Sandbox Shifting Sand

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  1. Sitri

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    Shifting Sand Version 2

    Shifting Sand V2
    4-10 Player Slayer/CTF/Assault
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    Shifting Sand was my very first serious forged map that I put a lot of pride, time, and effort into. It isn't perfectly forged, but it is the best I am going to make it. The main purpose for the map was that I wanted a map that I could call my own, and I just decided to make a symmetrical map.
    Overview
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    Red Side
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    Blue Side
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    Weapon/Equipment List:

    • Battle Rifle x2
    • Magnum x6
    • SMG x4
    • Mauler x1
    • Brute Shot x1
    • Plasma Rifle x2
    • Spiker x2
    • Sniper x2
    • Sentinel Beam x1
    • Mongoose x2
    • Deployable Cover x1
    • Spike Grenade x4

    Symmetrical Sections
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    Base's Weapons
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    Front Of Each Base
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    Shifting Sand is primarily used for 2v2 to 5v5 slayer, CTF, or one bomb, although it may support more, I haven't tested it with more than 10 people yet. The map is also based loosely off of Blood Gulch, with the caves and sniper-oriented bases.

    Points Of Interest
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    Red Cave
    Leads to Brute Shot Spawn
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    Brute Shot Spawn
    With camping trap
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    Sentinel Beam Spawn
    On top of Blue Mountain
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    Neutral Cave
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    Sniper Spawn
    On top of each base
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    The reasoning of the fusion coils in the Brute Shot spawn is so that players do not camp the area.

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    Any and all criticism is appreciated and considered, as long as it is constructive.
     
    #1 Sitri, May 15, 2010
    Last edited: May 19, 2010
  2. cluckinho

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    I love how there's no sand but okay, first off there's just not enough in it to be complete. What you do have looks fairly nice, but I can't say I'm a fan of your 'camping trap' just because it isn't very aesthetically pleasing to be honest. May I suggest adding just a sortive back door? Anyways good job and try to work on a second version
     
  3. PatchworkZombie

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    This map does seem very empty. There is a massive area in the top left of the first picture that just doesn't have anything in it. You should go back and spend a few more hours depleting your budget and objects and filling up the map more.
     
  4. Sitri

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    Thanks for the advice, I recently started a V2, i got rid of the camping traps, and I added in different routes for the sniper and brute shot spawns. Right now, I'm working on merging most of the elements, so the map looks a lot cleaner, and I'll see what I can do to fill the map up a bit more.
     
  5. GFORCE137

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    It's not as astheseticly pleasing as the par maps featured on our site here. Nice post though. Keep on forging.
     
  6. Sitri

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    working on the astetics currently, then I am off to fill up more of the map
     
  7. Em0srawk

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    Oh no! My map idea name!!! Oh well nice looking map, good idea with anti camp traps overall it looks pretty nice! Could do with smoothing off and filling up though...
     
    #7 Em0srawk, May 17, 2010
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  8. Sitri

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    Updated it quite a bit, it still isn't 100% complete, but it is more presentable now.
     

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