WIP: Mega Hyper Super Giant Intercontinental Nuclear War

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 25 Oct 2006, 22:24

img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mapthingpn4.jpg
img87.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mapthingmetalok4.jpg

(First image was made in PSP8 to simulate what it would look in-game)

The map size is 64x24, so people who don't like big maps or long-lasting matches; bye bye =D. I'm still working on the feature map. This will be my first map for Spring. I don't have a name for this yet, does anybody have ideas?

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 25 Oct 2006, 22:29

O_O

call it the BFM.
(Guess what it stands for)

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 25 Oct 2006, 22:39

Hmm, BFM9000

LathanStanley · Post by **LathanStanley** » 25 Oct 2006, 22:46

I've actually seen maps bigger for ota, one was 128x128...

it was so big, it was impossible to play...

neat concept though

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 25 Oct 2006, 23:15

It takes insane amounts of performance to edit a 32k x 12k image... And you're saying somebody managed to create a 64k x 64k one?!

Dragon45 · Post by **Dragon45** » 26 Oct 2006, 03:35

Max OTA size is 63x63.

Trust me, I know.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 26 Oct 2006, 07:23

JJ45 wrote:It takes insane amounts of performance to edit a 32k x 12k image... And you're saying somebody managed to create a 64k x 64k one?!

64x24

Looking good. Pity about the water bug.

Zagupi · Post by **Zagupi** » 26 Oct 2006, 09:18

Good luck :)
I hope you succeed.

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 26 Oct 2006, 14:35

Das Bruce wrote:
JJ45 wrote:It takes insane amounts of performance to edit a 32k x 12k image... And you're saying somebody managed to create a 64k x 64k one?!
64x24

Looking good. Pity about the water bug.

Actually, the map measures are ~500 times smaller than the map texture. So 32k pixels = 64 map units, 12k pixels = 24 map units.

http://taspring.clan-sy.com/wiki/IceXuick_Map_Design_Help wrote:TA Spring ---- Actual Pixels
32 x 24 ------ 16384 x 12288
16 x 12 ------ 8192 x 6144
8 x 4 -------- 4096 x 2048

bamb · Post by **bamb** » 26 Oct 2006, 14:38

Maybe you should first do a smaller quicker map and get constructive criticism for it and do improvements and recompile (since it's faster to do in a smaller map) and only then when you're sure you've got most of the stuff covered by your skills you can start with a big map.

It kinda sucks if you notice you've made one small mistake and have to change a lot and recompile and test again the whole thing.

Just trying to save you some trouble!

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 26 Oct 2006, 17:14

Here's another picture, showing metal and geovent distribution:

Metal = red
Geovents = green

wizard8873 · Post by **wizard8873** » 26 Oct 2006, 17:37

Dragon45 wrote:Max OTA size is 63x63.

Trust me, I know.

yea, i found that out the hard way. i came back to OTA after a few months of not playing and decided to make a huge water map. 127 X 127. it took me a few days and once i finally got it done, i went to play and it crashed. all that work for nothing

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 26 Oct 2006, 17:39

Why not just resize it to be twice smaller in each dimension? The tiles and stuff would stay identical to each other and so on.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 27 Oct 2006, 00:10

You can't scale ota maps.

Dragon45 · Post by **Dragon45** » 27 Oct 2006, 00:14

Well you can, but it will play like shit. Tile sizes are balanced properly along with heights, for a reason.

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 27 Oct 2006, 01:24

Ah, I didn't quite understand how OTA maps work.

knorke · Post by **knorke** » 27 Oct 2006, 20:03

Just played an 4 player FFA on 2_continents_remake or what it is called and that game already lasted quite a while and got really slow at the end..

So..nice work, but playing on such a big map doesn't really make sense to me.

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 28 Oct 2006, 00:31

It's for 8 vs 8's. It will almost certainly end in a nuclear war, which I like :)

knorke · Post by **knorke** » 28 Oct 2006, 02:57

Hm, me too.
But did you actually ever finish such a big game without gamespeed going down to zero or sync errors?

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 28 Oct 2006, 04:52

Yes? I've played 8 vs 8 games on Supreme Battlefield in my own server, and I've rarely had problems.

Spring RTS Engine

WIP: Mega Hyper Super Giant Intercontinental Nuclear War

WIP: Mega Hyper Super Giant Intercontinental Nuclear War