Forge Hub - Casual Maps

Sandbox Yublariun Virus

KdiscKforge — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:18:09 GMT

Introduction

This is in your face Zombie action, nothing complicated here, no trick doors, long story, tricky jumps, teleporters to strange areas, or confusing map. If your bold you might look over the edge of the jagged cliff for some early kills. Test�s proved to be fun and action packed. Grab your shotgun!

Over View

This is a Crypt asymetrical multi level map made mainly for infection, other game types are also supported. Infected spawns are at the bottom in the jagged cliff and in the huge wall, non-infected people will spawn up top in safety for the moment, there are several fall-back rooms working there way back to the bottom of the crypt with a an escape elevator which will shoot you all the way to the other side (lean either way or pull back to control your landing spot) of the map down in zombie the zombie pit then in the corner is another elevator up in the wall where you can fall back into several small rooms. All weapons spawn up top. Zombies work their way up the jagged hillside hidding behind rocks or using some cannonmans for help. Or bust through the pallets hiding openings on the wall.

Beware- is this map for you?

If your preferred infection maps are long crowded skinny hallways with everybody hopping all over each other and all kinds of crap to smash through then this is not your map, you have breathing room here pick your spot to defend yourself. Zombies have good chance of infecting others there is not a huge inbalance, there are NO total safe camp spots

Tips

The invis ball has a mancannon right next to it. Use the fallback rooms then the bottom elevator for escape to bottom of jagged cliff, then into any hole in the big wall.

About Construction

This was a fairly difficult build my initial vision was a peak with jagged cliffs on each side but that never happened. Ghostmerging is used in 96% of the map a few block up top are just placed to raise walls to prevent escape. The elevator escape from the bottom room was rebuilt 3 times, it is now functioning flawlessly while using 3 cannon mans, 2 cannons placed opposite each other for centering and more power. Construction time was around 3 weeks. There is $13 left in budget, get rid of a grenade someplace and ad a jucy lite if desired.

Gametypes

Pick your own, zombies have been tested to 50% grav with no escape detected, 75% grav seemed to work the best. Zombies that die a little easier can improve a game that has less skilled players. Start all with shotguns as primary weapon.

Supports Infection, Slayer, KOTH, Oddball, One bomb

1 signature Mongoose

PS. I f you happen to DL and have game plz send me an invite K disc k

Download Yublariun Virus

Other Yublariun Maps
Yublariun Slice
Yublariun Wart
Yublariun Plaza

Zombies sneak up or mancannon to the top

Fall back leading to bottom room

Last chance elevator use it.

Landing area of last chance elevator is at the bottom, get in the wall!

Infection Necropolis

Speed-e-cake — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:28:54 GMT

Necropolis
Created by Speed e cake

Supported Gametypes:
Infection:
-Save One Bullet
-Random Bullet

Map Description
Necropolis is a four-way symmetric Infection map, designed for Save One Bullet, and Random Bullet, which is simply Save One Bullet with random weapon starts. The map features a large building in the center of the map, with a lift under the building for easy access to the building, as well as camo on a 90 second spawn to help zombies face troubling foes. There are four ramps and path ways to enter the building, and because of that there are no weapons on this map, each path way features a turret. The turrets have minimal view, but can be taken advantage of with good team work if utilized, or ripped off the tripod. With the name Necropolis, the map features small protruding blocks and tube pieces to emulate tombstones, as well as four small bases that are the spawns for the Zombie players, which could be called crypts, but it wasn't intended to be more than a means of rotating spawns for the zombies.

Video Fly-Through and Gameplay

Screenshots
Overview Screenshots

Overview of two of the four sectioned off areas.

Overview of one of the sectioned off areas.

Zombie spawn / Crypt.

One of four Turret walkways.

Inside the main building / Human spawn.

Camo Spawn...

...which is directly below the Grav lift.

Action Screenshots

Thanks to all who playtested, kept my sanity while forging, and The Black Dahlia Murder for awesome music to forge too.

Download Necropolis
Download Random Bullet

Sandbox WWII> Berlin

ChemicalCarnage — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:59:03 GMT

3rd post on Forge Hub. I've actually been making maps for the gametype WWII for a really long time now. WWII was the first gametype and map that I ever made. Berlin is the last map for WWII on Halo 3 that I decided to make. I will eventually post some of the most enjoyable of the series before Reach comes out. It's set in the Berlin as the Soviet Army inch ever closer to the Hitler's bunker. Fighting has gone on until night and the Soviets have set up base in a destroyed building and are driving the Germans out of their fortress. A good tactic is to find some cover (Destroyed buildings are pretty good for this) and hold out there with a portion of your team. There are two parts of the map that are occasionally subject to bombing. The ramp to the construction site (sniper tower), and near a destroyed building. So if you choose those paths be wary of the risk involved. Note: There is a BR easter egg in every WWII map. See if you can find it during gameplay. But I suggest you don't use it, because it is very cheap and easy to use in this gametype. Just keep to the satisfaction of finding it and don't use it.

Weapons:
No exact list right now. Will run check eventually.

Overhead view from high above red base. (Soviet)

Overhead view from high above blue base. (Nazi)

A look at blue base.

A little interior of red base.

View from destroyed building parallel to red base.

Construction site. (Sniper Tower)

Download: ""I can't link my gamertag to my Windows Live ID for some reason. If you want to DL it just message me. Gamertag: ChemicalCarnage"

Also: "I do not have any strong feelings towards merging so please do not give responses like: 'This map needs more merging.' or 'Not much merging here.' "

Play with WWII

Tell me what you think! O_O

Foundry Man on Mongoose

Belal — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:20:32 GMT

Infection Man on Mongoose (M on M) 3-10 Players

Backround: You and your friends discover an abandoned mongoose factory. You guys decide to go inside and check it out. While your deep inside, a GIANT earthquake hits. You and your friends sprint for the exits, but they're blocked. You peer in throught a small crack in the wall. and spot a zombie pacinng towards you with a hungry look on its face. RUN!!!

Object of the game: Evade the zombie with your mongooses, equipment and friends until the exits unblock. Then rush in with your mongooses and grab the power up. Hurry because the zombie can aquire it too.

Starting point
Zombie den

Powerup location

Exit 1

Exit 2

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Infection Last stand

Fusionguy — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:48:09 GMT

Last Stand

Last stand is an infection map in Sandboxes crypt. I made it, originally to prove to the community that a fun and exciting map doesn't NEED excessive merging.

The game is normally very fast paced as the zombies are almost invisible against the darkness of the map. It is important for humans to work as a team to survive, as a zombie can easily pick off those that've strayed from the group.

Onto the pictures! :D

Conserve ammo! You start with only two extra clips for your AR. There is no ammo on the map, but there are some plasma pistols and magnums around the map to give you a small boost if you're desperate. The above also shows the amount of bullets needed to kill a zombie.

Spot the zombie! This is why you shouldn't go to the outside of the map. Zombies are invisible there. Survival is unlikely.

Zombies

Zombies, as a general rule are VERY weak in this gametype. It only takes 5 AR shots to kill one. However, strength in numbers and stealth are HUGELY in their advantage. They also spawn all over the map, humans, keep a close watch, they can come from above and each of the corners!

The corners:
I know, that doesn't sound very intimidating. Well:

(*note, I had to take this picture in forge as you can't see it from the centre in-game*)
I know what you're thinking: 'WTF! Overpowered much!?' but, troll, that's where you're wrong. You'll find that choppers aren't OP at all. The custom powerup traits are:
Damage done - 0%
Vechile driving - enabled
Waypoint - visible to everyone
Everything else - unchanged
So, those guns are goning to do absolutely nothing. However, splattering will be easy.
Humans - Plasma pistols will be your new best friend, when a chopper zombie appears.

Spawns

^Zombie spawns. Zombies will ALWAYS start at the central layer.

Day - night comparison

If you still want to delete the FX I put them all in the middle of the crypt ;P

Download links:
Map: DOWNLOAD
Gametype: DOWNLOAD

Sandbox Crypt Beta 1

hungovergecko99 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:44:35 GMT

An ancient forerunner crypt turned into a warzone. Great for close to mid-range combat.

A friend and I have created a map that is small but fun and crazy. There are plenty of things to hide behind throughout the whole main room and is a great size for up to 8 people I would think. Currently it is only setup for "team slayer" but more may be placed later tho, but we are getting ready for the new Halo Reach Forge editor so this might be as far as this one gets. Please feel free to give us your ideas and opinions on how to improve on this, we will use those ideas in our new maps.

Crypt Beta 1

Infection Chambers

Ix Massacre xxI — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:32:56 GMT

Chambers

5-10 Players
Infection on Sandbox
Gametype - Tombs
Map - Chambers

This map is a 3 room or "Chamber" map in which the survivors must wait 60 then 120 sec to move on to the next place. Zombies spawn in either the left or right side boxs and are blocked with a small block which can move after 20 sec. In these zombie spawns (IMPORTANT)there are two teles that lead to both the 2nd and 3rd rooms. Remember REDmeans stop and any other color means go. Anyway there are several weapons throughout that are at the survivors dissposal. All weapons, excluding the last stand place, have NO spare clips. With this in mind here are the weapons.

Weapon � amount � spawn time � Spare Clips

AR - 2 - 60 sec - 0
BR - 1 - NEVER - 0
SMG - 2 - 60 sec - 0
Carbine - 1 - 90 sec - 0
Sniper - 1 - 180 sec
Shotgun - 1 - NEVER - 0
Machine Gun turret - 1 - NEVER - N/A
Regen - 1 - 120
Tripmine - 1 - Never
Frags - 2 - 45 sec
Fire Bombs - 1 - 45 sec
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TRAITS

Zombies

Sheilds/Health
Damage Resistence (DR) - 50%
Sheilds - normal
Recharge Rate - Normal
Vamparism - 10%

Weapons Damage
Damage Modifier - Normal
Primary - Sword
Secondary - Plasma Pistol
Infinite Ammo - Yes
Weapon Pickup - No

Movment
Speed - 110%
Gravity - 150%

Sensors
Normal mode
Range - 10 meters

Alpha

DR - 90%
Sheilds - Normal
Recharge Rate - 90% (Slower)
Vamp. - 25%
Damage -110%
All others same as Zombies

Base Player and Last man (same)

Sheilds/Health
DR - 90%
Shields - 3x Oversheilds
Recharge Rate - 0%
Vamp - 0%

Weapons Damage
Damage - 110%
Primary - Magnum
Secondary - Magnum
Infinite Ammo - No
Weapon Pickup - Yes

Movment
Speed - Normal
Gravity - 150%
Vehicle Usage - No

Sensors
Mode - Allies Only
Range - 25 meters
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Now that most of you have skiped to the pictures go back and read please and thank you.

Outside overview of 1st chamber

This is the begining or what the humans will see when they spawn

After 20 sec.

60 sec.

2nd Chamber

View from zombie drop point to 2nd Chamber

Last Chamber you go to after 120 sec. There are two teleporters for the zombies to spawn and one is in the ground.

Last stand point for the humans.

I have had this tested by
Nibs
Spawn of Saltine
B3NW
iTz CHEEZ3

So BIG thanks to them!! BTW you guys ^^ I have fixed what you told me to.

DL links --- Gametype ; Map

Sandbox Urban Combat

ChemicalCarnage — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:51:07 GMT

2nd post on Forge Hub. Urban Combat is for Zow Junior's VIP gametype: Invasion Slayer. However it doesn't have any loadouts. Instead it's just a straight out urban battle. The Covenant attack from a small base on the hill and the UNSC control most of the city from the start. Every so often a gauss warthog will be dropped at the LZ and a banshee will be supplied to Covenant forces at the same time. The city's sections are named by the features there: The LZ, The Bridge, The Courtyard, The Radio Station, The Sniper Tower and the Covenant Base. By the way, Urban Combat is a place holder name whilst I think of a better name.

Images:

Side view

Covie Base.

The LZ

Sniper Vantage Point

Awesome sauce gameplay

More awesome sauce gameplay

Download: "I can't link my gamertag to my Windows Live ID for some reason. If you want to DL it just message me. Gamertag: ChemicalCarnage"

Also: "I do not have any strong feelings towards merging so please do not give responses like: 'This map needs more merging.' or 'Not much merging here.' "

Have fun! >_<

ChemicalCarnage

Infection Touch of Red

Organite — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:05:29 GMT

Introduction:

Halo: Reach has less than a fortnight before its glorious release.
As such I wanted to send my Halo 3 forging career out with a bang, and I feel with Touch of Red I've made a sizeable explosion with the subsequent bang.

In the middle of designing the Policy of Truth series I decided I wanted to stray away a little from the L4D oriented style of linear infection and delve a little bit more into experimenting with infection settings in new ways on enclosed holdout maps.

Originally Haze Wave (the gametype with this) was going to feature 3 holdout maps on Sandbox (Touch of Red), Foundry (Emtheory), and Avalanche (Black Borealis).
Emtheory just didn't take off in the way I'd hoped and Black Borealis wasn't recieved well by the community when I previewed it a while back and it was just too much of a pain in the ass to fix.

Touch of Red on the other hand took off from a layout in another game I'm designing, but landed in a whole other realm very suitable for Halo 3 infection and is currently my best work on Halo 3 and instead of rushing out two other mediocre maps I simply decided to release this one with 2 gametypes.

Touch of Red is my pride and joy.

It is my swan song.

^click^

fire v. fiend

HAZE WAVE INFECTION

LAST MAN ALIVE

The Map:

Touch of Red is an urban set map that effectively uses timed events to coordinate how humans move and how zombies attack.

When humans are thrown into Touch of Red they spawn near a ruined building on a street at a dead end. Expect a lot of action to happen here since it is the location of a health pack that spawns here and there, and there humans can see zombies coming from the 3 different ways they can come.

Don't expect to find many good weapons hanging around the beginning though.
You have to risk going into treacherous waters to get the sunken treasures.

The zombies spawn in a courtyard with a pretty centerpiece and a nice arch going above it.
From there they can easily get to the humans by use of the office building or the construction site.

What I call the metro is the side of the map not immediately accessable to the humans.
That area homes a sky-bridge and an elevated loft that is a nice oasis for a bit from the risky street dwelling. It also homes another health pack that only spawns every 3 minutes and must be gained using a deployable cover to jump off of. Use the building opposite the loft the access the sky-bridge.

That same building also gives humans access to the courtyard.
Through the courtyard humans can go to the construction site and nab the rocket launcher or venture to the three story office building where a trip mine and a plasma pistol can be found. As trivial as it may seem, a plasma pistol is an excellent weapon against zombies with vampirism.

Nearly every area of the map has multiple entrances and the (somewhat) radial nature of the map encourages people who do go to the metro to keep moving.

Now the reader (you) may be wondering: "what the hell is this guy talking about, where are the pics already?"

Well my friend, those are coming.

Don't think I'd leave you in the dark like that.

Besides all people want anyway are the pictures and, in the process, bypass any attempt to read so I made a nice guy out of myself and grouped all the pretty pictures together with their respective callouts.

Pics:

ruined building

inside the ruined building

the street

down the street

the metro

the loft

the courtyard

abstract art

construction site

office building

That should provide a nice overview of the map and its contents.

Gametypes:

Zombies that steal:

Haze Wave is an infection variant where the zombies have shields, but they are slowly losing them.
If they get close to one of their human adversaries though, then they can regain some of that shield back and take some of the human's life in the process.

For Haze Wave, the more the marrier.
But it's still fun with a smaller group of people too.
I recommend anywhere from 4-16 players for the Haze Wave variant.

The simple truth about this game is that a human can't do it alone. Not for long anyway. Team work is imperative to keep the zombie menace at bay.
If there is no decent team effort the round will end very quickly.

Don't think for a second that this gametype is unfair.
It's actually quite fair.
People have gotten so accustomed to going it alone in most Halo 3 games that when a couple zombies comes outta nowhere and utterly rapes the human they get all pissed off.

So this is your warning.
If you are not prepared to work together, move together, and live together then don't play this game.

Many infection variants boast teamwork but in Haze Wave, teamwork is the only way you get anywhere at all.

Don't go alone.

You will DIE.

A lonely world:

In the second gametype for Touch of Red the human (notice the non-plural) is thrown into a very different side of the infection spectrum.

Last Man Alive has no team aspect for the humans because there are no other humans.
Whoever spawns as the human is the only human on the map and must survive against endless hordes of other zombies.

Anyone who plays L4D2 avidly knows where I got this idea.

The map is the same. The health is the same (except for zombies). The weapons are the same.

If you are the anti-team loner guy who hated Haze Wave, then Last Man Alive is for you.
It's as anti-teamy as you can get.

The game starts getting fun with 5 players (1 human 4 zombies)
But after 9 players (1 human 9 zombies) it becomes damn near impossible for the human to survive long.
That's why I recommend 4-10 players at the most.
Also once you figure out how many players you want, lock the party after the game starts.
If someone else joins they come in as a human too and it screws everything up.

Good luck you lonely little hermit you.

You prepared for this day.

You are the only thing standing in the way of complete zombie domination.

Give 'em hell!

Rinse, Repeat:

TOUCH OF RED

HAZE WAVE

LAST MAN ALIVE

Random vid & pics:

and she said...

into the fire

oh fuck

avenge me

star gazer

Conclusion:

Well I hope you enjoy playing this as much as I enjoyed creating it.
I appreciate anyone who helped make this map as great as it is.
Goodbye Halo 3
See you on Forge World

Peace FH.

Foundry Old Halo

SuperGamer1999 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:47:10 GMT

Old Halo
This is my first map post and I hope that I posted it right. The map is a small town with a Mansion, 1 house, a police station with a jail and a soccer field.

This game is meant to be played with 2-6 players. I set the gametypes so that you
gain 2 points when you are killed to discourage killing and just hangout.

On to the pics!

The front of the Mansion

The front of the house

The Soccer field

Police Station sniper deck

Police Station armory

A prisoner in the jail

Gametypes

Old Halo You start with a pistol and a SMG with high gravity.

Old Halo (MOON)
You start with a plasma pistol with low gravity

Download Map

Download Old Halo

Download Old Halo (MOON)

Infection Peripheral

Izza Pyder — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:22:10 GMT

Peripheral
This is my first post on Forge Hub, and this is an infection map and gametype on Sandbox. This isn't a new concept by no means, but it's a fun little infection game that can keep you entertained for a little while.

The map consists of two small rooms, one above the other. The Infected spawn above, while the humans spawn below. There are five ways for the zombies to get into the humans room. Each corner of the square room has a teleporter, and theres also one teleporter in the middle of the map, which allows zombies to rise from below.
The four hallways on each corner are slightly guarded by two pallets each, and a quarter wall for cover. If the humans manage to survive for two and a half minutes, four walls spawn which give the zombies an unreasonable amount of cover, which usually ends the game very quickly.
A few weapons spawn once on a few walls. Nothing to unbalance the game.

I am no forging expert, and no advanced techniques should be expected. However, the map works very well.

The game can be played with any number of players, but works best with at least six. Max sixteen. Two players start as zombies, all the rest are humans. The round obviously ends when all humans are zombies.

Here are some pictures, not of gameplay. It gets too crowded for a camera during a game.

Infected Floor, shows middle tele.

Human Floor, shows middle tele entrance and one hall.

Again, the same. Different angle.

Peripheral Map
Lockdown Gametype
So that's it. Download and comment, criticism is welcomed.

Sandbox Saw...Escape Zombie

FpSbLacKshaRK — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:29:05 GMT

The human beings must avoid the traps and escaping for the corridors full of obstacles to come to 2 bases, with the zombie behind of them.

Sure mas is that nobody comes ultimately alive, but if someone obtains it it has 2 small bases to arm itself with weapon against the zombie, or be devoured.

Download map : Bungie.net : Halo 3 File Details

Variant: Bungie.net : Halo 3 File Sets

Foundry Chimonanthus Praecox

ULikeThatDontYa — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:27:05 GMT

Chimonanthus praecox

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Welcome to Chimonanthus praecox. This is my final map for Halo 3 (unless I finish my other projects) and my first Competitive / Casual map involving ghost merging and other advanced techniques. Chimonanthus praecox has been at work for over 2 weeks, and I hope it shows through.

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Map Description:

Chimonanthus praecox is an urban class map on Foundry. There are many classes, however there are also many repeats of them.

List of classes:

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BR (2 spare clips) / AR (2 spare clips) x4

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Scavenger Class x4 SCAVENGER CLASS = CUSTOM POWERUP

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Carbine (2 spare clips) / Needler (1 spare clip) / Plasma Grenade x2

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Shotgun (0 spare clips) / Magnum (1 spare clip) x2

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Sniper (1 spare clip) / SMG (0 spare clips) x2

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Brute Shot (1 spare clip) / Spiker (1 spare clip) / Spike Grenade x2

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Beam Rifle / Plasma Rifle

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Plasma Pistol / Plasma Rifle

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Energy Sword

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2 Fragmentation Grenades / 2 Plasma Grenades / 2 Spike Grenades

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2 Firebomb Grenades / Tripmine

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Rocket Launcher (2 spare clips)/ Deployable Cover

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Spartan Laser / Radar Jammer

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2 Maulers (1 spare clip each)

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Active Camouflage

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Active Camouflage / Plasma Pistol

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Gravity Hammer / Spiker (1 spare clip)

In all there are 27 classes and 17 unique classes. The way the class system works is this. You will spawn in a random room with weapons there. I didn't make it so you can choose to even it out a bit and make it more fun with random classes.

Chimonanthus praecox can support 4 - 12 players, but 4 - 8 is recommended.

Chimonanthus praecox is an asymmetrical urban class map using one half of Foundry. There are two bases. While they are not really "true" bases, they have cover, height, and size. In the center of the map is a structure holding water (Maybe this has something to do with this?

There are many jumps that you are able to do. Some I purposely put in the map, others were "created" with the map. I strongly suggest just playing a game of jumping to find all the cool spots.

Chimonanthus praecox has gone through many phases. I practically made this map on 10 different canvases before settling on Foundry. I even considered making this on The Pit.

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Gametype Description:

Surprisingly enough, there are not many changes with this Slayer gametype. 10 minute games and the score goes up to 25. I would not recommend having only 25 points with a crowd bigger then 6, because games will then last less then 5 minutes. The custom powerup is changed to 30 seconds long and able to pick up weapons. When you respawn, you will have 5 seconds to pick up the things around you. You are not forced to pick up everything; you can keep your magnum while just taking a Sniper, for instance. Magnum starts with no grenades. Everything else is unchanged. Slayer only, no Team Slayer because once one team gets the lead they can just camp in their spawn. I have never thought about implanting Objective into this, Oddball or KoTH would probably be best.

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Screenshots:

Side A

Side B Picture 1

Side B Picture 2

Tunnel Picture 1

Tunnel Picture 2

Center Picture 1

Center Picture 2

Center Interior

Water / Grate

Urban Wall Picture 1

Urban Wall Picture 2

Urban Wall Picture 3
Background Picture 1

Background Picture 2

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Download Links:

Gametype: Chimonanthus
Map: Praecox

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Additional Comments:

I might not have made this clear enough, but the Custom Powerups are the Scavenger classes. You are able to pick up weapons for 30 seconds. If you spawn with nothing, you might have gotten a CP.

Also, if you don't spawn with anything, please don't camp waiting for something to spawn. You only have 5 seconds to pick up Weapons / Grenades / Equipment. I tried to make the classes respawn as fast as possible, but there are only 27 of them and with a group of 6+ you are probably going to have to use your magnum a lot of the time.

Big thanks to all my testers. You know who you are. Thank you everyone who gave me ideas. Actually that was really only my brother. Bro, thank you very much. I'd also like to thank everyone on my friend's list. Especially these people: Pr0nube, Slayer o Undead, XxShadowlord7xX, Hyroku, ElementWrath, Jpeloquin218, SwornShadow, BattleHeartGirl, ShadowDemon952, Oo IMatt oO (or whatever his name is), and everyone else I forgot. You guys are amazing. Also big thanks to Abutt, he broke my map... Last but not least I'd like to thank all of you in Forge Hub. Thank you for your time and enjoy.

Sandbox Human Resources

Phenomenal — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:42:49 GMT

By JerZ Phenom and Reigning Chaos
Supports 6-12 Players

A Tough Day on the Job by Phenomenal
Feeling the air in his lungs, hearing the footsteps around him, smelling the rot in the air, Tyler wished he were dead, for the mind need only die once. Or so he hoped.

How long had he been on the floor? His forehead burned from where the bullet had a cut a narrow groove across the wide span of flesh. One inch to the left and he would have been one of the lucky ones – one of the ones who wouldn’t come back.

Snapped back into reality, Tyler barely remembered how the day had begun. He remembered the stress of organizing paperwork on the third floor of his office building – a place that he had been cornered for the last seven years of his life. What a joke. He didn’t know stress until the dead majority started to eat the living minority. He didn’t know stress until he was at gunpoint merely three hours before. And now, with this life hanging on a thin filament over a score of hungry maws, he felt the fear deep in his bones. He wished he were dead. He wished the bullet had found its mark. He wished that he were never born.

His legs spasmed then remained still. His breath filled the silence. Tears of sweat dripped from the sides of his head as smoldering flames from the invasion still remained ablaze. Through the inferno, he could finally spot where he was. The burning cubicles and large elevator insinuated that he was on the top floor of his building. As his vision returned to relatively normal, he noticed that several of his co-workers bordered his wounded body. However, they all appeared to be dead, eaten alive by the merciless zombies that had plagued the defenseless workplace only hours before. Tyler climbed up to his feet, feeling his joints ache like he were a man of sixty instead of a man of thirty five. He distinguished a pistol under one of the sweltering cubicles. Five bullets existed in the barrel. However, hope was the last thing in his mind at this point, and Tyler had reached his last resort. Surrounded by dead co-workers, Tyler rested the pistol’s cold barrel against the side of his temple, then ran his index finger over the hammer of the gun. His finger quivered on top of it, then curled into itself. He released the weapon. He would never use it. Not against himself. He wedged a closed fist into his mouth, holding back the tears. He knew zombies still subsisted in the burning building, and if he wanted to survive, he had to be stealthy about it.

Tyler could hear the creaking of dried flesh as all the heads of the dead men and women pivoted in his direction. Congealed eyes ascertained. Cracked lips salivated. Raspy gasps echoed from tattered windpipes. Prey was in their midst. He stepped backwards, never taking his eyes off the silent approaching mob. His back collided with the unflinching metal of the malfunctioning elevator. The lead groaner stumbled towards him. Its broken jaw quivered with excitement. The creature tripped over itself, and fell. Its head smacked hard on the floor with a muted crack as rotted cartridge shattered from the fall. The groaner didn’t even miss a beat. It raised his head, revealing a smashed nose and proceeded to its victim. Tyler, still wearing his blood-stained dress shirt and tie, raised a leg and landed his boot into the groaner’s face.

“Go to hell,” he muttered and slammed his boot again. And again. And again. He stomped over and over with whatever energy he could muster out of his injured body. But it was no use. Ten more zombies slowly gaited their way toward Tyler’s direction. He had dropped his pistol adjacent to the cubicle, and he was already regretting not pulling the trigger. The zombies’ shadows enveloped his body, and death was imminent. The leading zombie lunged for Tyler’s body in pursuit of his blistered flesh. In mid-lunge, a shotgun blasted somewhere in the darkness. The flash of light blinded him and in but an instant, his face was splashed of what felt to be cold syrup mixed with chunks of bone.

“Tyler get up!” he heard, “Just run. Just get up and run and shoot anything that gets in your way.”

The deafening voice pierced his ears, one that could only belong to his eccentric partner, Jackson Segal. Three more shots were blasted into the zombies’ decaying backs. Tyler climbed out of the elevator, astonished to see that the two remaining co-workers who had been lying on the floor had been awoken by the thunderous gunfire. Tyler and Jackson helped the three to their feet. None of them appeared to be seriously wounded, just disoriented from the day’s occurrences. Jeff Karstens, the oldest of the four, had worked in the building for over thirty years, and had become known as the crackhead of the building. He even revealed that he had kept an automatic gun in his desk for the last twenty years. They knew that they needed to get that gun, and most importantly, get the hell out of the nightmare that now existed in the five story building.

The other member of the four survivors was Mark Peters, a college intern who had felt lucky to have found a job in this economy. But lucky was the last thing he felt at this point. It looks like his trip back to Northwestern University would be a little delayed if he was killed by the dozens of zombies within the office building.

The fastest route to the office was a spiral staircase nearby the main elevator. The five rushed to the stairs only to find scorching flames impeding their quickest chance of survival. They turned around only to see that the other exit was quickly becoming obstructed by zombies rushing at their prey. The dead moved closer. For the first time since it all happened, Tyler was able to meet their cold stares. He would kill them. Every single one of them. Nothing would have him on his knees again.
A dead woman missing half of the skin on her face grabbed at him from the side. Mouth open. Teeth bared. Tyler pushed the dead woman backwards. The creature pinwheeled down the burning stairs, and toppled over backwards. Tyler wheeled around in time to catch another groaner almost fall on top of him. He stepped aside in time to let it fall to the ground. He lifted the groaner’s head, dug his fingers into its eye sockets, and stripped free the two rotten balls. He crushed the fleshy orbs in his palms. A black liquid mush squeezed through his fingers.

“Can’t bite me if you’re blind,” he said.

He figured that he should be disgusted, feeling the black rot seep through crevices between his fingers, but it didn’t matter anymore. He raced down the stairs firing the pistol into the heads of five more zombies. Reaching Karstens’ office, he opened the bottom shelf, desperately seeking the gun that his bizarre co-worker had claimed to own. He threw his whole arm into the deep drawer feeling simply old files and papers until he felt a cold metal at the bottom of the drawer. Tyler lifted his blood soaked hand bearing a loaded M16, then smeared the black zombie blood over his face. Elation blossomed deep in him. Nothing truly mattered anymore. Life and death were of but one entity. There was work to be done.

More than half a year ago, Reigning Chaos posted a preview on Forge Hub that not only caught my interest, but the interest of many other members with the idea of an infection map taking place in an office building exclusively. Although simple, this was no ordinary map. Unfortunately, RC lost interest leaving an incredible idea in the Halo 3 graveyard. Until one day, I noticed that RC had posted an adoption thread that included Human Resources in all of its glory. The map was handed to me sometime in March. I know, you’re like, it took you more than 5 months to complete a map! Essentially, yes, but you can blame my lack of time and No-I’ll-Do-That-Tomorrow Syndrome for that. However, about 2 weeks ago I finished the map’s construction and made several changes throughout the map’s testing. RC helped me along the way with the gametypes he initially had in mind, so we could make the game as fun and creepy as possible. Thus, after 8 long months, RC and I give you Human Resources.

“A problem”: A problem essentially uses many of the aspects seen in Manifest merged with several settings of Save One Bullet. Humans spawn on the top floor of the office building and are forced to pick from one of the three paths on this floor: Spiral staircase, vent, or back staircase to the second floor. The humans start off well armed, but ammunition is limited throughout the map. However, you will not be finding any rocket launchers or snipers lying around the map, as RC and I agreed to make weaponry as realistic as possible. Also, But you didn’t think it would be that simple, right? Two killballs acting as fire caused by the zombie invasion in the building obstruct entrances to the third floor. Therefore, humans are forced to holdout against zombies, using a checkpoint teleporter system similar to the one in Manifest. After 60 seconds, a grav lift spawns above each kill ball acting as a sprinkler putting the fire out. Objects spawn within the kill ball allowing humans to pass through safely. The humans, if still alive, reach the third floor where they must stay aware of other zombie entrances and the ones from before. An elevator shaft leading to the fourth floor is also blocked with fire, and the humans must hold out for another 60 seconds until the “sprinkler” spawns and they can safely drop down. Likewise to Manifest, humans should look at this as a mission to get to the bottom floor to get out of the burning building swarming with zombies if they want to survive. Once humans drop to the fourth floor, there is no way back up. Therefore, they must hold out on the fourth and fifth floor connected by a small ramp until time runs out, in essence, meaning that they survived.

Settings:

“FIRE!”: Fire is a VIP variant game similar to “A problem,” in many ways, but actually has a substantial goal. Humans spawn on the top floor once again well-armed but ammunition is still limited. However, this time humans have a firefighter that they must lead down the burning building before they become engulfed by the zombie invasion. The firefighter is a bit stronger than the humans requiring three hits from a zombie to kill him, while humans only require two like in "A problem." Humans must again wait 60 seconds for the sprinklers to spawn, then they can proceed to the first VIP destination on the third floor of the building. Zombies still spawn in the enclosed teleporter room using the teleporter checkpoint system. After another 60 seconds, humans can drop down to the fourth floor and race to the lobby’s front door, where another VIP destination is placed. If the humans reach the destination, it effectively means that they reached the front door of the building and escaped.

Settings:

Tips:

Zombies:
The overshield, spawning after 120 seconds, can help dramatically. It allows you to take on humans head on. Whereas one shotgun shot would kill you earlier, it becomes two, which means that you can use your sword to kill them.
Use your radar a lot considering humans have no idea where you will be.
If you enter the fourth floor teleporter (all the way to the right in the zombie spawn room), and want to get back up to the upper floors, there is a teleporter leading you back to the second floor in a portion of fire near the ceiling of the meeting room.
Jump! This will decrease the chance a human has to get a headshot, and basically confuse the hell out of them.
Humans:
Stick together and be aware around every corner. Assassinations kill you the quickest.
NEVER go out alone, the only times a person should go out is to get ammunition.
Communicate as to when the sprinklers spawn, so no person gets left behind.
Try to save the first aid kits (regenerators) located on the third and fourth floor for when you truly need them later in the game when there are fewer humans and more zombies.

Spriral Staircase Transition:

Second Floor Transtion:

Looks like Jeff won't be making his tee time...
Third Floor Transition:

Special Thanks:
Vyctoriouz: For recovering objects not once, not twice, but three times for me – and testing.
Rorak Kuroda: For giving advice throughout the map’s construction, and testing multiple times.
Given to Fly: For helping begin the first version of this map with Reigning Chaos, and testing.
Nick the Ratman: For being a cool guy and testing and stuff.
And thank you for the rest of the testers!
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A problem

FIRE!

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Sandbox Giant mecha

cdplayerx50 — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:03:27 GMT

This map is an invading alien mechanical megastructure taken on by the army in an attempt to prevent its destructive rampage. This map is best played with the game types Team Slayer or One Bomb.

There are 2 spartan lasers, 2 sentinel beams and a beam rifle in the eyes.

There is a missile pod and a fuel rod gun in both shoulder mounted "cannons".

There is a laser sword, a flamethrower and a fuel rod gun in the mouth. There is also a man cannon which propels people into the mouth, but man-cannon invaders should be wary of any flamethrower-wielding defenders inside the mouth.

In one arm there is a machine gun turret and in the other there is a plasma cannon.

The team attacking the mecha have two scorpions and a hornet hidden away in the back.

In the mecha's "backpack" there are two banshees. There is also a way to get inside the mecha from the legs.

An overview of the map.

When playing the game type "one bomb" the bomb has to be placed in the mecha's head.

I am a new forgehub member and have not made many maps so i am looking for constructive critisism.

Link to the map:
http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3Us...leid=119288239