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KotH blockbuster b6

harris0n

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formal - A King of The Hill Map Created For Highlander

A koth map made with help from australian highlander players. Inspired heavily by product, warmtic, ashville and cascade (all maps commonly played within the aus scene).
 

harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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Thanks core for all the help so far!!!

-Deepend unders and added a window to the pillar
-Added a cubby to the tower near secret
-Cut some of the cliff wall off to allow for defenders to kill anyone rushing easier
-Slanted the cliff wall to make pocket less viable
-Removed the small hp packs in pocket
-Extended the distance between the middle connector and house
-Added areaportals
-Added a roof to mid to prevent players from bombing across the point

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harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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-Raised middle roof to allow soldier bombs
-Added small ammo pack behind house
-Raised spawn connector walls
-Added a small skewed fence to mid to close off a siteline
-replaced the prop fences with brush ones near cliff
-capy smells

ty capy and jabjab for the feedback

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harris0n

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Mid
Replaced the cutout walls with wider ramp barriers
Narrowed dropdown
Moved the mini-ammo packs to on top of the ramps
Replaced and adjusted the rocks at mid with Fubar's rocks
Removed the ability to build on the rocks

Cliff
Removed the cutout on "japan"
moved the health and ammo to behind the pilar/cubby
replaced the old health and ammo on cliff with a small ammo pack
Added a thin route above the new packs

House
Added a small ammo pack inside house

Slope
n/a

Unders
-Widened and shortened the unders ramp
-Added more lights to unders

Spawn
Removed the ability to actually get on top of the spawn building (whoops :p )

Big shoutout to:
Bigweld, Gus, Hsuh, Magnet, Von, Sperkle, Lunosity, Sexy Turtle, Capy, Wohxye, Emma, Max, SomePsychoKid, Bakes, JabJab, BananaWillRule and Andyroo for being the first bodies on the map and helping shape it up!

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harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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General:
Fixed all incosistencies between sides by deleting one and mirroring the other correctly
Fixed Red's spawn connectors being missaligned and the poor brushwork
Adjusted lighting
Replaced the sand displacements with dirt ones
Fixed all the wooden patches below the packs on displacements so the sides are no longer pitch black
capy no longer smells

Mid:
Moved the mini-ammo packs to infront of drop down
changed the bridge above to be a solid brush to prevent confusion about accessability
Moved the ramps towards the midpoint more

Cliff:
Readjusted the ramp leading to the top to allow for the walkway to be raised
Completely remade cubby so it is aligned with the grid
Moved the mini-hp kit into cubby and added a mini-ammo pack
Deatiled the guard on lower cliff and the catwalk so you can see through to the points (still acts the same)

House + Walkways:
n/a

Unders:
Brightened further

Spawn:
Added a roof to the left rollout to prevent demos from reaching the other teams side in a single jump

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harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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FIRST BETA RELEASE

Thanks again to all the playtesters and feedback!
After the games we've played on the map and feedback I have gotten, I think most people agree the map is at a state where big tweaks are no longer needed and I can start to focus on the art direction.

I have decided to rename the map to suit the final theme I hope to go with; movie studio

changes between a5a and b1:

GENERAL:
Started detailing
Fixed some clipping and added a skybox wall above the spawn connectors to prevent spamn into spawn and to help fps

MID:
Removed dropdown
Adjusted the fences to help with sightlines

CLIFF:
n/a

HOUSE + WALKWAYS:
Adjusted doorways so you no longer get stuck in corners
Added a small wooden plank to china to make sniping a little more linear

UNDERS:
Removed the window in the pillar

SPAWN:
Made the ground flat
Doors now open vertically instead of split horizontally
Raised the spawn roof to make demo rollouts easier
Added a small alcove to the left path for sneaky plays
Removed the alcove behind the left side of spawn (the right one still remains)

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harris0n

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GENERAL:
Reworked lighting, the map is now lit like an early morning with a light mist

VISUAL:
Reworked the insides of the houses on mid
Changed the overhang on mid
Replaced all the dev textures with more muted colours to make players stand out better on both sides

MID:
Added a hole back where dropdown used to be allowing for another angle to attack mid
Reworked the cover at mid to be less flimsy

CLIFF:
Pushed back the dropoff
Lowered the outer walls to make it a little more challenging for soldiers to bomb the point
Lowered the tower to make it a little more challenging for soldiers to bomb the point

HOUSE + WALKWAYS:
Reworked the design under the staircase to make fighting in house more fair
Pushed the wall at the end of balcony in a bit so you can see mid sooner
Added a viewport below the wall on balcony (you cannot shoot through this)

UNDERS:
n/a

SPAWN:
n/a

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harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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I hoped to get a b3 out, but people were asking for changes so I decided to push out a smaller update to help tide people over

GENERAL:
  • Changed lighting back to daytime, the previous lighting was too dark in some areas

DETAILING:
  • Unders has been reworked to look like a miniature set
  • Spawn has gotten a bit of a facelift with a new sky mural and movie/tv show ads (based on my highlander teammates)
  • Relocated the thank you note to be outside the play area (and updated with some more lovely people)
GAMEPLAY:

  • Raised the middle of the map up to prevent sniping across the point from the low ground
  • Lowered the fences on mid to help sniping in china
  • Replaced the middle fence on mid with a brush to prevent players being visible on the other side
  • Replaced the pilar in unders with two half pilar on either side (this is an extreme change and one I'm willing to undo if people find to be a downgrade so feedback here is appreciated)
  • Adjusted lighting in unders
  • Adjusted clipping on the awnings on both houses to allow players to stand on them
  • Reworked the middle spawn connector to make combat in them less awkward and give flanking players better opportunities to hide
  • Added windows to the upper cliff wall so players can be spotted

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harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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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

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harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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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

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harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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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

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harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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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

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harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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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

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harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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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

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harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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  • 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 :)

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harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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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

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harris0n

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Jul 26, 2018
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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 useless respectively

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