Grit

Started way back in the summer, fixed up and finished (the layout) just today.

Uranium is the temporary name for my 5 cp steel-type map since TPG shamelessly stole it's original name. An incident I have not uet forgiven him for.

Point configuration is as follows:
C....D
...E
A....B

Found the original plan image:


With blue spawning below A and B and red spawning above C and D.

-At map start blue have two, pretty much, only options: cap A or B.
-Once one is capped it opens a route through to the other, and each has it's own route to E that opens after capping.
-C and D manipulate the E control point itself. C closes the pit surounding E and D raises the point to be level with the surroundings instead of in a dip that needs a crouch jump to get out of.
-All points capped add time and shift spawn times in blu's favour.
-Once all four outer points are capped an aditional route opens from blue's spawn to E.

To cut down on the confusion of multiple spawning locations for red (steel always confused me when red's spawn changed location) I've got a teleporter system, its nicely labled and quite clear.
-Red have four teleports in their spawn, two towards A, two towards B.
-Each teleport takes the red team to near point A or B, one way travel only, red may still choose to run to A/B via C/D/E if they wish.
-Once A is capped A's teleports disable, once B is capped B's teleports disable.
-Blu cannot sap the teleports so don't bother to try.

I'm not sure there is much else to say about it.

The name will be evolving, don't worry.

ok I'm going to have to look at the flow between points, players need to go more from one to the next to the next instead oh having such free choice.

Some todos:

• My initial idea is to block off C and D totally to blu until both A and B have been capped. This way flow is likely to end up as A->B->D->E/C or B->A->C->E/D where the final outer cap is more of an optional to make the capping of E easier.
• More health an ammo placements in general.
• Fixing mistakes like not being able to crouch jump out of E if C was capped but not D (changed the height of something last minute)
• Generally decreasing the size of the whole thing, tightening up the points, particularly E
• Add the E overlay over the other door in red's spawn so people realise there isn't only one way to get there >.<

Yeah rexy your option 2 is what I plan to do, lock the latter points until A/B are captured so that its clear to both teams those are the first objectives. I think locking the points will serve as enough of a dis-incentive to blu to going to those points that I won't need to physically block them off, as that poses all sorts of problems for red.

I noticed as red, there wasn't a good way to get from A to B before one of them is captured without going some horribly convoluted route through all of C, D and E. Not entirely sure how to remedy this problem yet.

haha yes I saw that just now too, slightly disturbing!

Uranium has decayed by way of an alpha into Thorium! (cp_thorium_a2)

Alpha 2 released 11/01/10:-

• Uranium Decayed into thorium, mapname still undecided.
• Locked C and D until A and B are capped.
• Decreased size of capture B, C, D and E arenas slightly
• Fixed a displacement you could get stuck on
• Adjusted the height of E so you can crouch jump out after C is capped.
• Increased amount of ammo/health kits and cover.
• Tweaked spawntime adjustments from capturing points A and B as well as the time added by capping C and D
• Reduced A-D capture times slightly.

New exit from blu spawn to B. There is a window to jump through on the rear face of that building too.

Also looks like some other cockblocker made a cp_radium and only got to _a3 before ditching his map. This is quite a blow as I now can't continue my uranium decay chain of alpha names.
So, I am on the market looking for a name for this beastly map. gulp!

And suffer everyone demanding an enormous wheel and a theme park?

I'll take my chances with the radioactive elements over that!!

Plus Iron was a jab at steel's lackluster name anyway. No metals!