20x10, 5v5 water map. Because water maps are so well loved
I've made it so the middle is accessible to the smaller ships only (BA) to give hovers a role, which in turn encourages more diversity than sub spamming (theoretically). In CA I could only get the scout and corvette in, 1 more depth let everything past. Nothing a quick trench wont sort out though.
I've relied on the pretty water shaders and features to camoflague my 5 minute texture
Could be very interesting with a lot more shallows, sort of like that one supcom map that I forget the name of, so that all/most of the islands are accessible by land units as well as sea
played a BA 6v6 of this the other night, was great fun.
i like how the central reef (atoll? archipelago?) created a nice chokepoint at the centre... it was easy enough to push past the choke into open waters, but once there, it becomes very tough to defend a position, so the general flow of gameplay is to butt heads in the middle until one team gains a considerable advantage (IMO, the mark of a very well designed map)
also, the mix of islands and shallows gives a chance for players to actually use some of the factories (other than sea, amphib and seaplanes) on a sea map, as long as transports are employed... comhopping with a trans and trying to claim the islands early in the game was a ton of fun.
nothing wrong with your texture, it looks good and very believable for the setting.
if i do have one gripe about this map, it's that there arent many "ideal" harbours... i'd like to see something like some man-made docks designed in a C-shape, so you can make a sea factory in the middle of the C and line the dock with nanos... many of the areas to build sea labs are just too far from land to take advantage of nano power.
anyways... its lovely! the climate is excellent, especially for this time of year... the snow outside doesnt seem quite as chilly when i'm splashing around in a tropical paradise.
