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Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-29 02:46:47
April 23 2010 09:14 GMT
#1
Heartbreak Ridge version 1.15


So after seeing everyone converting Brood War maps into SC2 maps in Galaxy Editor, I decided to remake a crowd favorite from scratch: Heartbreak Ridge.

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Now with higher-res pics!

Download it HERE

Changes
(v1.1 to v1.15):
-Every expo now has 8 mineral patches except for single-gas expos, which have 7
-500-mineral patch in naturals changed to 1500
-Small terrain modifications

(v1.03 to v1.1):
-Units can now walk on manmade cliffs surrounding natural. This way, Colossi and Reapers will have easier access to nat and main. Buildings cannot be constructed on the cliffs, however.
-Secret pathway around rocks removed.
-Mineral patch fix

(v1.02 to v1.03):
-Terrain fixes
-Mineral patch fixes

(v1.01b to v1.02):
-Widened bottom half of the 9 o clock ridge by 1 to ensure symmetry

(v1.0b to v1.01b):
-Moved the geysers for bottom-left and top-right expos

(v0.2b to v1.0b):
-Gave each mineral-only expansion a rich vespene geyser.
-Added two XelNaga towers on the middle ground.
-Middle expo vespene geysers now have 3500 gas.
-Reapers can now go around the destructible rocks at backdoor entrances.
-More doodads
-More texturing

(v0.1b to v0.2b):
-Removed neutral missile turrets from backdoor entrances. Destructible Rocks completely barricade them now.
-Reduced the number of stacked Destructible Rocks to 5.
-Middle expansion changed. Yellow mineral patches now have 2500 mins instead of 1500.
-More doodads and varying terrain elevation.
-4 o clock main now has 8 mineral patches instead of 9 (whoops!)
-Choke between middle ridge and mineral-only widened by 1.
-Texturing changes.
-Choke between main and nat narrowed down by 1.

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v1.03
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v0.2
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v0.1
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Close-Ups:
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This is the first map I've ever made for the SC franchise. I tried making this map as faithful to the original as possible, including that 1 500-mineral patch at the nats, neutral structures that block backdoor, etc.

Things worth noting:
-Protoss can't place a pylon near opponent's wall and just warp in units into his/her main base. This has been one of my biggest concerns when remaking HBR, and I'm glad that I found a way to prevent it without drastically changing the layout of HBR.
-Units can't stand on the higher cliffs and man-made structures.
-16 5 stacked Destructible Rocks are placed near each back door, also.
-High-yield minerals and geysers in the middle.

That's all I need to share, I guess. Gonna work on some texturing and placing more doodads later. Feel free to leave any suggestions!
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Vargavaka
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden111 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-23 09:20:39
April 23 2010 09:20 GMT
#2
How well do those thin ridges work with the high ground mechanics of Starcraft 2?
HickleStine
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia276 Posts
April 23 2010 09:21 GMT
#3
looks pretty sweet man!
Uriel_SVK
Profile Joined April 2010
Slovakia427 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-23 09:23:18
April 23 2010 09:22 GMT
#4
I think there should be 4 gas in the middle...
But great work!!!
Mr.Pyro
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Denmark959 Posts
April 23 2010 09:29 GMT
#5
Looks pretty damn sweet i have to admit.

But not stacked minerals? I think that changes to concept of workers mining it out a bit, doesn't it?
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Mr.Pyro
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Denmark959 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-23 09:31:32
April 23 2010 09:30 GMT
#6
Oh btw, another concern.
The High ground outside the players base, does it give vision inside? If so Stalkers would be able to blink into the base, right?

Also, why is the middle that green? It was more dirt in BW
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MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
April 23 2010 09:32 GMT
#7
Hey gj.

what i think is wrong:
choke from mineral only to middle ridge is WAY too small.

gas in middle is too far away from the middle.
on sc1 people made one townhall between both min/gas lines so they could use both of them.
that way they were able to gather from 2 gas, which were not too far away. on your map however if you make a townhall in the very middle then the gas is just very far away.

Gj anyways!
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stalife
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada1222 Posts
April 23 2010 09:32 GMT
#8
wow!! great job! how about those xelnaga towers?
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Kyouya
Profile Joined January 2008
Mexico318 Posts
April 23 2010 09:32 GMT
#9
Great work!!! Heartbreak is one of the best maps in BW
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Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-23 09:49:29
April 23 2010 09:34 GMT
#10
On April 23 2010 18:20 Vargavaka wrote:
How well do those thin ridges work with the high ground mechanics of Starcraft 2?

Not very well, actually. The whole purpose of the ridges is kinda lost when in SC2, I hope they change it back to the way it was in SC1

On April 23 2010 18:22 Uriel_SVK wrote:
I think there should be 4 gas in the middle...
But great work!!!

Thanks! I'm having a hard time fitting the last two geysers there without blocking the path and such.

what i think is wrong:
choke from mineral only to middle ridge is WAY too small.

gas in middle is too far away from the middle.
on sc1 people made one townhall between both min/gas lines so they could use both of them.
that way they were able to gather from 2 gas, which were not too far away. on your map however if you make a townhall in the very middle then the gas is just very far away.

You're absolutely right about the middle expo. I haven't figured out the perfect placement for the minerals and geysers yet.

But not stacked minerals? I think that changes to concept of workers mining it out a bit, doesn't it?

It does. Unless someone can find a way where 0-value minerals will actually show up in-game, I'll have to stick to neutral structures. I'll probably just get rid of those and have the destructible rocks block the entrances completely.

Oh btw, another concern.
The High ground outside the players base, does it give vision inside? If so Stalkers would be able to blink into the base, right?

Also, why is the middle that green? It was more dirt in BW

I haven't tried the Blinking with Stalkers, but I'll let you know when I test it.

For the greenness of the middle: I've already made most of the map dirty, having the middle like that would make the map look monotonous. Besides, the tileset I'm using doesn't really provide a lot of "dirt" colors; just a lot of green.

wow!! great job! how about those xelnaga towers?

I don't think they're necessary for this map. They'd provide too much vision when placed anywhere. Scouting with your units is enough imo.
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IaniAniaN
Profile Joined September 2007
Canada555 Posts
April 23 2010 09:35 GMT
#11
cool, shouldn't have water though
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
April 23 2010 09:38 GMT
#12
why, of all maps, would you pick this one
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Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Netherlands1667 Posts
April 23 2010 09:40 GMT
#13
On April 23 2010 18:38 IdrA wrote:
why, of all maps, would you pick this one


this
this game is a fucking jokie
Iplaythings
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Denmark9110 Posts
April 23 2010 09:40 GMT
#14
On April 23 2010 18:38 IdrA wrote:
why, of all maps, would you pick this one

Same, it's the worst TvP map since Neo Requiem.
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Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17274 Posts
April 23 2010 09:42 GMT
#15
On April 23 2010 18:38 IdrA wrote:
why, of all maps, would you pick this one


You act like just about every map from BW wont get ported to SC2 within 2 weeks.
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yB.TeH
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Germany414 Posts
April 23 2010 09:43 GMT
#16
On April 23 2010 18:40 Iplaythings wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 23 2010 18:38 IdrA wrote:
why, of all maps, would you pick this one

Same, it's the worst TvP map since Neo Requiem.

it's incredible bad in tvz too
sheera
Profile Joined July 2009
Spain5 Posts
April 23 2010 09:44 GMT
#17
Gj man, but, I'm a bit tired of BW maps converted to SC2.

People dont seem to understand that SC2 is an all new game.
Everyone wants to play it like it was BW, mechanics, maps, units, etc...

Stop that already, plz.

Anyway, good job and nice effort.
FreshVegetables
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Finland513 Posts
April 23 2010 09:45 GMT
#18
Dying to play this map to be honest. One of my favourite maps from Brood War <3
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Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-23 09:46:38
April 23 2010 09:45 GMT
#19
Haha, well, maybe things'll be different in SC2

Gj man, but, I'm a bit tired of BW maps converted to SC2.

People dont seem to understand that SC2 is an all new game.
Everyone wants to play it like it was BW, mechanics, maps, units, etc...

Stop that already, plz.

Anyway, good job and nice effort.

I'm with you, to be frank. I'd like to design my own maps someday, but for now, I'm just jumping on the BW bandwagon.

Anyway, sleep time, I'll check back later.
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Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
April 23 2010 09:51 GMT
#20
you guys all know that you cant host any custom maps on battle.net, right?

only Blizzard made maps are host-able right now. they said 'in the future,' during the beta test, they'll allow mapmakers to publish maps. until then, nobody can play your maps.
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MorroW
Profile Joined August 2008
Sweden3522 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-23 10:01:36
April 23 2010 10:00 GMT
#21
awesome work man

here r some things u could fix for better play
- the ridges r kinda tight where they merge with the sidecliffs and the middle
- in the backdoor i think it would be a better idea just to use 1 destructible rock and tighten up that whole place. i think its a bad idea to use neutral terran buildings now when blizzard intentionally made rocks for us

and if u have extra time
- decoration

i think u could add 2 more gas in middle or double up the max gas in those 2 to 5k

On April 23 2010 18:38 IdrA wrote:
why, of all maps, would you pick this one

haha hbr was my favorite map in sc1, even tho it was rly hard tvp sometimes. i miss sc1
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CheAse
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada919 Posts
April 23 2010 10:02 GMT
#22
good work XD looks pretty good
SCV good to go sir
Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
April 23 2010 19:08 GMT
#23
Update! Been working on it some more for a while. Check OP for a list of changes.
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Right now, all I need to do is tweak some terrain and improve aesthetics.
I tried the Blinking across the wall into the main for Stalkers, it didn't work.

I also attempted to emulate the high-ground mechanics of SC1 for this map (line-of-sight blockers, etc.) but to no avail.

you guys all know that you cant host any custom maps on battle.net, right?

yeah I know, it saddens me

- the ridges r kinda tight where they merge with the sidecliffs and the middle

-this is the best I can do with the editor regarding the chokes between the ridges and high ground. The editor won't allow me to connect two ramps facing different directions (e.g. one facing southwest and one facing west). Otherwise, the chokes will be much wider for sure.
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GoodCat1
Profile Joined May 2009
Israel266 Posts
April 23 2010 19:10 GMT
#24
ridges are kinda thin..isn't it?
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kickinhead
Profile Joined December 2008
Switzerland2069 Posts
April 23 2010 19:12 GMT
#25
nice - but no highground-advantage sucks big-time... what a bummer... so much potential lost in SC2.
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YunhOLee
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Canada2470 Posts
April 23 2010 19:14 GMT
#26
looks really good, too bad we can't test it out yet, used to love playing this map
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Kralic
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2628 Posts
April 23 2010 19:15 GMT
#27
On April 24 2010 04:12 kickinhead wrote:
nice - but no highground-advantage sucks big-time... what a bummer... so much potential lost in SC2.


Highground has it's advantage early game, that is about it. I find it annoying as hell trying to get vision in someone's base while he has a few ranged units up there.

I am not a big fan of people porting the ICCUP maps to SC2, like many have said new game, new mechanics which will likely mean very imbalanced maps.
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semantics
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
10040 Posts
April 23 2010 19:16 GMT
#28
The problem of sc1 maps is sc2 has cliff walkers bringing a whole nother level to cliff abuse.
Crisium
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1618 Posts
April 23 2010 19:16 GMT
#29
Gas is far too rare in SC2 to have mineral-only expos. I really think "mineral-only" in SC2 should mean 1-gas.
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Shiladie
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada1631 Posts
April 23 2010 19:19 GMT
#30
On April 23 2010 18:44 sheera wrote:
Gj man, but, I'm a bit tired of BW maps converted to SC2.

People dont seem to understand that SC2 is an all new game.
Everyone wants to play it like it was BW, mechanics, maps, units, etc...

Stop that already, plz.

Anyway, good job and nice effort.


You fairly obviously didn't play SC1 very much...
it's almost all nostalgia!
zerglingsfolife
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1694 Posts
April 23 2010 19:21 GMT
#31
It looks beautiful! Nice work!!
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Profile Joined May 2009
United States68 Posts
April 23 2010 19:33 GMT
#32
In my opinion, why make a carbon copy of the map if sc2 isn't a carbon copy of sc1. What I'm getting at is the ring of ramps/high-grounds in the center of the map aren't really necessary without any high ground advantage. Instead you could spice it up a bit maybe. Like for instance the high yield will never get any mining usage since it's so vulnerable. Instead you could make it a full cliff only accessible by a drop, or units that can walk up cliffs, and take out the high ground ring, and replace it with.... maybe some of those (my bad for not knowing how to describe it perfect) areas that you only have vision of when you're inside them, as a replacement for ambushing. And just leave basic ramps leading into the top and bottom expansions. With all of this thrown in there, there'd be a lot more points of interest. And hell, even throw xel'naga towers on opposite sides of that middle expansion so you can overlook the end of the choke leading into the natural. To conclude, with new units and whatnot, why not keep the same base idea for the map, but change it to accommodate properly.
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Profile Joined September 2009
United States1832 Posts
April 23 2010 19:37 GMT
#33
On April 23 2010 18:38 IdrA wrote:
why, of all maps, would you pick this one


LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

We only feel that way cause we played terran. I'm sure the protoss players are loving it =D
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mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
April 23 2010 19:39 GMT
#34
are those boobs above the natural choke at the left expansion?

i see pink boobs, and they're not on the right side.
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h8m
Profile Joined June 2009
United States12 Posts
April 23 2010 19:40 GMT
#35
Nice job on recreating the map and all, but unfortunately this project is fairly useless. As others have posted, without high ground advantage in SC2, all those ramps are essentially useless. That was what made HBR shine, the whole strategy aspect behind positioning your army to abuse the high ground. If there isn't even an advantage on high ground in SC2, why make a 1:1 copy of HBR? Quite a severe waste of time, I'm afraid.

However, you can make this map really awesome if you added more SC2-esque things while maintaining the map layout of HBR. Sort of like HBR updated for SC2. Things like Xel'naga towers in strategic points and removing the ring of ramps in favor of different obstacles are all ways you can make this map updated for SC2.

Good start, but definitely not the right direction with the 1:1 copy. But that's just my opinion.
ComradeDover
Profile Joined November 2009
Bulgaria758 Posts
April 23 2010 19:42 GMT
#36
On April 23 2010 18:22 Uriel_SVK wrote:
I think there should be 4 gas in the middle...
But great work!!!


He put high-yeild gas geysers in the middle. It should be okay.

On April 23 2010 18:51 Zelniq wrote:
you guys all know that you cant host any custom maps on battle.net, right?

only Blizzard made maps are host-able right now. they said 'in the future,' during the beta test, they'll allow mapmakers to publish maps. until then, nobody can play your maps.
go try, you'll fail


Some enterprising individuals have managed to host their custom maps, but it's not easy. It involves replacing blizzard maps in the cache with your custom creations, and all players who want to play the custom map have to do it manually. It's a pain, but it's possible. Check out some of the YouTube videos on the matter.


Overall, great work! How about some Xel Naga watch towers on opposite sides of the middle expansion? Or overlooking the destructable rocks in the corner from the main/natural side?
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barbsq
Profile Joined November 2009
United States5348 Posts
April 23 2010 19:43 GMT
#37
Jeez, people need to lay of the whole 'SC2 is a new game, why making SC1 maps?' thing. The mapmaker is brand new, naturally it's going to take some time to get used to and copying previous work is only going to help improve technical mapmaking skills in this new editor. Good work OP and im looking forward to seeing original works in the future.
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Profile Joined April 2010
Belgium26 Posts
April 23 2010 19:47 GMT
#38
Can we get some ingame screenshots?
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Profile Blog Joined March 2005
Denmark1711 Posts
April 23 2010 19:49 GMT
#39
On April 24 2010 04:33 jewce wrote:
In my opinion, why make a carbon copy of the map if sc2 isn't a carbon copy of sc1. What I'm getting at is the ring of ramps/high-grounds in the center of the map aren't really necessary without any high ground advantage. Instead you could spice it up a bit maybe. Like for instance the high yield will never get any mining usage since it's so vulnerable. Instead you could make it a full cliff only accessible by a drop, or units that can walk up cliffs, and take out the high ground ring, and replace it with.... maybe some of those (my bad for not knowing how to describe it perfect) areas that you only have vision of when you're inside them, as a replacement for ambushing. And just leave basic ramps leading into the top and bottom expansions. With all of this thrown in there, there'd be a lot more points of interest. And hell, even throw xel'naga towers on opposite sides of that middle expansion so you can overlook the end of the choke leading into the natural. To conclude, with new units and whatnot, why not keep the same base idea for the map, but change it to accommodate properly.


Hit the enter key a couple of times. It does wonders for readability.

Nice effort, thought with the lack of highground advantage the play-style of HBR is really going to change. This is purely nostalgia, since I'm not too sure this map would work in high level SC2.
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Profile Joined March 2009
Norway786 Posts
April 23 2010 19:49 GMT
#40
Great work but I think the ridges is going to be a problem because of the high ground settings in starcraft 2, and I have to agree with IdrA, why heartbreak? Make Tau Cross, Puthon or something!
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Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada832 Posts
April 23 2010 19:50 GMT
#41
hey post here too, lets keep this thread alive: Map Design Thread
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Hrrrrm
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2081 Posts
April 23 2010 19:50 GMT
#42
On April 23 2010 18:51 Zelniq wrote:
you guys all know that you cant host any custom maps on battle.net, right?


Where there's a will there's a way.

http://forums.sc2mapster.com/development/map-development/344-play-custom-maps-on-official-battle-net-custom-games/
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ComradeDover
Profile Joined November 2009
Bulgaria758 Posts
April 23 2010 19:52 GMT
#43
I'm holding off judgement as to if the change in the high ground mechanic is good or bad for this map until after we've all had the chance to play on it a ton.
Bring back 2v2s!
Hold-Lurker
Profile Joined October 2007
United States403 Posts
April 23 2010 19:58 GMT
#44
Hmm, can reapers enter the main base at any point?
ComradeDover
Profile Joined November 2009
Bulgaria758 Posts
April 23 2010 20:00 GMT
#45
On April 24 2010 04:58 Hold-Lurker wrote:
Hmm, can reapers enter the main base at any point?


From the looks of things, they only can from the cliff that overlooks the natural, and to do that they'd have to go through a bunch of destructable rocks. This is kind of a shame, since I would have liked to see reapers entering from the top left/bottom right expos.
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Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-23 20:29:47
April 23 2010 20:28 GMT
#46
Yeah, I see where you guys are getting at with the ridges. I will probably place a line of curtains along each ridge and add a couple of xelnaga towers in the middle so that it would fit SC2 gameplay a little more once we can playtest this.
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ComradeDover
Profile Joined November 2009
Bulgaria758 Posts
April 23 2010 20:32 GMT
#47
On April 24 2010 05:28 Snausages wrote:
Yeah, I see where you guys are getting at with the ridges. I will probably place a line of curtains along each ridge and add a couple of xelnaga towers in the middle so that it would fit SC2 gameplay a little more once we can playtest this.


The curtains (By "curtain" I assume you mean the line-of-sight blockers) won't add the miss-chance mechanic that everyone wants so dearly. High ground already blocks line of sight to things that are affected by "curtains" so I don't think that'll be much help. Can't hurt, though.

How about opening up the mains (just slightly!) to reapers? It's a legitimate opening but the map in it's current state discounts it completely.
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Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
April 23 2010 20:35 GMT
#48
On April 23 2010 18:38 IdrA wrote:
why, of all maps, would you pick this one

hahahaha, but the rework of high ground mechanic shouldn't really impact TvP as much in SC2 as it did in BW. Terran also doesn't really go mech anymore too.
G3nXsiS
Profile Joined July 2009
United States656 Posts
April 23 2010 20:36 GMT
#49
Very well made. Thanks for your efforts. Great job.
Hope is the first step on the road to dissapointment
Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-23 20:52:51
April 23 2010 20:50 GMT
#50
On April 24 2010 05:32 ComradeDover wrote:
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On April 24 2010 05:28 Snausages wrote:
Yeah, I see where you guys are getting at with the ridges. I will probably place a line of curtains along each ridge and add a couple of xelnaga towers in the middle so that it would fit SC2 gameplay a little more once we can playtest this.


The curtains (By "curtain" I assume you mean the line-of-sight blockers) won't add the miss-chance mechanic that everyone wants so dearly. High ground already blocks line of sight to things that are affected by "curtains" so I don't think that'll be much help. Can't hurt, though.

How about opening up the mains (just slightly!) to reapers? It's a legitimate opening but the map in it's current state discounts it completely.


I'm toying with curtains right now to see if they do anything.

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Eehhh... dunno.

I will consider opening up a special pathway for reapers.
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3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
April 23 2010 22:18 GMT
#51
GJ man! I love this design of Heart break! It's my favorite map(I'm a zerg and a protoss btw) and I really like the middle expansion! I hope you have fun with this!
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FortuneSyn
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1826 Posts
April 23 2010 23:01 GMT
#52
HBR is sick! Thanks for doing this.
Skygrinder
Profile Joined August 2009
Greece241 Posts
April 23 2010 23:03 GMT
#53
Nice work mate!
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Leoj
Profile Joined January 2010
United States396 Posts
April 23 2010 23:04 GMT
#54
Looks great IMO. =)
MagisterMan
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Sweden525 Posts
April 23 2010 23:11 GMT
#55
On April 23 2010 18:38 IdrA wrote:
why, of all maps, would you pick this one


lol

I agree though. I never liked HBR, but good job making it
Nachos?
Pandonetho
Profile Joined October 2009
Canada321 Posts
April 23 2010 23:41 GMT
#56
Looks great man. I love how the community is always taking the initiative. Always.

Although, it's a shame that everything is vision based now. The huge miss chance advantage of the ridges are gone now, unfortunately.
Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
April 24 2010 04:07 GMT
#57
Hmm, I guess I'm finished with this map now. Check OP for a list of changes.
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Curtains didn't work as well as I thought so I left em out. If Blizzard ever does redo the high-ground mechanics, I'll be happy.

I'll have a download link up sometime later.
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tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19180 Posts
April 24 2010 05:00 GMT
#58
I'm a little annoyed by not being able to reach that high ground above the nat from the back with just an SCV. BWHBR had the mineral patches....arg.
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7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
April 24 2010 10:39 GMT
#59
whoa sweeeet
this was my favourite map and I bet it was the favourite map of many other non-Terran players.
Sweet.
It would be sweeter though if there was a mineral patch you could mine out to sneak in lings etc., just like in the good "old" days :p
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Katkishka
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States657 Posts
April 24 2010 10:45 GMT
#60
This map seems pretty fun for SC2 considering that every race is so mobile now. I think the 1 gas in the (former) min onlies is a nice touch, but maybe the gas for the bottom left and top right expoes should be put on the other side of the minerals? (ie left side for bottom left, right side for bottom right)
the way they're set up now kinda makes it a little bit easier to defend workers IMO, even though you can go behind the minerals.
tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19180 Posts
April 24 2010 13:56 GMT
#61
Do Longinus next :>
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Luca
Profile Joined July 2009
United Kingdom47 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-24 14:04:50
April 24 2010 14:04 GMT
#62
I think these maps need to have an exact replica in sc2 and then a version that has been modified to suit sc2. I don't mean only 1 geyser at each patch but you get what i mean, then people can see how the games changed.

Edit: Great job btw :D
Elaeli
Profile Joined July 2009
Germany62 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-24 14:14:19
April 24 2010 14:07 GMT
#63
IMO, you should really turn the 9 and 3 o'clock ridges to how they are in the original. They aren't aligned well to the normal walking path and the entrances to the middle area are way off; if you control the top or bottom of the center, you do not have control of both lane access points, only of one.

Oh, and there should be 4 geysers at mid, there were 2 in the original and you want to encourage ppl to get mid by providing the most needed resource, which is gas, not mins. Else noone would even consider taking it.
Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-24 18:19:27
April 24 2010 18:18 GMT
#64
Map is up for download! Check first post for link and have fun!

On April 24 2010 14:00 tofucake wrote:
I'm a little annoyed by not being able to reach that high ground above the nat from the back with just an SCV. BWHBR had the mineral patches....arg.

whoa sweeeet
this was my favourite map and I bet it was the favourite map of many other non-Terran players.
Sweet.
It would be sweeter though if there was a mineral patch you could mine out to sneak in lings etc., just like in the good "old" days

The 0-mineral patches do not work in SC2; that's why they're not in. I can put in 1-mineral patches, but that's just obnoxious.

IMO, you should really turn the 9 and 3 o'clock ridges to how they are in the original. They aren't aligned well to the normal walking path and the entrances to the middle area are way off; if you control the top or bottom of the center, you do not have control of both lane access points, only of one.

Oh, and there should be 4 geysers at mid, there were 2 in the original and you want to encourage ppl to get mid by providing the most needed resource, which is gas, not mins. Else noone would even consider taking it.

Ramps can only run in 8 directions, hence the ridges aren't exactly like they were in Brood War.

I put two rich geysers in mid. I think that's enough for now.

This map seems pretty fun for SC2 considering that every race is so mobile now. I think the 1 gas in the (former) min onlies is a nice touch, but maybe the gas for the bottom left and top right expoes should be put on the other side of the minerals? (ie left side for bottom left, right side for bottom right)
the way they're set up now kinda makes it a little bit easier to defend workers IMO, even though you can go behind the minerals.

I see what you mean. Done.
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coltrane
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Chile988 Posts
April 24 2010 21:21 GMT
#65
Dont anyone else tham me think that could be interesting having nats with only one geyser?

Why all of you stay on 2 for every base? doesnt make sense to me.
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Medzo
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States627 Posts
April 24 2010 21:25 GMT
#66
On April 25 2010 06:21 coltrane wrote:
Dont anyone else tham me think that could be interesting having nats with only one geyser?

Why all of you stay on 2 for every base? doesnt make sense to me.


Cause gas heavy builds usually require 4-6 geysers.
Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-24 21:29:16
April 24 2010 21:28 GMT
#67
Updated. Did a minor tweak in terrain. New overviews posted.
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blahman3344
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2015 Posts
April 24 2010 21:30 GMT
#68
wow, good job man!
its awesome to see sc1 maps being made into sc2 maps
the only thing is how will the dynamics play out with everything that has been added and removed in sc2
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ComradeDover
Profile Joined November 2009
Bulgaria758 Posts
April 24 2010 21:32 GMT
#69
How about opening a tiny hole between the mains and the topleft/bottom right for reapers? Right now the bases are completely airtight.

And how about a couple of watchtowers above the naturals overlooking the destructible rocks in the corners?
Bring back 2v2s!
Simple
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States801 Posts
April 24 2010 21:40 GMT
#70
nice work

i like seeing sc2 conversions of sc1 maps. obv, the gameplay is going to be totally different with the new mechanics, but its always nice seeing a new representation of it
Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-24 21:49:57
April 24 2010 21:46 GMT
#71
On April 25 2010 06:32 ComradeDover wrote:
How about opening a tiny hole between the mains and the topleft/bottom right for reapers? Right now the bases are completely airtight.

And how about a couple of watchtowers above the naturals overlooking the destructible rocks in the corners?

Why do you like reapers so much? o_o

Watchtowers near rocks are unnecessary. Pylon/Missile Turret/Overlord is sufficient. Even a worker provides enough vision.
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Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17274 Posts
April 24 2010 21:48 GMT
#72
There's actually a feature in the editor that will automatically port legacy maps to SC2. It currently has issues with importing textures, but once the editor gets updated it will only take one button to port maps over, then minor editing (e.g. adding gas).
twitch.tv/cratonz
Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
April 24 2010 21:52 GMT
#73
On April 25 2010 06:48 Craton wrote:
There's actually a feature in the editor that will automatically port legacy maps to SC2. It currently has issues with importing textures, but once the editor gets updated it will only take one button to port maps over, then minor editing (e.g. adding gas).

Yeah, I'm aware of this feature. If what you say is true and they are improving it, I might use it to save time. Right now, it is horrid.
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Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-24 22:21:17
April 24 2010 22:19 GMT
#74
Another update. Sorry about all this, guys, this should be the last update I make until playtesting.

Also, can a mod remove the [WIP] tag from my title?
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ComradeDover
Profile Joined November 2009
Bulgaria758 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-24 23:26:29
April 24 2010 23:22 GMT
#75
On April 25 2010 06:46 Snausages wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 25 2010 06:32 ComradeDover wrote:
How about opening a tiny hole between the mains and the topleft/bottom right for reapers? Right now the bases are completely airtight.

And how about a couple of watchtowers above the naturals overlooking the destructible rocks in the corners?

Why do you like reapers so much? o_o

Watchtowers near rocks are unnecessary. Pylon/Missile Turret/Overlord is sufficient. Even a worker provides enough vision.


It just bothers me that one of my favorite TvX openings is completely impossible on your version of HBR. I can accept that some maps are good for reapers and some maps are less good, but on this current HBR the fast-reaper opening is next to worthless.

A small sliver is all it would take. 1 or 2 hexes at the very edge of the top/bottom cliffs on either main to be eaten away. I'd even take another tiny sliver in the cliff toward the middle, but that might be pushing it a little bit. Reapers aren't bad at all when you're prepared for them and they're super-easy to shut down when you know where they're going to be coming from. I can accept HBR being a reaper-unfriendly map, but I'd just like to see their use possible. Anything otherwise is kind of bad form and very un-SC2like.

On April 25 2010 06:48 Craton wrote:
There's actually a feature in the editor that will automatically port legacy maps to SC2. It currently has issues with importing textures, but once the editor gets updated it will only take one button to port maps over, then minor editing (e.g. adding gas).


The textures aren't the problem. The problem is it doesn't read cliffs at all and instead tries to use the height tool. It leaves a lot to be desired.
Bring back 2v2s!
Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
April 24 2010 23:45 GMT
#76
I came up with an idea on how to make reaper openings more plausible for this map, but I have to see if anyone else wants the change.
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Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
April 24 2010 23:51 GMT
#77
What is the idea?
Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-25 00:11:29
April 24 2010 23:58 GMT
#78
On April 25 2010 08:51 Froadac wrote:
What is the idea?

[image loading]

Basically make the region colored in orange accessible.

EDIT: Goddammit. Forgot to put back start locations. Reuploaded.
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s2pid_loser
Profile Joined March 2010
United States699 Posts
April 25 2010 00:07 GMT
#79
is this the map where hyung joon was made a heart sign out of pylons by his mbc friend?
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tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19180 Posts
April 25 2010 00:27 GMT
#80
That was Fighting Spirit, iirc
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Freezy3
Profile Joined March 2010
New Zealand68 Posts
April 25 2010 00:44 GMT
#81

On April 24 2010 14:00 tofucake wrote:
The 0-mineral patches do not work in SC2; that's why they're not in. I can put in 1-mineral patches, but that's just obnoxious.


I was thinking is there a way to have maybe a neutral refinary that all players would be able to get gas from? And then limit the amount of minerals you can take from the mineral patch and do the gas to minerals like 15/16 times each so you could do it within one full waypoint queue.
Just a suggestion, maybe could be applied.
Retsukage
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1002 Posts
April 25 2010 03:27 GMT
#82
this map was one of my favorites in bw great to see such a remake in sc2
To change is to improve, to change often is to be perfect - Winston Chruchill
c.Deadly
Profile Joined March 2010
United States545 Posts
April 25 2010 04:59 GMT
#83
I don't know if this has already been brought up, but Drones mine incorrectly from the bottom left expansion. They go around to reach the back left mineral patch instead of mining it from the south side, facing the hatchery. This mineral formation (only one "square" available for the drone to fit) doesn't seem to work in SC2 - something to keep in mind for other map makers.
ComradeDover
Profile Joined November 2009
Bulgaria758 Posts
April 25 2010 05:01 GMT
#84
On April 25 2010 08:58 Snausages wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 25 2010 08:51 Froadac wrote:
What is the idea?

[image loading]

Basically make the region colored in orange accessible.

EDIT: Goddammit. Forgot to put back start locations. Reuploaded.


I guess that would be fine. It's something, and that's better than nothing.
Bring back 2v2s!
NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
April 25 2010 05:05 GMT
#85
On April 23 2010 18:38 IdrA wrote:
why, of all maps, would you pick this one

lol.. love to see you do better, he did a great job regardless of the map.
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Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
April 25 2010 05:12 GMT
#86
On April 25 2010 13:59 c.Deadly wrote:
I don't know if this has already been brought up, but Drones mine incorrectly from the bottom left expansion. They go around to reach the back left mineral patch instead of mining it from the south side, facing the hatchery. This mineral formation (only one "square" available for the drone to fit) doesn't seem to work in SC2 - something to keep in mind for other map makers.

Ah, I see it, thanks for pointing out.

I was thinking is there a way to have maybe a neutral refinary that all players would be able to get gas from? And then limit the amount of minerals you can take from the mineral patch and do the gas to minerals like 15/16 times each so you could do it within one full waypoint queue.
Just a suggestion, maybe could be applied.

Workers can't mine from neutral refineries, but good suggestion.
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Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
April 25 2010 16:14 GMT
#87
Updated the map again. Last update for real this time before testing.
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MuffinDude
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3837 Posts
April 25 2010 16:17 GMT
#88
Did you change the mineral patch backdoor to destructable rock backdoor?
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Gibybo
Profile Joined May 2007
United States229 Posts
April 25 2010 16:22 GMT
#89
DL link doesn't work, help
Snausages
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States529 Posts
April 25 2010 16:25 GMT
#90
On April 26 2010 01:17 MuffinDude wrote:
Did you change the mineral patch backdoor to destructable rock backdoor?

It's been like that for a while now, please read the rest of my posts for clarification.

DL link fixed
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HudsonK
Profile Joined December 2009
China172 Posts
April 25 2010 16:29 GMT
#91
this map looks tight. :D
Nal_rAwr
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2611 Posts
April 25 2010 16:36 GMT
#92
great job

but i thinks its weird because the whole point of heartbreak ridge was to use the ridges (because in BW, there was high ground advantage)

kind of useless in SC2 with no high ground advantage

but still other than that its great!
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Rkie
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1278 Posts
April 25 2010 16:57 GMT
#93
umm where would i put the map at? i can't find any map folders...
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