WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!

[Popo]

Hey, just wondering, is this a good place to post overhead sketches of maps? Or would that be better suited in its own thread?

 

[Vincent]

Sketches are fine here.

 

[Popo]

Cheers.

This is the first stage, containing an overhead view. The style, or aim of this map is a tiny island in the middle of the ocean which is host to a secret doomsday device of RED and naturally BLU is keen to stop said doomsday device from operating and so launches an attack in their submarine. The first stage therefore is from the submarine's arrival in the underground docking system of the island, and the attack from this to gain access to RED's lift up to the surface.

 

[AgeNt_]

holy crap, looks really nice, easy to read which is great. however, it seems you made the cps on a little to large and a direction of which way the stairs climb would be nice.

 

[Popo]

Cheers, yeah the CPs are a tad large, theyre just placeholders but I'll take that into account thanks. And generally, the stairs all lead from left to right. Except for the CP 2 stairs, which lead in a way that players will move down vertically

 

[Time]

Cheers.

This is the first stage, containing an overhead view. The style, or aim of this map is a tiny island in the middle of the ocean which is host to a secret doomsday device of RED and naturally BLU is keen to stop said doomsday device from operating and so launches an attack in their submarine. The first stage therefore is from the submarine's arrival in the underground docking system of the island, and the attack from this to gain access to RED's lift up to the surface.

Looks amazing! I envy you.

 

[Jack Riguel]

Cheers.

I hope you're gonna provide with more cover for blu's spawn. Right now it appears that all three exits are easily watchable by a class standing in the area immediately outside of it. You might wanna move some of those spawn doors around a bit to provide more diverse exit points that could provide more cover, like in pl_badwater.

 

[Popo]

Shifted the doors around a bit, added a fourth one. Also added a rock ala Badwater's to limit visibility.

 

[Arhurt]

It's close to deserving it's own thread:

http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu75/arhurt2/Koth_fissure/koth_fissure_a1_0330011.jpg
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http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu75/arhurt2/Koth_fissure/koth_fissure_a1_0330006.jpg
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http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu75/arhurt2/Koth_fissure/koth_fissure_a1_0330003.jpg
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http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu75/arhurt2/Koth_fissure/koth_fissure_a1_0330001.jpg
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu75/arhurt2/Koth_fissure/koth_fissure_a1_0330000.jpg

 

[Sel]

Looks neat.

 

[The Political Gamer]

Reminds me of Goldrock Gulch.

 

[Arhurt]

Reminds me of Goldrock Gulch.

Never heard of it!

Edit:
Is it this one you mean? http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/119087?qpost=5489132

Because, aside from the general mining theme I really couldn't spot anything similar am I that rusty?

 

[The Political Gamer]

Never heard of it!

Edit:
Is it this one you mean? http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/119087?qpost=5489132

Because, aside from the general mining theme I really couldn't spot anything similar am I that rusty?

The 2 maps just have some small detailing similarities but its nothing to worry about.

 

[Arhurt]

The 2 maps just have some small detailing similarities but its nothing to worry about.

Ahhh that's good then, judging from the screenshots Goldrock looks ace!

 

[The Political Gamer]

Oh and it has a TF2Maps thread too: http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?ltr=G&t=13430

/end derail

 

[Boylee]

It's close to deserving it's own thread:

-snip-

Only close? :O

It looks groovy man, get a thread up!

 

[Arhurt]

Only close? :O

It looks groovy man, get a thread up!

Thing is this is a studio exclusive for now A thread must contain a download link, otherwise it's a souless thread, and abomination!

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Derailing once more, playtesting with real people sitting side y side is something everyone should do one day!

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[HeaH]

I think your map looks kinda cramped Arhurt. That cap point zone is really tiny

 

[Arhurt]

I think your map looks kinda cramped Arhurt. That cap point zone is really tiny

It's okay, I'm not afraid to change things actually, the way it's designed right noe expanding the cap point is as simple as extruding faces in max (bad analogy lol)

Since my playerbase is very low (we usuallt run teams of 5 to 6) the small map works like a charm.

One of our objectives with this map was to take the fight a little bit away from the Control Point and play with it in the areas around the map. The train seen on the shots actually runs over the CP from time to time to encourage players out of there \o/

I'll leave these things to discuss on it's own thread when we can all play with it. I've talked with the guys and we just want to polish it a little bit more before releasing.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[Randdalf]

It's great to have real industry professionals working together on a map