CP Trinity A2

[Void]

Duck and Cover!

RED and BLU bring the battle home! Or... do they? BLU wages war for the ownership of a long-forgotten area of the desert, only to find themselves pushed into a nearby suburban area. But things are not as they seem.

Stepping through the gates of the town, BLU is greeted by the town's citizens, who all carry a stiff handshake and a stern stare. BLU must fight through this strange environment in order to claim it from RED.

In this fast-paced three-stage control point map, BLU must take control of this mysteriously ideal suburban town and the surrounding desert before times run out and RED drops a bomb on the situation.
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Alpha I - February 22nd, 2011
Alpha II - February 27th, 2011
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Thanks to:
The Suburban Team
Moose
A Boojum Snark
YM
Shmitz
Supersandvich
Snacks
Prestige

 

[Freyja]

Looking good like it should.

 

[Ida]

The name is taken.

It looks nice, though. Those trees...

 

[A Boojum Snark]

The name was given to him.
I have to say, that is the smallest two-point stage I've ever seen. Almost looks smaller than hardhat (considering hardhat has a lot of "layers", despite small x/y size).

 

[Void]

Well. We'll see about the size when its tested.

 

[Snacks]

a1:

Red can't change class once they drop down. Red can't change class where the supply cabinet is.

 

[Fruity Snacks]

Maybe its like the Tardis, small on the outside, bigger on the inside...

Looking good though Void... Will we get some of the suburban stuff when this is released?

 

[Void]

Before, actually, if all goes to plan.

And damn, littleedge. I knew I was missing something.

Edit:

You aren't littleedge. You're Snacks.

Littleedge hasn't even posted...

 

[Okrag]

The problem is that neither littleedge nor snacks has an avatar.

 

[Seba]

But Snax has a pretty pink bar instead of an avatar!

Also, for whatever reason, a Hardhat banner in his sig.

 

[owly-oop]

 

[The_Ulf]

I dare say I think I know where this is going and I like it!

 

[ANova]

I hate this map soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much i hope Void dies!

nah jk i love how it's looking. Lets just test it!

 

[littleedge]

I am not Snacks. How dare you think that. I am not a mysterious weirdo who has more hours in SDK than TF2 but doesn't actually produce anything at all.

Also, Muffin, you realize that the trees are the manor ones, right? I've seen so many people confused by those trees even though they're right in front of everyone's face!

Looking decent Void.

 

[What Is Schwa]

Just played this on the impromptu. I have to go against the grain and say I really, really like the layout. It could use some tweaking, but it is fun to play as-is.

In my opinion (and I was getting mocked in game day. You know who you are, go bugger off) the goal of a 3 stage a/d map should be that every games makes it to stage 3. Stage 1 should be EASY, stage 2 MEDIUM, and stage 3 HARD. I think stage 1 is absolutely perfect in terms of difficulty.

Anyone remember cp_boulder? This map had a lot of good design ideas, but absolutely sucked because the stages were very very big and stage 1 was the most difficult for offense. It was frustrating to take turns trying to beat stage 1 for a half hour.

 

[owly-oop]

I liked the map whenever blu didn't win instantly after capping the first point

Some few suggestions, don't know how good they are but they could spark other ideas
i literally scribbled these 3 pictures in under 30 seconds

alternate spawn exit path and another door into the point building. also cover up the 2 holes to the side?

move the exit to this path where the scriblled line is

I didn't like this cliff blu got right infront of the point and red couldn't get up

Looking at this again, the ramp for red probably shouldn't be so close to their side of the map, but I still think they need a way up

I hate saying general things, but I didn't like how the map made a U-turn, I think if you made the shortest path not the best it'd be better (highest elevation, full hp and ammo with it, shortest path)

 

[tyler]

I was going to draw that first image when I got home tonight, glad someone did it

 

[Void]

Alpha II - February 27th, 2011

- Added more ammo and health throughout the map
- Elongated the stage, longer walk times
- More routes between points
- Revamped 1-2 layout
- Added additional exit out of RED spawn
- Added staircase up to RED spawn
- Sightlines broken

DOWNLOAD

 

[Loc_n_lol]

I'll just note one thing based on my playtime on a1 and the pics in your post : please make the setup gates see-through for the next version (unless you somehow plan to leave them opaque forever but I'd advise against it).

 

[Zhan]

please make the setup gates see-through for the next version

Yes, this, I agree.

Also, I don't really like how RED players can stand in that tunnel by the second point and fire out at BLU while being sheltered from pyros and spies, who can't get past the visualizer. Perhaps add a door there, or make that all part of the playable area and have the visualizer in the actual dropdown?

Overall, think this is quite a solid layout as you have here!