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Gog'Noks - A Xen-based Exploration Map

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The map that spans across three different interesting locations to explore. This map had me test myself to go outside of my normal boundaries and see what I could improve upon and I think this map has really took the cake for a detailed map and as well as a somewhat playable map in regards to frame-rate (Getting about 60 to 200 fps total.) This map does require a lot of things as it is practically 100% Custom Textured and has quite a lot of custom models about, which only enhances the map in my eyes!

The map itself was supposed to have much much more features than it currently has, however I will be branching these ideas into their own separate maps in the Darklands and the Xen Factory. With that being said, I hope you enjoy this map!

Gog'Noks > Water'Island
Gog'Noks as it was named by the Vortigaunts, is a rather hefty super-island within the infinite expanse of Xen that has a seemingly unique quality that most other Xen islands don't seem to have, Gog'Noks has a huge basin of some type of Red Liquid. And thus the residents of Xen have used the Red Liquid in their various development processes in their sprawling underground factories, finding that it indeed has some hidden anti-gravity properties when activated with a certain catalyst, and even acts as a strengthening serum when mixed with the liquids inside the Alien Grunt Incubators. Gog'Noks is most notably home to an expansive aquatic ecosystem consisting of all the possibilities of Xen's flora and fauna, thus considering the prime predators of Xenotherus Icthycanthus, it makes the dense foggy liquid a dangerous place to traverse underneath. When the residents of Xen began their colonisation on the island, they decided to use Gog'Noks as a potential hub for a super-teleporter, to teleport across a much larger distance, currently calibrated to the Darkest areas of Xen, known infamously as Ket'ahl'darr (Lack'of'Light).
(THE MAP IS SET BEFORE THE EVENTS OF HL1)

Two different locations to teleport to!
Darklands! (Ket'ahl'darr)
Xen Factory! (Tahh'Gruk)
An amazing looking Super Teleporter in the Basin!
Points of underwatery interest!
Mini Teleporter Objectives!
Island Cluster for Parkour!
Admin Room!
Automated Elevator + Pillars for that extra Industrial Feel!
3 Dead Vortigaunts, can you find them all?
Custom Textures and Models!

This map no doubt requires HL2: Episode 2 and the Content Pack I have put together, the collection should be up for an instant download on this workshop page.

Special thanks to DLC for testing the map. The content is from the Black Mesa Dev team, and the Black Mesa Xen mod team, also for Arkane studios for that singular little sound file haha.

I haven't tested this on weaker pcs. I've been getting a decent 60-80fps and my friend DLC having about 80-100fps while playing in the main area of this map, both of. If you have a weaker PC it may be much different as to what we experienced.
Also a version that has Ai Nodes will come soon.

On multiplayer you won't be able to see any hints for the function of certain buttons, example being in the admin room.
On multiplayer the props will be shiny for some reason. (enable mat_specular 0 to fix this)
On cleaning the map using VJ Base, it will stop any automated process in the map - Go to the admin room and reactivate it using the far left button.


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