MP_Train

[CrysAk]

well.. had to be done seeing as theres a bunch of train assets waiting and ready.

not 100% complete yet.. hell not even 50% complete (damn work getting in the way!) but heres some early WIP screens for you guys.

note... temp lighting, no detail meshs placed yet (just bare bones almost ready for playtesting), no backdrop, blah blah you get the picture ^^ early shots :P

Overall the maps looking as if its going to lack two crutial aspects in multiplayer; flanking and z axis, however there is a train that moves alongside to provide some flanking.
Its a very tight/small map and rounds should end very quickly (didnt want to make a large train level as 1v1 would take forever giving the short view distance)

but i think it has potential to be fun ^^

anywho, onto the bits you care about, the screens :P

Spawnpoint/Flanking Train boarding area
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z78/CrysAk/MP_Train-PlayerStartWIP.jpg

Flanking Train
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z78/CrysAk/MP_Train-MovingWIP.jpg

Main Combat Carriage
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z78/CrysAk/MP_Train-CarWIP.jpg

feedback and crit welcome as always (be gental :P)

Chris

[Sirjizz]

dude that is disgusting :) fuken awesome good luck looks fun

[plasmidjunkie]

dude you map looks EPIC (no pun intended) if u need anyone to test or suggestions AIM: plasmidjunkie

[BlkBullet23]

Looks just like the single player level. :D
In multiplayer form.

Lookin good in the naiborhood.
I can see how this would be hard for flanking, given the narrow type of level.
Have you thought of giving some z-axis at the ends of the train with two entrances.
Just a suggestion:D

[CrysAk]

thanks for the suggestion, think i might add that actually ^^ will make a nice touch :)

I've had a good looka round Epics SP train map and was tempted to jsut copy/paste theyre stuff in, but after a closer look, half of it isnt alligned correctly to the grid, and has singleplayer optimisation settings on the meshs, so figured it would be better and cleaner if i just took what worked in theyre maps and threw it together myself.

so its going to look almost identical to the SP train map, with a few changes that i personaly feel look better / will play better in MP

will let you guys know when im ready to playtest for sure ^^

stop by the IRC channel in my sig if your free, only a day old now but theres always ppl in there already :D

thansk again for feedback :)

[SirenSilently]

IMPRESSIVE! It does remind me of the single player level as well.
Can't wait to see how this plays out in MP.

[Thaur]

What did you do to get it bigger? A combination of stretching and duplicating?

[CrysAk]

its not so much bigger but you coudl do it via that yea.

[far]

good work CrysAk, keep up the work :)

[coolcat12]

So the main train isnt movie but theres another moving train along side? Looks nice

[Morgyl]

nice map, my compliments.

[Core2TOM]

are you still working on this map? any updates here?

[CrysAk]

no stopped working on this a while back, and mapping in general in my free time, jut havnt had the time or drive for it

[Taffer]

That's really too bad CrysAk, I was really looking forward to seeing how this map would turn out.

You know, as much as I would love to do level design as a career, my biggest fear is how to combat burnout. I've been in a kind of slump for the past few weeks myself, but I finally found some motivation to continue today.

[PsYcHo MaGiK]

too bad you stopped this map looked good and would be good too play it

[CrysAk]

i wish i had the drive to finish this but work is busting my balls at the moment and i just dont have the passion to work on more levels when i get home for anything :( which sucks cos i have somany ideas and the knowledge of the engine and .. just cant be ***ed lol, it sucks :( just spend my evenings playing *cough* MMOs lol, but PvP ones at that ;)

hopefully things will calm down and ill get the enthusiasm back ^^

[NewPCGamer]

you should put the level up for download so someone else could help you finish it. obviously they would have to give you partial credit, but it would still be a nice start for someone that wants to flesh it out and bring it to life!:D

[Phayte]

Ill finish it for you :p all the credit would be given to you for creating the base of course