KotH koth_mountainlake A3

[Holden]

koth_mountainlake - Rotationally Symmetrical koth map (soon to be) aesthetically based on mountain lab.

This is my first serious map, I've had experience making tiny 1v1 maps for fun, but this is the first with a functional gamemode meant for full teams.
I've only had small playtest on it with a couple of friends so far but I'm pretty happy with the gameplay portion of the map. I recently made some changes to try and limit the power of snipers but I'm still not sure if they are in a good spot.
If anyone downloads this, I'd greatly appreciate some feedback!
Also tips on how to do detailing because I have no idea what to do to make things look nice.

Screenshots:

Respawn room/Respawn room courtyard:

Buildings in front of Mid:

Mid:

Alternate Picture of Mid:

 

[Stack Man]

Seems good, but there are a few changes I would suggest.

I'd recommend closing up this building to reduce sight lines. Having a sight line from mid to spawn is generally a bad idea.

I suggest adding a new exit and building up on the cliff, otherwise it's too hard to get around the enemy. sure there are multiple exits, but they all lead to the same general area, making most of the redundant.
I didn't write it down, but widening the doors would be wise, since it could be very easy to spam out an enemy team trying to push through. A bit of cover for snipers on the balcony would be a good idea too.

 

[Holden]

Thanks for the feedback! I think the new exit is definitely going to be needed, I was having trouble coming up with a spot for one but the cliff does seem really obvious now. I'll look into changing the buildings/ adding cover for the sniper as well.

 

[Holden]

-Added new route from spawn courtyard that leads to cliff.
-Added cover on the main buildings.
-Limited sightlines all around.
-Removed a large amount of clipping, players can now be pushed off more ledges because of this.

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[Holden]

Small update
-Added clipping and used rocks to make it more clear where the map boundaries are.
-User feedback suggested less cliffs, there are now less cliffs.
-Rip cliffs I'll miss you.

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[Holden]

-fixed 2 tiny slopes mismatching and patched up a hole.
-made a wall obey the laws of physics.
-added playerclip on a step to get rid of jitter.

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[Stack Man]

You probably shouldn't update this frequently, just work on it for a few days, then roll out the updates all at once.

 

[Holden]

I agree, the only reason I did the last update was because I realized I messed up the download for the file for version A3 and I'd already found some annoying bugs in the map. That's why I didn't change the version number at all.