achievement_idle_sandbox 1.00
A more friendlier variant of awesomebox with aesthetics more inspired to TF2
achievement_idle_awesomebox is a great map. It has been a staple map in the community idle/trade servers. Lot of community use awesomebox as a base and make their own version. Some with minor adjustments or others with major changes. Awesomebox has a lot of things going for it.
- Close spawns, a spawn camper's dream and a regular player's dismay
- Boxing ring, for the aspiring heavy weight boxing champions
- Surf ramp, for the beginner surfers looking to hone their skills on something basic
- Seemingly closed off skybox where, depending on the server, grants buddha to everyone in it and serves as a safe room from the chaos below, allows access to either team's spawn room for all teams.
- 90% of the map are in one location, you don't need a teleport to access
- Convenient idle chute and conveyor belt for easy farming
Most of awesomebox's layout is flat and not-specialized. Leaving much room for the player's own imagination for what they want to do. Its an excellent sandbox map.
- Want to build a sentry nest right at the enemy's front door? Go for it.
- Want to roam the map quick-scoping scouts and soldiers? Do it.
- Playing demoknight and want to behead everyone you see? Charge in for the kill.
However, the map's visuals and some of its features have not stood the test of time.
- Being able to enter any team's spawn in skybox often leads to spawn trapping and making it nearly impossible for players on the opposing team to fight against, often leading to players leaving
- Spawns being close together leads to spawn camp. A LOT of spawn camp. Spawn wars can be fun to fight in short bouts, but when the entire list of active players are waging war in the mid-point, it can be nearly impossible to leave spawn.
- Awesomebox is rather popular for the points listed above, making it rather difficult to balance or remove the camping without killing players' enjoyment of the map
- Awesomebox uses 6 textures for the entire map, having a small number of textures used for a map isn't inherently bad. However, because of this awesomebox looks bland at best, ugly at worst because of it.
Here we are, achievement_idle_sandbox. A map I've based off awesomebox15, making drastic edits to the layout, visuals, and features, focusing on the map's sandbox style, and bringing visuals more in-line with vanilla TF2
- 13 unique textures over the original 6 textures used in the original awesomebox map.
- Subtle props and decor sporadic across the map, similar to official maps.
- Custom 3D Skybox and lighting.
- Indoor and 2 variants of outdoor ambiance
- Expanded walkway out of spawns for more play area and less chance of falling or being blasted off.
- Completely re-done pathway to Skybox that can and will stump your progress, some turns will be a dead end, or a loop.
- Skybox is properly kill-walled off, the most reliable way of getting to skybox is to now use the path
Server Usage/Editing
This map is free to host on any server, local or private, do not sell for profit, you can edit the map if you must, but the edited version's name must be distinct from the official release. For example, if Otaku edits this map for their servers, they must name it "achievement_idle_sandbox_otaku"