cp_truss (WIP)

[MangyCarface]

Sarcasm's cool and all but let's try to keep it on topic guys
Any chance this would be testable this weekend?

 

[oxy]

Do you have any screens of the alpha you released?

 

[grazr]

Looking very nice. Reminds me of a late (just before steam destroyed the TFC community) but popular map called nuclear. Not in layout, in general construction and design. I can see it on the Blu side atleast. That's a kudo if you were wondering. Nuclear was a very pretty map but on a server of more than 8 it was impossible to get your enemies key to the launch panel in the third section.

 

[roninmodern]

Haven't had a chance to work on this in about a week, I'm switching jobs and applying to be a substitute teacher (good money!)

I'll try to get some screens of the alpha up tonight, and will add the forward spawns.

The base layout is done if this alpha plays well, then I'll start making the map all pretty and such.

 

[roninmodern]

Lot more has changed than this, but Chrono said that since I need cover on the bridge maybe I try sheets of metal.

Well there are plenty of truss bridges that are covered, so maybe this will work.

 

[YM]

oooh that looks really bad. It might not if you add tiny amounts of rotation to each one and get the shadows to stop making them dark. why are they so dark?

 

[Laz]

randomize those things flip some of them 90 degrees, tilt them, have a few only hanging on by one corner and so forth.

looking good otherwise

 

[YM]

oh yeah, also the texture on the bridge itself looks like on some beams (the horizontal ones) it should be rotated.

 

[TimeBomb]

It's a little funny; my dad was giving me this big speech about Trusses and transisters/transformers/substations. earlier this month

 

[Juice]

I think hes joking about the cover lol.

 

[roninmodern]

Well...the CP needs SOME sort of cover. Youme suggested trucks on each side of the cp. Someone else suggested I remove the cp from the bridge and have a 4 cp map, in which case I'd move the cps up from the garage and put them on either side of the bridge - which I am expanding greatly, I'm told too many of my areas are too small.

I've increased the height of the bridge and removed the paneling. Scouts, demos, and soldiers can still get up top but it requires some effort and you may die while trying to.

 

[roninmodern]

Oh...the chain link fences are placeholders for the edge of the area - the edge will actually be defined with shabby looking architecture, a la standard.

 

[MangyCarface]

Bridge looks infinitely better. Add a tollbooth halfway through and build around it to build up cover.

 

[Vander]

I second the motion to build a tollbooth. Good idea Mangy.

 

[roninmodern]

I like the tollbooth idea, but maybe on the ends instead of the middle?

It would still provide cover, but would make it a little easier for the jump classes to get on top of the bridge.

Thoughts?

 

[oxy]

I third it. I really didn't like the sheet metal. Maybe a truck or other large prop could help as well.

 

[Vander]

Oooooh, trucks are good. Gotta be careful with the placement though, don't want to give an advantage to one side over another.

Maybe a truck on one side and an inaccessible toll booth on the other?