About This File
Title Ludendorff Bridge
File name ludendorff_110.pk3
Map name ludendorff
Version 1.1.0 (Created Jan 2006)
Author 2Bit (www.tibetclan.com)
Other maps The Breakout, Glider Assault, TankBuster, British Bulldog, 6Flags, 2Tanks, 110 Factory
- available from www.tibetclan.com or www.pythononline.co.uk/et
Nbr of players Recommended minimum team size: 4 players
" optimum team size: 8 players
" maximum team size: 16 players
Installation Put the pk3 file into the etmain folder.
Description This is a brief, fierce fight on the Ludendorff Bridge, also known as the bridge at Remagen.
The game ends when the map timer expires (20 mins), no sooner and no later.
At game end:
Axis win if both bridge supports have explosives planted on them
Allies win if neither bridge supports have explosives planted on them
If one bridge support has explosives planted, the winning team is picked randomly
The map has many novel non-standard features:
The Tank can be damaged, repaired and driven by both teams.
If controlled by Axis, the tank will advance westward across the bridge.
If controlled by Aliies, the tank will advance eastward across the bridge.
If players from both teams are beside the tank, it will stop.
There are 3 forward spawn flags across the span of the bridge. Forces can only respawn at the
furthest flag in an unbroken chain of flags - that is, if the enemy retake a flag between your
base and the furthest flag your team has captured, the flags beyond the one just lost are cut off
and your team cannot respawn at them.
Eg in this example, the Allies can only spawn as far forward as flag 1:
Allied Base Flag 1 Flag 2 Flag3 Axis Base
(allied) (allied) (axis) (allied)
For each flag captured, the capturing team's respawn time increases by 5 secs.
For each flag lost, the losing team's respawn time decreases by 5 secs.
This represents the difficulties in maintaining supply lines, and assists the weaker team which
has been beaten back to its starting point. Now its respawn time is 10 secs and the enemy's is 25 secs,
aiding the weaker team in fighting back.
Gamemodes Objective, Stopwatch.
Thanks to Splash Damage and Activision.
Detoeni and Drakir for the excellent vehicle models.
Amethyst7 for the great skybox.
Anyone else I've missed who may be the author of bespoke textures that have found their way into the map.
TibeT Clan for invaluable testing and feedback.
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This webpage has been created to provide a description of the gameplay in Ludendorff Bridge (the bridge at Remagen). There are enough novel gameplay features that I thought it worth explaining them here, so that readers will immediately know how to play the map if they encounter it. Please visit www.tibetclan.com for details of TibeT servers that the map may be playing on.
ET elements used in a non-standard way are highlighted with this: http://www.pythononline.co.uk/et/images/tutorial/alert.gif |
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| Scenario | |
| http://www.pythononline.co.uk/et/ludendorff/intro.jpg | |
| The Allies wish to capture the bridge intact to allow their armour to cross the Rhine. The Axis must destroy the bridge to prevent this, but not so soon that their own troops cannot retreat across it. The action takes place mostly on the bridge, which has been built to scale. | |
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http://www.pythononline.co.uk/et/ludendorff/ludendorff0_sml.jpg Click for a larger image |
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| Winning the game | |
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| AXIS WIN: if at game end, they have planted explosives on both bridge supports. | |
| ALLIES WIN: if at game end, there are no explosives planted on the bridge supports. | |
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| When explosives are planted on a bridge support, a large flag is erected on one of the Axis towers, and the corresponding flag on the Allied tower is taken down. Similarly the opposite happens when the Allies defuse the explosives. The game starts with one set of explosives already planted. | |
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http://www.pythononline.co.uk/et/ludendorff/ludendorff1_sml.jpg Click for a larger image |
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| Spawn flags | |
| There are 3 spawn flags along the bridge. | |
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| Starting respawn times are 10 seconds for each team. | |
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| The {TibeT} Tank | |
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The tank has a number of uses.
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| Gameplay | |
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This is intended to be a brief, fierce battle on a long bridge, in which teamwork will be vital for success. There is a lot of cover provided in the shape of wrecked vehicles, sandbags, crates and improvised defensive barriers built by engineers, all of which makes the snipers' job harder. The constructed barriers can be destroyed by satchel charges. The crates provide good cover but can eventually be destroyed by gunfire.
I hope you'll enjoy the map :) |
