Reactor V2 A6

A changed, clipping fixes, Red's second spawn changed, more info later.

• Changes at A:
  • Added a medium health pack under the bridge
• Changes at B:
  • Flipped building on the point to give more cover to defenders and less to attackers
  • Upper door to B/C/D connector now starts open to allow red to flip between B and D faster
  • Door that opens after A to B from A/B connector opens slower
• Changes at C:
  • Changes to the catwalks
    • Catwalks lowered
    • New path up to catwalks from Blu’s right entrance to C
    • Added some cover
  • Rebuilt the entire point
    • Point is now on a raised platform/catwalks
    • There is a lot more cover across the room and surrounding the point
    • Vents are no longer on the point, rather they let teammates get onto the point from the ground level
  • Finally fixed the vents, they now remain on after C is capped
• Changes at D:
  • Added a height advantage to Red’s back hallway
  • Added route from Red’s back hallway back up to Red’s sniper/sentry deck from for after upper door shuts
  • Removed lower route through A/D connector
• Improved some lighting
• Clipping fixes
• Changed some health/ammo

• Red's spawn has been rebuilt:
  • Red team now spawns facing the door to point A
  • Door to A now leads to the buffer room between A and D
    • The door between A and D is now always open as a result
• Point A was changed a bit:
  • The point is now slightly closer to Blu's side of the area
  • There's some a bit more cover in the new dead space created by this move
• Changes at B:
  • Staircase in building near Red's spawn door removed to reduce camping
  • Added a door on the B side of the A/B connector so people heading for D don't get lost
  • Upper doors to the B/C/D connector now start open so it's easier to flip between B and D while defending
  • Secondary door from Blu's spawn to B opens slower now
• Changes at C:
  • Capture zone raised to allow capping while being thrown by the vents
• Clipping fixes
• Probably more I forgot

• All dead players on Red are instantly respawned when A,B, or C is capped
• Changed some signage/lighting cues in Red’s first spawn.
• Rebuilt part of the B/C/D connector:
  • Added exit to upper floor in place of back flank
  • Rebuilt part of the geometry
• Doors to C open even slower
• Changes at B:
  • Upped cap time by a bit
• Changes at C:
  • Lowered capture area to jumping height
    
  • Added more cover across the point on ground level
  • Added a window/cover to Red’s entrance to the area
  • Reworked some of the catwalks
    • Far catwalk now leads to new upper floor of B/C/D connector
    • Close catwalk has sightly less of a height advantage over Red’s entrance to the area

• Changes at A:
  • Added more signage to the door to D
  • Door to B opens significantly faster
• Changes at B:
  • Doorway from spawn courtyard centered
  • Doors from A and to C open significantly faster
  • Center building at B was rebuilt
    • Direct route through the building has been replaced with a staircase and balcony on the outside
    • Sniper deck for blu remains, but it’s higher and more risky
    • Part of the roof is now unclipped, we’ll see how this goes
  • Added cover to route to back building at B
  • Adjusted props and geometry around B point
  • Rebuilt B point
    • Capture area is now larger
    • The point building now only half-finished, providing less cover
• Changes at C:
  • Doors to C open upwards instead of downwards
  • Fixed (?) steam vents turing off after capping
• Changes at D:
  • Bridges now extend slower
  • Updated finale events
    • Added explosion sounds
    • Added kill trigger
• Changes at Red’s first spawn:
  • All doors now switch to the “No Entry” skins after B is capped
• Changes at Blu’s spawn/room outside of spawn:
  • Rebuilt Blu’s spawn
    • Spawn building has been expanded
    • Spawn building now has a window!
    • There are now three exits into the A/B connector
      • The third exit leads to the (newly expanded) raised platform that leads to the upper building at A
• Optimizations (I think frames dropping near B are finally fixed)
• Slight detailing
• Slight health/ammo adjustments

• Added the custom particle effects I forgot to pack!

• Changes at point A
  • Door to point D now opens slower, looks like doors on Steel
  • Door to point B opens faster
• Changes at point B
  • Significantly rebuilt almost all geometry and capture point
    
  • Point B moved farther away from Red’s spawn
  • The elevator has been removed in favor of a more traditional capture point
  • Route through B to B/C connector is now open from start, now leading to D
• Changes at point C
  • B/C connector now leads also leads to D
  • Area behind point (Red side) is more compact
  • Vents are now enabled whenever Blu players are in the cap zone, not just when capping
  • Removed ramp up to Blu’s left entrance (while facing B, right while facing C) in favor of a small balcony
  • Removed side hallway
• Changes at point D
  • Added a window near the health and ammo packs near point
  • Removed ramp to second floor, replaced with window to look down on new hallway
  • New hallway in place of ramp, comes out under balcony
  • Added a wall (and windows) blocking sightlines from red’s left balcony directly onto the point
  • Closed up windows on balcony
  • Added finale events once point is capped (Thanks Exactol for the custom particles!)
• Red’s first spawn
  • Point B exit is now open from start
  • Dynamic chalkboard!
• Red’s second spawn
  • Right exit is now closer to C and raised to height of raised area outside of spawn
  • Signs just outside spawn have lights to try and focus player attention to alternate routes (especially to point C, apparently some people missed that it existed)
  • Dynamic chalkboard!
• Blu’s spawn
  • Dynamic chalkboard!
• Heath/ammo changes
• Some optimization
• Dynamic chalkboards!

Adjusted cap times, optimized, added a door. More info later.

• Changes at A:
  • Added a direct connection from A to B so you don't have to go back to Blu's spawn
• Changes at B:
  • Pushed back the cap/elevator to be farther from Blu's spawn
  • Increased cap time for B (I think? I remember doing it at some point.)
    
  • Added more cover to the middle ground
  • Changed the ramp near Blu's spawn to a jump route to promote flanking
  • Redid the area around the point so there's more room to fight
  • Changed side ramp up to the high ground to a building for more flank options
  • Redid all connectors to Point C
• Changes at C:
  • Completely rebuilt C and all connectors to C
  • C is no longer an instance that was placed at a 45 degree angle because working with it was a nightmare
    
  • Red now has a height advantage when entering the area
    
  • NEW DYNAMIC ELEMENT: Leaking steam pipes!
    • While Blu has players on Point C, the turbines will stop and the pipes on the point will begin to leak steam
      
    • The steam vents will launch players into the air while on, sending them up to the catwalks above
    • When Blu fully caps, the vents will remain on for the rest of the round
• Changes at D:
  • Completely rebuilt D and all connectors to D
  • The death pit is now steel-sized and you shouldn't be able to get on it as heavy from the edge anymore
  • The whole area around D is much larger and hopefully more fun to fight in and around
    
  • Point D now actually looks like a nuclear reactor, complete with Cherenkov Radiation!
    
  • Red's spawns into the area have more breathing room and better overlook the area
  • There are now three bridges that extend to D when C is capped, as well a larger platform that comes into play when B is capped
• Changes to Red's First Spawn:
  • Completely rebuilt Red's First Spawn, hopefully people don't get lost in it anymore
  • There's now two large exits to D and one to B
• Changes to Red's Second Spawn:
  • Completely rebuilt Red's second spawn
  • Red's second spawn now has access to an upper balcony looking over point D until point C is capped
• Moved/changed some health/ammo
• Some small detailing
• Some slight (hopefully?) optimization
• 15% more dev textures

• Renamed the map to "Reactor"
• Fixed areaportals
• Added/moved some health/ammo
• Optimization! (That one corner shouldn't drop as many frames!)
• Clipping! (Thanks Grizzly!)
• General improvements
  
• Removed the everyone disintegrating "feature" You will be missed.