Quote from Lpfreaky90 on April 2, 2012, 9:01 pm

It's obvious that you're new to hammer:
* Your map is fullbright: It has no proper lighting. You can use some standard default instance lights, it makes your map look a lot better!
* Your whole puzzle can be skipped, I recorded my blind playthrough:
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* You have a lot of misaligned textures: textures that don't really fit properly.
* Arrival and departure elevators make your map look a lot better.

All in all there are a quite a lot things that are in this thread: community-releases/we-are-now-deleting-playground-fullbright-etc-type-maps-t2716.html

So I decided to move your map to the work in progress section; don't be discouraged. My first map wasn't perfect either and the work in progress section is great to improve your map!

~Lp

Quote from andyb on April 2, 2012, 9:17 pm

To be fair to map maker.. you did it wrong.Your supposed to bunnyhop practice the map as thats what its made for.

Quote from drewdinie on April 2, 2012, 9:23 pm

lpfreaky90 wrote:

My first map wasn't perfect either

oh i can agree

Quote from zivi7 on April 3, 2012, 4:34 am

lpfreaky90 wrote:

EDIT: This map is made by mgrandpa8; I've changed the category, for some reason this map seems to be my upload now, but it isn't

Awwww, for a second I thought this would be the Easter map featuring something bunny-related.

Quote from Djinndrache on April 3, 2012, 4:45 am

lpfreaky90 wrote:

EDIT: This map is made by mgrandpa8; I've changed the category, for some reason this map seems to be my upload now, but it isn't

Don't do admin things, you don't know how the system works yet..

Quote from mZLY on April 3, 2012, 5:02 am

It's a strafe training map for improving your bunny hop, skipping the platforms defies the point.
If you don't know what bunny hopping is, watch one of BananasaurasRex's speed runs on YouTube. The guy's a machine...

I'll download and have a go at this after work. From the video it looks like the platforms at the end are too close together though. You should reach 300-350 velocity after a few hops and can cover quite a lot of distance.

If you're looking for ideas to expand this then why not try a faith plate in to hop platforms? Insane amounts of fun to be had there as the amount of distance you can cover is ridiculous... It's something I was thinking about maybe doing myself at some point. xD

Quote from mZLY on April 3, 2012, 1:41 pm

I played it and yeah, the platforms are waaay too close together. You just need a little strafe jump to get across these gaps, if you bunny hop you overshoot by about half a mile after the first one. And surely the gaps between the platforms should increase as you gain speed and momentum not get smaller. Also, the server shouldn't disconnect you once you get to the end, if a player wants to practice their bunny hop, they're probably going to want to play for longer than 10 seconds. This needs some work... :S

EDIT:

Alternatively, the chamber can be completed like this...

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Which is actually kind of fun, but you end up clearing 2 platforms per jump by the end, lol.

EDIT 2:

A second alternative route that enables me to fall about 6 inches short of clearing the whole thing in 3 jumps...

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With a bit of time and patience it could probably be done, but I don't have either right now. xD

Anyway, take what I said into consideration and I'll be more than happy to test out your second attempt. Maybe include some flinging-to-bhop next time too as that's actually hella-fun.

Quote from quatrus on April 4, 2012, 3:38 pm

hard to do even after I see the runs..I can manage some strafing sideways but hope I don't see this in a map ---> noclip time....
This reminds me of the Portal 1 training maps for flings, peeping and sideways portal ninja jumps etc....nice to see to take advantage of the Portal code quirks, but not really necessary for an excellent map....?

Quote from mZLY on April 4, 2012, 5:38 pm

quatrus wrote:

hard to do even after I see the runs..I can manage some strafing sideways but hope I don't see this in a map ---> noclip time....
This reminds me of the Portal 1 training maps for flings, peeping and sideways portal ninja jumps etc....nice to see to take advantage of the Portal code quirks, but not really necessary for an excellent map....?

I don't think those routes were intended by the creator, I was just demonstrating a couple of ways that the map can still be used for bunnyhop training as it's kinda broken. I think he may have actually placed the platforms backwards, it's hard to tell with his lack of input in this thread, lol.

And yeah, bunnyhopping in P2 is basically identical to strafing in Quake. It's used alongside wallstrafing in speed runs and the like to pretty much elimate the need for slow walking, or even skip parts of a chamber, so maps like this are good for people who want to improve their times or even just get started with bunnyhopping.

On a side note... I attempted the second alternate route again and failed... Again. I've come to the conclusion that it's impossible and if anyone can clear it in three jumps I'll bake them a cake myself.