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Subject: ODST Invasion development thread (now streaming!)

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Posted by: Zomechin
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Posted by: Zomechin
lol I think Goat fell asleep.


I went to bed and I could have sworn I turned the xbox off.
Surrrrrrrre.


One time I was forging for 2 days straight and I ended up passing out sitting up in my chair.

lulz. Forge is srs business.

  • 01.15.2012 11:26 AM PDT

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UPDATE: For those of you watching the stream, you may have noticed that I've been idling for a bit here. The original blueprint that I was going to built off of changed dramatically now that I'm using 2 lanes for the street instead of 4. So once again, I'm without a blueprint :/

So I've been spontaneous forging trying to build off of a gate (which by the way looks -blam!- ing awesome). I'm going to continue drafting up a smaller version of the original blueprint and at the same time keep tossing concepts down so I can see where we're going.

  • 01.15.2012 11:28 AM PDT

And so God called Moses to come forth but he came fifth and was therefore disqualified.

Goat, I'm sending you messages but you won't reply :'(

  • 01.15.2012 11:29 AM PDT

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Posted by: TurnedSculpture
Goat, I'm sending you messages but you won't reply :'(


my apologies. I just been too busy to notice.

  • 01.15.2012 11:35 AM PDT


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Posted by: Zomechin
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Posted by: Zomechin
lol I think Goat fell asleep.


I went to bed and I could have sworn I turned the xbox off.
Surrrrrrrre.


One time I was forging for 2 days straight and I ended up passing out sitting up in my chair.

lulz. Forge is srs business.


Lol. I have one of those jelly palm rests that you put in front if your keyboard. My girlfriend found me passed out with my forehead resting on that the other night.

  • 01.15.2012 11:36 AM PDT
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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
UPDATE: For those of you watching the stream, you may have noticed that I've been idling for a bit here. The original blueprint that I was going to built off of changed dramatically now that I'm using 2 lanes for the street instead of 4. So once again, I'm without a blueprint :/

So I've been spontaneous forging trying to build off of a gate (which by the way looks -blam!- ing awesome). I'm going to continue drafting up a smaller version of the original blueprint and at the same time keep tossing concepts down so I can see where we're going.


First it was 2 and you listed all these reasons why 2 is the best. Then it was 4 and you listed another bunch of reason for why 4 would be best.

Now it's 2 again. ARRRRRGGHGHH

  • 01.15.2012 11:38 AM PDT

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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
UPDATE: For those of you watching the stream, you may have noticed that I've been idling for a bit here. The original blueprint that I was going to built off of changed dramatically now that I'm using 2 lanes for the street instead of 4. So once again, I'm without a blueprint :/

So I've been spontaneous forging trying to build off of a gate (which by the way looks -blam!- ing awesome). I'm going to continue drafting up a smaller version of the original blueprint and at the same time keep tossing concepts down so I can see where we're going.


First it was 2 and you listed all these reasons why 2 is the best. Then it was 4 and you listed another bunch of reason for why 4 would be best.

Now it's 2 again. ARRRRRGGHGHH


2 feels more cozy. I mainly chose 2 because it makes the gates easier to build.

[Edited on 01.15.2012 11:40 AM PST]

  • 01.15.2012 11:39 AM PDT

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Posted by: TurnedSculpture
Goat, I'm sending you messages but you won't reply :'(


my apologies. I just been too busy to notice.

It's ok, I get about 14,036 messages (maybe a little less) every day. Can't wait for the map!

  • 01.15.2012 11:40 AM PDT

Hi.

2 ftw.

  • 01.15.2012 11:50 AM PDT

Did you start over from last night? :o

  • 01.15.2012 11:54 AM PDT

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Posted by: Wumpa Warrior
Did you start over from last night? :o


In a way, yes. The one of last night didn't have enough natural action in it. It just seemed way too small and congested.

I'm going with a wider design now, and I finally got that gate to look like ODST's so I'm sticking with this.

  • 01.15.2012 11:58 AM PDT

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Stream's back up; intermission is over

Posted by: Zomechin
2 ftw.


Curious, why did you say 2 lanes as opposed to 4? Your post is one of the reasons why I went with 2 lanes. Just wondering why you thought it'd be better.

  • 01.15.2012 2:12 PM PDT

Well I can weigh in on the choice of two, having watched about 5 hours of the stream. I would prefer two because it will make things more fast paced, and also, even though invasion has a lot of vehicles, it still should be based on infantry. I feel like a warthog and wraith and scorpion would be dominant with larger streets. Another thing, taking out tanks/wraiths is much easier when you are closer. Just my thoughts..

  • 01.15.2012 3:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
Stream's back up; intermission is over

Posted by: Zomechin
2 ftw.


Curious, why did you say 2 lanes as opposed to 4? Your post is one of the reasons why I went with 2 lanes. Just wondering why you thought it'd be better.
It's much more aesthetically pleasing if you're going for the ODST look, imo.

  • 01.15.2012 3:25 PM PDT

Zome is a BK Randy, don't listen to him Goat.

  • 01.15.2012 3:28 PM PDT

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Posted by: Zomechin
Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
Stream's back up; intermission is over

Posted by: Zomechin
2 ftw.


Curious, why did you say 2 lanes as opposed to 4? Your post is one of the reasons why I went with 2 lanes. Just wondering why you thought it'd be better.
It's much more aesthetically pleasing if you're going for the ODST look, imo.


Yea it feels more like ODST and it's a little easier to build for 2 lanes.

  • 01.15.2012 3:44 PM PDT

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Posted by: Wumpa Warrior
Well I can weigh in on the choice of two, having watched about 5 hours of the stream. I would prefer two because it will make things more fast paced, and also, even though invasion has a lot of vehicles, it still should be based on infantry. I feel like a warthog and wraith and scorpion would be dominant with larger streets. Another thing, taking out tanks/wraiths is much easier when you are closer. Just my thoughts..


Two lanes it is :) And ya 4 lanes is big enough to hold a Hog. I didn't intend for one to be on the map since there were none in the streets of ODST (except for wrecked ones).

I don't want the tanks to be too powerful on this map, but the dynamic is quite interesting whe nyou think about it. Infantry will be huddled closely most of the times and they'll be fighting in the streets. Tanks will be able to kill them and rack up multi-kills, but at the same time it'll be difficult to keep the tank alive because of how narrow the streets are. This prevents them from being to prevalent in the matches.

Can't wait to run alongside the tank giving it support from plasma pistols. It'll require a lot of teamwork to keep your tanks alive.


Stream's on by the way if anyone wants to watch. Link

[Edited on 01.15.2012 3:53 PM PST]

  • 01.15.2012 3:52 PM PDT

Problem?

This map looks very nice from what I have seen. You've clearly taken the time to make this map good! Great job!

Also can I be part of the play test?

[Edited on 01.15.2012 4:25 PM PST]

  • 01.15.2012 4:22 PM PDT

Please don't hype for games...
They'll just fall short of your expectations and you'll complain for months.

By the way, your xbox is still on. You don't want to get RRoD.

[Edited on 01.15.2012 4:44 PM PST]

  • 01.15.2012 4:43 PM PDT
Subject: ODST Invasion development thread

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Interesting. Most interesting.

  • 01.15.2012 4:49 PM PDT
Subject: ODST Invasion development thread (now streaming!)

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Posted by: Alpha00
By the way, your xbox is still on. You don't want to get RRoD.


It has enough air circulation where it is. It shouldn't red ring. Hopefully I don't fall asleep with it on again though.


Posted by: Spartan R17
This map looks very nice from what I have seen. You've clearly taken the time to make this map good! Great job!

Also can I be part of the play test?


Thanks! And yes everyone will have the opportunity to playtest the map :)

  • 01.15.2012 4:50 PM PDT

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This 1-gate design is looking really promising. Now I just need to figure out where to put the supply cache >.>


EDIT: Actually scratch that. 1 gate actually costs more budget than 2. >.>

This is getting frustrating.

[Edited on 01.15.2012 5:42 PM PST]

  • 01.15.2012 4:55 PM PDT

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UPDATE: I think I'm going back to 2 gates instead of 1 gate. So now I have to decide between 1 supply cache or 2.

The problem with 2 caches is that I wont be able to spawn the second phase objective in either of em, meaning i'd have to spawn it in the center building. That effectively limits where a player will take it because I'm basically forcing them to take it through the building.

The problem with 1 cache is that there'll be 12 players fighting over it. At least with 2 caches the action is split. For 1 cache, however, that's most of the players fighting in a relatively small area over one territory, which could lead to massive grenade spamming. The pro of 1 cache, however, is that I can then spawn the second objective (bomb or core) inside it, thus allowing players to choose where they want to go from there--be it on the streets via mongoose or through the buildings.

It's a tough decision to make and it directly affects the rest of the map. I'll ponder on it some more.

  • 01.15.2012 9:07 PM PDT
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  • 01.15.2012 9:09 PM PDT

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UPDATE: Today's the day you guys! Early this morning I was experimenting with another design and I think I may have hit the jackpot. This one may just fix the 2-gate 1-cache dilemma that I was in yesterday.

I'm gonna work on the design a bit more and then stream the construction of the entire map start to finish for the rest of the day. No more concept builds--I've got all the aesthetics that I need developed already.

The stream will resume at 12:30pm EST/9:30am PST

[Edited on 01.16.2012 8:50 AM PST]

  • 01.16.2012 7:27 AM PDT