HSFN / iForge Custom Testing

"Sunday Screams"

Map : Forest of the Dead
Gametype : Flood
Player Count : 16 (Stress Test)
'Short' Description :
Big Team Battle meets infection, the Library from Halo ce but made for infection.

What am I looking for :
"Is it fun" and a "rating out of 20."

 

Hey,

Watched the stream and saw your comments.

• Tried making the cube clamberable but it's not possible to make it entirely clamberable without blocking people from getting on it. However....
• ...Good idea on making the square a diamond, that will make it easier to clamber and traverse for everyone. Will replace the cube soon.
• Will see if lowering it makes access easier.
• There are actually shields for the floor besides the lift shield areas, but when you fell through it in the stream someone had broken it. I'll colour code it back to white so it's more visible, maybe reduce the respawn time.
• You said that there should be better access to the bottom floor from the middle, but actually there are already 2: one from the spawn after jumping past the top lift, and the other is down the hallway next to the one way lift shield.
• The bottom area isn't that interesting; I will see what I can do to make it more so. Perhaps a bigger playing area, multiple pathways on the bottom?

And finally...

• There are actually respawn points all over the map already, but for some reason they aren't being used in game. I'm thinking its the game abiding by the LOS or Danger rules; maybe removing them will change it?

Thanks for the feedback, I will be working on this to make it better.

 

Thanks for playing Tosche Station while I was at practice last night. I got some good feedback and made the following changes to the map:

- Put a lightrifle at the shuttle (where the carbine was)
- Moved carbine to the opposite wall from shuttle on the run up to damage boost
- Added a splinter grenade in mid
- Added two plasma grenades, one on each side of the shuttle platform

I"m hoping adding some more weapons will help move the matches along quicker. I think it doesn't need a ton of changes but I'd like to see the map play with fewer tie rounds. I'll probably keep working on reducing nooks and crannies more to cut down on the amount of hiding spots. Might get rid of that pillar in the back corner too.

Also, I've replaced all of the glass and shields in Data Mine with visible boundaries. The map looks a lot better and I've all but eliminated the frame rate problems. The map plays a lot better now, so feel free to throw that on for a warm up sometime. I wanna make sure the map is free of performance issues.

 

Map Name: Conduit
Short description: A small mostly symmetrical map (terrain differs) with an ancient structure type theme.
Player counts: 4v4
Gametypes: Extermination
Prefered gametype for testing: Extermination
What are you looking for regarding the test? Spawning, map traversal, weapons, balancing, named locations (do they fit and are they able to be learned quick?).

--- Double Post Merged, Feb 17, 2017 ---

I've updated this map to work for Extermination, this includes weapon changes.
Updated Link: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/...honbag69_185d121c-b422-4dc3-96f8-c2d10708e28e

 

For tonight:

Map name: Shulva
Description: based of sanctum city from dark souls 2
Playercount: 4v4
Gametype: extermination
What are you looking for?:
General feedback, size?, Weapons? Etc.
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-gb/...Poppy210_84fe7f9b-91d6-4d1e-bb58-6995958738cb

Map name: Flameless shrine
Desc: AndyLardboy's Firelink shrine from dark souls 3 edited for extermination
Gametype: 4v4 extermination
What I'm looking for?:
Is it too small?, are boundaries clear?, Another other general feedback
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-gb/...Poppy210_8e309735-5eec-4acb-b2e0-cd0d2cfcf800

Map name: High wall
Desc: currently in semi blockout. Based of high wall in dark souls 3
Gametype: 4v4 extermination
What I'm looking for?:
General feedback, size?, Weapons? Etc.
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-gb/...Poppy210_82402e1a-bf5b-4ba2-8e33-4c505ecf8842

Thanks
-GrayishPoppy210 (iforge)

I won't be on halo alot at the moment because of GCSEs but I'll still try to respond to any feedback I receive

 

I have 3 maps I would like to playtest. The Core Section of 4v4 maps.

Map 1: Helix- Gamemode- King of the Hill
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/...rbiter42_c4fd422c-f081-417f-bd59-3731ed37fd88
Description-Opened up facilities get shut down due to extreme weather for untold centries, leaving a permenant mark in UNSC Data Bases.

What I am looking for?- Well I want to see if theres Framrate, Spawning Issuses, and Weapon Placement.
Map 2: Quake- Gamemode- Slayer
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/...rbiter42_e47df8f5-0bd3-4942-896d-3d2dec8b9ffb
Description-Truth be told, set Relics really identify what Forerunners can do. (IMPROVED Version of Flux)

What am I looking for?- Gameplay Changes, Framrate, Spawning, and Lighting Fixes
Map 3: Cycle- Gamemode- Strongholds
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/...rbiter42_189bc99d-2171-433c-b427-36ae94fb0465
Description-Retaining the same feel the original locations had, this spot was known for greatness of view and verticality.

What am I Looking for?- Spawning, Framerate Issues, Spawning Issues, Replay Value, and Gameplay Changes
Thank you for taking the time to reading this and Happy Playtesting! -Goldarbiter42

 

I will start the corny customs in little over an hour and I'll be testing 4v4 core and extermination. If you want to join the lobby send me a msg saying "corny customs" (my gt is ImDahUnicorn) and if you want to watch the testing during or after the testing I'll be streaming it on my twitch with the same name as my gt.

 

Here's the feedback from the corny customs 18/02​

Note: During the lobby I streamed the entire process, however, as I'm sort of a noob on twitch I didn't realize I had to turn on so my streams are saved, so the entire 2,5 hours stream isn't saved (too bad cause I hit some pretty sick snapshots ). Because of that i will try to go more in depth on the feedback here in the post. (I'm sorry for any inconvenience)

Thanks to:

• Goldarbiter42
• WoolySole584
• ThisIsNotTheNSA
• Shaady2
• X SLOTH X
• spartan blood 1
• The222v
• RiceCrispyKillr
• HaloFanDave1

for being in the lobby helping me test the maps as well as giving feedback.

We played for about 2,5 hours we didn't even have the time to play all maps (I will try to make another lobby for those, or start with them in the next lobby if I don't have the time to make another lobby).

Here's the maps we played and their feedback:
(we played coremaps first then Exterminationmaps)

Soulrift by Ascend Hyperion

• Players didn't feel like there was a real insentive to go down in bottom mid where OS spawns, except for the OS.
• Some deathpits can be a bit unclear on the map, one being the by upper lane going towards Fuel Rod spawn.
• Even though I thought it was fine it's worth noting that some players were doubtful about where the Fuel Rod and OS spawns.

Otherwise the maps looked and played solid


Controlled by xMalevolution

• Replace the propipe with a plasmacaster, rocket launcher or a normal grenade launcher.
• When looking across the map there could sometimes be hard to see any depth in the map, throwing some players off.
• There was a hallway behind the sniperspawn that was connected to the sniperspawn, however that connection was hard to see. I myself only realized it was there until we were in the second half of the game. If you could make it more visible so people realize it's there that would be great.
• Some players thought the sentinelbeam was unnecessary.

Otherwise the map played good and people didn't have any direct issues orientating themselves.


Corrupted by Fl4ndersNed

• The map could use a bit more ways to orientate players.
• The bottom 2 layers are not needed, or used. Taking those away would probably make the map play better.
• The spawns need more work. We would almost without fail only spawn in our bases, and if we didn't there was this one spawnpoint we'd spawn on in the bottom layer.

The map was very interesting though and with some changes it could probably play pretty good.


Calypso by PharmaGangsta1

• There was some framerate on the map, most of it was by the Charlie stronghold, and a bit by Barvo.

Other than that the map played good and we had a good time on it.


We played 2 more core maps but since the creator was in the lobby he got the feedback directly and I won't write it down here.


Firewall (was named exterm beta 2 when we played it...) by Mr Deliciousman

We didn't really have anything negative to say about it, it played good in our opinions.


Helheim by Pat Sounds

• The map needs more safe spawns as there was a lot of spawnkilling and in general, a lot of spawns close to enemies.
• Spawns in the pit would be nice as both safe spawns and just in general giving the game the option to spawn you somewhere else than where you have the spawns right now.
• The yellow door (as we called it) in the middle going towards the damage boost could be made going through a bit easier, as a lot of players had issues trying to go through.

The map looked really good though and except the issues I just pointed out it played good.


Tumbleweed by Pat Sounds

• The map feels flat (best word/way to describe it) when playing it.

Other than that the map looked really good and played good, it just had that feeling...


Tosche Station by Pat Sounds

• might need some sort of chokepoint or it needs to be smaller as players keep running in circles, the so called donut syndrome

The map aesthetics look really good though, and the weaponlayout was solid.


Those were the maps we had time to test.


Maps we never got around to were:

The Drumhead by Pat Sounds

Conduit by shonbag69

shulva by GrayishPoppy210

flameless shrine by GrayishPoppy210

Obsidian by OverlordRaven91

Malachite by OverlordRaven91


Note: i did not pick any maps over another to test, except coremaps over exterminationmaps as there were so many exterminationmaps. I simply played them in the order they were submitted to the thread. (Soulrift being the first 4v4 to be submitted)

If you have any questions regarding the feedback feel free to send me a message over on xbox.

 

Yo, I really appreciate this super detailed feedback post. I tried to scope the stream but like you said it was missing. This more than makes up for it! I'll see what I can do to address your feedback here, and hopefully fix most of the issues. Thanks a bunch for testing them.

 

I'm glad you find the post useful, I spent 2 hours making sure I didn't get anything wrong... (and to play around with the colors lol)

 

Is Sunday Screams still a thing? Because I've been waiting for Brusky to jump on and invite me for testing but have yet to see anything. Did I miss something. Or is Sunday Screams happening on a different day due to some circumstances.. idk..

 

It's still a thing, just gonna be a little late

 

Hey,

I've been working on a much better version of the map that makes the bottom area more usable and also provides a lot more orientation. However, I've been having problems with waypoint and the map does not appear there.

Just to make sure, did the map have an orange coloured skybox or a grey coloured skybox? The grey coloured one with stairs from spawn is the new one.


Also, I have no idea why but all spawns expect the spawn are being ignored. I have respawn points all around the map but the map chooses to only use the spawn ones.

 

tbh I can't remember, I was gonna go in and look now but it's no longer visible :/

 

RiP

 

Probably should just buy it digital then...