map called PL_borneo!!!

 

[VintagePC]

alright so here is what we have had at some point in the past. I did make a quick effort to review and clean up the duplicates/old versions from the list. But I can't vouch for the quality of ANY of these maps or their contents, just that we have a copy from having used it at some point in the past decade or so lol.

Spoiler: LONG map list

3ctf_thyristor_rc2
3koth_mot_a12
3koth_trefoil_rc2
3vipr_aspen_a03
4arena_soho_a1
4ctf_electworal_b05_vf4_star
4dom_fishbowl_a4
4koth_badlands_b2
4koth_melee_fort_quad_a18_v4
4plr_atlas_a6a
4_team_balloon_race_a4
adf_coaltown
adf_mannhattan
arena_2fort
arena_4granary
arena_4offblast_v1
arena_4plex_b2
arena_4ravine
arena_4walls
arena_4well_b2
arena_beck_rc
arena_bobcat_b1_em
arena_brawl_b1
arena_brutal_a2
arena_command_b2
arena_concord_b3
arena_crosstalk_rc1a
arena_desolation_pb1
arena_devils_canyon
arena_diode_rc3
arena_discovery_rc2_em
arena_dropdown_rc1
arena_factory_a1
arena_farm_feud_b1
arena_flourmill_dp_v3
arena_fragment_a2
arena_granary
arena_gravelpit
arena_hardhat_b2a
arena_harvest_v2
arena_horsemann_hill_b2
arena_horsemann_hill_b2_tf2c
arena_junkpit_a2
arena_lighthouse_rc2
Arena_Metal_Gear_Solid_1
arena_monsoon_b1
arena_offblast_event
arena_pit_a2
arena_power_a1
arena_ravage_b1
arena_scorched_final
arena_shelter_rc4
arena_skyscraper_clash_beta4
arena_snowshore_vf4
arena_staple_event_b6
arena_staple_rc1
arena_storm_b1c
arena_undergrowth_b5
arena_volcano_b5c
arena_watchtower_4t
arena_yanqing_b3a
balloon_race_v3_t17
cp_4satellite
cp_4satellite_a1
cp_4teamadhell_a1
cp_alloy_rc3
cp_altitude
cp_ancient_b4
cp_aqua
cp_axle_rc1
cp_balloon_race_pirates_v2
cp_boulder_v5
cp_bruhstbowl2_a2a_tf2c
cp_canaveral_5cp_rc4
cp_caper_rc5
cp_cardinal_rc1a
cp_castle4
cp_chateau_event_rc1
cp_conifer_rc4
cp_copperhead_b2c
cp_darkmarsh_event_rc1b
cp_degrootcreep_b5
cp_drypine_rc1
cp_dusk_rc1
cp_dustbowl_event_tf2c
cp_edifice_rc1
cp_floof_mc12_a1
cp_follower
cp_fourange
cp_france_rc4c
cp_frontline_a1
cp_fulgur_rc3
cp_gallery_b1
cp_goldrock_gulch_b5
cp_gorge_event
cp_gravelpit_event_tf2c
cp_gydan
cp_hadal_rc1
cp_hardwood_rc4
cp_hella_b1
cp_holdout_b1c
cp_indulge
cp_labor
cp_labor2
cp_mache_a14
cp_mainline_rc6
cp_manor_event
cp_metalworks_tf2c
cp_mist_rc1d_em
cp_mojave_b2
cp_mojave_event
cp_nixie_b1
cp_orangeharbor_b2_fix
cp_osiris_b27
cp_process_f12
cp_propaganda_b19
cp_rapids_a6
cp_redbounty
cp_redfort_b3
cp_reportlink_rc2
cp_roadside
cp_roswell
cp_science2
cp_scourge_b5
cp_shelter_rc3a
cp_silvertrail_rc2
cp_snowbase_b20
cp_snowcrystal_vf4
cp_steel_f3_em
cp_stoneyridge_rc2
cp_subway_final
cp_sulfur_rc2
cp_sulfur_vf4
cp_sultry_b7
cp_sunshine_event
cp_sunshine_rc9
cp_toy_fort_v2
cp_undying_rc4
cp_upland_rc4
cp_vertical
cp_well_event_rc4_tf2c
cp_wildlife_b3
cp_wildmire_b3
cp_zinkenite_b3a
ctf_2fort_revamp_b3
ctf_4acropolis2_a1
ctf_4bine_v2
ctf_4tokyo_r04
ctf_4tokyo_r04
ctf_aerospace_b4
ctf_atrophy_b3
ctf_badlands
ctf_classic_2fort
ctf_converge_b3
ctf_convoy_v2
ctf_crasher
ctf_darktower_em
ctf_deliverance_b3
ctf_depository_a3
ctf_fourfire
ctf_frosty_rc1
ctf_haarp
ctf_isotope_final
ctf_mach4
ctf_nuclide_rc4_em
ctf_overlook_b1
ctf_pinestreet_a1
ctf_premuda_b1b
ctf_sidewinder_rc3b
ctf_silobase_a2
ctf_system_rc1
ctf_turbine_event_b7
ctf_wildfire_rc
dm_vikings_final_zox
dom_4hightower_v2
dom_4lakeside
dom_4way
dom_6points4
dom_asphalt
dom_badwater
dom_barnfield_a2
dom_byre_b3
dom_carts
dom_carts_v2
dom_cliffhanger_b11_tf2c
dom_command_b1
dom_degrootkeep
dom_diametric_a2
dom_dorkham_a2
dom_dust2_2x2
dom_flood2_redux_rc2
dom_gump
dom_obelisk_a14
dom_pall_mall
dom_parley
dom_pinestreet_a1
dom_pipomuere
dom_powerhouse_rc1
dom_sewers_a2
dom_shaft_a2
dom_steamlab
dom_steel
ff_destroy_f1
kof_timbertown
koth_4botbattle
koth_4Harvest
koth_4_teams_the_cube
koth_arctic_b3
koth_axlebox_b13
koth_badlands_event
koth_bagel_rc4a
koth_bagel_vf4
koth_block_fort_night
koth_canada_rc1
koth_cascade_rc2
koth_cascade_v2_b6
koth_chasm_b1
koth_clearcut_b15d
koth_conveyance_b1
koth_databank_snowy_b3
koth_despair_heights_rc0c_w
koth_drogentote_1
koth_dryway_b3
koth_empire_rc2
koth_fever_b1
koth_fjord_rc1b
koth_flood
koth_flurry_tf2c
koth_forge_b4
koth_former_cornfield_b1
koth_fourmill_v1
koth_fullthrottle_rc2g
koth_gamma_b7
koth_gatorlake_b12
koth_harter_rc1
koth_harvest_event
koth_hoax_rc3a
koth_karnak_rc5b
koth_lakeside_event
koth_lighthouse_rc6
koth_maple_ridge_event
koth_maple_ridge_rc2
koth_megalo
koth_megaman6_rc1
koth_megasnow_rc1
koth_melee_fort_quad_a18_v3a
koth_merc_ridge_a4
koth_moonshine_event
koth_moonshine_rc
koth_namicott_rc4
koth_nerve
koth_oilcanyon_v1
koth_oilfield
koth_proplant_v8
koth_quarry_vf4
koth_reverse_pyramid_a6B
koth_rocktop_rc2
koth_rotunda_c1
koth_slaughter_b2a_em
koth_spillway_event_rc5
koth_spillway_rc3a
koth_stallone_b2
koth_undergrove_event
koth_undergrove_rc1
koth_viaduct
koth_viaduct_event
kothviplcptfr_nuts
koth_vizard_v1
koth_warland_4teams_v7_2
koth_warmtic_f10
koth_waste
koth_watermill_final
pl_alpen_rc1
pl_beerbowl_b6c
pl_blastpitt_rc3
pl_bloodwater_tf2c
pl_borax_rc2
pl_borneo_tf2c
pl_boundary_final1
pl_brainblast_b3b
pl_cactuscanyon
pl_cashworks_final1
pl_cashworks_rc3
pl_corrode_rc2
pl_cranetop_b8
pl_dbheights_b5
pl_deadwood
pl_deplane_b6
pl_divulgence_b4b
pl_dryrock_b6
pl_edinbowl_b6b
pl_effigy_rc2
pl_emerge_rc2
pl_enclosure_final
pl_escarpment_rc1
pl_extinction_rc1
pl_farmstead_rc4
pl_fifthcurve_event
pl_frostpit_vf4
pl_haywire_rc5
pl_highwood_b20
pl_highwood_pro_b3
pl_ibex2021_a3
pl_jerrycan_rc4
pl_jinn_b7d
pl_kinder_b17
pl_longboy_b8a
pl_manngrove_rc5
pl_mesaworks_final
pl_metropolis_b5
pl_midwest_b68v6.bsp
pl_midwest_event_tf2c
pl_midwest_rc1a
pl_mill_b5
pl_millstone_v4
pl_minepit
pl_munitions_vf4
pl_nat20_b2b
pl_oasis_event_rc2
pl_odyssey_b2
pl_panckakebro_b4_1
pl_phoenix_b4a
pl_pier_rc1
pl_pit_final
pl_problitz_respawn_a3_cb
plr_4tower_a2
plr_4way_spaghetti_alpha03
pl_rainbowride_b7e
plr_clandestine
plr_clandestine_vf4
plr_crossbone
plr_dogbread_b3
plr_fishladder3
plr_frostfell_b2a
plr_guavagulf_a7b
pl_ritual_rc5
plr_panic_b2
plr_snowthistle_tf2c
plr_solitude_b1
plr_traincartbomb_b1a
pl_rumford_rc1
pl_rust
pl_shoreleave
pl_sinewycoast_a1
pl_slimetime_rc1
pl_swiftwater
pl_timbermill_rc3c
pl_tzatziki_a8b
pl_valley_b3
pl_vigil_rc7
pl_vineyard_event_rc5
pl_vineyard_rc8b
pl_waste_v2
pl_wutville_vf4
sd_doomdoomdoomdoom
sd_minedelivery_b1
sd_propulsion_b1
spooky_ravine_a1
tc_national_a7
tc_strata_b1c
tdm_4craft_b1
tdm_4hunted_a3
tdm_an_endpoint_offices_ftv1
tdm_crossfire
tdm_vikings_final
vip_civilianpark_a1
vip_dover_b3
vip_dustbowl_a2
vip_goldrush_a5
vip_haarp_classic_b2a
vip_hunted
vip_inferno
vip_mountainlab_rc5
vipr_crunch_canyon_a1
vipr_downfall
vipr_duumvirate_v17b
vipr_getaway_v10b
vipr_hazard_a0
vip_steel
vip_trainyard_FIXED
vip_upward_v4
vip_viaduct_a1
wacky_races_v2

 

[vilewitch]

I think it'd be worth running a custom maps server for a week or so and seeing how people like it, maybe cleaning up the map list for any maps that might be buggy or not working as intended.

I think we just need to add dm_mariokart2_b3 and then it's a perfect map list.

 

[Shens]

eeeeh, don't know how i feel about having "meme maps" mixed in with more general solid non-gimmicky custom maps.

 

[vilewitch]

eeeeh, don't know how i feel about having "meme maps" mixed in with more general solid non-gimmicky custom maps.

i'm joking dw

 

[VintagePC]

I have no objection to this if someone's willing to curate a list of maybe 10-15 quality custom maps for a rotation. The other main reason the server was turned off is we don't currently have a rotation manager to handle choosing the maps for it and refreshing the selection on a regular basis

 

[Tarluk]

I could look into doing this on Friday or for sure Saturday, as long as you don't mind it being to my own personal tastes (surely we can fit KOTH Slaughter and especially Barnblitz Pro in there right?)

 

[Oscar]

tarluk can u add koth king please thanks buddy

 

[vilewitch]

Tarluk on his way to add 20 variations of pl_barnblitz for the custom maps server

this is also a joke