Dried Lands [2], WIP Options

[eXit]

OMG eXit maps for once in his life?! Yes, yes i do. Nothing special though, it's just a simple 1 vs 1 map. My main goal is to give the player the feeling that there has been a great city here once, but the war between GDI and Nod left only collapsed and empty buildings behind. Slowly, the weather and sand started to finish the job what the war didn't, and as the land was exhausted, water is not common here anymore and if you do find it, it's shores are filled with tiberium mutations, as it's the only place where you could of have found life once. The two players are divided by a large, dried out river, and a collapsed bridge, that used to connect the two major city's in this region.
Some screens -
Starting position of the first player.

If you came to camp, then you're at the wrong place.

Self-explanatory.

Oh and i can't give you any in-game screens ATM, since i don't have my TS CD at hand.

This post has been edited by eXit: Nov 12 2007, 07:03 PM

[Team Black]

This looks really good so far, exit. Keep up the good work!

(BTW you better enter the OMC -- with a different map though, of course.. )

[eXit]

Thought about the OMC, but since it's already announced and my current mapping speed is...well not the best, i don't think i'll be able to make it. A great submission for the OMC needs pre-planning.

This post has been edited by eXit: Oct 31 2007, 11:58 PM

[Ixith]

Thought about the OMC, but since it's already announced and my current mapping speed is...well not the best, i don't think i'll be able to make it. A great submission for the OMC needs pre-planning.

well technically OMC4 TS Edition hasn't actually been "announced" and what not. The only thing about it that has been announced is that there WILL be one once everything for the OMC4 TW edition is finished up. Which since only 1 of the 5 judges has finished the reviews so far (at least that I know of) then it may still be awhile before any OMC for TS is planned and officially announced/started. So I think you should still have enough time and be able to enter.

Anyways the map looks like its coming along quite nicely. Hopefully this one will be good enough for a spotlight.

[eXit]

Update, in-game pics with updated lightning and changed tiberium colors. The pic seems weird to me, or maybe it's just because i've been watching it for too long, that's why i need your opinion about this.
Oh and more comments people! I want to know on what i could do better.


This post has been edited by eXit: Nov 7 2007, 03:41 PM

[Bittah Commander]

Actually, that pic looks really good to me. From the way this map seems to be coming along so far, I think it'll definitely deserve a spotlight once it's finished

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

the short 3lane street in the centre looks misplaced. it just looks randomly placed and not like it where once there and over time destroyed/weathered.

A funny thing to add would be a lonely civilian renamed to "crazy exit" or "poor lost guy".

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: Nov 7 2007, 02:04 PM

[eXit]

Hmm, i think that's the thing that bugs me, i'm probably gonna edit it and i already got a pretty good idea
Haha, the idea is awesome, and i'll probably even implement it
Edit: I changed the screenshot to an updated one. Small tweaks, mainly the road, some LAT tiles and i'm still not satisfied with the lighting. Also...wait, who is that?...that's...THAT'S EXIT THE MADMAN!!! Oh noez! (Yes his name is changed but i'm not making 2 screenshots just because of that, i also tried to make him panic but didn't work, might look into this later.)

This post has been edited by eXit: Nov 7 2007, 03:44 PM

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

better

and the guy is funny.
Something that would make it even funnier is, if you now add a baby visceroid and let him hunt the visceroid. "Come here littly puppy"
Maybe rename the visceroid to "exit's little puppy" too.

And if the visceroid goes too far away, it comes back to a waypoint placed in the area.
Since the poor guy runs over tiberium over time you should give him TiberiumProof=yes

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: Nov 7 2007, 10:20 PM

[eXit]

Freaky .
I might try to do something like that, but that is rather hard. It would be a really complex system and probably way out my league, so i'll just create something simpler, and i got a pretty good idea. Also it will most likely be the last funny thing i'll implement, because when i started the map i didn't plan on making it so bizarre

[Ixith]

lol. I really like how this map is turning out eXit. I must say the lighting looks like a more intense and red Cliff's of Asvetia lighting and i must say I like it. It would be a good volcano look.

Keep up the good work!

[Crimsonum]

Where are trees? Funny, coz I can see plenty of mutated ones

[eXit]

Well that's actually a rather good question. There are some dried up ones, and take in mind that tiberium has grown only in places where there's actually something to feed upon. Although i have never thought that tiberium plants are mutated trees, but something that has grown itself. If any of those plants reminds of a tree then it would be the green mutations, but definatley not the blue ones.

[eXit]

A small update, for some reason i like this part alot. It's another small abandoned and flattened village/minor city, there's also a truck that can be destroyed for a goodie crate.

[Team Black]

This map is looking far too big for a 2 player map..

[eXit]

It actually isn't that big, i must really cut down on pictures, or else you'll soon get a pic in your head of the full map. Besides, i like maps where you have to explore and have alot of space to place your units and have to get control of the chokepoints.
Edit: Minimap updated, the left shore is now completely finished.

This post has been edited by eXit: Nov 12 2007, 07:02 PM

[Crash]

Very nice map there Exit. However, to be honest the slopes are a bit straight on some points.

But the lighting and detail look fantastic

and yes, I'm back if you didn't notice a short break in my posting

This post has been edited by CrashKing: Nov 12 2007, 09:29 PM

[eXit]

A sad day this be... for this is the day when the map you've been waiting for, will never arrive... Even though it has been lost to never return, we will never forget it. It will live on, not in the spammy pits of PPM, but in mappers, both advanced and beginners.
And as a last question, to possibly save its honor, would this be worth a spotlight based on the pictures?
On a side note, i have a habit of losing maps.

[Dutchygamer]

Why do you want to spotlight a map which isn't ready, nor available for download?
But if it was ready, I would say: spotlight!

[eXit]

I might of have expressed myself wrong, that's what i meant, if i would of have finished it, then would i possibly get a spotlight. But it isn't finished, never will, and never will get a spotlight.

[Ixith]

hmm this is indeed a pity . Though there is a possible hope, provided you haven't tried this yet....
A while back (a good while back it is at that) I lost a WIP map that was 98% completed. In the map thread I posted that it was lost and such. But then Aurora and Bittah had posted about this certain program that could get files back. However, unluckily for me mine was too far gone to be found again...BUT maybe it isn't too late for yours.

Though the problem is I can't remember the programs' name or where to get them. I wanna say one was stellar something.

as for the possibility of a spotlight based off the pics if it was released. I would say it would have a pretty good chance.

[eXit]

Hmm...i don't think it can be retrieved because i had to actually do a emergency format, but thanks for the suggestion though. Well i did learn a lot by making this map so it wasn't pointless.