Helix

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Hello, Forge Hub. It's been a long time. How've you been?



I'd like to present a little map preview of one of my WIPs, currently titled "Helix". It's a small symmetrical map meant for 1v1, 2v2, 6-player free-for-all, or hectic Objective or Multi-Team games. Without further ado, here's an overview.

Weapon List​

• x2 DMR - 2 spare clips, 90 second respawn
• x2 Plasma Pistol, 100 second respawn
• x2 Shotgun, 0 spare clips, 120 second respawn
• x4 Plasma Grenade, 30 second respawn
• x1 Sniper Rifle, 1 spare clip, 150 second respawn
• x1 Concussion Rifle, 1 spare clip, 150 second respawn
• x1 Overshield, 180 second respawn

The Overshield spawns on top of the central helix structure, and requires some trick jumping to reach:



As of right now, it's extremely difficult to make the jump from the column to the top of the Helix - it can only be made by Ghandi hopping (clicking the crouch stick repeatedly while jumping), so I'm considering lowering the helix by a hair.

Also, I can't decide whether or not this map is too overloaded on weapons. It's a lot smaller than it looks in the screenshots. Speaking of screenshots, here are some more:





I haven't gotten around to playtesting this yet, hence why it's only a map preview at this point. If you'd like to help playtest some 2v2 on it sometime this weekend, I'd be really grateful. If you want to check out the map on your own, the download link can be found here.

Thanks for reading. Any and all comments or feedback will be greatly appreciated.

~TitanC005

 

I tried several different variations for the middle of the map. One of them had the bottom half of the Helix cut out, so that players could move under it but it would still block lines of site from the Red and Blue sides. I might look into that again if the high Overshield doesn't work.

Also, the Concussion Rifle is a weapon that deserves more love than I think most players give it

My main goal of this map was to keep it simple, so I purposefully used only blocks and ramps. I considered phasing some things into the floor to add texture here and there, but I decided against it for performance reasons (I still have around $4,000 in budget I think, so that's no problem). I want to see if the map plays the way it should before I do anything in the way of finishing touches. In gameplay, I think there's enough to orient the player, but if I'm wrong I'll definitely get around to fixing it.

Thanks for downloading, and let me know how your game goes. One thing I'm really worried about right now are the spawns. The map is small, and there aren't a whole lot of places a player can spawn and still remain out of sight of the other team.

Also, good idea with raising the tall and thin columns. They're already level with the floor of the map but I can phase something under them. Then I'll have to make sure the jump from the cover to the column is still practical.

 

Don't trust the overview! It's two separate screenshots stitched hastily together in Photoshop, and the perspective is screwing up the symmetry: look at the column bottom left of the sniper, and then at the column above the nearby DMR. It looks like it's going through some kind of space-time warp. I assure you, that's just my bad screenshot-merging skills, not the map. Thanks for the compliments, though.

 

hmm, thanks, I'll have to go into Forge and check that out. It's on a diagonal, so my coordinates might have messed up there...

 

There's actually got a download link at the end of the OP if you want to try it out. Bungie.net : Halo Reach : File Details if that one doesn't work for some reason.