this is the best tier i could find! the maps are large and they require higher fraglimits. the custom bots are OK, some of them are using red/blue colors of ranger and doom and there is also a custom bot using daemia skin which i found a bit useless, it could have used for example hunter harpy because there are some skins that are not used by bots. the last map was a bit laggy for me, it froze screen for 2 seconds thinking the game crashed or something. still, very good. i would give 8.5 if i could vote and hopefully, more tiers will be expected from future.

You need to select the Quake 3 Arena 'mod' from the mod menu. You can also delete the 'fsteir' folder or 'pk3' files.

Help! Please,

I loaded this Tier and now cannot return to old menu. I am running OSX 10.3
Want to play old maps but cannot access them tried reinstalling game and it is
still there must be in the system now somewhere. Any Help would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks

Glad everyone enjoyed the maps! Thanks for the comments!

Build more, lots more. These tiers r better than some of the original.

Awesome every single one of them. A must have. Just direct me to the server playing it. To bad the levels couldnt be run off the skirmish mode.

good stuff here. Really impressed that you made a whole teir. And they're all strong levels. Is anyone else out there making these. I haven't seen em. 9

Great fun, the fourth is the best. Enjoyed the little 'Secret'!

Did you extract the file to the 'baseq3'folder in your Q3 directory. If you have done this, then bring down the console by pressing the tilde key - the key just above the tab button (has this symbol ¬ on it). Next type in the following: map fsdm1 then hit return, map should load, just do the same for the others except use their names, eg fsdm2, etc.

If this fails then bring down the console again and enable cheats by typing in the following: seta sv_pure 0 hit return and then type map fsdm1 followed by return and they should work.

If after changing the sv setting you have difficulty connecting to online servers change it back again, type in the following seta sv_pure 1 hit return

Does your little brain hurt now, mine does.

Remove your copy of Unreal Tourny from the drive and insert the Q3 CD instead, the maps should work now.

I downloaded it fine but the maps don't appear to work even after I did what the readme said. someone help (no stupid comments that just insult me, i realize im an idiot)

all of the maps were killer but on the second map the bots kept getting stuck on that bounce pad and i could just stand there and easily get em with the rockets... but over all i think they are the best maps on here. if you ever get that second one fixed, can you please make it available?

Great!!! A 9 for them.

These maps ROCK!!!!!

Overall very good, I give them a collective 8.

whoops didnt read whats above about download problems

octovus-

i never played the demo, and i dont like the retail versions ending either. i get the same thing that you get..i'd like to change that but wont waste my time.

steineke- im too HardCore for low end games.

69death69-try www.quake3world.com/quake3/ well dont try.. its there.

sorry tigger just tryin to help peps

Sorry for causing trouble with my (Fuhrer) comments, I was just joking. Please remove all such comments which I also posted at Ancient Archipelago, and this one also. I intend to refrain from this stupidity from now on.

Thanks.

damn, it's back. Those useless comments. I just wiped my ass wit my kitty cat

id quality? Um, no. The last one is pretty decent but that's about it.

i'd comment if i could but i can't download the maps.... it keeps saying the url doesn't exist. is there any other place i can download this from?

I've removed a heap of crap from the post for this map as they where not related to these maps at all. Could people try and keep post related to the maps. The last thing I wish to induce is a login in a pass system for posting comments.

thanx

Assalicious that would be great!!!!

me and my bud played these maps last night, when we noticed that 90 minutes was on my timecounter, and that whas after i stopped for a toilet break :P

please mail me the stuf links or any other kewl thingie at p.vervloed@wxs.nl.. thnx..

Hey, um..just a question. As to Elvis's comment "I don't like the end cinematic", it's the one that comes with the Q3A Demo. This, at least for me, seems to be the case for all tier addons, it runs like it was the demo test. Just wondering why is all..easier coding perhaps?

(And hey tx for the game last night Grin =) )

Poor 'Elvis'. How to solve your problem? -Play low end games.

these maps are fantastic, BUT

for low end machines,

lag is unbarable sometimes..

some problems on nightmare because of lag:(

though these maps will be on my hard drive for a good while.

dont like the end

cinimatic:)

needs work and i get no sound:(

Well, I thought these maps were great. Nice level of detail and generally pretty cool FFA gameplay. Play them with REAL people, not bots.

than: is there a time when you AREN'T pissed? ;-)

As a side note, to all those people whinging about not being able to download the maps.. why not send an email to Gamespy instead of posting some kind of abusive insult to Tigger and coming across as a retarded 3 year old (see the peter watson post below). It's not his fault you know!

Deadstar leaves before he starts bitching at people..

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Hhmz, no thanks. Come back when you release them as individual maps. NA/10

RedFive,

Yeah, I hear ya...

I'm hoping to add a search window to the maps section that should make it a little easier to find a particular map.

hhmz,

omg, the earlier versions did have a railgun and no invisiblity. I was trying to stick to "slow delivery" weapons. But you are right, it was a much more fun version I think. If you like, I will send you a custom version with the railgun instead of the invisiblity. And thanks for the comments !

to "not entered": I mean't John's Q3A. It took me a while to find the tier but I found it. I just think it could tidier. FilePlanet as a whole is beyond messed up, not just a page.

It's alright but I found a bit of stuttering in map 1 and 3, but that could also be my aging (already) 400 and TNT1. The swinging chain was pretty cool and the maps themselves above average. But I don't know, I didn't get that feeling you get when you really click into a map. So I'm giving a 7 to recognize work well done, but I don't know, the map just didn't hit me as great, in my opinion.

Thanks for the comments.

If you're interested in playing online, we've got a server running these at:

207.161.246.146:27961

I believe the server only runs after 6pm CST (US).

they looked nice and played ok but seemed just too much like the standard q3 maps to me. Felt a bit dull to play. I didn't think they were all that special although they were a lot better than many recent releases. By the way, I am pissed so excuse me if I screw up my typing (or make LESS mistakes than normal :)

-than

omg this last level is da shit man... rox!!!

I think it might be my system, but I was getting some real low fps while I was playing these maps. sometimes it drops to around the 20's in some areas. I usually get around 50-60 fps on levels like q3dm7.

dm3 needs a railgun bad!!!! And lose the invis, then it would rock..

Hey RedFive, when you say "I'll agree with Gum, nice and fast !!! But man this page is a mess !!!", do you mean John's Q3A, or fileplanet?

Sorry Khabal, I had to remove your post as the URL was screwing the page, but I moved it the review, and below is the post, minus the URL

---posted by Khaba------------------

Wow...beautiful maps..

If the Fileplanet link is giving you a headache (and when DOESN'T it), grab it from here:

<URL removed>

Well done guys... I can't wait to get some serious action on these puppies!

-K

THERE ARE TOO MANY MAPS AT THIS SITE... I CANT KEEP UP!!!!!!!

Ooops! Those are not mods, but games with the Q3 engine.

Oxide: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force and American McGee's Alice. Can't wait to see the latter.

I'll agree with Gum, nice and fast !!! But man this page is a mess !!! OK, I'm sick of FilePlanet. How the Gamespy Network can have such quality as PlanetQuake and such utter KRAP as FilePlanet is beyond my understanding.

I'm downloading the file right now (no thx to GSN).

Anyone know any q3 single player mods in development for q3? I mean classic single player, not stupid bots.

Thanks to John's Q3A. Nice and fast too!

TIME IS RUNNING OUT, the Vontraps are in rehearsal!

If you're lookin' to grab this map, I've got it...

www.quake3world.com/quake3

Er..."Oughta work for ID" (duh) not Idea

Thank god for download sites that work..hey Tig & Mandog, you should post links to 3dDownloads to, considering what's been up with FilePlanet lately =P

I would hardly go so far as to say they oughta work for idea (forgotten tier, whatever same thing) but they are pretty good. Just big! All of them are big, partly because..well they are large levels, and partly because especially in Circular Logic and Ravenous there is NOTHING!!!! (I mean this) to lure you outside the main areas, it's not worth the lost time.

And in Ravenous, it is even worse; the bots ignore the central area, and so you lose frags either because you arrive with only bad weapons or have to spend the time to pick good weapons up.

But the other two maps were good, it's a real mixed bag. Imho, Demon Winds was the best of the bunch. It featured a well placed quad, out of the way weapons (good thing, you have to go and get em so you end up all over level) and good connectivity. And the sniper post? Well the rg was good, but not for sniping..the action moved around 2 much. =)Wonders what the secret is ;)

Another thing, the bots were amazing..sure just regular q3 models, and just regular bot chat, but here was an actual challenge! Strikes me that the tier authors must not find the basic q3 bots enough trouble to frag.

Well....all I can say is I hope these guys keep together and make another tier, or maps, or something, because this was a dam good jobs. Even the worst map (Ravenous) gets a solid 7, I'm giving the pack as a whole 8.

Circular Logic: 7.5

Chaos Reigns: 8

Ravenous: 7

Demon Winds: 9

Happy Fraggin! Octovus

Jesus...everytime I try to grab a map from here, I end up getting some sort of dns error from "fileplanet". These maps should be stored elsewhere(preferably somewhere reliable)and a link placed to it. Cdrom.com is offline almost as frequently as fileplanet.

Some good maps. Solid construction and bot play is surprisingly OK. The textures are well done and flow and weapon balance are good.

I really don't like the way the maps are packed together as a mod. In fact, I've set up my own arena files so they function like every other map. Is there a good reason they're like this? Seems pointless.

At any rate, I like the maps, they'll be played here on the LAN often I'm sure. A solid 8.

As for the download problems...

ARRRRGHHHH!!!!!

Completely!

Hello, Boys and Girls! The lousy score of this pack can be explained only with one thing: You're going to blame those maps for fileplanets faulty gimmick (-download impossible).

Are you completely out of your minds?

Akuma, couldn't agree with you more!

I also couldn't download the pack from Fileplanet or ftp, but successfully downloaded it from their site - www.fuguestate.com

<mumbles incoherently about download troubles>

Why is it everytime I want to download a map something has to go wrong? This forces me to wipe my ass with my pet kitty cat

Possible to download t from the mappers homepage!

You're right, Tigger, is a MUST. But I don't like that 'tier'-pack-story, I prefer to have my own decisions in choosing bots, I don't like batch-stuff, anyway. So I created a new arena-file. A few parts are a bit overbright, too, so it would be an eight; -but, they used the small tiny brick I like, so it is a nine in the end.

why is the down load fucked again? SORT IT OUT!!!