Spring RTS Engine

Hey guys I made a new map. It's called Aberdeen.

Size is 16 X 16

I tried to make a map that has distinct height differences, but not in the red alert kind of way. It's quite hilly, and made for 1v1v1. Made with WICED. Many thanks to Beherith, smoth and aGorm.

Updated to vers. 1.1, fixed player 2's start position.

New version out, with enough metal spots for 3v3v3 action and smoother terrain in parts so moar base can be built. Second post has screens from that.

Another new vers out, which is 32 X 16. For big teamgames. Scroll down 6 posts for minimap.

LINK: http://jobjol.nl/1272

LINK for 3v3v3: http://jobjol.nl/1290

LINK for 6v6, 32 X 16 version: http://jobjol.nl/1355

screenies:








LINK: http://jobjol.nl/1272

3v3v3 version:

LINK : http://jobjol.nl/1290



minimap



kbot passability



vech passability

LINK : http://jobjol.nl/1290

Sweet map, looks really great! Too bad its hard to organize a game with odd number of teams.

Looks fabulous.

Nice. Do you have shadows enabled in your preview shots?

Warlord Zsinj wrote:Nice. Do you have shadows enabled in your preview shots?

Thanks. I dont think I do, cause shadows just dont seem to work on my compy. The shadows you see are baked on (I especially like the normal mapped cliffs leaving shadows). The spring shadows are in the same direction, checked on other compy.

I changed the layout somewhat and mirrored the map on the right side, to make it into an epic E vs W map for big teams, like 6v6.

Feedback is welcome.

Oh, its a big muthafuka, because 32 X 16 maps are much bigger files than 10 X 20 maps are. (We are talking bout 54 MB here)

LINK: http://jobjol.nl/1355

minimap:



LINK: http://jobjol.nl/1355

holy fuck.
U gonna make a 12x12 version 2?
why are ffa maps always so porcy..
isnt ffa by definition already means more porc...
Ima make a nice not porcy ffa map..

Byu the way.Cool map.

Gota wrote:holy fuck.
U gonna make a 12x12 version 2?
why are ffa maps always so porcy..
isnt ffa by definition already means more porc...
Ima make a nice not porcy ffa map..

Byu the way.Cool map.

Well you can play ffa on comet too, i guess. People just seem to prefer some kind of division between a safer home area and the rest of the map.

The newest version of this map is more open, and not for ffa.

Thx, and I guess I can make a 12 * 12 version of it, but im not sure if some smaller things (like the passes) will be intact on it. I'll check it out.

Its current size is fine, i hosted 3 epic CA games on the 32x16 version
An 8v8 and 2 7v7's

BaNa wrote:I changed the layout somewhat and mirrored the map on the right side, to make it into an epic E vs W map for big teams, like 6v6.

Feedback is welcome.

Oh, its a big muthafuka, because 32 X 16 maps are much bigger files than 10 X 20 maps are. (We are talking bout 54 MB here)

LINK: http://jobjol.nl/1355

minimap:



LINK: http://jobjol.nl/1355

Awesome...but too big! Can you shrink down to 24 X 12?

I would like to host it, but 32 X 16 will end up as an unplayable lagfest the majority of the time

The games i played on it went perfectly well at 32x16, hardly any lag at all with 14 players.

Awesome...but too big! Can you shrink down to 24 X 12?

I would like to host it, but 32 X 16 will end up as an unplayable lagfest the majority of the time

Thanks!

I am thinking of doing the smaller versions, but I'm a bit afraid of one thing:

I truly despise 7v7 - 8v8 dsd games, because that is just too many people on a map like that. If I do make a smaller version of this map, it will probably get play like 90% of the time, even for 7v7 and 8v8 games.

And for what its worth, this map lowered fps a surprisingly small amount, even when I did pathfinding with 500 flash / eco whore.

edit:

okay, thats not true. In epic big BA games, it does tend to lag out a bit. I'll maek smaller version.

Its current size is fine, i hosted 3 epic CA games on the 32x16 version
An 8v8 and 2 7v7's

great to hear that!

hunterw wrote: Awesome...but too big! Can you shrink down to 24 X 12?

I would like to host it, but 32 X 16 will end up as an unplayable lagfest the majority of the time

Depends on the players and their machines.

master of the obvious

yay

I smell sex all over this map!

ralphie wrote:master of the obvious

I'm a master of so much more than the simple obvious, but hunterw needed to be told. The map size is fine, it's comparable with most nota maps and I've never been in an unacceptably paced nota game.

I said "majority" and implied BA but shuoulda said

neddiedrow wrote:The map size is fine, it's comparable with most nota maps and I've never been in an unacceptably paced nota game.

Arent all NOTA games unacceptably paced?

Depends on the players and their tastes (You needed to be told...)

A smaller version hurts nobody, there is never a reason not to make something for which there is demand or requirement.