If you want something . . .(No CTF passengers in flying vehicles?)

I wanted to make a map based off of the Halo 3 campaign level "The Covenant". Specifically the section titled "If You Want Something Done Right..."

If you remember Halo 3's campaign, it's the part where you fly the Hornet through heavy Banshee traffic to get to a tower and shut down a beam.

I wanted to make two bases, similar to the towers in the campaign, a good distance from each other along the cliff walls in Forgeworld. The campaign towers seemed ideal for a red and blue base and I thought CTF matches based around flying Falcons and Banshees would be unique and fun.

I was going to use the rocky island where Pinnacle is as a middle area for variety, maybe put a couple of rocket hogs and a wraith there, maybe there could be teleporters from and to each base. Imagine a BTB with dogfights and carnage in the air, a small ground war, and players hectically trying to simultaneously protect and attack cliff based tower-bases that are literally across the map from each other. I know you can only have 16 players at a time. But I thought it was a fun idea.

I thought.

The island where Pinnacle is built is nowhere near the middle of the map, so that was my first disappointment. Oh well, the dog-fighting would still be awesome. And maybe I could figure out some other way to include ground warfare. If not, no major loss, the map is supposed to be based off of a single player campaign that focused on air combat. Still got that.

Right?

Nope. None of the air based vehicles will carry a passenger holding a flag, unless maybe he stands on top of it . . .lame. Oh well again, I guess if anyone wants to run with this idea they can. It might be fun for Slayer, but my bubble's been burst.

 

I'm not really sure how to make Invasion maps. I could probably figure it out, but it's a little intimidating.

I kinda wanted the map to be playable without custom gametypes. But I guess beggars can't be choosers, and this is a solution. Thanks