Just to be thorough, I decided to stream my RTCW Custom Maps server to www.pbbans.com.  This should ensure that any hacker previously caught on another RTCW server should automatically be blocked from mine too.

Not that RTCW has a large fan base left, but this should help to reassure its remaining players that my server is a legit one.

Game Server Info:

IP:  208.43.15.207:27960

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

sl.gamelauncher is a program that allows an internet browser client to connect to a specific game server by simply clicking on a webpage hyperlink.  Browsing for a specific server in-game is no longer required, nor is remembering an ip address to manually “/connect” either.  Of course, for a sl.gamelauncher hyperlink to work a user needs to have this program installed first and setup to point to the correct directory on their machine where the game is installed (the program must also be running and not closed).  Once you have done all of this… voila, fin, you get the idea…

1. So grab sl.gamelauncher here.
2. Setup the program to point to your RTCW installation.
3. If you don’t already have my (3) RTCW maps, you will need to grab them here and follow the included installation instructions.
4. Simply click on the following link to launch a RTCW server that is purely hosting my maps (yes it is my server).

Launch:  Holy Lunatic Custom Maps (RTCW Server)

Note:  If you experience any issues, try launching from a different browser, like Internet Explorer.   Also, Steam installed games apparently have a difficult time launching via this method – in either case you can locate my server by connecting to it manually in game with the following console command “/connect ip 208.43.15.207″.

The WildWest

Currently, the only WildWest map that I have released – wildwest_elpaso – is on www.bandit.com EU-Server, as part of a map rotation configuration.  To play this map:

1. Download the WildWest Stand-Alone installer here (its completely free).
2. Once installed, launch the WildWest Starter program (if its not already opened in your system try).
3. Out of the handful of WildWest servers, look for “www.bandit.com EU-Server” and connect.
4. If the current map is not wildwest_elpaso, you can call a vote to change the map (e.g. “/callvote map wildwest_elpaso”)

Recently, I’ve been thinking about Alcatraz again.  I’ve wanted to build a map of it for a long time…  Be it an educational walk through, or an actual video game – I always thought it’d be a cool environment.  So I decided to research Alcatraz a little further during the Wild West period, since I currently have that mapping environment installed and ready to go (The WildWest, a RTCW MOD).

Here are some of the pictures I’ve come across so far.

I came across an old UI theme for GtkRadiant 1.4. Back in the day I used to rock this, and now that I’ve installed it again, I remember why! It’s sexy.

Peep this!

You can grab this theme here. Or browse to it from my Downloads page.

I completed the second example map in my series of RTCW/WW Tutorials.
You can view the Tutorial here, or grab the example map here.

Enjoy!