CP Southsilver a2

[Vincent]

After roughly ten days of planning, revising, and buckling down to finally block this out I bring you a control point map to the exact tune of gravel pit.

"Arriving via train BLU is looking to assault a farming complex owned by RED. This complex wraps around a mountain side and has vast amounts of rich soil. As BLU captures A and B the point C will unlock. C is within the mountain surrounded by a spytech base controlled by RED. This high-tech facility was built for mining silver that was found within the mountain."

It's farm theme because I have a cow in the 5th screenshot.

That's all the narrative you'll get out of me. I truthfully have no idea what theme I should employ, it wouldn't be difficult to change at any time through alpha so feel free to suggest one. As of right now it's farm / mining with a heavy spytech emphasis around C.

As of July 12th: More layout feedback!

As of July 9th: Layout advice and observations on gameplay please, I plan to throw this through at least one game day and a few imps before moving to a2.

Here is a .bz2 of the most current release: Download .bz2

 

[Kube]

The cow sells it.

Even without the cow to back it up, this looks awesome. Excited to see it played.

 

[Bunbun]

Like dat ambulence tho

 

[tyler]

Whoa this looks cool

 

[Crash]

Lots of neat geometry in there. Looks like some fun area to fight in.

 

[puxorb]

This looks great! I do think you need to open up the areas around the capture points more, though. Only testing will tell, but it looks a bit cramped around the capture points. (Last is fine though since it should be harder to cap.)

Can't wait to test this!

 

[Vincent]

If anyone is interested here's the demo that was recorded today: Hopefully linking directly to it is ok.

It gave me some priceless insight into what I should change, thank you everyone that played it today. I've already begun making my list of changes for a2. Route changes, choo choo.

 

[Vincent]

Here's an update to Southsilver, hopefully VIDE worked.

Download: .bsp
Download: .bz2

A2 Release (July 12th 2015)
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General
-Lowered RED respawn wave time to 8 seconds from 10 // At all points of the round
-Both A and B have had their capture times lowered to 27 seconds from 30
-Removed excessive pickups around C
-Lowered the large health kit under C to a medium health kit
-Cleaned up pickups around A and B
-RED resupply lockers are now a little farther back
-BLU respawnroom visualizers moved forward on both A & B routes
-Removed a window on the second story building looking down at A
-Removed the wooden plank "wall" near A
-Enlarged A capture zone slightly and added more cover
-Moved the position of a side routes door near A to help improve flow
-Repositioned B itself to accomodate layout changes
-Removed a jump route near B
-Added two new playable roof areas by B
-Added a bridge underpass on the main path to B from BLU battlements
-Added a new building by the B silo
-Removed a dead end on the BLU side of B area
-Added a new connection to B from the tunnel paths // This should make A <=> B rotations smoother
-Tweaked cover all around C
-Inverted a path from RED spawn that leads down to the low ground of C
-Closed off an area under one of the grated walkways by C // What a silly engie spot
-Removed the RED side spawn // This confused players
-Redesigned RED spawn to be more cohesive and do a better job at keeping the team together
-Double door exit out of RED spawn now a single big door // This confused players
-Fixed a sightline by C that was pretty hardcore // It had to have been at least " this " big
-All doors now open just a little bit faster // 600 -> 700
-Switched to VIDE in place of Pakrat // Hopefully this 'VIDE' program actually works
-Playerclipping improved here and there
-Lighting improved overall
-Lightly detailed some areas I don't think are going to change drastically
-Cleaned up signs to reflect layout changes
-BLU resupply locker next to A route now upright
-Added a third resupply locker in BLU's spawn building
-BLU ambulance now actually blue
-Scaled up the water by A to 1.0 from 0.25
-Added hazard strips around edges of capture area for A and B
-Added a hoop to BLU spawn // For setup fun time, once I get the soccer ball to work right
-Added hazard strips to the foot of the exit of BLUs spawn // Hopefully lets BLU know not to change class outside the spawnroom
-I'm sure I forgot a lot that I did

 

[Prolyfic]

WHAT a lot of changes dude :O