ValleyForts | Quadropolis

Madrick | 2008-07-10 23:32

ValleyForts

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Blurb A large map in a valley pitting two large forts against each other.

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This map is my second release (although it is my 5th real map) and I'm very proud of it. I invested more time into this map than I have for all of my others. ValleyForts is intended for CTF, but can also be played equally well in Capture or Regen Capture.

The map is based in a valley, split into two sides by a river running through the center. Two castles run the length of each side, each has four large battlements which give segmented views of the map. The layout of the map causes the player to cross sides at up to five points to reach the other base (alternate routes may cause this to differ). In the exact center of the map is a building which marks where the "territory" of each side ends. In the middle of the building there is no floor save for a small arena, which houses a capture base in the capture gamemode.

Overall, this is a large CTF castle-themed map with expansive bases and caverns. It is by far my most visually stimulating map and may not run extremely fast on lower-end computers. I enjoyed making it and I hope that you'll enjoy playing it :D

Hope you love it and PLEASE comment!

Map file valleyforts.zip (7.23 MB)

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Comments

Quin | 2008-07-11 03:14

This may be just me, but like alot of other people, I find you overuse the green mossy rock texture (ref: top right panel of screenshot). I know it's meant to be a rocky area, but this texture just blends with itself everywhere.

I think people who use this texture should at least choose a different floor texture, but that is only my opinion :P

Madrick | 2008-07-11 14:48

Point taken... The only reason I used the texture for the floor is that I couldn't find a good, different matching texture... But I'll see if I can fix it up in the next update. Thanks for the input.

Quin | 2008-07-12 04:04

Yeah, its not saying the map is bad, quite the opposite in fact. I just had the opportunity to boot it up through the importer in Blood Frontier and was quite impressed with the scale of the map, so I quite agree with your choice of level size on your node here.

I get the feeling you started to bevel out the "cliffs" surrounding the entire map but then gave up after doing just a little corner (yes, it stands out). So not only could you perhaps run a heightmap over the walls or something, you could probably tweak it a bit further to get rid of the massive odd looking shadows that plague it.

As for the Capture base sitting above the pit, I am still on the fence about that one. CTF layout seems fine, but Capture seems to have a large gap between difficulty for the other bases compared to this lone diabolical delight.

My final complaint would be all the water. Yeah it's a naturish fort map, but I always hate water, moving in it during frantic action just sucks. In my opinion water is decorative, and moving in it should be limited to some sort of SP gameplay mechanic. Again, that's just me, but maybe you could prevent access to the water holes somehow.

So yeah, this map has alot of potential, I just feel its not yet finished, is it? :)

Madrick | 2008-07-14 18:38

Again, thank you so much for your opinions on the map, it really helps me out. Thanks for the compliments as well... the map was somewhat finished, but I really wanted to get it out here. I can clearly see plenty of the mistakes now, however XD

I'll compile a list for the next update out of what I've heard so far. Feel free to comment on it as well.

Next update:

- Heightmap/terraform the valley sides to look less crappy
- Remove deep water from action areas (to prevent any slowdown in movement)
- Clip no-access areas (currently the player is able to reach the roof of the main bases... somehow)
- Retexture bland caverns and other areas (perhaps a new grass texture?)
- Some visual fixes (fog color, etc.)
- More variation in crevice walls
- Additional capture bases/added difficulty for bridge bases?

Quin | 2008-07-15 07:03

Sounds about right :)

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