I didn't say it was better than hen7's TFV, I said PMK was ONE of the best ones, not THE best one.

Agreed, I just played PMK 1-3, fantastic. Couldn't be happier with the maps! Some glitchable problems but, nothing that impeded on the maps playability.

I know, i was tired, i meant to put a "though" in, which would give the sentence a new meaning

To minimise the risk of leaving players with sv_cheats enabled when they quit the map prematurely, I would recommend to only have sv_cheats enabled while the effect is active, and turn it back off as soon as the timer expires. (Also the hud_saytext_time.)

I will definitely use this in my next map pack.

I can't thank you enough dude. I'm really pleased that you enjoyed my maps. I strive to get the fun/difficulty balance right and I'm really glad you mentioned it. Thanks again dude

On a side note I wanna say a few details about the PMK 1-5 map pack I'm working on. I'm gonna add 6 cake pieces to PMK 1-4 which will unlock the bonus maps like PMK 5 (same ones from my previous map pack btw) but since PMK 4 never came with bonus maps I'll make two new ones for them. Also I'm gonna update the old bonus maps so they have start/finish elevators and generally look a bit tidier. Lastly, what does everyone think to manually installing the map pack as opposed to using a bmz? I only ask because I have to bspzip everything for bmz's. I don't mind either way I'm just curious if it's a big deal

I would say, go for the manual install. It saves a lot of trouble on your part and making a BMZ doesn't make the installation that much more convenient, in my opinion.

IMO I like the simplicity of a .bmz file. I've never made a map so I don't know what goes into make a .bmz, but I do know I prefer them.

Can't... reach... first... cake... GAHHHHHH!!!!

I'm having trouble unlocking - not even the advanced map unlocks! I'll start it manually...

LOL

[spoiler]You can reach the first cake with a so called step fling. You place two portals on the high and low platforms, as close together as possible. Then you jump from the high platform into the lower portal, then quickly steer so you go into the lower portal again etc. With each fling, you gain altitude until you are high enough to grab the cake. It works best when you put the long side of each portal against the edge of the platform.[/spoiler]

Thanks, HMW, that's what I was doing. I'm just bad at it! LOL

Completed the map, by the way, but only found 4 cakes. Final room was lots of fun!

Completed the map and got all 6 cakes this time. Cake #5 was obvious and easy, and that's why I missed it first time. I got cake #6 the first time through, but I had already completed room 6 without even discovering the upstairs room. I managed to fling myself up to the switch without the long fall (ironically using step flings), and only discovered the upper room when I accidentally knocked the power ball up there. I do everything backwards.

Even with all the cakes found, advanced map #5a still isn't open for me. 5b is, though.

I can't believe so many people are having problems with unlocking the maps. Just goes to show the source engine isn't too great since it can't do simple triggers right. Sorry for the bitching but there is literally nothing more I can do to fix the double cake problem on bonus 5b and fixing the unlocking problem. Does anyone have any ideas? In the mean time to unlock it manually go to your portal folder in steamapps and in the directory called SAVE their should be a file called bonus_map_data. Open this file in notepad and insert the following where the stars are located:

I didn't have any problems with the bonus maps. They both unlocked as I collected the cake. I can't understand why so many others are having problems with this.

Hi!

Played this map yesterday. It's great and awesome, loved it!
The advanced ones were really hard, some parts beated me totally for a while.
Although I had problems with unlocking the challenge maps. I had to finish the advanced one two times until it was unlocked.
And I only found 4 cakes. Guess I have to check everything again[spoiler], I was really impressed with the "bullet time" idea of bonus map 1.[/spoiler]