Just a few questions before I finish my Trilogy Maps Options

[Jpmaarten]

Hi, I am new here and I would like to know some things about what a TS Player likes in a Skirmish map and in a Singleplayer map.

First of all, what do you guys think of getting structures in a Multiplayer map, because I made the map so that you get a small base from the start ( Barrack, 2 powerplants, radar and some defence ).

My map Trilogy is a NOD Mission, GDI Mission and a Multiplayer map. But they all have the same map with slight differences...

The NOD mission takes place first in the Timeline and you destroy the GDI Base.
The GDI mission is second in the Timeline and there you build up the base again and destroy all NOD forces.
The Multiplayer map is last in the Timeline and the city is ruined and you both get a base of your team that is remaining after the battle...

I have not yet tested the Multiplayer map online, because somehow TS won't connect to other players online... But I think the Map can't be playe Online Because I made it so that if you play skirmish against the Computer, the Computer is always the opposite team as you are...

And I would like to know if you like hills, cliffs, roads with moving vehicles etc... oh and there already is a train...

EDIT: I have just learned that when you are playing the multiplayer map online against someone that is the same team as you, the color that you have decide's who gets the base ( example: If your GDI than the color Yellow is always the one getting the base, for NOD this is Red. Another Example is that Orange GDI gets the Base over red GDI because Orange looks more like yellow. Not yet sure about this though)

Greetz jpmaarten

This post has been edited by Jpmaarten: Dec 3 2006, 04:15 PM

[Ixith]

also for the MP map i believe there is a way using the triggers in which you could make it so that it doesnt depend on the houses (AKA maybe try the event of "when found by player" or whatever it is as im too lazy to open my FS up at the moment. as that SHOULD work and if you place it so that some of those buildings are in the starting point vicinity then youll get those buildings almost immediately. i think) and to make sure each side has to play as either GDI or Nod depending on their start position you could make it so something destroys the players starting MCV such as an ion cannon strike right at the beggining or something of that sort.

i use to have a Yuri's Revenge map by someone that was exactly like that almost. as in your starting MCV got destroyed almost instantly by prism towers then the prism towers sold and you got a base. if i can find that map again maybe i can tell you how it was done there and you could test it on your map. although i doubt ill be able to find it again.

also personally i like ion storms they make you think just a little bit more than normal as you have to constantly repair your base or else something will get destroyed. which makes the gameplay a little harder. but i dont think that one every 10 minutes that lasts for 5 minutes is a good idea. i think maybe a 2-3 minute one every 10 minutes might be better. or you could make it more advance and make it so the ion storm only happens say 3 times on the map and spread them out. which is easily done using local variables if you understand them that is. they really arent hard to learn

so theres my input for this. not much really just some ideas and stuff. hope to see the maps eventually