WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!
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Vaconcovat
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Yeah, and the hill is rollforward. Except for some reason I can't increase the cart's speed properly, and it falling through the floor at normal speed looks funny, so ATM it's teleporting.
EDIT: have a pic
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I will excuse the Hammer shots.
but will not excuse the fact you spelt "excuse" wrong.
Also, lookin good.
but will not excuse the fact you spelt "excuse" wrong.
Also, lookin good.
You do not need that many lights. Ever.
Also, the final screenshot, I can't tell if it is good or bad, but it looks too linear. Having an S shape, or something would be good. But I need to see it in action.
Also, the final screenshot, I can't tell if it is good or bad, but it looks too linear. Having an S shape, or something would be good. But I need to see it in action.
You could also delete all those sprites from the lights. Do a run through any spytech map, you'll notice Valve never puts glow effects on their long fluorescent lights.
Not that Valve's way is always the best way, but I'd challenge you to find any non-mapper who ever noticed that some lights don't have glow effects.
Not that Valve's way is always the best way, but I'd challenge you to find any non-mapper who ever noticed that some lights don't have glow effects.
I went one step further and copied my favorite lights into a separate VMF so I don't have to load up enormous Valve maps anymore.
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Esentially I wanted to do a payload map where it sort of overlaps, though it seems like the spawn for red might be a little off. I'll have to do another playtest to see.
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It's not a good idea. Other than the mine tunnel that actually drops into the bottom of the map, it forces the cart to pass by RED's spawn right after the first control point. This makes it difficult to push past the chokepoints at the first point, as well as push up the hill to the second point, without spawncamping. Afterward, it becomes a straight shot to the end for BLU because RED has a longer walk time to the final point.
Attack/defend maps shouldn't give the same advantages to an offensive team that are given by 5CP maps. Eventually you need to increase the difficulty of the stage.
Attack/defend maps shouldn't give the same advantages to an offensive team that are given by 5CP maps. Eventually you need to increase the difficulty of the stage.
This is my layout so far, we did a playtest on the server; though i forgot to patch a hole which screwed everything up.
Some people liked the idea, some didn't. What do you guys think?
Speaking from experience having produced a map in the past that lapped itself around CP1 and 2 it often poses a significant advantage to RED in regards to flanking BLU and cutting off supply. Particularly when you have good spies and the height advantage.
I limited the advantage by narrowing the area from which RED could descend and fire from, but the advantage was still on the excessive side and often the number 1 complaint even after it was as balanced as i could make it in terms of statistical win ratio's.
I love the cone of light effect, but it doesn't match up with the lamp prop at all. Unfortunately, having spend months trying to perfect that sort of effect on stoneyridge, I've found it's pretty hard to implement on demand.
Foundry has a neat example where they used two light_spot entities.. maybe you could use that to help it along.
Foundry has a neat example where they used two light_spot entities.. maybe you could use that to help it along.