cp_imbricatus

Imbricatus is a 3 CP attack/defend map with an emphasis on height differences and an uphill battle for blue.

Last night I worked a little more on the final point but had to stop myself because this is only alpha 2

I wanted the player to have zero confusion as to where the final point was while also highlighting the paths you can take to get there. Did I go to far?

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Yeah actually that is a really good point. Let me try something real quick

Is this better?

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Okay how does this look then? I really highlighted the entrances to the room + added a few things

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I dont really want to mess with anything else till I test again

I want the map to be fun of course. Come play on tf2maps.net server, we will be playing it periodically

Alpha 2:

http://imgur.com/a/gPkR0

http://jeanpaultron.com/misc/cp_imbricatus_a2.zip

ALPHA 3

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Lets play!

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So, after some small tests on tf2maps.net's server, the results are in!

Okay so here are my solutions for alpha 4, tell me what you guys think!

Alpha 3 stage 1.

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Problems:

-shit red spawn

-maybe a little open for sentries to be effective

Alpha 3 stage 2

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Problems:

-shit red spawn

-some extraneous paths

-a little large in parts

Alpha 3 stage 3

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Problems:

-complex paths to get to final point

-kind of a long walk for blue, resulting in less action at the point

-not super readable from red's standpoint

The solutions

Alpha 4 stage 1

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Fixes:

-red doesnt spawn on top of A and now have to go up a hill to get to A, so if A is being capped by a large part of the team, red's best option is to start defense on B

Alpha 4 stage 2

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Fixes:

-red will now be immediately near B

-blue spawns and runs down a hill and underneath red spawn and is immediately at B

-more cohesive so players know where blue and red are coming from

Alpha 4 stage 3

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Fixes:

-blu has now captured B and therefore doesnt need to go down a hill again and instead just cuts right over to C

-blue has a lot shorter of a walk

-C will be more easily readable

Whole map:

-red now has only one spawn and upon the start of the round will have large vista views of both B and C via one way windows. Dont worry, they wont both be visible at the same time, Ive got things to optimize you know!

-going to condense certain areas a little and maybe add some more cover to make sentries a little more effective. I still want to test sentries more though.

-improving player direction by adding some signs and shit

So, what do you guys think? Any suggestions?

Also, how in the flying fuck do I remove image tags off old posts in this new confounded forum board shit?

This isnt dead! Im working on alpha 4 as we speak. Here is a work in progress shot I thought you guys would appreciate (lighting is obviously not final)

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This is the last hallway before the final point. You follow the curve of the final point's outer wall to get there.

Alpha 4

First, two images of the new red spawn. I managed to make it one room and that makes me proud of myself

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And now the map. Holy jesus this was a massive amount of work. I dont even want to look at it for the next week haha.

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Download:

http://jeanpaultron.com/maps/cp_imbricatus_a4.zip

Thanks babe.

Also, I just edited the download link back in.

Wow that is quite the compliment haha thanks.

We will be testing it on the tf2maps server (usa.tf2maps.net:27015) in about one hour. So 4:15pm eastern. Come play.

EDIT: It might be a little later than I thought

EDIT: The admin left and nothing happened. Fun.

Guaranteed to test this on Sunday at 3pm though.

fun fun

random test. I was just sitting in the server and someone changed it to the map.

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My new last point seems to play well too which is good. Still going to keep testing it.