Uh....I have only made territory maps, KOTH maps and slayer maps before. SO this will be my first invasion map. I need help finetuning my idea. Here's my idea Phase 1: Elites start on a boat and the only way to get to the shore is by mongoose. The elites have grenades and a nade launcher along with a fuel rod gun. They must take one of the spartans 3 trenches. Two elites may stay back because there are 2 focus rifles. The spartans start in a tower just a short distance from the trenches. 2 spartans are already in the farthest trench. Each trench has DMRs and the tower contains a sniper and 2 mongooses. There is fireteam spawning (right) so fireteam one can respawn in the closest trench, fireteam 2 can respawn in middle trench and 3 resapwns in furthest trench. They can also spawn in the tower. Each trench has a territory so 3 choices for the elites. Phase 2: The elites now have the trench and tower. The elites now have a plasma launcher along with concussion rifles and plasma pistols. The spartans now have a vehicle blockade. The weapons are to counter this. The elites also have a bomb to deliver to the vehicle garage. To assist in this the elites have a revenant. The spartans vehicle blockade consists of a warthog (normal) and a scorpion. The spartans also have nade launchers and DMRs. A door spawns 3 minutes in to porotect the main base and the door will stay for the rest of the game respawning every 3 minutes Phase 3: The elites have a base made in the ruins of the garage. They must deliver another bomb to the bases control room (which is in the center as the base will have a layout similar to high ground. I loved that map) so they can DESTROY IT! They may also deliver it to the base's toxic waste pipeline. The spartans no longer have there scorpion and only have 2 falcons remaining. The elites have a banshee and many CQB weapons including a sword. The elites also have a revenant to deliver the bomb. Spartans make their last stand with an MG turret, A laser, 2 snipers and many ARs with frags. I need help so I can know how to make it so things like weapons and vehicles only appear in 1 phase. Some friends said it needs balancing work! I also don't know how to set up the bomb. Plus would this work? Phase 1 has purple and next-gen to give a night effect. Phase 2-3 have just next-gen to give a cloudy day lighting effect. Please help!!!
Here's an Invasion guide on how to set up Invasion. Just in case you need it. Bungie.net : Invasion + Forge! : 9/16/2010 9:09 AM PDT Now to set up your weapons and vehicles for individual phases, all you have to do is change their spawning sequence for that phase and change the gametype label to like "INV_WEAPON" or "INV_VEHICLE". And if your friends are telling you that there are some balancing issues, ask them what's wrong, and what needs to be fixed. Finally, in the event that none of my advice helped, try going into another invasion map (like Boneyard) and see how they did it.
But wait wouldn't they still appear in the next phases if I do that? and if the guy is in the scorpion and the phase ends what happens to him?
That I don't know. Perhaps they'll just carry over or something. Try experimenting with the gametype to see what happens.