Gap-Minder is a small map designed for 2v2s, but capable of holding 2-6 player FFA or Team Slayer games. It aims to liven up the experience of waiting for a train with a unique opener; players spawn in either tunnel, pick up a grenade launcher and race into the open to face each other. Players can quickly cross the map by jumping the gaps between platforms; however failure to mind the gap will result in becoming a sitting duck whilst running along the tracks to get back to the platform. To further aid in travel around the map, a toilet-based teleporter takes players diagonally from one corner to the other. No train station would be complete without trains, and this train station has exactly one train/s. The train provides much needed cover but prevents camping inside by way of a drop-down hole in the roof and a shield-door windscreen, which allows players to surprise campers without giving them an unfair line of sight down the length of the train (from outside of the train). A bridge, spanning the train and the platforms, houses the energy sword. The sword proves an invaluable boon in and around the train, but the sword carrier is susceptible to other players should he fall onto the tracks, or in the open area in front of the train. Videos: Gap Minder Flythrough - YouTube A video showing the grenade launcher opening, the toilet-teleporter sender and receiver, and a short flyover. Another video of some bonus gameplay clips is coming real soon! Pictures: Weapon List: 1 x Energy Sword | 180s 2 x Grenade Launcher | 120s | 2 Spare Clips (3 Shots) 1 x Plasma Repeater | 45s 2 x Plasma Pistol | 30s 2 x Needler | 60s | 1 Spare Clip 2 x Spiker | 45s | 2 Spare Clips 2 x Assault Rifle | 30s | 1 Spare Clip 2 x Magnum | 30s | 2 Spare Clips 3 x DMR | 30s | 1 Spare Clip 3 x Needle Rifle | 30s | 1 Spare Clip 4 x Frag Grenade | 30s 4 x Plasma Grenade | 30s 3 x Health Kit | 15s Download Gap-Minder now! Special Thanks to: MUDNUB for all his forging advice and support, GothMetal core, Prophanity01, ROOLIRAULI, Dr Monsterface and HOLYDARKNESS90 for all their help play-testing this map, Psychoduck for his feedback in the Testers Guild, and finally Testers Guild Testers; Th3 Equin0x, Hi Im Erupt, iTzz Longshot, I 5shot 4ger I, and xarctic Hunterx
what?? no comments , this map is mind boggling fantastic looking i specifically like the over head bridge area ^^ this deserves to be featured but thats just my opinion ,i would download but i have no access to my xbox so theres no point . the only thing i would change is the one floor piece in the first picture , and change to the same direction as the other floor pieces (the flat 5x5 block)
No comments yet because It just got uploaded. I have not seen a train station map yet. this looks very well built. I wish you had a video but no biggie. (NOTE: I might edit this statement after I play the map.) What if you put a kill barrier on the tracks themselves so if you fell on to the tracks you would die. It would make people think twice about hastily making jumps. Or maybe use Mann cannons to push people down the tracks to an area where there is a kill barrier.
Wow! I just got done playing on this map on my friends console... it's simply fantastic! I love the premise, i don't think I've ever seen a train station on halo before. But then again, I don't play a lot of custom games. Also the architecture is both unique and functional. Very nice variety of weapons and they are place well. Also very smooth transitions from level to level and room to room. I wish I had the patience to forge like this. Bravo.
Seems like it would be super hectic with 4v4. Non-stop spawn killing too if you had a team that knew the spawn. Really open map. Pretty cool though ill give you that, but I dont know about the gameplay. Seems too open for me.
*Crowd begins a slow clap* *the idiot crown is lowered upon your head* Serious talk I'm super psyched that you finally posted this. Everyone should download this because I dominate on it, and if I can do it you certainly can. Also the logo is cool as hell. In other news my 17 game winning streak was ended because a full party of barrel shoulders HAD to play sword base
This map was pretty fun to test. The train station theme was pulled off very well, and it looks like you've fixed all the issues we found in testing. Good work! P.S. using a toilet as a teleporter is frickin' awesome.
Haha, that would make more sense. 4v4 would be crazy, 3v3s would seem alright. As you may be a newer forger/poster of forgehub I dont want to discourage your ability to forge. Its a very nice map, but the openness bring hardcore dmr fights and such. That may not be able to change. What ive done with maps that really arent worth changeing, or you just like how they play (though others might not) I just keep it the same. Good luck in this map, and future maps!
Holy God! This map looks great! I like how you got the... color or hue of the place and it doesn't even look like it's from Forge World. I like the small train you made too!
Looks like a pretty nice map that you have built. I saw it in the Tester's Guild, but I never got around to testing it. The map reminds me a lot of Terminal from Halo 2. It has a lot of similarities to the center train station. Your map brings back a lot of memories mostly memories of me being hit by the train
Man I had completely forgotten about that map until you just mentioned it^ I rarely played Halo 2 online and I never got the DLC. Must have played that train map at someone's house. Yeah I think all maps with trains are great by default. I actually really want to figure out a way of making 'trains' shoot across a reach map and kill players, a la Well from Team Fortress 2. I'm imagining some kind of warthog/killball/mancannon setup.