blockbuster b6

Followed through with all the things I said I would push by this version, also consulted a few people with different levels of vision impairment to help tweak the map

• raised the mid point up by roughly 50 h/u to prevent direct line of site from extremely far back
• replaced all the greenscreen textures with a less saturated one
• added some props in front of the green screens behind cliff to make players stand out more
• adjusted the middle ledge geometry so it no longer juts out in front of cliff
• centered the alcoves on mid
• added a barrel below cliff on mid to allow acces from mid
• brightened the patio leading to unders
• extended the house behind cliff out to block the void

I might try messing with lighting in the next release, I've had some complaints with the map "flashbanging" people. I also want to try and get the 3d skybox done.

Also, if any modelers or texture artists are interested in giving me a hand, shoot me a DM

NO MORE DEV TEXTURES
still some floating nodraws here and there, but they'll be all gone by b6 which I aim to have released by next friday

• removed all dev textures
• removed the mesh fence near under's entrace
• tweaked the cover and batts around the left side of house to make the area feel more 3D and provide more decloak spots for spy
• reworked the cover where the truck used to be
• reworked the cover outside the spawn
• clipped off the lamp in pocket

After receiving feedback from Techie, Bird and a few other notable players I'll be aiming to raise the area between house and the midpoint as well as bring cliff in closer to make both areas feel a lot less flat and less useless respectively

Small update, just wanted to fix a few things I had missed in b5

• aligned the skybox correctly
• further decorated the skybox
• clipped the railing in unders
• extended the building outside of the left spawn exit to help with performace
• added area portals to the left and middle connectors

Next update will finish the skybox and add anything suggested to me from playtests over the weekend

• Added a 3d skybox. Its not complete but I wanted to push one out so the map looked less poo
• Deatiled the ramps leading into unders
• Detailed the walls around spawn

I am aware the skybox is slightly unaligned, I'll fix this in the next version, I just wanted to push this out as I have spent the last 2 days headscratching this

GENERAL

• Few clipping fixes
• Z fighting fixes
• Fixed some overlays not showing on some brushes

PROBLEMS IM AWARE OF

• the murals at spawn are broken
• i packed my hud into the map

GAMEPLAY

• Converted the walls at mid to brushes to be more consistent and make players more aware of where they can and cannot climb
• Changed the walls around the dumpster to prevent players from hiding so easily
• Replaced the rocket/watertower walls with a dumptruck to prevent the same sightlines but make movement more fun
• Decreased the depth of the cutouts in mid so a player can no longer fully hide in them

DETAILING

• Detailed the corner near the dumpster
• Added railing above the houses to demonstrate that you cannot reach those areas

GENERAL

• Fixed clipping
• Started detailing spawns
• Adjusted a lot of pre-existing details to accommodate for new details

DETAILING

• Spawn and spawn connectors have been completely redone
• Blue and Red's themes have been redone with Blue now being the moon and Red being a western

GAMEPLAY

• Reworked the overhang on the left rollout to make demo rollouts a little easier
• Adjusted a lot of fences around spawn
• Raised right connector
• Added a small wall on the right battlements to prevent spam into spawn and make the sniper spot less strong
• Pushed the mid fence forward and adjusted the pocket side to prevent a nasty cross-point sniper angle
• Removed the clipping above the right battlements broken tower

General

• Wow, lots of feedback since b4!
• Thanks again to raze, omni, core and everyone in au hl mercs discord for helping shape the map!

Detailing

• Fixed a few incosistencies

GAMEPLAY

• edited the main route from spawn to remove a cheeky sightline
• added a shelf in house for spies to hide on (im aware its incosistent on either side, I kinda got everything pushed before I realised; this will be fixed in b4c)
• removed most of the walls on cliff and added a pole + barrels to make it so you cannot hide in the very corner
• Lowered the first wall on cliff to allow for better movement with all classes (spy specifically) (this may cause bad sniper sightlines but I wanted to try it out before ruling it out completely)
• Created an alcove on either side of the point and moved the ammo pack into them. The alcoves also have grates that let players see into unders with a hindered view

GENERAL

• adjusted some clipping and block bullets

GAMEPLAY

• added more cover leading to mid
• flipped the wall near the pack under catwalk
• added a rock leading to point to add cover
• raised the wooden walls at mid
• made the house windows flush

GENERAL

• We're back in action; decided to finally push b4 out the gates

DETAILING

• Added a few new posters

GAMEPLAY

• Completely reworked the catwalk making it now run through the house instead of around it
• Reworked the inside of house to accompany the new catwalk
• Removed dropdown that led to unders
• Made the cliffs at mid flat instead of slanted
• Made it easier to navigate your way onto the mid cliffs

GENERAL

• Started nodraw-ing the outside of the map and working on general optimisation
• fixed some clipping at spawn

DETAILING

• Magnetised and Stunk the map up
• Gave Doc a home

GAMEPLAY

• Sloped the cutaway on mid so jumping across the highground as soldier is easier
• Added a new dropdown into unders on the rightside (this is an extreme change and one I'm willing to undo if people find to be a downgrade so feedback here is appreciated).
• Connected Balcony/China to cliff via the cubby to warrant using cliff more
• Removed the small health pack in cubby
• Shrunk the spawn courtyard to speedup rollout times
• Mirrored the windows on the front of either house so jumping should be equal

My goal is to be doing final gameplay tests between b3 and b6. Hopefully after that I can focus more on detailing and finally get rid of all dev textures