http://i.imgur.com/GcyfpRY.jpg

a5 is out!

https://mega.co.nz/#!18FjhQga!TJ8gFzrD7ba649btSvea56JBJseoaw58c276BD7oOqM

I essentially scrapped a4 and started fresh with this. This fixed a lot of broken things, and made the map much more similar to pl_badwater. I'll make changes as needed, but the goal is to keep the maps as similar as possible.

For those who don't know, Hooky decided against working on cp_badwater, so I went ahead and picked it up. Shoutout to Mangachu, Jenny, and Otterfiend for helping me with ideas. Also thanks to you guys on the forums pointing out when I'm an idiot, which is pretty often.

Album: http://imgur.com/a/iMiof

If you have any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them. I'll be playtesting this with friends this next weekend probably (with a slightly modified map). If you want to playtest it yourself, please stream it/ record demos and stvs. I'm looking to see how it plays in 6s, HL, and pubs. I hope you enjoy the map!

old thread

I'll do that after this playtest I'm in.

cp_badwater_a2_final release

It's a1_final, not _final. it's named that because of the way I have my backups labeled, sorry for confusion.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pfds4ovbe8irtqw/cp_badwater_a2_final.bsp

What's new from a1:

* Moved A closer to spawn
* Closed off the main route from A to B
* Opened up the gate by A to allow for multiple paths for B
* Kept gates between A and B open even if A is uncapped
* Moved B to yard on spire
* Moved C to balcony
* Added another flank to D by making balcony accessible to all classes
* Made a new path to balcony
* Added barrels to make it a bit easier to climb spire
* Temporarily fixed skybox, needs refinement

Screenshots:

http://i.imgur.com/byQWZLo.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/wJg9QL4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/EKRSkN4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Wh74smX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hyWWifs.jpg

Known bugs:

* Skybox broken
* Last may be too large cap-area
* There's a random light on last
* Shadows under rail props
* Confusing arrows, will be more detailed eventually
* Sightlines on last may still be a bit much for defense, we'll get playtest info soon.
* The planks up to C are upside down. Shut up, I'm dumb.

Shoutout to Mangachu, Jenny, and Otterfiend for helping me with ideas. Also thanks to you guys on the forums pointing out when I'm an idiot.

If you have any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them.

I will in a bit. I don't want to release till I have a2 finished. Basically, I just need to do the skybox, which I can hopefully fix tonight.

http://i.imgur.com/fW7DwsX.jpg

tada

Working to finish a2_final soon.

Very good idea with the plank. More classes do need the ability to climb to point quickly. I'll mess around with stuff when I'm home.

I took some of the suggestions and problems you guys pointed out and made some updates. The map is pretty much finished, minus the graphical polishing of everything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0G4S43_GS8

edit: forgot to mention, thanks to mangachu, otterfiend, and jenny*snowflake for the help, along with all of you guys on the forums.

Thanks for the feedback, guys. I'm going to mess around with it up high to try and get it to work. If it doesn't, oh well. I'll just move it back to the bottom.

Very good points about everything. I have plans to nerf the sightlines at A, that's my biggest concern of the map as of now.

I'm thinking about what to do with last, you brought up a good point. I think it might be wise to simply remove that exit of spawn, or remove top spawn entirely. I really like the point off in the corner like that, though. It seems like it would be much harder to cap. That said, I don't want it to be impossible. I'll think about the sightline in that final picture, as well as the other problems with the map.

Thanks for the feedback.

Spire is always the answer. Always.

Proper URL. Not that it matters. What is the purpose of this thread?

edit: he fixed his post

I've picked up the project. Here's a quick presentation I made of what I'm doing with the map. Don't expect much, but I think this will work a lot better than a1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsa73gxdpgg

Thanks to Hooky for starting me out.

Could you upload the vmf so other people can play around with what you've done?

(by other people i mean me because i'm lazy but want to mess around)

edit: nevermind, I'll just decompile it. i wanted to try and edit the map a bit, make some changes. I'll make post progress, maybe in another thread.

I really wish I was, good luck to you guys.

http://i.imgur.com/RQg1c1t.jpg

Towering Pillar of LAN Garbage

That was the best match in this series so far. Holy crap.