Sandbox Franklin

[Titmar]

Franklin

link to map: Bungie.net : Halo 3 File Details



created by the greatest person alive, me.
also known as, Titmar, Tittymars, Teetmare, and Michael Bolton.


recommended number of players:
for FFA or King, i recommend between 6 and 8 players for a hectic good time.
for TS and Flag, i recommend 2V2 or 3V3 maximum.

Recommended Gametypes:
this map supports Team Slayer, King of the Hill, Oddball, and One Flag.
*NOTE* the map does NOT support multi-flag.
due to the design of the map, multiflag will play like shit so dont do it.

Map Description:
Franklin is a map that takes inspiration partially from the layout of Turf. The outer portion of the map has a road that curves along it, from the attacker's start point, to the defender's base. The inner part of the map is a series of rooms and interconnecting pathways. Other than that, it does not carry much resemblance to Turf... but nevertheless... *nods at turf.*

The other portion of the map that takes from Turf, is the fact that there is a Warthog on the map. If you recall, there was also a warthog on Turf, and well... it wasnt very useful. You could mow down a few people out on the road and whatnot, but if you got in it and drove around, you'd probably die.

I remember many a hilarious moment in H2, when players would attempt to take the hog into the inner portion of the map, and get blown up and all sorts of other hilarious crap that would happen. I wanted to replicate that sillyness, and I believe I succeeded.

The hog is not a very tactical element of the map.

I felt I had to say that since i know a bunch of people will complain something or the other about the damn warthog. So now you know that your post is spam if you do so, since i just explained its justification.

ONWARD!!!

Weapon List:
6X Battle Rifle
2X SMG
2X Plasma Rifle
1X Mauler
1X Sniper
2X Carbine
1X Rockets
1X Needler

Equipment:
1X Overshield
1X Camo
Some plasma nades also.


Screenshots:


A view of the defenders starting area/base. from here you can sees around a portion of the road. in the above part of the picture, you can see a series of tubes. The tube with the Fins attached to it, contains Active Camo inside it, and the sniper spawns atop it 2 minutes into the game.



Overview 1:
On the upper left, you see the attacker's spawn area, on the lower right you see the defender's base area. Bottom left - man cannon, rockets.

This man cannon has been tested, and is able to launch you to various points of the map with ease. For something funny, drive the hog into it. The mancannon does ONLY spawns in symmetric. In other words, its not there for One Flag. (because its too quick of a shortcut.)



Overview 2:




Looking from the attacker's spawn area:



Another view from the same point:



Bottom mid:
this area contains mauler spawn, and above it in the "attic" area, is the needler spawn.



Bottom Mid and Top Mid (attic):

in this image you can see the needler's location, as well as the "attic room" which provides access to the top portion of the map, and the tube in which camo and sniper are located.


Ovie:

Sorry i forgot to include the ovie in the shot, its right off the screen at the bottom. Anyway, overshield spawns at this corner of the map. It is easily accessed by either defense or attackers. The room with the columns for a floor is a central point that players frequently pass through.



The tube:
a shot of the aforementioned tube, with the defense base back in the distance.



Another view of the defender's area:




Download:
Bungie.net : Halo 3 File Details

Thanks for playing, come again.

Next post reserved for action shots:

[Titmar]

ACTION SHOTZORS:


Pwnin' teh Hog!


Battle at bottom mid!




NOOOOOOooooOOOoooOOO


fighting by defense base





and finally:

EPIC MANCANNON KILL IN ANIMATED GIF FORM OH YEA SUPER COOL

no seriously this has happened to me like 3 times during all the testing wtf

[Trigg]

Wow, very beautiful asthetically. I don't see exactly how its related to Turf, but it looks sweet. It flows beautifully, not hard to navigate whatsoever.

I'll test it and let you know whatever bugs/problems I can find and get back to you, but great job man.

[BlazeIsGod]

Hey. You got it posted! I had fun play testing 1v1 and FFAs. It's worthy of a download if you have a free space on your hard drive.

I mainly enjoyed FFA oddball and king. The aesthetics are very nice as well.

[Berkgina]

im not sure if i really like the tubes on the map it sort of takes away from the asthetics but for the gameplay itself its realy good, if there were a way to improve id say just a tiny bit more cover in the open area and i fell the warthog is unnessacary we only ended up useing it once when testing and even then we got one or 2 kills with it, but thats my opinion but other than those comments great map

[Gunnergrunt]

Hey man it was a blast to test this. Its always fun to beat you on your own maps ^.^ Once again, your style won me over though. The peculiar weapon placement and unique structural layout (along with great map names) is becoming my favorite map style. I've only tested it on CTF so far but i imagine most other gametypes work well too. Once again, a fantastic map, and i can't wait to see what you roll out next! Oh, and as always, invite for testing!

[Prodigious 7k]

Originally Posted by Titmar

created by the greatest person alive, me.

up ur own a-hole or what?
as for the map. it looks fun to play on and clean. well done 4/5. dl qued

[Bl00D F1R3]

Great Map Titmar! I had great fun playing this and trying to help you with spawns :P Did you ever fix that?

Anyways! The Warthog plays great, most tiny maps can't support it. But yours can, good job on that. I'll be making a detailed review and possibly a video soon, so keep your eyes open hommie!

[regulargonzales]

Hmm, looks pleasing to thine eye. Might have to load it up

[makisupa007]

Nice work Titmar. The map looks very original and unique. I do see a vague similarity to Turf, but it's definitely a totally new map. I like the idea of the warthog sillyness. It'll be funny to see how many replies include warthog inclusion slamming. Plenty of cool looking structures on the map. My favorite is the structure in the background of the animated gif, which is really sweet, btw. I'm surprised people don't use those more often.