Ideas?

[roughrider]

What I'm looking for is a few fresh ideas to help me in some maps I am making. I have 2 dm maps and 3 ctf maps on my hdd that I have gone about as far as I can go then brain-lock happens.

Some obligatory screenies:
These are from the mostly complete ctf map I have been working on.

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Umm, the dm maps, I will have to open the editor and grab some screenies that way as I don't have them in paks yet. For now, how about some thoughts on the map shown above?

[roughrider]

Oh yeah and for obsidian:
You think you might have a little bit of space available for the map so people can look at it?

[Anthem]

Just upload them to mediafire or dropbox. If you want, you can send them to me via msn, xfire or anything else you use and I can host them via dropbox for you if you don't have it.

PM me with your contact information if you want.

[cityy]

Brainlock? As in you dont know how to make them more pretty or how?

[Pat Howard]

Just take a break, man. Didn't you just pump out like 5 maps in a row? No one can keep up that pace forever. The rest cycles are just as important as the growth cycles. Just look around in nature and you will see .

[roughrider]

I hear ya Pat. Break is needed for sure.

@ cityy, it's when your mapping so much your brain ceases to work correctly when you try to get a map done . You'll get it sooner or later and then you'll know what I am saying.

[monaster]

Put a bloody altar inside your church and then plaster everything in your level with blood stains and rotten/burnt flesh and body parts hanging on every brick, and finally call the map something like "Ritual gone wrong"?
Cheap and cheesy, I know. Am I experiencing a brain(dead)lock myself right now? I'm sure someone else can come up with a much better idea, sorry roughrider.

[seremtan]

either the first two areas are badly in need of some trim, or you are

[roughrider]

either the first two areas are badly in need of some trim, or you are

Hmm, I'm always in need of trim

As for the first 2 spots shown, they are short pathways and I didn't want to cramp it up.
I sent the map on to obsidian and I believe he will post a link up to it shortly, then for those interested, you can look at what I have so far.

[obsidian]

Download: rrctf5.zip

[fKd]

obsidian, king holder outer of new materials and textures :/ how much longer are you gonna keep us waiting until we can use your sweet textures? huh?

[dichtfux]

Not bad.

Some thoughts/suggestions/opinions:

• RA jump is too hard atm (unless I missed some teleporter leading there or you are supposed to RJ there only), it feels like the bridge2rail @ q3dm6
• I don't like the 2 elevators at GL / personal tele. one would be ok but who wants to ride them both for these 2 items?
• central area and the flag rooms seem a bit large and flat (floor)
• the alternate route to flag (via PG, GL and all that stuff) felt very long to me compared to simply going straight through the middle
• there are spawns in the central area that send you into the death fog if you have FORWARD pressed (what most people *will* press at respawn I guess) and don't react very quickly (those spawns are on the outer, upper ring)

[roughrider]

Not bad.

Some thoughts/suggestions/opinions:

• RA jump is too hard atm (unless I missed some teleporter leading there or you are supposed to RJ there only), it feels like the bridge2rail @ q3dm6
• I don't like the 2 elevators at GL / personal tele. one would be ok but who wants to ride them both for these 2 items?
• central area and the flag rooms seem a bit large and flat (floor)
• the alternate route to flag (via PG, GL and all that stuff) felt very long to me compared to simply going straight through the middle
• there are spawns in the central area that send you into the death fog if you have FORWARD pressed (what most people *will* press at respawn I guess) and don't react very quickly (those spawns are on the outer, upper ring)

• RA jump is too hard atm (unless I missed some teleporter leading there or you are supposed to RJ there only), it feels like the bridge2rail @ q3dm6
  This location was typically meant for harder jumps across to keep the bots from it. It can be accomplished without doing a rj.
• I don't like the 2 elevators at GL / personal tele. one would be ok but who wants to ride them both for these 2 items?
  I hear ya. I originally only had 1 with the elevator but still had the 2 locations as it is now. But the jump from the top of the jp over to either side was a little much so I made them both with an elevator.
• the alternate route to flag (via PG, GL and all that stuff) felt very long to me compared to simply going straight through the middle.
  I understand what you mean, I have been toiling with that problem, which is why I have it up here for you peeps to toss around some of your ideas. Might help me eliminate the brain-lock.
• there are spawns in the central area that send you into the death fog if you have FORWARD pressed (what most people *will* press at respawn I guess) and don't react very quickly (those spawns are on the outer, upper ring)
  I'll take care of that . I remember them there but never had a problem with them, but as the map creator, I already new they were there so I can see why I wouldn't have a problem with falling in and others would.

I will do some more adjustments and drop a new version up. I am also going to start a new thread with pics from 2 of my latest dm maps.