Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 1:53 pm Post subject:
[FS] Country Roads (2-4)
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Hello everbody!
In 2 days I created this 2-4 players map named after a song...Country Roads. It all started as a sketch on a piece of paper and than the map created "itself" in FinalSun.
It's my first "official" map. It's all part of my free time projects which I love doing. Any critics, positive and negative are most welcome.
I'm new to map creating so if you know any C&C site where maps are shared please copy a link for me.
>> EDIT 1: Changed zip content for download. Added country_road.map, country_road.png,
MPadded.ini for Tiberian Sun Client (modded) and ReadMe.txt file with instructions.
>> EDIT 2 (26.1.2019): released updated map Country Roads version 1.1
- fixed harversters get stuck in base
- fixed cliffs with missing parts
- improved lightning
- improved build space
- improved passages
- improved money balance
- and a lot more
>> EDIT 3 (30.1.2019): update 1.12
- improved SE spawn build space
- fixed harvesters stuck in N tunnel later in-game because of spreding volcano
- red tiberium lightning replaced with green
- other minor terrain and lightning improvements
>> EDIT 4 (16.4.2019): update 1.13
- minor flora rearrangements
- tiberium rearrangement
- added people for more natural feeling enviroment
- new and improved light posts lightning (propore and in depth)
- added text radio for more interesting play
- added an ion storm (spoiler: can be disabled in-game)
- improved volcano with better vein placement and nicer look
- added spotlight to all towers
- fixed harvester stopped harvesting and got stuck on a tiberium field
- fixed volcano harvesters not going after volcano after placing nuke building
- fixed volcano harvesters stopped harvesting and got stuck on a volcano
- fixed AI get stucked on the bridge on SE spaw
- fixed two missing cliff parts
- minor direction change of SE start spawn
- changed alpha lights with yellow
- changed map and ion storm ambient (in depth)
gameplay settings changelog
- on tiberium death visceroid spawn
- no free radar
WHAT I DID: pictures are before (idea) and after (finished)...
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...it all started with tihs canyon. I wanted it to be darker...
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...so i decided higher you are brighter it gets. Lower (under the bridge, corners) you are darker it gets...
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...same here and the city was given negative red mystery feeling...
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...I added some earthquake, waterfall, tunnel, bridges and lights. So what do you think?
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Last edited by diMontana1897 on Tue Apr 16, 2019 2:11 pm; edited 7 times in total QUICK_EDIT
Things I liked: map layout, lighting at most parts of map, some river parts have some nice details.
Few things to improve: more build space, there are also narrow passages, harvesters get stuck in bases.
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Things I didn't liked and should be avoided/fixed: lot of terrain parts have repeating pattern, it never looks good or natural (clifs, shores, trees, water), also straight line terrain and cliffs look kinda artificial.
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Cliffs have missing parts, 1 cell sized cliff parts from image bellow should be used.
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Not sure if intensional, but some parts of road are using wrong road tiles, that should be used only as crossroads.
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To sum up, it's good start to mapping, also map paper sketching always comes handy.
For CnC site with maps, I think you can find lot of maps here QUICK_EDIT
I have my sketch full of red lines and corrections now. I just didn't have the skill to make interesting cliffs...but I'm getting better.
1. I learned how to clear the bridge once it's build and how to patiently correct cliffs with level difference...more space allready.
2. Repeating patterns will be fixed!
3. I used that sort of cliffs but missed some i see.
4. It is not. I used crossroads because there was only small part of that road type. So I would have to click a lot (I was short on my free time).
Btw do you know if invisible lamps can be put on map without taking empty space becouse I did all the lightning with lamps (later I saw you can simple change whole map lightning)? And than building can't be build where the lamps are.
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Digital sketch with corrections. Will see on the way how will it be in the end. I will keep you up with update once it's corrected and improved.
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After sketch of corrections and improvements to make I finnished and decided to release map Country Roads 1.1. I gained a lot of skill during this time so I think its clearly improved.
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Last edited by diMontana1897 on Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:39 pm; edited 1 time in total QUICK_EDIT
I had some free time and opened the map I made. I Decided to read some tutorials on ppm forum. I learned a bunch of new stuff so I implemented them in my map. You can see the changelog on the top of this post or in the downloaded zip folder.
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:41 am Post subject:
Good improvements! I like the color of the turquoise lighting, but it is crazy saturated; I'd suggest weakening it up a bit for a better effect. _________________ The Fall of Hammerfest - Epic Tiberian chain story
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[FS] Country Roads (2-4)
