Sandbox Equitable

Discussion in 'Halo 3 Competitive Maps' started by iTzSilverandrew, Sep 13, 2009.

  1. iTzSilverandrew

    iTzSilverandrew Ancient
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    Description
    A city of old, deserted from rebel insurgents. Then from invasion of the covanent, turned battle ground. Equitable, originally named Elysium, is a fast paced, fully symmetrical map with multiple choke points, tactical jumps and lines of sight.
    Plays best with Teams of 4-6 and with Objective Gametypes.
    Best GT: CTF/Assult
    Rest: Team Slayer, Team KotH, Oddball, Territories

    This map has been one of my best, and has gone through 3 complete remakes, not to mention many hours of tweaking and testing.
    Support my map in ATLAS!
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    Layout
    It features a highway on one side of the map for a quick height-advantage assult on the other base. Rockets also spawn in the middle of the bridge, be careful you don't get sniped.
    The Neutral Objective spawns in-between the 'Entrance' Towers (middle), where there is a missile pod.
    Each base consists of a Tower where the Objective spawns.



    A single two-story building makes up the other side. The first floor leads into mauler room, where there is a window that you can -barely- jump through.
    Each side is connected through a hallway, in the middle of which is a lift leading to the second floor courtyard.



    The Second Floor starts with Sniper Hallway to a Y-Junction, one side leading into the open courtyard and the other bringing you into a CQC Hallway behind the Lift Structure in the middle of the second floor.



    In the Tunnel(under courtyard) is a bubble shield.



    Weapons
    Amount-Weapon-Respawn
    12xBattle Rifle x20
    2xCarbine x30
    2xMauler x60
    4xSMG x60
    2xSniper Rifle x180
    1x Rockets x150
    1x Missile Pods x180
    1xOvershield x180
    1xBubble Shield x120
    2xWarthog x180
    2xMongoose x30
    14xPlasma Grenades x20-30


    Red Base
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    Blue Base
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    Inside First Floor
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    View from tunnel of First Floor
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    Base Entrance to Second Floor
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    Overhead of Second Floor Hall and Courtyard
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    Second View
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    Front of Base
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    Looking out from the base
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    #1 iTzSilverandrew, Sep 13, 2009
    Last edited: Feb 19, 2010
  2. physcopirahna6

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    A h sweet map yeh it was called Elysium it looked good then, now that it's finished I say awesome job

    Anyways good map I like it good forging well done

    XD
     
    #2 physcopirahna6, Sep 13, 2009
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  3. Joe is Outside

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    You should always take the screenshots of your maps in costum games, it will look better
     
  4. ONeill117

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    i really like the look of this map, most sandbox maps looks a bit the same but this looks unique and original, I especially like the weapon placement and the highway. Good job
     
  5. Meteor

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    Looks like a great design and well constructed. Only one thing that frustrates me; those two pillars on each side of the central area (one upside down and one normal). They look like they were just thrown there without much thought and I can see no real use for them other than some weak cover.
     
  6. iTzSilverandrew

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    Thanks for the feedback guys

    @Meteor They are for some basic cover, and to give less room to the warthog. I hit the object limit and have no money left, ($2) so thats most I could do to balance cover and object size to limit warthog space. They actually play pretty well for being basic.. more then once we've had a struggle for the flag around those plats. They may look simple but they work.

    Map updated-
    I added territories as a supported gametype and did some minor aesthetic tweaking (mainly red base Obj tower was z fighting, some other spots on the ground do it but those i didnt fix, cant even, ..still if your looking at the ground your doing it wrong!)
     
    #6 iTzSilverandrew, Sep 15, 2009
    Last edited: Sep 15, 2009
  7. Eyeless Sid

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    Yes thats right I did test this. I didn't have any real issues with it and I liked that it was a large map but it had enough cover and structures spread out well enough that you didn't notice it. The midlestructure halways remind me of the pit and how close combat mixes in with long lines of site [rockect hallway on the pit] . This lead to some good grenade action which I like , I love boucing nades of walls. The main part of the map which some might neglect is the overpass highway which is a key position to hold on this map. If you hold the highground you will have a great advantage on this map. I had no issues with spawns or weapon lacement so overall its a good map.
     
  8. i can forge

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    Good map, nice Geo merging and interlocking. The base designs are pretty good, i really like the side bases. Those look really nice.. good weapon layout and good placement of things.. keep up the good forging.
     
  9. iTzSilverandrew

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    Thanks for the feedback guys :)

    This was pre-ghost merging also so the geomerging was a ***** with the ramps to the bridge. did it at least for an hour retrying it to get it even. lol
     
  10. Prophet Opeth

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    Hey Andrew, you obviously know why I'm here lol. Great map, smooth interlocking and geomerging makes this map pleasing to the eye. Gameplay was great and fast paced.

    Oh and don't listen to Joe, he obviously doesn't realise that the only way to show spawns is in forge.
     
  11. iTzSilverandrew

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    Thank for the post Prophet, worked my ass off with the interlocking/geomergin.
    =P

    One thing I kinda want to aim for is like you said, fast paced gameplay where you're always in the action, but not getting spawn killed. :)
     

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