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[Crowbar]

Why bother having daylights on during daytime? That must be expensive.

 

[Blade x64]

Why bother having daylights on during daytime? That must be expensive.

The lighting didn't meet OSHA standards for illumination, so they have to keep the sun on until sufficient lighting is installed.

 

[Atlusia]

The lighting didn't meet OSHA standards for illumination, so they have to keep the sun on until sufficient lighting is installed.

exactly!

 

[Etasus]

there is a single 2cp a/d map in the game officially... damn... i have nothing to work off of when designing my new 2cp map for the 72hr contest...

 

[Crowbar]

Not all good maps go official. More even, not all maps that go official are good. And it does not even have to be particularly good to be taken inspiration or blatantly stolen ideas from!

 

[Etasus]

i know... but most of the unofficial 2cp maps I've found are either made by crash (don't get me wrong, the guys great, i just personally don't like taking inspiration from him, as it seems that every beginner mapper and their grandma already took inspiration from him...) or never made it past alpha...

If you know of any worthwhile maps to take inspiration from, please tell me...

 

[Crowbar]

"Most 2cp maps are made by crash" = "most 2cp maps are stoneyridge's clipping". Then a map having not made it past alpha doesn't mean it's bad... And about good-bad things again. Even some a1s, mostly from experienced mappers, are inspirational in places. And yeah, it doesn't have to be a 2cp even, to get you some ideas.

 

[Etasus]

you win

 

[Yrr]

are we ignoring Gorge

 

[Etasus]

that was the single official 2cp map...

 

[Yrr]

analyse the shit out of gorge then

 

[Etasus]

thats what im currently doing...

 

[Crowbar]

That's right. Gorge is somewhat perfect 2cp map, and not because it invented 2cp - it really damn works and has great design. Having been there when game's mechanics were made seems to really help valve's mappers.
And stop filling all of your messages with …s please

 

[Etasus]

stop filling all of your messages with …s please

I can't! I find it hard not to use ellipses... it's a habit that I should probably break, but I don't bother trying...

 

[Idolon]

Don't be afraid to analyze 3cp a/d maps or isolated 2cp stages from multi-stage maps. Being able to see the difference between them and a single-stage 2cp map can help you understand what might be necessary for a 2cp map to work besides what is necessary to make any a/d cp map work.

I went on a 2cp analysis spree a while ago, and yes, there are not a lot of finished 2cp maps out there. There are a few good ones I found though: Whiterock, Desertion, Mudwater.

 

[Etasus]

I made a rough sketch of point A in the map... this shouldn't be the final version, but any thoughts?

To the left is Blu spawn (somewhere), to the right will eventually be point B...

 

[radarhead]

@SmallBiscuit Looks pretty solid to me, I'd get right on blocking that thing out if I were you!

 

[Etasus]

cant... this is for the 72hr contest, so i cant actually do any work in hammer...

thats what you meant by blocking it out, right?

 

[Micnax]

You can always do a rough draft of blocking it out now, then start over with a new file and re-create it. It'd help with visualising your heights and such.

Just make sure you start from blank again and not use the same file...

 

[Crowbar]

Nobody stops you from actually blocking stuff out and running around it is anyone? Just make sure to start from scratch.

Edit: yes I saw the new message alert as I typed this but didn't expect a full exact ninja