New FFA Map - Doomed

[fc14159]

16 player ffa map.


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[Cheesecan]

Nice map! I like it better than the last.

Perhaps you could make sea connected and add some beaches in the corners to go down there?

[Google_Frog]

Does the name relate to the chance of victory for those that start in the middle spots?

[SirArtturi]

Looks cool! Pro. Needs some trees though :>

Does the name relate to the chance of victory for those that start in the middle spots?

I may be worst person to judge, since I hate ffa, and hardly never play it, but how I would see this, is that middle players will be damned to hell.

How to fix? How to make it more cool? Place holes so that there will be water pools on the middle.

Just a quick thought, you may ignore:

[dansan]

Or give them an advantage like 1 more metal spot / geo / wall-to-the-outer-ring?

[Beherith]

Tried it, plays very well! I like the attention to detail and the nice ssmf. The lighting could use some work, and maybe some features would be nice too. May I assist in that?

Edit: also make the sea blend into map. What did you use for heightmap/texture?

[fc14159]

In my logical, and therefore completely unrealistic, analysis of gameplay, the middle players would avoid contact with the others, instead focusing on the edges, so they shouldn't have a complete disadvantage. I have not been able to see an actual game to make any conclusions though.

SirArturri: those spots you marked are start positions

I purposely made the sea inaccessible and useless with 0 tidal. I felt that if there were access, then it would just advantage the corner players, which obviously wouldn't be a very good idea.

I'll admit, I don't have much interest in and suck at(read: have no damn clue about) lighting, atmosphere, and features. I would gladly accept any help with that stuff.

Beherith: I used Photoshop and World Machine for the heightmap and Terragen for the texture.

[BaNa]

I liked the map, the openness makes ppl more careful. The texture looks bland from far away but its cool up close, the complete opposite of many maps :D. Two slight issues and a comment:
Sun dir is totally messed up and units in BA look (more) like shit because of this.
Starting in the corner is a definite advantage, I would recommend you lower the m amount near the edges.
It is not apparent at first that vechs can also go into craters / hills. This is not a bug or anything, but first time players will start kbots cause of this.

[fc14159]

What is wrong with the sun direction? It makes the shadows point exactly where they should.

[BaNa]

The surface of the commander is all grey.

[fc14159]

Hmm, I obviously don't have the right settings to see that...well, that just proves my points

I'll admit, I don't have much interest in and suck at(read: have no damn clue about) lighting, atmosphere, and features. I would gladly accept any help with that stuff.