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[Nilocy]

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I like the latter picture, the former is demostrating that it can kill you if you fall in it

[The Doctor]

Here's how it should work.

You enter the last cap point/intel room...

And lava rises/spikes raise.

Always.

Never can get past it.

[Sensei]

Doesn't look very lava-y.

[SHAD0Wdump]

Doesn't look very lava-y.

Would look better if it fluctuated a little, and if bodies sunk in a little.

[Nilocy]

Yeah, its early times. But the map dude is watching this post, so if you want offer some advice, please do so

[The Doctor]

I want some advice!


I'm making a little map, it's my first ever...


How soon can I expect to stop needing to glance at the SDK wiki every 5 seconds?

[Tradanbattlan]

Oh! Oh! Map maker guy!
If overtime is reached, you should have hatches open up to release lava into the area, forcing players to use the higher areas of the map.

[Cpt.Yorange]

heya guys map builder here first of all i will raise and sink areas of the lava to give it a more 3d feel and i have also added in more solid veins of magma to give it a more lava like feel but bare in mind that tf2 has no official lava effects so i have had to use a custom one so limited there, 2nd point would love to add motion on the lava but on a map this scale will cause server choke so suggested best not to, what i may do is put the lava plate on a rotation path so it looks like flowing liquid almost like a giant wheel and the floor will be like a port hole u can see the motion in, erm as far as bodies sinking in impossible because it is a solid entity not liquid and i cant make it liquid, what i would like is if anyone could give me a sketch of a dwarf dwelling or a village, sides will be marked out not using modern signs like the game but castle like flag banners draped across the walls indicating blue and red and instead of path markers will make wood arrows tinted with that teams colour here is the proposed plans based on several maps i know with good ctf balance but will make a cp alternative so both will be available

here are the blue prints for what i have conjured up
http://i48.tinypic.com/2v0h0kp.jpg
ty all and your input will be much valued im away for 2 days so will reply to questions upon my epic return 

[Sowelu]

I'm sure it's way too late, but it would be kind of neat to see a magma/water thing for red/blu.  Both equally lethal, but color coded!

[Cpt.Yorange]

oh and DoctorZ its a bitch to learn so will be a while but once u got it you will start seeing things as logic like prop parenting a good example of what can be done manipulating the engine is my last map ctf_buff_fortress available for download here if you want to test play it or even decompile it http://www.mediafire.com/file/zmtnymzmtn3/ctf_buff_fortress.bsp

[Cpt.Yorange]

would be a cool idea but im aiming to do that with lighting and decoration because its meant to give the impression that you are going deeper into a mountian that has the potential of erupting and i dunno what mountian u would find both large entities of water and lava in the same area what i can do tho is for water i can put streams through the spawn areas

[Siquo]

That map is going to be awesome. My two cents:

What needs to be in:
- Large pillars in the open spaces for cover (but you seem to have that covered).
- East-West should be symmetrical, but North and South may be asymmetrical.
- Some balconies/upper walkways in the Dwarf Dwellings, also make those have high ceilings.
- Have happy forest have a brook with 2 bridges (and perhaps an underwater entrance into the fortress or spawn like in Well).
- Bottomless pit!

Fun to have:
Bins, barrels, workshops, refuse stockpiles, beds, plump helmet farms, cages (all props), make the grand hall a throne room with golden throne, a trading depot.

Watch out for:
- Unconquerable sentry placements.
- Too few alternative routes.
- Jumping soldiers/demos/scouts who can reach where they weren't supposed to.

Edit: added some ideas.

[Jreengus]

would be a cool idea but im aiming to do that with lighting and decoration because its meant to give the impression that you are going deeper into a mountian that has the potential of erupting and i dunno what mountian u would find both large entities of water and lava in the same area what i can do tho is for water i can put streams through the spawn areas

Well back in the old 2d version of dwarf fortress as you went deeper into the mountain you would first hit an underground river then a giant bottomless cavern then a flow of magma/lava.

I'm not sure what type of map it will be but if it's a blu attacking one then the 3 themes of water, bottomless pit and lava could be used for each area.

[SHAD0Wdump]

- Jumping soldiers/demos/scouts who can reach where they weren't supposed to.

If your gonna restrict access to certain areas, PLEASE do not make them look viable in the first place. I hate seeing a area that looks perfectly acceptable to jump to only to get blocked by some invisible wall or slippery slope.

[Eviltyphoon]

would be a cool idea but im aiming to do that with lighting and decoration because its meant to give the impression that you are going deeper into a mountian that has the potential of erupting and i dunno what mountian u would find both large entities of water and lava in the same area what i can do tho is for water i can put streams through the spawn areas

Well back in the old 2d version of dwarf fortress as you went deeper into the mountain you would first hit an underground river then a giant bottomless cavern then a flow of magma/lava.

I'm not sure what type of map it will be but if it's a blu attacking one then the 3 themes of water, bottomless pit and lava could be used for each area.

That would be an awesome payload map . And it would even make sense, DFwise. Invaders wanting to throw a bomb in the bottemless pits, to get the creatures from them to attack the fortress...

Now I wish I could map