Yes, there are two sets of rocks on each bridge that leads to the enemy base. I assume I will probably end up taking it out, but I wanted to experiment with it. As of now reapers can't take that path, but I feel that singling out one unit is unfair. Other than reapers it would take units quite a bit of time to get through 2 sets of rocks, and it should be much easier to just take the main path.

peckham33

United States267 Posts

May 03 2010 04:41 GMT

#302

how much time you spend on that map!!!! it looks great (sure you are a first timer)

Gaius Baltar

United States449 Posts

May 03 2010 06:01 GMT

#303

Maginor, the water doesn't actually rise and fall, I just decreased the terrain height ever so slightly on the north face of the island. I have a suspicion that it may take trigger work in order to make tides rise and fall, perhaps causing the map to lose melee status.

CagedMind, I intentionally made it difficult to push straight through the middle since there are the other options of pushing through the gold mineral expansions and even going all the way around the cliffs to the natural ramp. Even if the center of the map proved extremely difficult to cross, you would have the same turtling advantage as your opponent. There are also many spots for early proxies to bypass confrontation by the cliffs in the middle, and the cliffs don't affect air units, reapers, colossus, stalkers with blink, drops, nydus worms, etc. So I don't the center design breaks the map.

Still, I am considering some revisions to the middle and/or connecting the beaches all the way around. I'm not sure which option, including the original version, scores the best balance between defender's advantage and abundance of attack paths.

One possible variation would be Rising Tides v1.0b:

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What do you think?

kickinhead

Switzerland2069 Posts

May 03 2010 06:22 GMT

#304

I have a question?

How do you actually PLAY those Maps on SC2?..........

Schryver

United States29 Posts

May 03 2010 07:50 GMT

#305

On May 03 2010 15:22 kickinhead wrote:
I have a question?

How do you actually PLAY those Maps on SC2?..........

http://forums.sc2mapster.com/general/general-chat/646-tool-sc2-custom-map-patcher/
Use this supposedly.

NastyMarine

United States1252 Posts

May 03 2010 10:20 GMT

#306

(2)Korhal Cove
Two Players: 9 and 6 o'clock
BETA Design

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Comments/Criticism appreciated.

Decoration hasn't been mirrored nor is it complete. There is something wrong with the symmetry at the moment so I still need to tweak the terrain. There are three Watchtowers: One located at one the 1 oclock cliffside, overlooking the Bridge. There are also two located near the center ridge/valley.

dimfish

United States663 Posts

May 03 2010 16:17 GMT

#307

Two new melee maps:

(2) Pisa
What's going on with the main choke here? Zesty!
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(2) Boiling Point
It's like you have 2 naturals, sort of.
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And notice you can advance around the view of the watchtowers--we can't let these things be too good (I'm starting to think Blizzard's Lost Temple should be renamed "Man The Crow's Nest")

And an updated version of a map I've already posted, because sadly the original map file became corrupted. (P.S. Mappers, if you have a map you are in love with, make a separate back-up copy of it to avoid corrupted data!) I like the layout better this time around.

(2) Curtain
Yeah, that's a line of LoS-blockers all the way across the top of the map--let's encourage some clever troop maneuvers instead of "walk to enemy base for fighting now." You can punish the unwary doing that on this map.
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Superouman

France2195 Posts

May 03 2010 17:16 GMT

#308

nice job with the symetry nasty, this kind of symetry will be easier in SC2 since it's not isometrical terrain anymore =]

blasted

United States11 Posts

May 03 2010 17:37 GMT

#309

On May 03 2010 13:41 peckham33 wrote:
how much time you spend on that map!!!! it looks great (sure you are a first timer)

I spent over 25 hours on it :x Although a lot of that time was spent trying to figure out how to do one thing for several hours. And I assure you this is my first rts map

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

May 03 2010 18:20 GMT

#310

ty muchly meta and ryu

NastyMarine

United States1252 Posts

May 03 2010 20:31 GMT

#311

On May 04 2010 02:16 ProTosS4EveR wrote:
nice job with the symetry nasty, this kind of symetry will be easier in SC2 since it's not isometrical terrain anymore =]

the boundaries are fucking wierd tho. THe left side of the map is off by like two small grids. for some reason when i use snap to grid, the selection that I copy/paste is always a few grids wider on one side of the selection. So its throwing me off big time. For some reason it isnt accurate for me.

nomsayin

United States124 Posts

May 03 2010 21:12 GMT

#312

Update for my map...

Map Name: Destination
Author: nomsayin
Version: WIP
D/L: Available soon!

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Update notes:

Fixed the bridges, so units no longer sink into them. Added lots of foliage and doodads. Removed extra mineral patches at mains, moved minerals. Added wind effects. Updated the lighting, created day/night cycle.

Vertigo-1

United States19 Posts

May 04 2010 00:45 GMT

#313

I've been working on my 2v2/1v1/FFA map "Lotus Prime" tirelessly. It's finally almost done. I've spent WAY too much time doing texture work. My anal self wanted to not make the textures symmetrical across the entire level, so I actually textured the whole thing by hand. Hopefully it will come through as a polished level as a result. At least I learned some neat texturing tricks in the process though so I'm glad that I did. I think the evolution of this map is kind of neat, so I'll post the links to the older versions so you can see the process it has went through.

Version 1:
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Version 2:
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Version 3:
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Current:
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Like I said, I've spent way too much time on this level, lol. Hopefully it ends up being fun to play. Through my tests with the (crappy) AI it feels like it will be a good map, but won't know for sure until I test it out with humans (COME ON BLIZZARD).

By the way 2v2 would be played left vs. right side in case it wasn't obvious. Any feedback is much appreciated.

Timmay

United States111 Posts

May 04 2010 13:43 GMT

#314

(8) Ironbound
D/U
WIP
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(2) The Outer Limits
D/U
WIP
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I started Ironbound in case we are allowed to host custom games before 4v4 ladder was introduced. The Outer Limits was an effort to just look different from other maps, while still being functional.

Rut

United States70 Posts

May 04 2010 15:43 GMT

#315

This is my first SC2 map, and of course it's named and slightly themed after the generous donor of my Beta key, Twilight Star.

(2)TwilightStar

Download

The main and natural should be relatively standard, and then you have a choice between going for the normal third, which is protected somewhat by destructible rocks, and the high yield third which can be easily harassed by the high ground. The high yield also has one high yield geyser.

Weeds that obstruct the player's view are located just outside the natural at the beginning of the path leading to the normal third. There are five Xel Naga watch towers: one above the high ground of each natural, one on the high ground in between the third and the very high ground, and one in the middle of the map (which is two tiers high so units have to be dropped there to reach it). The high cliff above the natural is reachable by foot, though it is protected somewhat by the destructible rocks. Theoretically, the natural's high ground should be key to the harass play of the game.

Questions, comments, concerns?

Vertigo-1

United States19 Posts

May 05 2010 02:26 GMT

#316

Here's my latest 1v1 map. It still needs doodads and whatnot but the basic layout is in place. If you could give any feedback that might help improve the balance or any comments at all on it I'd appreciate it. I've drawn white lines where there are line of sight blockers since the picture doesn't make it very obvious.

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Also, could anyone tell me how to adjust the lighting? Incineration Zone has a cool heat haze/reddish lighting effect on the map and I can't figure out how to get that effect.

Currently I'm calling it Sweltering Outpost, but I'm not sold on that. If anyone has a better name please do share! (Smoldering Outpost? lol, dunno).

Blackchoas

United States8 Posts

May 05 2010 05:25 GMT

#317

I've been working on a convertion of BGH while my map is complete I seem to be having a problem with the map in which the program insists that its a custom map and not a melee map does anyone no how I can fix this or is willing to help me?

peckham33

United States267 Posts

May 05 2010 05:35 GMT

#318

where is wish? and it considers it custom if you change the units.

fabiano

Brazil4644 Posts

May 05 2010 17:16 GMT

#319

(4) Primeval Spring

Tried to make a very clean and spaced map in the center to allow the players to maneuver and position their huge armies like we used to do in BW.

The terrain under the water in the center is walkable but not buildable (center is not an island).

old
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Angled overrall view
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Entire map
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Center close
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3rd and 4th
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New
-added destructable rocks at the 4ths
-no more lame water in the middle (looks good on ultra, but on low looks really bad. I use low)

Entire map
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