The insane and very cool '.MAP Community map project'

small_sumo · Post by **small_sumo** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 1:20 am

Awe cool.

RANKER · Post by **RANKER** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:24 pm

UFO !!!

wacko · Post by **wacko** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 8:01 am

RANKER wrote: UFO !!!

naaa, take it as one of the Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe.

RANKER · Post by **RANKER** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 4:06 pm

Ok then Wacko

Snipes · Post by **Snipes** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 5:02 pm

I'll have a go on the map whenever..

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:11 am

Snipes wrote:I'll have a go on the map whenever..

Actually Snipes, the map is unclaimed at the moment... so you may claim it if you like to.

wacko · Post by **wacko** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 7:49 am

hopefully we will be able to convert this map to MOHAA 2 ...

omniscient · Post by **omniscient** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:06 am

Wacko wrote:hopefully we will be able to convert this map to MOHAA 2 ...

by MOHAA 2 u mean PA or actually MOHAA2?

wacko · Post by **wacko** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:10 am

I ment MOHAA2, the current rate of progress makes me believe that this map won't be finished soon enough to be played by ppl who still have MOHAA installed

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:49 am

He he. Well something tells me that people have an easier time to collaborate on V2 style maps, where you can slap new stuff in without having to fear for the design of the rest of the map. Outdoor levels have a tendency to require more pre-planning... So I guess it was a bad call on my part to start from the base I did...

omniscient · Post by **omniscient** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:11 am

i agree with the first part but it wanst a bad call. outdoor maps ar prefered by most players.

wacko · Post by **wacko** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:40 am

Bjarne BZR wrote:Outdoor levels have a tendency to require more pre-planning...

Being the 'captain' in this boat

, couldn't u try to find a main theme, the 'general intention' of the map. Maybe mappers will then find it easier to put their pieces in, if the knew what and where. Let's start with: It'll be an obj or tow or dm or whatever. Team A starting in a XXX somewhere in the north or in the south and will have to... And so on... And this is not just to Bjarne: Who's got an idea what kind of map this could be?

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:50 am

Well, funny that you should mention it Wacko, as I've got a VERY clear picture of my intention with this map.

I made the start as a test for the 3:rd map in the Vemork series.

First map: Vemork Approach: Get to the Vemork Heavy Water plant over the "Hardangervidda" ( a huge massif in Norvay ). - Released
Second map: Vemork Factory: Disable the Vemork Heavy Water plant. - Released
Third map: Vemork Escape: Get away safe after destroying the Vemork Heavy Water plant. - This map
Second map: Vemork Ferry: Destroy the ferry "Hydro" before the Axis can ship the last remaining Heavy Water over Tinn lake. - Soon to be released by Random.

- The map is OBJ ( but will also be released in DM a version ). The objective will work the same way as Vemork Approach: when an Allied soldier reaches the designated are the Allies win.
- No respawning enabled.
- The allied start on the road on the side of the map that now has a house with an unexploded bomb in it ( where the road starts, not where the house is ). The Axis start on the other edge of the road.
- The setting is at the bottom of a long valley, and the vegetation is in the state where spring is coming and has melted most of the snow, but there are no flowers yet. So small patches of snow where there are a lot of shadows are a good idea ( I have no idea if you can get it to look good however ). Getting the feeling you are at the bottom of a long valley could maby be done in part by landscape design, and in part by a custom sky.

Snipes · Post by **Snipes** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:09 pm

I was thinking of making a pub next to the house with the unexploded bomb, but do i make the pub bombed? I can claim the map now! Tell me what you think.

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:33 pm

If you think the location of this map is close to the factory then there is a good chance of bombs having exploded here, but as the Allied had some aiming problems ( 161 B-17 and B-24 bombers released their cargo on Vemork and V?er with 711 500-kilo and 200 250-kilo high explosive bombs. About 12 bombers dropped 118 250-kilo bombs over Rjukan. Only 2 bombs destroyed the heavy water plant. ) there is a larger chance of craters in the landscape than acual building hits... ( and besides, they already hit one house... whats the odds of hitting two

).

But you claimed the map, you decide.