PD Garner A18

[Cincomma]

Garner - Heronherald

A Player Destruction map set in a mining facility or something.

[Some of the current map screenshots are outdated, look at the updates tab for up-to-date screenshots]


The main gimmick of the map is that the players are collecting australium from killed enemies. A minecart barrels down middle every once in a while and stops at the designated capture point. Deposit your ingots there!
View attachment 98001 MiddleView attachment 98002 Flank

Spawn RoomView attachment 98004 Top of the hillView attachment 98005 Another look at the top of the hillView attachment 98006 Blu's spawn courtyardView attachment 98007 Another look at mid

Where the cart stops

2nd courtyard

 

[Cincomma]

The first update... yay

Made the ramp cleaner and tidier

Added fancy cart rockets

Added these walls

Made some of the ground dirt

I've also made hud changes, as well as gameplay fixes such as playercount-specific score limits

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[Cincomma]

...yeah, fixed that

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[savvaisnotagirlolbbq]

For a second, I thought this was a PL map with that steep ramp

 

[Cincomma]

I finally figured out that the layout is too koth-like, and so here we are.

I am still having heavy emphasis on height variation, so from a top-down view the map looks very straight, although many areas are layered over others

Made the spawn courtyards smaller and closer to mid

Added a small side area near the flank route in the valley

Added a structure to jump from into another new building

The same new building

Added these lower caves for flanking

Entrance to the cave

Another room leading to the cave

A high-up view of the valley

Level Overview

Another look at mid

ignore the scout corpse

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[Cincomma]

Quite a few changes happened

Made this lip here smaller and harder for non-jumpers to get onto the shed at mid

Added a boulder here

Custom poster

This spot is no longer a dead end

Smol changes include:

-Added voice lines

-Significantly lowered respawn times

-Replaced the chain-link fences with wood fences

-Adjusted the placement of healthpacks slightly

-Max score on a full server lowered to 120 (from 192)

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[Cincomma]

The slope's dead... I killed it

...And replaced it with this fancy mining truss

Added a side route to get to the top of the hill

Added these wood platforms here and made the towers taller

Smaller changes include:

-Added nobuilds to plenty of areas because I hate engineers

-Clipped the towers so you cant climb on them anymore

-Added some patches under healthkits

-Yes, the pack near spawn is still there fight me

-Changed the soundscapes

-You can now hear the announcer from everywhere

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[Cincomma]

I made the world pretty

Added a secret valve

Added fences to the top of the sides of the pit

Made the fences on the sides higher to disallow snipers from getting on

Small changes include:​

Changed some clipping brushes

Heightened the wall at the spawn courtyard

Mined some rock out of the darkest recesses of the mines to supply all of the mercs with healthy doses of carbon monoxide

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[Cincomma]

Hello again, it's been a few hours since an update, huh?

Not many visual changes come with this update, the main change is that the minecart doesnt appear as frequently

Small changes include:​

-Replaced the extremely shiny concrete textures

-Added some more neat textures

-Adjusted some more clipping

-Added a patch under a healthpack

-You cant go on the pipes at mid anymore

-Mined more rocks out of the darkest recesses of the mine, at this point the facility is a serious safety hazard

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[Cincomma]

Most of this update is just quality of life, so yea

Made this bump thing a vent

Added a small room to mid to weaken sentries

Added a lower spawn exit

Replaced the ramp dropping down to the mines with a dropdown

Also made the bump at the top of the ramps near mid make sense
also made the ramps up to the peak of the map a net covering coal or gold

Another look at the lower spawn exit

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[Cincomma]

Yea it's been a while

Made the medium health pack at mid large

Added health and ammo to this side room

Did a detailing pass on some buildings

Made the rocks red

Small changes include:

Adjusted clipping

Regulated the gas leaking from the inner depths of the mine, although the facility is still a major health hazard

Submitted application to the Longboy religion

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[Cincomma]

I moved the objective under mid, in a hatch that opens when the minecart rolls in

The Pit

I replaced the eyesores of walls at mid with sheds, which also helps nerf some nasty sniper sightlines

Inside the shed

Small changes include

- Adjusted Clipping

- Made textures more consistent and less messy at mid

- Although the threat of a gas leak from inside the mines has been resolved, the mercenaries are still exposed to copious amounts of methane gas

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[Cincomma]

The pit flopped, so here's a11 but better

Added some alpha detail

Fixed an interesting texture choice

The ramp going up to mid is now a staircase and added more cover

The Barrier is back!

Extended this wall out to prevent a nasty sightline

Shortened this building's ceiling and added a small deck

Shorter slope

The 3rd spawn exit is blocked off

More mid

Smaller Changes Include

- The building at the bottom of the slope at mid now has 1 window and both entrances connect

-Adjusted clipping

-Added more cubemaps

-Added more soundscapes

-Adjusted health and ammo slightly

-Added some subtle details here and there

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[Cincomma]

So, I skipped a14 because I made Garner KotH for 1 version, and yea not many people liked that, so here we are

There is now a second capture zone at the top of the hill where the minecart stays for 15 seconds, goes down the track, stays at the original capture zone for 15 more seconds, then leaves

The Trifecta

More alpha detailing

Added areaportals and hints for great amounts of optimization

More fancy posters

Added this window here to show players that the side route exists

Added this small porch to the second courtyard

Made this health pack here medium

Smaller changes include:

Opened the window at mid so you can walk through it

Made the large health pack at mid small

Adjusted clipping and skybox brushes

Honestly it's a surprise that the mercenaries aren't dead by the natural gas leakage

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[Cincomma]

This is mostly just alpha detailing for blu side, but there are a few gameplay tweaks

Blu spawn detail

Lowered the wall here to prevent demos from camping mid from far away

Grate spawn detail

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[Cincomma]

I've been on a mapping streak since summer started, so here's another update.

Reduced the amount of empty space in this cave and made it fancy

There's a resupply locker here now, and the door was moved slightly so you have a straight shot from the ramp to the door. Also the door is now two doors that separate so it doesn't clip through the roof

Added fog

Widened the mid concrete high ground

New roof shapes

Opened up the peak a bit and added more cover

Smaller changes include:

- Did another optimization pass, adding occluders and prop fade distances

- Made the upper capture zone larger

-Added a nobuild to the small building at mid

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[Cincomma]

I added a small but useful sniper sightline and added the finale event

Finale event....

I just removed a box to open a sightline

Smaller Changes Include:

- Fixed some fade distance issues

- Re-used the leaking methane to create rocket fuel for a nearby warhead

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[Cincomma]

Well, here it is. The biggest update this map has ever gotten. Let's get cracking!

Tore down the walls in the first courtyard and replaced them with fancy barriers

New spawn room

Spawnroom courtyard #1

Spawnroom courtyard #2

Fancy vent thing

Entire new area

More of said area

Closed this doorway

Made this a little cubby

Opened up this area

3rd cap zone

Routes to new area from caves

Let's see how this goes!

Btw I added objective signs

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