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A part of dm_biolab map ported from Black Mesa
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I have uploaded this - it will be available on the maplist. Please ask clients or warn them before placing it that the download is heavy to be patient.

Is there a way to reduce the size of these maps ported maps?
Whilst looking extremely great they are also extremely heavy. Understandably it is because the textures do not exist in the game and all have to be packed into the map.
However, a client with a lower internet connection say 5Mbit would take on average 3 minutes to download such a map compressed.
GTA Mike's Nightmare church map is kind of the same, and I've seen the server empty itself because clients just dll rq. (this is why it was removed from cycles)

How about replacing some of the textures with hl2dm textures? At lest the ones that will not spoil the looks too much?

Thanks for looking into this.

Also there are absolutely great maps like junkcity nightfight, or other classic ones that are broken and need mending, I feel this would make a great addition to the server!

Thanks!

Bubbles

Textures replacing it be lot of work. I have reduced to acceptable 130Mb (zipped), because full-size map was about 800 Mb (390Mb zipped)

Also there are absolutely great maps like junkcity nightfight, or other classic ones that are broken and need mending

What's up with them? Decompiling them can break even more

some screenshots for attach in maplist

Final version download here
Weapons added, slam added. Visual improvements, minor optimizations to increase FPS on slow machines

Is it possible to make that one smaller ?

Final version. Was optimised as possible, filesize decreaset at 26,5%
Have a fun! DOWNLOAD