[L4D2] [WIP] Echo Base: Hoth (Star Wars)

I’ve been working on a survival map for Left 4 Dead 2. It’s another Star Wars themed location, Echo Base on Hoth. Placed during the invasion of the Empire and the Rebels evacuation. I think this is a perfect survival scenario. It fits the similar themes and action of classic last hold out stands such as the battle of the Alamo, Thermopylae, or another L4D2 favorite Helm’s Deep from Lord of the Rings. I hope to bring this battle to life… or dead, lol, and create a fun experience and another Star Wars fantasy. Some of you have already seen me posting pictures on social media such as facebook and twitter. I decided to create a topic on mapcore and post pictures and updates here as well. Hope to talk to other mappers as I develop the experience.

Not much, but a start. Everything starts in the dirt room.

Added a spawn point.

Quote from ElectroSheep

5 hours ago, ElectroSheep said: MONS ? ?

I'm sorry. I don't understand. What is "MONS"? >>> OH. LOL. I think I get it now. Haha, that is my snow dev texture.

not much visual change. did mostly scripting. but i added a shit AT-AT for visual feel

added 6 forced zombie spawns and a timer trigger to spawn them at random intervals between 1-3, 2-3, and 3-5 seconds

testing out the fun...

imported a custom model. and scale references in maya

getting a custom model into the engine is a lot easier than I anticipated... although it may just be my 10 years of experience in similar areas at this point. lol, well. now i know I can import custom models. and i have a pretty generic idea of scale from maya to blender to source.

not much, but threw some weapons and med kits in the spawn area to make it easier to pick whatever weapon you want to playtest with.

I tried sculpting a rock?

UV draft. better than grey. loaded into the engine. just wanted to see it in engine.

I didn't want to do any "real work" so i just added a small 50 cal inside of a shit dev turret. lol.

had to fix the stupid ass convex default physics model. back in the engine

progress on a dev texturePLUS. then eventually put that shitty ass shit in game.

did a quick block in of a ice wall

nov has been pretty busy month. but I haven't worked on the map in a while so i figure id just do something super fast and small to get me back in the habit of working. - this is a small ledge. i'll turn it into a mini hold out area.