Random CP Map Idea

o_imbrifer · 12-10-2005, 02:55 AM

Well, I just had a random thought for a map idea. It would be a capture point map, and each team would start in some techy room or something, and there would be a teleporter. The teleporter would send a Red player (for example) to a random point in Area 1. There are 4 Areas, each with a command point, and Red starts by teleporting into Area 1, Blue starts by teleporting into Area 4, and both Area 1 and Area 4 have access to Area 2 and Area 3. Graphical representation makes things much easier:

Each area could be something small and randomly different: a small section of a city with horns blaring and crumbling buildings, a deep section of a forest lake, snow-capped mountains or an oil rig.
It could be spiced up with teleportation effects (electricity shots fly out of people who teleport in), in-depth soundscapes and more. Hell, this project could even be cooperative among mappers, with each devising and using painstaking detail on a small piece of a map they know they can do well.

My questions are:
1. Was anything like this done for TFC, and did it suck?
2. Would the random different areas make the map too varied and confusing?

Circuitous · 12-10-2005, 04:58 AM

That'd be a good community map. Interesting idea, too. I think the variations in the layout would make it more confusing than variations in locale, but I couldn't say for sure.

o_nezumi · 12-10-2005, 10:15 AM

Like, on a new round the 4 locations would be switched around?

Circuitous · 12-10-2005, 09:22 PM

No, like, the "techy" region has a bunch of overlapping walkways and complicated architecture, then there's like a "plains" region that's all flat land with a few small structures. That could get confusing, especially if you don't know where you're headed.

o_ma|2io · 12-14-2005, 04:23 AM

I like this idea... TLAK ABOUT IT PEOPLE

o_kastofsna · 12-14-2005, 05:03 AM

that's a sweet idea. not sure how it works though

12-10-2005, 02:55 AM	#1
o_imbrifer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Changes every few months Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Random CP Map Idea Well, I just had a random thought for a map idea. It would be a capture point map, and each team would start in some techy room or something, and there would be a teleporter. The teleporter would send a Red player (for example) to a random point in Area 1. There are 4 Areas, each with a command point, and Red starts by teleporting into Area 1, Blue starts by teleporting into Area 4, and both Area 1 and Area 4 have access to Area 2 and Area 3. Graphical representation makes things much easier: Each area could be something small and randomly different: a small section of a city with horns blaring and crumbling buildings, a deep section of a forest lake, snow-capped mountains or an oil rig. It could be spiced up with teleportation effects (electricity shots fly out of people who teleport in), in-depth soundscapes and more. Hell, this project could even be cooperative among mappers, with each devising and using painstaking detail on a small piece of a map they know they can do well. My questions are: 1. Was anything like this done for TFC, and did it suck? 2. Would the random different areas make the map too varied and confusing?

12-10-2005, 04:58 AM	#2
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	That'd be a good community map. Interesting idea, too. I think the variations in the layout would make it more confusing than variations in locale, but I couldn't say for sure. __________________ Look at all those dead links.

12-10-2005, 09:22 PM	#4
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	No, like, the "techy" region has a bunch of overlapping walkways and complicated architecture, then there's like a "plains" region that's all flat land with a few small structures. That could get confusing, especially if you don't know where you're headed. __________________ Look at all those dead links.

12-10-2005, 10:15 AM	#3
o_nezumi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Peoples Republic of Harmfull Free Radicals Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Like, on a new round the 4 locations would be switched around?

12-14-2005, 04:23 AM	#5
o_ma\|2io Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Detroit, MI Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I like this idea... TLAK ABOUT IT PEOPLE

12-14-2005, 05:03 AM	#6
o_kastofsna Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	that's a sweet idea. not sure how it works though

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