Kill Box (killbox.bsp) is a Half-Life Deathmatch map that has literally spawned a phenomenon in the Half-Life community. The "killbox" name has the largest amount of spin-offs and alternate versions in hundreds of modifications for both Half-Life and Half-Life 2 alike, and even branching into other games such as Call of Duty and Battlefield. It was created by Ooblik (of FrogFree Clan) and released on December 30th, 1998.
Kill Box, also refereed to by most as "killbox" has also been called "Killing Box" which is a reference to what the map is based off of. The map is based of a Quake 2 map called "Killingbox2". The map features very simple architecture, one large room, mostly white lighting (with a red shade at the top) and many platforms including some that move up and down.
 Lower ground, launching RPG at above platform |
 Shooting a player as they ascend the massive ladder |
 Middle platform, launching RPG at lower ground |
 Firing at a player with a scoped crossbow as they launch a grenade |
Readme
killbox.txt as supplied with the map:
================================================================ Title: killbox.bsp Filename: killbox.bsp Author(s): Ooblik (of FrogFree Clan) Email Address: see webpage for addresses Webpage: www.cal.shaw.wave.ca/~dread Description: Large Cube with RPGs Additional Credits to: [FF]KinetiK, [FF]Wi][is, ][FF]Drexoll, JR and Rambo (of parts unknown... they just came by and helped us out a bit!) Last but certainly not least, PC Gamer and Coconut Monkey for their wonderful map Killingbox2. ================================================================ * Play Information * Level Name: Kill Box Single [[Player|Player]]: Just to look around I guess Cooperative 1-32 [[Player|Player]]: Nope Deathmatch 2-32 [[Player|Player]]: 6 [[Player|player]] MAXIMUM on a LAN, 4-5 MAXIMUM on the Internet Difficulty Settings: Nope New Sounds: Nope New Graphics: Nope Sound Track: Nope Demos Replaced: Nope .map Included: Nope Software needed to play: Half Life v 1.006 (obviously) Comments: Killing Box is based on a Quake2 map called killingbox2.bsp that Drexoll gave to me (KinetiK) one day. Not a great map by any stretch of the imagination but the carnage produced amazed the lot of us playing it. We missed the fun factor in Half Life that killingbox2 provided for us in Quake2 and hence the re-creation of it here. I have no idea how to operate the damn Worldcraft 2.0 so I got Ooblik to build one. Installation ------------ Unzip the file killbox.bsp and killbox.txt into your c:\sierra\halflife\valve\maps directory. * Construction * Base: Custom map from scratch. Idea based on above mentioned Quake2 map. Build Time: 5-7 hours (plus playtesting etc etc) Times & stats: System Used: Pentium II-300 SCSI, 128 MB Qbsp: 1 second Vis (-level 4): 1 second Light (-extra): 62 seconds Texture WAD used: halflife.wad Editor(s) used: Worldcraft 2.0 Known Bugs: 1) _VERY_ processor intensive map. LARGE LARGE volume of the map precludes any more than 4 or 5 players on the internet. You really wouldn't want anymore than this to play at one time though. 2) Red lights shine on ceiling. Not a bug an issue. * Legal Stuff * -------------------------- Copyright / Permissions ----------------------- This level is copyrighted by FrogFree Clan, 1998. You MAY distribute this level through any electronic network (internet, FIDO, local BBS etc.), provided you include this file and leave the archive intact. Credit must be given to FrogFree Clan mentioning FrogFree Clan as designer. If you wish to make a profit on this, then you must notify the FF Clan within 6 weeks before the product is released and we will provide details on how the fortune is to be distributed.
