[CS:GO][WIP] de_yard

text_fish · April 14, 2015

Tonight's playtest was really fun, this is one of the best new layouts I've played for a while. Timings and scale are pretty much spot on. Mid has a great sense of progression. I guess the only negative is as somebody said ingame (I think maybe Tomm?) bombsite A possibly has a few too many angles, but this wasn't game-breaking.

When it comes to the final art passes, be careful not to go overboard on the chain-link enclosures (at least where they're looked upon from long sight-lines) as these often camouflage player models pretty badly. I only mention it because a couple of times I had trouble spotting people against at least one of these (just off the first left-hand branch of Mid if you're coming at it from T side).

swst.turn · July 23, 2015

Sup, big gameplay and architectural update. Checkout it

Workshop link

Some screens here:

Edited July 23, 2015 by swst.turn

Psyrius · July 28, 2015

Looks interesting

swst.turn · July 28, 2015

Sup. Changes I made after playtest feedback (trying to reduce CT advantage):

Removed A site CT heaven
Added little shed to exit from T heaven (to fix overpowered CT line of sight in this place)
Removed gay corner in T aps
Added crate to Middle -> A connector (changed sight from connector to site and remove cover for CT)
Removed CT cover in end of B short
Delete T end of A long (it's unusable at all)

Current layout:

A site in current state:

If you have thought or suggestions about layout i will be glad to hear it!

Cheater on playtest!

Edited July 28, 2015 by swst.turn

Vaya · July 28, 2015

not sure if I meantioned it in the playtest but I think the CTs should have no access to heaven from A. It should at least be a semi-difficult jump.

swst.turn · July 28, 2015

not sure if I meantioned it in the playtest but I think the CTs should have no access to heaven from A. It should at least be a semi-difficult jump.

In first appearance of aps way there is no access from CT side, but then I thought about situation like 1 v 1, bomb dropped in aps, and last T is in A main/site. So its very hard decision to make for me.

DooM · July 28, 2015

In first appearance of aps way there is no access from CT side, but then I thought about situation like 1 v 1, bomb dropped in aps, and last T is in A main/site. So its very hard decision to make for me.

You could leave the ct access there for the reason you stated but make the corridor leading to the heaven area more viable for Ts to win an engagement if CTs do play aggressively (like B apps on mirage).

Vaya · July 28, 2015

yes you need to nerf @'RZL on this map who pushed apps and killed like 40 of us every round.

swst.turn · July 30, 2015

Sup again. So I reworked T aps and also changed A site a little bit.

New layout:

In-game look:

T side view from aps:
CT view to aps:
Aps exit overview:
View from CT to site:

Also I made this scheme with best spawn points timings:

Edited July 30, 2015 by swst.turn

swst.turn · July 31, 2015

Sup. Updated version on workshop now: link

Bodd Jonar · July 31, 2015

Wow, it really has changed since the beginning, and your minimap is so good looking I wanna date it and nail it. :lol:

swst.turn · August 1, 2015

Wow, it really has changed since the beginning, and your minimap is so good looking I wanna date it and nail it.

Main ideas I was following with changes was:

Make T rotations faster and safer (reducing map size, moving T mid -> B connector)
Make mid more interesting to play (T boost, B short CT box cover)
Make A site easier to take (add A aps route)
Add more nade spots (B tunnel gate spot, main B window)
Remove big sight line in CT spawn (one of old updates)
Make T route to A wider

Crappy old gif of map evolution

And please be polite with my radar