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Old 01-28-2008, 05:28 AM   #1
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The Wiki needs YOU to make Map Guides!

DON'T WORRY; IF YOU SUCK AT WIKICODE, I OR ANOTHER WIKI EDITOR WILL FIX THINGS UP FOR YOU! JUST PUT YOUR INFORMATION ON THE PAGE AND WE'LL GET IT FORMATTED!

WE NEED GUIDES FOR (these are clickable links):
Crossover
CZ2
Shutdown2
Monkey
Well
Hunted
Push
Mulch DM


If you've visited the Wiki recently, you've probably noticed that we're in dire need of map guides. Most of us know jack-shit about map strategies, so we're turning to you, the community, to make guides. We have some formatting crap that should be followed if you can do it, though.

1. TRY TO FOLLOW THE FORMAT(if you can)!
Formatting helps us keep a consistent style throughout the guides. Here's a basic breakdown.

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Overview
Describe the map goals, atmosphere, etc.

Locations
Describe, discuss and show pictures of important places such as capture points, where the flag is, key parts of your base, resupply areas, spawn rooms, what's in bags, how offense and defense should treat certain areas, etc.. Be sure to mark new sections with the ==(Text)== tag so that readers know when the next section starts. Don't worry about making a Table of Content; the Wiki will automatically do that once you make a certain amount of sections.

If you feel that a section of the map needs an in-depth analysis, create a section for it by going to the URL-shower in your browser, type in /(part you want to describe) at the end of your guide's URL, and make it. Be sure to link back to it!

If you want to have a handy navbox that goes between the different pages of you guide, insert http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...avbox/Mapguide, where 2 is the previous section and 3 is the next section.

Offense and Defense strategies
Make a section for offense and defense so that people have a basic idea of what areas to cover when playing as offense or defense (like the upper slope in shutdown2 for defense. Integrate this into the location pages if you want to.

Advanced
Put strategies that might need some time or practice here. Or, you can integrate them into the main location or offense and defense sections. Your call.
2.Use pictures!

I can't stress how important this is! Marking ideal sentry gun, sniper and defense positions, along with arrows indicating paths will be a world of help for newbies! I've taken pictures of important landmarks in various maps for anybody to use; they're at the end. If don't have Photoshop and want to mark locations, go to www.gimp.org, and download GIMP.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about. Notice the key at the bottom of the image.To do this, click on the image button (picture of a photograph) at the top of the formatter and put in|(your text) after the image's name. Or, you can put the key in the image's description before you upload it.

3. Use the talk pages!

Communication between people working on a map page is essential to making a great guide. To use the talk pages, go to the top of a page and click on the "discussion" tab. Make sure to sign your posts by typing "--~~~~" at the end of your posts.

4. Explain things!
These guides are designed for newbies, so try to explain map-specific terms they night have no idea about.

Reference pictures!

Here are some pictures I took for people to use in map guides. Feel free to edit them however you want.

Shutdown2
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http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20000.gif - Overview of outside area.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20001.gif - Inner bunker.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20020.gif - Overview of base.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20022.gif - Capture point.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20007.gif - Overview of main area.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20013.gif - Upper main area leading to pit.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20014.gif - Pit.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20016.gif - Entrance to power control.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20019.gif - Power control.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20006.gif - Upper slope.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20010.gif - Upper slope area.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20008.gif - Railway.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20009.gif - Railway 2.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20004.gif - Flag room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20005.gif - Flag room shot 2.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20015.gif - Flag room shot 3.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20023.gif - Flag room shot 4.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20029.gif - Flag room lasers down.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20031.gif - Running into the lasers.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20027.gif - Resupply main area.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...tdown20028.gif - Resupply top of roof.
Monkey
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http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...monkey0032.gif - Respawn.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...monkey0033.gif - Outside respawn.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...monkey0034.gif - Flag room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...monkey0035.gif - Lower flag room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...monkey0036.gif - Flag room shot from flag.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...monkey0038.gif - Water room inside base.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...monkey0039.gif - Capture point.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...monkey0048.gif - Caputure point shot 2.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...monkey0043.gif - Resupply room opposite of capture point.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...monkey0040.gif - Overview of outside.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...monkey0041.gif - Front of outer base.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...monkey0046.gif - Water access under bridge.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...monkey0047.gif - Where water access leads to.
Well
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http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0040.gif - Overview of base.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0041.gif - Overview of base + divider bunker in middle.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0058.gif - Spawn room 1.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0061.gif - Spawn room 2 (has water entrance).
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0042.gif - Spawn deck for concers.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0043.gif - Ladder leading to roof.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0044.gif - Roof shot.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0045.gif - Roof shot 2.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0046.gif - Front of base.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0048.gif - Right after door.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0049.gif - Inner base.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0045.gif - Inner base shot facing entrance to silo.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0050.gif - Sniper room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0052.gif - Sniper room shot 2.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0053.gif - Rafters.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0054.gif - Overview of silo.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0056.gif - Flag room shot.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0063.gif - Silo bridge + capture point.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0057.gif - Silo water. Left leads to grate and right leads to spawn.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0074.gif - Grate being blown up.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0076.gif - Blown up grate.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0072.gif - Water entrance in bunker.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0073.gif - View of bunker from it's water entrance.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_well0069.gif - Outer view of bunker.
CZ2
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http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0156.gif - Lights.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki/Image:czcp1.gif - CP1/5.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0134.gif - Hidden cache of medikits in CP1/5.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0138.gif - CP2/4 shot 1. Use it to illustrate hidden cache of medikits.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0139.gif - CP2/4 shot 2.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0140.gif - CP2/4 shot 3.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki/Image:czcp3.gif - CP3.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0145.gif - Stuff that's in the CP3 shacks (armour and backpack don't appear until cap).
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0125.gif - Spawn.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0130.gif - Base.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0126.gif - Control Center.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0144.gif - Overview of base exits.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0131.gif - Area immediately outside right exit.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0132.gif - Area immediately outside upper exit.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0135.gif - Steam pusher near right exit.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...:ff_cz0137.gif - Area leading to CP2/4, CP3 and sewer entrance to CP2/4.
Crossover
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http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0084.gif - Spawn room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0086.gif - Front of base, view from capture point.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0087.gif - Same as previous, but opposite end.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0089.gif - Water pool and sniper posts.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0090.gif - Water entrance.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...sover00113.gif - Water entrance's cavern.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...sover00114.gif - Picture showing mini-jumping puzzle in water entrance's cavern.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...sover00116.gif - End of water entrance.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0091.gif - Sniping tower overlooking water.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0092.gif - Entrance to Red base via sniper tower.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0094.gif - Overview of the base.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0095.gif - Spiral leading to flag room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0096.gif - Spiral leading to elevator.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0098.gif - The elevator.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0100.gif - Flag room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0101.gif - Right side of flag room, showing entrance to elevator.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0103.gif - Opposite side of flag room, showing sniping post, jump pad leading up and resupply room .
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0105.gif - Inside of sniping post in-base.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0107.gif - Fork in the road on the opposite side of the flag room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0108.gif - Lower resupply room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...ssover0110.gif - Close-up of flag room.
Mulch Deathmatch
Push
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http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_push0072.gif - Spawn Room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_push0074.gif - Doors that lead to the rest of the map.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_push0083.gif - Where the door on the right leads to.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_push0075.gif - Where the door down the hall leads to.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_push0076.gif - Shot of area right before ball room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_push0080.gif - The hallways (and lasers) that lead to the capture point room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_push0080.gif - The resupply area.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_push0081.gif - The capture point.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_push0084.gif - Ball Room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_push0085.gif - Another ball room view.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_push0086.gif - Area right before ball room.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/wiki...f_push0088.gif - Me running into the lasers.
To make your own pictures, click on "create server", pick the map you want to cover, and start the game. Once in the map, go to the console, type in sv_cheats 1, impulse 200, cl_drawhud 0 and finally noclip. The pictures shouldn't be in widescreen. Once you're done, go to the console and type in "cl_drawhud 1", or you won't be able to see your HUD when you play on a real server!

If you need anymore help, ask me or anybody else in the Wiki standards group.

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Old 01-28-2008, 05:35 AM   #2
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Old 03-23-2008, 11:45 AM   #3
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I'll make one on crossover soon.. should I PM it or just post it here?
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Old 03-23-2008, 01:33 PM   #4
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I'll make one on crossover soon.. should I PM it or just post it here?
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Old 04-03-2008, 01:38 PM   #6
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Do you still need a description for any of them?
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Old 04-03-2008, 03:05 PM   #7
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Do you still need a description for any of them?
Could you check the Epicenter one and see if I got the scoring system right?
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