Pirate Ship

[Coolant]

Pirate Ship
Created by Coolant

Description
Yaharr! Welcome aboard the S.S. Traxus, one of the most feared vessels on the se7en seas!

Say hello to the newest member of Coolant's map family, the S.S. Traxus. A complete pirate ship, from the sails to the cargo hold. She may not be sea-worthy, but she sure as hell looks good.

Since combat maps weren't working out so well, I took Lances advice and did something I've wanted to do since I got Halo 3.

I made a Pirate Ship.

I tried to be as close as I can to what my vision of a pirate ship was, and instead of crashing and burning as some of my other projects did, this one actually worked!
Please note:

THIS MAP IS PURELY FOR DECORATION

I will make a combat version sometime later. An infection gametype may work well on this map.

Layout
It's a pirate ship, what else is there to know? It features rounded hulls, multiple levels, and, what else but, a cannon! I may be a bit messy, but have you ever tried to fill in curves with square objects? It's a bit hard, and can get really disorderly at times.

The ship has two masts, a cargo hold below, captains quarters with a balcony, and a crows nest. I really wanted to get much more into this map, so you might be seeing a V2 with more features and cleaned up a little.

Gametypes
Right now there are no gametypes supported on the map. I'll add a ship withe weapons and objectives later on.

The front of the ship. The shield doors really work well as sails.

Two views from the back of the ship. I got some inspiration for the balcony from the pirate ships on Oblivion.

The deck of the ship. Still havn't figured out what to put there...

The cargo hold of the ship.

Captian's quarters.

The crows nest, because what pirate ship would be complete without one?

Here's a good view of the back balcony and the rudder.

And finally, the curve of the ship. It took a while to get it right, but I think in the end it payed off.

Download Pirate Ship

[SargeantSarcasm]

Damn... nice job beating BTSP and Shock Theta to the punch :/ (not sarcasm)

[Shock Theta]

FFS... nice ship man, also nice post. I'm gonna take a look around this baby.

And it's not all bad Sarge, this is a pirate ship, yes, but everything else is different. So I for one still want to finish ours. I suppose we lost our 'first' though.

Again, congrats Coolant, and I hope you don't mind that we're doing something similar.



PS. I hate you.







PPS. j/k

[Coolant]

Hah, I really had no clue you guys were making a boat-type map. I'm sorry if this hinders your progress at all.. I didn't mean to.

But thanks for the comments guys.

You think this could make Bungie Favs? =) (yeah right..)

[Lone Deity]

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This is an amazing ship. You placed everything at the right angles, and it looks nice.

[Lance001]

Absolutely gorgeous. I realize that it's not made for actual games, but it's an inspiration to those making competitive maps and the such. I wish others could use the same attention to aesthetic detail.

Great, great map.

[Shock Theta]

Originally Posted by Coolant

Hah, I really had no clue you guys were making a boat-type map. I'm sorry if this hinders your progress at all.. I didn't mean to.

But thanks for the comments guys.

You think this could make Bungie Favs? =) (yeah right..)

Don't worry, we were keeping it secret anyway so you couldn't have known. And ours will be different, you'll see. (I'm not saying better, just different).

As for Bungie favs, that is unlikely as we all know.. but it's definitely very cool so who knows!

[SargeantSarcasm]

ya ours is really different

[NTG]

wow, that's really nice

if you every decide to make a full map you could have two and for cannons have man cannons that shoot fusion coils XD

[Fitzypatrick413]

Originally Posted by NTG

wow, that's really nice

if you every decide to make a full map you could have two and for cannons have man cannons that shoot fusion coils XD

This could not work well though, stuff will always fall if not put the hard time in.
but great idea.
and anyway to get to both ships, just sayin.