Sandbox Dogfight

pyro6666 · 10-04-2009

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Dogfight
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A battle of teamwork
Two teams 8-16 players
Custom gametype changes:
infinite ammo – enabled
grenade regeneration – enabled
secondary weapon – battle rifle
base player color – black
important player color (flag carrier, VIP, etc.) – gold
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AIR.CTF
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AIR.TERRITORIES
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The battlefield is entirely symmetrical and comprised of two bases across Skybubble and five smaller islands spread throughout.

This displays one of the bases with the obelisks being towards the back of the base. Atop the pillars are turrets between the radio antennas. The equipment and missile pod is in the ditch behind this (all on instant respawn). The tube on the left side of the base contains the weapons (rocket launchers, sniper rifles, plasma pistols, fuel rod guns) and on top of this is the gauss turret (rice bucket).

The center island, slightly larger than the others, has the only laser along with the third missile pod. The four smaller islands are the same as the one in the background, and spawn the hill, territories, and destinations.

Note: I have refined this map over the past few months through extensive testing, the final version being dated 9/13/2009. Earlier versions contain numerous glitches which have been fixed in this version.

Rorak Kuroda · 3 Weeks Ago

I love maps like this. I have not checked out the map yet, but my suggestions for maps like this would be,

1. Make sure vehicles are on instant respawn.
2. Make lasers and missle pods on respawns past 120; these weapons can be very powerful.
3. Fx can make the game difficult, although they may work with this type of map.

*after download*

Great job with the bases, although you should try making the islands a little more intricate since you have such a large budget. If you release a v2, I'll download again and see the changes. 3.9/5

Aranore · 3 Weeks Ago

?? Didn't like the fact that a camping laser could continually take out the vehicles before they even liftoff. My suggestion; shield walls. or reverse facing liftoff like in blood gulch.

Gause are total over-powering in vehicle based levels, especially if you have a driver and a turreter. make it a stationary object in the open with a custom power up by it with the effect of waypointing it out to everyone. Good weapon but enemies will know you are in it.. Only a lazer really can take them out...

Also, no real motivation in a slayer based game with infinite ammo to get off the home island; King of the hill with infinite ammo ONLY in the hill. Also gives people a reason to get off home base. Make your score go up by only 1 and have kills go up by 10 in hill and 6 out of and have a goal score of 300. Good games then. To balance out that, make defence low outside, slow shield recharge, and normal stats inside besides ammo.

A Little disappointing as not very.. Original. Sky deco would make it less boring than hop in hornet...fly there with hopes of being faster...oh i lost and got out gunned, not out flown.

pyro6666 · 3 Weeks Ago

All vehicles and weapons excluding laser are set to fastest possible respawn. Laser is on 30.
Lasers and missile pods are easily dodged by a vehicle, and the laser is almost impossible to aim unscoped. The missile pod gives the base substantial protection, but only at close range.
I will improve this since I did not know the budget glitch at this time, and the OLN was my greatest enemy.
Other than extreme circumstances, shield doors are terrible, and backwards vehicles would increase the time needed before being able to fire on an incoming aircraft.
The gauss is the primary air defence, and can barely see halfway across the map. It also can be locked onto by hornets and being stationary, the rockets will hit the top, instantly killing the gunner. The gunner can also easily be sniped.
This map is designed for territories, flag and some assault. Other gametypes are supported just for giggles and you can customize to whatever you want; I just make suggestions on the most effective gametypes after extensive testing.
Although it may not be the first of its kind, this really takes a step past all other air combat maps from my experience playing multitudes of these.
Please play this a few times to see how it works then feel free to comment again.

Finally this is really not about your br skills, but about teamwork. Playing this with a large group of friends, I was left with a terrible team who including me could not hit a double block with a br. I got my team together after loosing two flag captures to the other team. Got people to use equipment and turrets, dropped snipers to put a crossfire on the enemy base. Despite having no skill at the average game of halo, our coordination destroyed the enemy. Maybe I could not face off against eight missile pod shots, but I could call in the snipers to bring him down.

Aranore · 3 Weeks Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by pyro6666

All vehicles and weapons excluding laser are set to fastest possible respawn. Laser is on 30.
Lasers and missile pods are easily dodged by a vehicle, and the laser is almost impossible to aim unscoped. The missile pod gives the base substantial protection, but only at close range.
I will improve this since I did not know the budget glitch at this time, and the OLN was my greatest enemy.
Other than extreme circumstances, shield doors are terrible, and backwards vehicles would increase the time needed before being able to fire on an incoming aircraft.
The gauss is the primary air defence, and can barely see halfway across the map. It also can be locked onto by hornets and being stationary, the rockets will hit the top, instantly killing the gunner. The gunner can also easily be sniped.
This map is designed for territories, flag and some assault. Other gametypes are supported just for giggles and you can customize to whatever you want; I just make suggestions on the most effective gametypes after extensive testing.
Although it may not be the first of its kind, this really takes a step past all other air combat maps from my experience playing multitudes of these.
Please play this a few times to see how it works then feel free to comment again.

Finally this is really not about your br skills, but about teamwork. Playing this with a large group of friends, I was left with a terrible team who including me could not hit a double block with a br. I got my team together after loosing two flag captures to the other team. Got people to use equipment and turrets, dropped snipers to put a crossfire on the enemy base. Despite having no skill at the average game of halo, our coordination destroyed the enemy. Maybe I could not face off against eight missile pod shots, but I could call in the snipers to bring him down.

Oh the types you had rocked, just i try to make a map encompass as many game types as possible xD I will almost always modify stuff. I still like this style of map. Well done.

O_O I can take out a wraith on the ground floor from the top of they sky bubble celling in a gauss. you just need to hit.

pyro6666 · 3 Weeks Ago

The map supports all gametypes, I just do not provide the gametypes because these do not fit the gameplay of this map as well, but they should work just as well with different customizations. The biggest problem that must be dealt with is the attempts of aircraft to camp the enemy base, the reason for the incredible armament in the bases, and the infinite ammo.

Burkie: Please send me a PM linking to the map when you post it. I am still open to any ideas to improve my map.