Back area of B site
This is the back entrance to B it usually is used only by CTs but if a T can sneak behind, they could surprise the defense.
This layout is interesting - how will the players play around the area where you can see over the barrier but if you jump down, it is instant death. ❶
From this area you will be able to see the magnitude of the former fortress. ❷Also, it is the back of the former church❸ and the start of the botanical garden. ❹
B site
The site has 4 entrances and is quite unlike anything in the current competitive pool. My idea is that with the site being quite wide and open the Ts have to utilize utility to gain parts of the site to plant. CTs in turn are also quite exposed meaning they have to decide where to position themselves. And they must keep in mind that there is only one route for fast rotation between the sites ❶, so they don’t want lose access to it.
This site has gone trough a lot of changes and iterations. The current version is the best as every part of the site serves a purpose: the pillar right from the outer route entrance shields Ts initially from the back area of the site❷, the boxes to the left (placeholder for a small stands and orating table) allows CTs to get across the doorway and provides cover that can be flanked from middle. ❸ The four tall boxes in the plant area (placeholder for statues of the most influential family members) are providing some cover but the one using it should think from which side he/she is exposed. ❹
I am open to suggestions and ideas how to improve the site.
Crypt & garden house
This area is working as a set up place to attack B site. Timming wise the Ts can just get passed the stairs before CTs can spot them from A site. ❶ CTs in turn can try to push this area to gain map control. As there is only two ways out from this place CTs can try to box in the Ts in it.
I completely remade this area for phase 3 because phase 2 was not working and with this layout Ts have much more options for attack.
The entrance to the family’s crypt is the stairs leading underground. ❷ Next to it is the gardening house ❸and behind it there is going to be a botanical garden with flowers and trees beyond the playable area. ❹
Bridge and maybe farm equipment storage
This area is working as route splitter. You can either take the outer route to B going straight ahead or jump down to go to the upper mid or go through kitchen to A.
This area has the overlap because in phase 2 I had the middle building a lot shorter and you could see the bridge from the sniper spot. ❶ The initial idea was that you could see if Ts are going to B but after I changed the T spawn location this became unbalanced as Ts would arrive to the bridge first and could aim already at the sniper spot also the weaponry in CS is not meant for across the map encounters.
As for what’s about to come the bridge will stay how it is but the are after the bridge might be turned into a storage for farming equipment as the estate needs its sheep to mow the grass. ❷
Garages & T spawn
As you can see the layout has changed from phase 2 and I have moved T spawn to make timings to sites more equal. T spawn is the back entrance to the estate. ❶
Once I figured out a theme for this area, I replaced the dip in the ground with stairs and ramps for a wheelchair ❷ (As the previous owner of the estate had mobility issues in his last years). The family has been involved in motor racing especially the father. Therefore, the previous owner replaced the old horse stables with garages and a workshop for his cars. ❸
This is an area where I am yet unsure about the layout, so in the coming update I will make the garage buildings making the area more lifelike. In the distance you will be able to catch a glimpse of private test track.
Phase 3 (feb 2024 till now)
As I had lost the files of the map from CS:GO I was putting off when I try to remake de_devotion in CS2. So, after weeks of trying to make weapon skins (after release of CS2), I opened CS2 Hammer editor and started following tutorials (Thank You Eagle One Development Team (Chimonahehe and others)) with the intent of recreating the last version of the map from phase 2.
I started by recreating A site and routes to it as they were 2 years ago. A lot has changed in the routes to B site also I tried recreating my previous layout of the site but when playtesting it felt very out of place, and I decided to redesign it creating the current layout after trialing similar but different ideas.
My aim for the map is to create tactically interesting layout as information of where the opponents are is vital to the success. The map I think encourages CTs to push out of sites to get map control. The Ts in turn must be mindful about being surrounded if taking too long but on the other hand they have a lot of opportunities to get behind the CTs and make plays behind enemy lines. Plus, for the hot-headed option you can challenge the other side by peaking down middle to see if anyone is looking from above.
I divided my map into areas and will write about each in more detail. I will show how each one has developed and will share my ideas about why I made them the way they are and what are my vision going forward.
DISCLAIMER: Some of the stuff I talk about is not yet present in the current version!
This is the map’s current mini map (Thank You JimWood for Radgen):
Phase 2 (oct 2021 till feb 2022)
After more than a year of not thinking about this map I came up with the idea for the outer root to A site then I still wanted to add the sniper spot, after placing it I realized that it had the potential to be flanked by the outer route to A so I made the A site behind the sniper spot. Then I placed middle part of the map and realized that the only logical alternative rout to A would be going underneath the sniper spot. So that’s how this part of the map was made and has not changed much in the current version. The routes to B site and the site I did not have much confidence in. I kept the U-turn stile route from the original map and made the elevated middle part and connections to lower mid and B site. Then I needed another route to B so I made the bridge and then the narrow downhill route to B. While it was a fun section on its own it did not work in connection to the rest of a map and was way too easy to hold as a CT. Therefore, the outer route to B is much different in the current version. B site as a part of the map has been the hardest to make right in this phase of the map it was more of a placeholder till, I think of a better idea.
Then on the end of feb 2022 was the last time I made changes to the map in Source 1, mostly because I had no idea how to make lighting work on the map, plus at the time I had other ideas I wanted to pursue outside of CS mapping.
The phase 2 map:
Phase 1 (feb 2020 till jul 2020)
After messing around in the CS:GO hammer editor for about a month and a half.
This was my first ever attempt of making a defusal map with following tutorials (Thank you TopHATTwaffle).
You can see that it only slightly resembles the current version. It had some good ideas which were poorly executed but it was a fun map to mess around with the bots. I finished making changes to it in July and moved on to different projects in my spare time.
The phase 1 map:
The story of de_devotion started more than four years ago as I tried to make a map with a sniper tower being its distinguishing feature.
The development can for now be described in 3 phases.
Sadly, I can only provide my thoughts and mini map drawings from phase 1 and 2 as the PC I made them in does not work anymore and I did not post them to the workshop.
(WIP) The link to the map: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3284023875
More info soon to follow about the map.
Any questions/suggestions/feedback is highly welcomed and appreciated.
Sincerely,
EKSDUARD
de_devotion The map is set in the northern parts of England in an estate surrounded by forest of a wealthy low-nobility family. The gameplay happens in between the family home which use to be a fortress (CT area) and the building that houses the staff (The high building next to the T spawn). The house recently has been through some turmoil. Three months ago, the head of the house passed away. He had two sons, half-brothers, the youngest was left out of his will because of his reckless actions and supposed connections to the criminal world. A month and a week ago, a fire broke out in the house and destroyed the family’s reliquary cabinets, but it revealed antique stone carvings behind (A site) (the fire led to the collapse of the tower near A site). They are depicting how the family got its nobility status. The reliquaries where insured and the older brother received a hefty sum for the damages. He has ordered restauration works and has left the house with deep concerns about his family’s safety also he has insured the house for an even bigger sum of money. Meanwhile, the younger brother has gone missing. We arrive at today’s events. In the previous night someone has broken in the estate and left markings on the walls (ways to get to A and B) (B site is inside the ruins of an old church and the previous house owner has built statues honoring the most influential house heads (the target of B site)). The repairman called the police. The police have evacuated the estate and dispatched a special force squad to secure the house. Meanwhile T’s have arrived using back roads of the estate. Each one has been promised life changing amount of money if the objective is successful. You can feel that these few following minutes are going to change the place forever. Is it the devotion of the CTs to protect history of the place or is it the T’s unwavering devotion to the cause that could change their lives. Or is it the devotion to revenge from the youngest brother or even possibly greed from the older to destroy the place that their father cherished and devoted a lot of his time to. One thing is for sure I have and will continue to devote my time to complete this map.
