Hey there, I'm still having some troubles "understanding" spawns on my two maps. How do I use those spawn-volumes in the best way? For slayer and Strongholds I placed some neutral ones all over the map. For CTF I set them to not letting the opposing team spawn next to the flag at all. That's it? How about those priorities? And how many respawn-thingies do I need? Perhaps some of you can take a look at our maps and give me some detailed advise? Olympus Grizzly Thanks for your help!
I mean you can set up the spawns however you want, really. But you can look at some of the 343 maps and see how they set their spawns up to get an idea of what is typical. : )
How do I use those spawn-volumes in the best way? It's usually best if the Spawn Volumes are used ONLY when necessary. You will need one neutral respawn zone that covers the entire map. For slayer and Strongholds I placed some neutral ones all over the map. You probably don't need to use any spawn volumes at all. Just let the engine do its thing. For CTF I set them to not letting the opposing team spawn next to the flag at all. You will need to utilize spawn volumes to make sure that players spawn on the correct side of the map on CTF. It's also usually good to have specific respawn zones for when a flag is away from home. Unfortunately, I haven't actually setup CTF yet in H5, so I can't give you any of the specific details of how to do so. Hopefully someone else will chime in. How about those priorities? I recommend not touching the spawn priorities at all. And how many respawn-thingies do I need? This can vary a lot. Personally, I usually end up with 4-8 respawns per player (a 4v4 map would be around 32-64). To be honest though, it's not something I really pay attention to. I just try to sprinkle them around in clusters of 2-4 in areas that make sense.
Only ONE neutral volume? :O I never thought that way. But I can try. The unfortunate thing ist, it's hard to find enough players for a good BTB match. So it's difficult to me to test those things an see what works best, because I kinda only have one shot for a match every week :/ Is there any chance to gather some of you besides Friday Night Testing, just to play my maps?
Yes, one is all you need. It's only purpose is to guarantee that players spawn inside the map, rather than outside of it. As I mentioned later, you can sometimes use additional spawn zones for sided gametypes like CTF and Assault. For asymmetrical gametypes like Slayer and Strongholds though, you don't need any additional spawn volumes. You can always load up maps from the BTB playlist in Forge to see how they're setup. That might be helpful for you. Every map will end up being a little bit different, but it would give you a basic idea of how to setup your map.