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Posted by: chesney

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Another way to set it up would be to make all the spawn points initial spawns. This way you don't respawn in one of the cages when you die.

Try out both and see which works best.


I think that's what I tried originally, and people spawned in cages etc when there weren't 16 players.


Ah I see what you're saying. My first suggestion would be better I think. The 2 in the arena should definitely be initial spawns so they take priority over the respawn points in the cages. That should work even if you don't have 16 people.

  • 12.13.2011 9:51 AM PDT

You may be a expert forger. i may be a freak thats amazing at making flat maps and things that are more exact then Bungie's
system for coordinates... unless you can beat a computer program in making things perfectly symmetrical I don't believe your a forge expert.

  • 12.13.2011 9:53 AM PDT

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Posted by: ToxicAcidsnake
Why don't people use the colored objective markers brought by the 'Insane' Gametype for accenting forge-world slayer maps?

i.e. Club Epic


You answered your own question. That runs off of the Speedpile gametype, meaning none of those will appear in Slayer.

The lighting effects are done by golf balls rolling through the staircases, and they have a volume on them. The shape wont appear in Slayer.


Well wouldn't it be possible to modify the speedpile gametype to have scoring set with kills, and have flags placed outside the map so they can't be captured.

Also, don't we have a slayer flag variant?


Would be interesting to try it out and see if what you say is possible. I might give it a go when I get to my xbox.
And the slayer flag variant is called '2 flag slayer'.


It would be really cool if it worked out, is there a version of '2 Flag Slayer' or 'Speed-Pile' that has the Title update applied?

  • 12.13.2011 9:54 AM PDT
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How do your eyes handle all the grey?

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Posted by: Gobi117
You may be a expert forger. i may be a freak thats amazing at making flat maps and things that are more exact then Bungie's
system for coordinates... unless you can beat a computer program in making things perfectly symmetrical I don't believe your a forge expert.


I can make a map as smooth and 'flat' just as well as any good forger can. And yea, the coordinate system isn't that accurate.

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Posted by: ToxicAcidsnake
It would be really cool if it worked out, is there a version of '2 Flag Slayer' or 'Speed-Pile' that has the Title update applied?


Unfortunately, there is not :/

Still waiting for TU Invasion myself.

  • 12.13.2011 9:55 AM PDT

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Posted by: Gobi117
You may be a expert forger. i may be a freak thats amazing at making flat maps and things that are more exact then Bungie's
system for coordinates... unless you can beat a computer program in making things perfectly symmetrical I don't believe your a forge expert.


Sense.....This makes none

  • 12.13.2011 9:55 AM PDT
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Posted by: Sandtrap
How do your eyes handle all the grey?


Just imagine it as a premold that hasn't been painted yet. Picture how the map would look if it was built by Bungie or any other game developer. That's how I 'handle' the grey I guess.

The good forgers out there can accent the grey though, using similar colors that blend with each other well.

  • 12.13.2011 9:57 AM PDT

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Posted by: Invasion Guru

Posted by: ToxicAcidsnake
It would be really cool if it worked out, is there a version of '2 Flag Slayer' or 'Speed-Pile' that has the Title update applied?


Unfortunately, there is not :/

Still waiting for TU Invasion myself.


That really is too bad, still worth checking out though. Would be really cool to jazz up some existing Forgeworld maps with objective coloring....Actually I can imagine it reallllly making maps more distinguished

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Posted by: ToxicAcidsnake

Posted by: Gobi117
You may be a expert forger. i may be a freak thats amazing at making flat maps and things that are more exact then Bungie's
system for coordinates... unless you can beat a computer program in making things perfectly symmetrical I don't believe your a forge expert.


Sense.....This makes none


I think he was talking about the glitches with the coordinate system.

  • 12.13.2011 10:02 AM PDT

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Posted by: Invasion Guru

Posted by: ToxicAcidsnake

Posted by: Gobi117
You may be a expert forger. i may be a freak thats amazing at making flat maps and things that are more exact then Bungie's
system for coordinates... unless you can beat a computer program in making things perfectly symmetrical I don't believe your a forge expert.


Sense.....This makes none


I think he was talking about the glitches with the coordinate system.


Yes, but the whole 'unless you can beat a computer program in making things perfectly symmetrical I don't believe your a forge expert.' thing is obsurd. Using that logic I guess no-one in the whole community is a 'Forge-expert'

  • 12.13.2011 10:05 AM PDT
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RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

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Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.

How long until Goat finishes his map?

  • 12.13.2011 10:08 AM PDT
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Posted by: Sandtrap
How do your eyes handle all the grey?


Is it just me, or is it geting a bit cOLD in here?

  • 12.13.2011 10:13 AM PDT
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Posted by: RC Clone
How long until Goat finishes his map?


Don't hold your breath. What he's doing is probably the biggest challenge I've seen forge-wise. If he rushes any part of development he could end up ruining the map and wasting time.

I've seen what he has so far and I'm quite impressed. Let's just say B.net is in for a treat.

  • 12.13.2011 11:00 AM PDT
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Posted by: Invasion Guru

Posted by: RC Clone
How long until Goat finishes his map?


Don't hold your breath. What he's doing is probably the biggest challenge I've seen forge-wise. If he rushes any part of development he could end up ruining the map and wasting time.

I've seen what he has so far and I'm quite impressed. Let's just say B.net is in for a treat.


What's he making this time?

Is it the ODST invasion thing?

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  • 12.13.2011 11:29 AM PDT


Posted by: ToxicAcidsnake

Posted by: Invasion Guru

Posted by: RC Clone
How long until Goat finishes his map?


Don't hold your breath. What he's doing is probably the biggest challenge I've seen forge-wise. If he rushes any part of development he could end up ruining the map and wasting time.

I've seen what he has so far and I'm quite impressed. Let's just say B.net is in for a treat.


What's he making this time?


Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think its that ODST invasion map.

  • 12.13.2011 11:31 AM PDT

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Posted by: ToxicAcidsnake

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Posted by: RC Clone
How long until Goat finishes his map?


Don't hold your breath. What he's doing is probably the biggest challenge I've seen forge-wise. If he rushes any part of development he could end up ruining the map and wasting time.

I've seen what he has so far and I'm quite impressed. Let's just say B.net is in for a treat.


What's he making this time?

Is it the ODST invasion thing?


Hopefully this time I finish

[Edited on 12.13.2011 12:05 PM PST]

  • 12.13.2011 12:05 PM PDT

My girl says the same thing, goat.

  • 12.13.2011 12:12 PM PDT

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My girl says the same thing, goat.


kinky

  • 12.13.2011 12:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat

Posted by: ToxicAcidsnake

Posted by: Invasion Guru

Posted by: RC Clone
How long until Goat finishes his map?


Don't hold your breath. What he's doing is probably the biggest challenge I've seen forge-wise. If he rushes any part of development he could end up ruining the map and wasting time.

I've seen what he has so far and I'm quite impressed. Let's just say B.net is in for a treat.


What's he making this time?

Is it the ODST invasion thing?


Hopefully this time I finish


I don't see how when you keep browsing B.net :P

Get to work, Goat!

  • 12.13.2011 2:28 PM PDT
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Herp derp.


Posted by: Invasion Guru

Posted by: RC Clone
How long until Goat finishes his map?


Don't hold your breath. What he's doing is probably the biggest challenge I've seen forge-wise. If he rushes any part of development he could end up ruining the map and wasting time.

I've seen what he has so far and I'm quite impressed. Let's just say B.net is in for a treat.

'Perfecting' invasion maps do take alot of time.
Is it possible to create a 4th phase for invasion?

  • 12.13.2011 2:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: Gyarados121996

Posted by: Invasion Guru

Posted by: RC Clone
How long until Goat finishes his map?


Don't hold your breath. What he's doing is probably the biggest challenge I've seen forge-wise. If he rushes any part of development he could end up ruining the map and wasting time.

I've seen what he has so far and I'm quite impressed. Let's just say B.net is in for a treat.

'Perfecting' invasion maps do take alot of time.
Is it possible to create a 4th phase for invasion?


Phase 4 immediately follows Phase 3. It's that period of 10-15 seconds when the music plays before the game ends. You can spawn stuff in and spawn stuff out during this time, but you can't spawn players with hill markers.



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  • 12.13.2011 2:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: Confederateghad
Why are you so bad at forging maps.


building maps is more difficult than playing on them, and you can quote me after you forge a map yourself.

  • 12.13.2011 2:43 PM PDT

Herp derp.

Is there any way to expand the amount of time that Phase 4 lasts? If not, can you require multiple objectives to be captured before a phase ends? I've ran into a place where I want to do more with my invasion map, but I can't due to those limitations.

  • 12.13.2011 2:44 PM PDT