When you build a building in real life, you want to have a solid foundation for it (aka level ground.) This is it's way of doing that.
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Polishing. You don't want a blend, flat looking ground. If you want elevation it's all in the edges and ramps. Period.
They've just given use the ability to go overboard with the height rise tool, like you did in that shot.
Yeah I can see your point, but it wouldn't be hard for them to not let units go places after it's a certain steepness, also not let buildings build after a certain amount of deformation.
In fact, I'd say it's lack of polish the way they have it now. None of the official maps use the terrain deformation cause it would look stupid if someone made a building and the terrain morphed.
Yeah I sort of agree that there's a limit to respect in order to maintain sanity. But I'm sure the people who ever think about abusing those slopes will be terrible at mapping to begin with.
More changes:
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More changes:
[screenshot]http://j.imagehost.org/0387/Terrain_016.jpg[/screenshot] [screenshot]http://j.imagehost.org/0377/Terrain_017.jpg[/screenshot] [screenshot]http://j.imagehost.org/0196/Terrain_018.jpg[/screenshot] [screenshot]http://j.imagehost.org/0989/Terrain_019.jpg[/screenshot] [screenshot]http://j.imagehost.org/0892/Terrain_020.jpg[/screenshot]
Another thing that bothers me with the lore is the Xel'naga towers. Why the hell would there be Xel'naga towers on top of a Terran city-scape and also amongst other weird places?
Yeah, the way the map is now it's going to have two viable strategies.
1. Wall in, tech to BC/Carrier/Broodlord, select all, attack move in enemy base. Flip a coin to see if you win.
2. All-in rush.
The lack of expansions makes 'regular' playstyle a lot less viable. For instance, when someone walls in with cannons and techs to their capital ships immediately, the correct response is expanding like a madman and outproducing them to be able to defend their high-tech push until they are mined out.
With only two possible expansions, both really close to the bases, you simply cannot muster enough resources to do this, and if you do double expand, the enemy can basically destroy your expos within 20 seconds. Fly out of base briefly, target town center, go back to camping. Repeat. Win.
Layout looks interesting, but I'd suggest working on the money aspect.
If you are going for a really small, intense map, perhaps it might be an interesting idea to many very small high-yields and make the in-base resources pretty low?
That'd encourage a pretty dramatically different playstyle.
First map. Good for learning how it all works, dunno if it'll be good for playing.
Tried to make it different with the high yield at the center choke point to encourage map control and reward the one with it with the high yield.
I might put a 3rd normal mineral line somewhere to give the one without high yield a fighting chance, but it's gonna be tight. The way I made this map isn't too great to begin with. Learn from your mistakes.
At least it looks kinda cool.
[SCREENSHOT]http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5010/terrain003.jpg[/SCREENSHOT][SCREENSHOT]http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7728/terrain004.jpg[/SCREENSHOT]
Oh I did make the "tree lines" less linear, there are smaller trees around them. Those trees that block LOS.
SC2 Lava is ugly
Tried to make it different with the high yield at the center choke point to encourage map control and reward the one with it with the high yield.
I might put a 3rd normal mineral line somewhere to give the one without high yield a fighting chance, but it's gonna be tight. The way I made this map isn't too great to begin with. Learn from your mistakes.
At least it looks kinda cool.
[SCREENSHOT]http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5010/terrain003.jpg[/SCREENSHOT][SCREENSHOT]http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7728/terrain004.jpg[/SCREENSHOT]
Oh I did make the "tree lines" less linear, there are smaller trees around them. Those trees that block LOS.
SC2 Lava is ugly
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More beta invites are being sent out. This time people are getting 2 at a time. I can't promise anything, but if I get keys I'll let you know. It would be nice to know who really wants a key, and who will actually use it. If I get a key I want to give it to someone that is going to be playing almost every day.
The friend invites are sent out through email. You receive the two keys via email and then you just send them to whoever you want.
I'm assuming we can play around with the map editor without needing invites? So just need to find a torrent with the Beta + Patch 9 / 10?
You don't even need to find a torrent.
Just launch it and it should autopatch. After that you can use the editor (It's in the installation directory of the beta) and start installing AI mods to play against the AI.
Just launch it and it should autopatch. After that you can use the editor (It's in the installation directory of the beta) and start installing AI mods to play against the AI.
