bridge!

This is the pic in which i just made with meh mad paint brush sk1llz. This will be the blueprints for my new JK MP level I'm making, called "One Way In." It will be a CTF map, and this is it's basic design.

That basically explains it all, any comments/sugguestions? There will be ONE, and ONLY one way across, unless I decide to make a small secret or something, that way the bridge will be CONSTANT battle and will be very fun. The bridge will be long also, probobly as long as the elevator part of Jedi Tower, to the ship on the other side. It will also be 1 person width, so...it will be fun! It will have boards that break after being hit so much and stuff, so, anyways, I need some sugguestions, it sounds good so far, but I don't know if I need more or not.


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sweet, but you would really need good teamwork to get across... which is hard to find these days

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So I should have 3 bases? or...what the heck does that mean?

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[This message has been edited by Dark__Knight (edited June 12, 2003).]

ohk well i got news for you..... that will either get some nasty framerates or poor gameplay. you cannot have only one way to get to either base. so i would work on that if i were you, that way i can pwn you in-game and not feel bad.

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Ok what about some transports, that move when you get on them to the other side?

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It needs to be something that won't leave people constantly vulerable, because that will cause massive amounts of camping. I know that camping is generally acceptable in CTF matches, but you have to give the attackers some amount of hope for success. I suppose you could use transports, or terrain, or midway-point sentry building type dealies... I mean there are tons of options, you just have to cater to your needs and what you think others will enjoy.

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You spelled "Turret" wrong...

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Moo.

Unless he means a tOrrent of wind lol.
And shouldn't the flag be inside the base? Otherwise it'll be *Force speed across bridge, grab flag, speed back" since there's no such thing as Force push in standard JK. Anyway, some alternative routes to reach the base might be nice, otherwise defending might be a tad too easy. Only one route to defend.

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Thrawn42689.. um.. 6.. PQ - whatever is already making a map very similar to this. Maybe you can... oh never mind.

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He's been playing Neocron obviously, where they called them "fractions" instead of "factions" and of course "turrents". Printed manual too.

Seems a good idea, but have an upper bridge that is wide-ish, then two very narrow lower bridges leading to caves/stairs up to the "turrents".

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The design is too simple. As long as there is only one way around, defense can nuke an area of the bridge whenever offenders come without fail. It looks like a massive stalemate.

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Alright, I've taken some of your ideas and thoughts, I will have screenies soon

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Um, if there were more than one way in, then it would ruin the title, 'One Way In'.

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so change the title

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In the next few minutes I'll have SS's (I'll edit this post) I will change the title, I'm sorry I spelled TURRET wrong, I did not even know I did that. Secondly, the title will be different. And also, wow, that is kinda strange that there is a level like mine, but in the end, they will be nothing alike. Plus, his is JO and mine is JK. And mine will just be alot diff So anyways look forward to pics soon!

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Or let him go ahead with his original idea and do something different than any other map out there.

if the bridge is that narrow it's gonna be unplayable 2-3 person wide at the very least

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I agree, otherwise you might get I guy on there with a repeater and take out all the guys in a straight line.

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Alright peeps, Here is the map so far. I really need someone to help me with this CTF setup though, the level is starting to turn out fine, but I just can't get the CTF to work right, anyways, I'm in #massassi all the time as DBF_SuperSaiyan so if you can help me, then please give it a shot. My email is also nickweeks0_00@yahoo.com Alright now for the screenys.

Let's start out with the lobby you start in:





That's the lobby where you can see how many players are currently on each team, the scores for each team, and at the beginning you can set the score. The red and blue areas are the portals to the teams.


Now here are the bases with my custom 3dos of flags:





Now here is the bridge, that huge bridge, going over the large lava pit:





Yes, that is a wooden bridge, and a mighty unstable looking one O.O Thanks to Elmo for the help on that.

Here is a shot of underneath the bridge:



And here is a shot of basically the whole playing field so far:



Just a note, most of the textures are temporary, the terrain needs major work, and I still have to add in the TURRETS and other fun stuff.

Comments/Sugguestions?

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Maker of the Levels:
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From what I can see, that lobby is three big boxes with bad textures. The lobby needs more work than anywere else, since you said you'd work on the terrain and stuff. VERY nice bridge, though!

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...it's not going to be pretty when you capture that huge flag and the pole squires the entire body of it's carrier.

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lol, don't worry emon, those are temporary

New shots soon!

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I think that carrying that flag isn't the biggest concern, getting to it in the first place seems rather tough. Altough it might be do-able with Force Speed + Force Jump. But one narrow bridge seems all too easy to defend. (but then again if an enemy does get across you can line up part of your team at the base door)

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ah yes, I really like the bridge, only a very skilled editor can create such a great bridge.

Well, the terrain needs a lot work, and the lobby shouldn't be as big lower the ceiling and put some nice archi in there.
Give it some theme, like a cave or a real lobby or something, but don't leave it a grey box.

Might I suggest to get the lava closer to the bride and put some rocks in it. not only a row but more rocks so you can cross it by jumping from one to another and then you enter a cave that leads into the base or something? you could have it close enough to use force jump to get on the bridge. you know what I'm talking about?

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[This message has been edited by 2nd_Elmo (edited June 15, 2003).]

Why say that? It is very good.

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Wow, EXTREME updates, you guys were right, this looks 5000x better when it's mmm curvay No longer boxy, and new textures, YAY!!111111

here is a wireframe, and it'll take me a few minutes to go ingame and get some new screenshots.



No longer square, no longer boxy, just nice...canyony...goodness. Terrain still needs work now though.

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UH, clipping the corners off of rooms doesnt really count as architexture.

Some ideas for the start room:

-A dome.
-Lots of beams.
-Water.
-Windows that look out onto either more terrain or perhaps a river or city; maybe even a skybox (probably overdoing it though, unless you add the skybox to the rest of the level)

Don't use 3do's for everything either! Cleave that mofo out!

Don't be discouraged though, it looks very promising.

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Powertickle, I still have much more work to do, however, it's a big step up from before. I must add in my jagged cliffs soon, and then it'll look alot more realistic.

Alright here are the new pics, let's start out with the new and improved lobby:





Now, the new buildings, I'm leaving the old pics up so you can compare.



And the new Red/GOLD bases (blue wasn't working) Keep in mind, at the end, the bases won't be this empty, and the flag not nearly as easy to reach. It will be alot more full, and the flag maybe upstairs or something. (still needing ideas on that)





I added some new nifty tint around the lava bridge, and down below you can see the lava rock spikes.



now for the lava rocks themselves, they were archi, but giving me some errors, so I exported them to 3dos and loaded back my old level, works great now.





That's all of it

Comments/Sugguestions?

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You should call it "World War I".

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Maker of the Levels:
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WOW! I've been gone a while so I just decided to check in and I found a level with AWESOME potential. I think you should make a passage that goes UNDER the lava lake that you can look up and see things. Also make a few traps with the bridge. Like have it flip or something, or sway, or have occasional wind, even though that itself would be almost impossible. Maybe you could make two bridges, one above, and one below. That would be awesome.

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Textures have got to go. The main lobby is still WAY too plain. Try making the rocks less skinny. Like have them be fat at the bottom and get thinner, and they dont ahve to be very tall.

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Rocks are a bit unnatural, but oh well, it's in the Star Wars unniverse, it doesn't have to be. But all I can advice is making the outside areas look a tad more "alive" and less angular,inside locations can be as boxy as you like (only natural really,altough outlandish building architecture is always nice), also more than one way to get from one base to the other would be majorly appreciated to make for some varied gameplay. But like it's been mentioned, it's having potential.

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I would put some walkways on either side of the bridge, maybe slightly higher. Consider shot angles in game, and for god sakes, if you aren't going to do much more as far as rooms just put concussion rifles and rail dets for weapons. Everything else would be useless. Nobody good plays JK CTF with force anyway, mainly because of JK lag. Look at other JK CTF levels such as Fusion or even Nar to get more ideas.

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For the love of Qod, scale up those wall textures! And PLEASE tell me you're going to light it.

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