A few days ago, I released my first released map named Dam Assault pre-alpha. It was EXTREMELY cheap. You could easily get on top of the map and see the bottom of the sky. In fact, it only took me like 3-4 hours to make the pre-alpha version. The old version had only grass on the ground texture, the dam looked like a big wall, unbalanced weapon/vehicle placement, and it pretty much sucked. I don't know why I released it that early, but now it is looking alot better. (I had to rename it because someone else [Tarzan] was already making a map named Dam Assault, so I renamed it to Dam Defense ) The new version you can still see the end of the river, and still is very buggy. It still has a Pelican, but I only recomend it for CTF.

New version:

• It has cliffs


• It has a better ground texture (the cliff textures still aren't perfect)


• The dam looks more like a dam


• More balanced vehicle/weapon placement


• Dam still not attached to BSP, just a scenery object


• A whole lot of other improvements

Here are some screenshots:

Dam:


Red Base/Hill:


Red Base far away:


Dam close-up:


River:


Red Base side of map:


Blue Base flag:


Post your comments/suggestions/critisizim here.




Edited by The Spartan on Jul 10, 2007 at 03:26 PM

Great Job. You might want to put a waterfall on the far end where the water meets the sky, and extend the bsp so you can fall off the waterfall; instead of having it come to a complete stop of nothingness.

Well, I am going to make to make the river longer, and make it slightly foggy so you couldn't see the end of the BSP. I don't want the map to be too big. I might do the waterfall, but it would just be "for looks" I wouldn't make it where you could walk on it. I want it to be no bigger than Sidwinder. It looks big now, but I tried to design it so the playing area would stop at the dam, and the rest just for looks.



Edited by The Spartan on Jul 10, 2007 at 12:37 PM

Looking nice!

daaaaaaammmm

lol jk looks nice.

(dennis don't ban me for an atempt at a lame joke... i'll remove if nessasary.)

Looks good. Yes, a waterfall would enhance it a lot too.

Thanks

Hey, my friends and I are also making a dam map- when it's done, our's will kick your map's ASS! lol. Not that im saying i hate you or nothing.

IT'S ON!!! lol

so be it!

lol

yeah...laugh it up...our's will have much better EVERYTHING! including a waterfall!

Waterfall=water that falls Oooohhhh, what now???



Edited by The Spartan on Jul 10, 2007 at 01:47 PM

waterfall= WHAT THE PLAYERS WANT! good scenery, and in somecases, sniping cover.

THATS WHAT NOW!

lol

YEAH! WHAT he....said... what does that mean, exactly? big words....

THe purpose of a Dam is usually to contain water in an area. The water level should be higher on one side.

The water is higher on one side.



Edited by The Spartan on Jul 10, 2007 at 02:32 PM

I have made TONS of other maps before, but this is the first one I have released. On one of the maps, I tried to make a fog plane, but couldn't figure it out, how do you?

BTW, what does WIP stand for?


Edited by The Spartan on Jul 10, 2007 at 02:38 PM

Ohhh, I never tried adding a $, I just tried adding exact portals, and editing the weather in the water portal, ohhh, thanks.



Wait, I tried that, it didn't work. You do just add a box, and apply that material to it, and in the box it is foggy, don't you?

Never mind, It is kinda off-topic.

Wait, for the water-fall, did you mean going away from the dam? If you did, then that wouldn't make much since, because then the river would dry up.
Edited by The Spartan on Jul 10, 2007 at 04:12 PM

We wern't fighting, at least I wasn't lol, I am no noob, at least not as much as some... lol

well i would not call you a noob cause you actually have an idea for a map thats working. it's not just some ugly box lol.

use these teleporter sheild tags
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=1126

maybe color cordinate the teleporters in your map or something.

Wow, pretty colors lol. I might use them, but now I only have 2 teleporters. Therefore only 2 colors. (I did all of that in my head!! )


Edited by The Spartan on Jul 10, 2007 at 05:56 PM

oh i cant wait till our's is finished! YOUR GONNA WISH YOU NEVER STARTED MAP MAKING! >:)

Hey man, I'f you want to go challenging him, do it somewhere else. This is for HIS map, not yours. This thread is for helpful criticism and complements.

he seemed to be having fun- when did YOU come into this forum post?

Actually, he was the first post, but I agree, I was having fun.

suck up- lol- just kiddin... but seriously guys- i cant WAIT for you all to see ours!!! Its awesome!

Any pictures?

Ummm... when I finish it lol.
It might be out in a few months.

Actually, you are a noob, you only have 5 posts, but that doesn't mean you don't have any skills. I knew how to make maps decently way before I came to these foums.

And I don't know how to use 3ds Max either, I just use Blender, export it into 3ds Max, and then export it as a .jms.

Edited by The Spartan on Aug 25, 2007 at 01:42 PM

What?????

Ohhhh lol

Ok, here are some new higher-quatlity pictures:

http://docs.google.com/FilePage?id=dfvzhpg9_59dgrm8372
http://docs.google.com/FilePage?id=dfvzhpg9_61hbsdqvdj

Edited by The Spartan on Aug 25, 2007 at 01:41 PM

Yeah, I am going to just totally redo the dam texture, for now it is just the default metal texture that came with Halo.


Edited by The Spartan on Jul 11, 2007 at 12:39 PM