Greetings! Here with my latest creation, Turbine Blade. Turbine Blade actually started as entirely different map. Roughly inspired by maps like Countdown and Construct. However I couldn't make it work the way I wanted. So, long story short, I scrapped it. But I really liked its main feature, the turbine. It sat in my hard drive for a while, all the while trying to think of a way to fix it or use the idea. Until I started building this map. And managed to fit it in here. This map came to me in a vision of deliciousness. Its loosely inspired by maps like Kingdom, The Pit, Affinity, Haze and a other random things I can't remember. The initial vision I had for this map didn't actually play out in forge the way it did in my head. Thus lots of starring, head scratching, reworking and massive changes ensued. But I am quite pleased with the outcome. The layout is relatively simple. Being basically a square with an almost cross shaped path through the center. The pics I provided Don't give a very good idea of the layout. So I drew an absurdly crude overview picture in paint of the map. UPDATED PICTURES!!!! Forget everything you thought you knew about Turbine Blade! All new and most definitely improved! Yeah, a few things changed... Updated layout picture. New areas are grey UPDATES! I was able to remove 24 pieces I removed the center shaft housing the little turbine This is from the Orange Turbine looking toward center This is the center looking toward the Orange turbine This is from red bridge to center This is from green turbine to center Thanks for looking!
This map looks interesting, having a hard time figuring out the layout but it is also a preview lol! I also love the turbine you have there, I'm not sure if I have ever seen anyone do that before! Would not mind getting a closer look at this one.
Its really hard to get good pictures of this to show the layout. And thanks! The turbine is nice isn't it? haha This hasn't been tested yet but we will be testing it this coming Tuesday in my weekly custom lobby. Check the Custom Lobby, there will be thread for it up within a day or two. And I have added a lot to this since I posted the pictures. I'll try to get the new ones up soon.
Hey, the turbine returns! I was wondering what happened to this project. Looks very different from before. I like some of the architecture in the "blue spawn" screenshot...
Thats because it is very different! New map, same turbine! Oh and if it helps, in the overview picture, the turbine would be at the bottom in the square. Red spawn is on the left. And blue spawn is on the right.
Love the 4x4 talls used as flooring! I wish I had thought of that... maybe I'll use it for my revision of Greybox! Anyway this map looks interesting to say the least. Hopefully I'll get a game on here with you, though I dont have any desire or time to play Reach... we'll figure it out.
Thanks! Its the second or maybe third time I've used them as flooring. I really like the way look. Maybe it will be the next trendy flooring option... That seems a bit contradictory... Anyways try to get on this Tuesday. I may be able to get you in.
It is contradictory. Anyway I may be able to get on Tuesday, but my internet is weird in my dorm. I still dont quite understand it. If I am though send me an invite and I'll play the **** out of this map. (Probably not actually, as Im pretty bad at Reach now...)
So I changed a ton of stuff on this the other day. I'll update the OP with pics as soon as I can. So far one change was the removal of the killball. I went into split screen to see if it caused lag, aaaaaaannnnd it did.
Looks interesting, especially the turbine. I think the little base in the last pic looks a little campy, maybe remove one of the braces or heighten the outside ones? I think removing the kill ball was a good choice since to my knowledge it doesn't really make sense to have a furnace right behind the turbine. What game size is this supposed to support? Its hard to tell from the pics.
Thanks. The little base thing is really small so a few nades would clear it out pretty quick. But now that I'm thinking about it, I could put a window there so you could see if someone was hiding there. Its supposed to support 4v4 but no tests have been done yet. Still waiting to do that on Tuesday.
Looks like a totally different map, but the changes definitely look good. Is the frame rate affected, because it looks like more objects were added? The only thing I would say that looks weird is that brace large at the back of the long hall in the first pic. It seems to give very little walking space between it and those columns. I guess I will see how it goes in person tomorrow night. Btw who is hanks? (see the bottom of your OP) ;-)
Hanks was the guy looking... The brace large is actually hanging down in the center of the middle room. You can walk under it. The last picture is the underside of it with the third turbine. And I removed a lot of pieces to compensate for the pieces I added so the framerate should be about the same. Hopefully. [br][/br]Edited by merge: So I fixed "Hank" and added a few more pics