Right... But I noticed how you've taken an underview pic of this map. Is it because the skybubble is not tall enough to fit it all in for an overview?
no, It is just more clear and badass looking from below. The layout is still very visible, but everything just looked more clear and neat.
I got Halo Wars because i loved the demo and i wanted the maps. sandbox is good b/c its got 3 amazing places to forge. i personally love the crypt just because the walls are premade for me =D, but i think that skybubble will be awsome once i try it, i canz have remake Boarding Action YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! ladders gonna be a problem though... any suggestion for that?
Hey, I found a new budget glitch. I believe it would be very useful, if you were to need it. HERE it is. Also another little fun fact I found: If you are to make a canvas of Sandbox, you can still reach the budget limit, BEFORE the OLN. In other words, if you have a canvas you can still finish off your budget, with items to spare. However, this is only by about 6 items. So budget glitch maps will be fairly pointless.
That looks nothing like what I think it's suppose to be Silence, or is this something completely different?
Bravo silence! Finally, someone else using guard rails! (well, lights and creeping used some). However, how high is it off the skybox ground?
i built it right on the grid, so in some areas, a walls height off, but its guarded by railings. The central area is a double box high off the grid. theres less railings in the central area because im out of money. You fall occasionally if you dont pay attention, but it just evens it out so you cannot completely camp down the center without fear of dying.
i really dig how those ramps look as railings, thats quickly becoming the popular railing style that people are using i have noticed.
Sadface, I'm a firm believer in building your maps at least a box off the sky grid. Especially with aerial vehicles because then you can't fly too low. However, aesthetics look beautiful. But damn, I hope I don't run out of budget on mine... Really? I saw lots of places to fall off on yours, though I can't really tell so much in silence's. Anyway, here is what I have accomplished in 3 days of forging. Why 3 days? Because these brings are a ***** to make. What's more? I decided that 2 large boxes high off the sky grid just wasn't going to cut it. So I deconstructed it and started over. Now the lower level is 4 large boxes high off the grid, and the upper level is 5 1/2. Estimated 3 second drop time, and 4 second drip time. I present a very early and messy build of La Phoenotheque (La Fee - no - teck). Finally! A map I can use a grav lift on!- I think... To early to tell. If you want to know what I am going for with this one, let me tell you. Take what makes a floating map a good floating map (fall time added to respawn time, risk + reward with jumps, etc.), mix that with the flow of Orbital (1 giant loop basically, with ups and downs) and top that off with the location where you fight Tatarus in the Halo 2 campaign level "The Great Journey" (ring inspiration) and you get La Phoenotheque. Though I am horrible at sticking with my drawn out plans, so who knows what it will look like by the end. I already see some changes to be made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG5HYoyKPuA Go to about 6:40 to see the area I am referring too. EDIT: Woah! Pictures make the map look crooked, or at least parts of it. Very odd...
damn sweeny, that map is looking sexy. I wish to see more as it progresses. As for my map being built on the grid, It actually works that way. The areas you are in danger of falling on are slightly higher up, and as long as you stay about the main base level, you'll know when you have to fly higher.
As Chris put it in skype, I'm going all out here. Sad thing is I am running low on quarter walls, so I need to either free some up, or just figure out a way I need to use as least as possible. I was planning on using wedge rails as well, but the main noticeable geometry structures are going to be the quarter wall rails and 6 arch circles (there is no way to line them up exactly except by arranging them by eye. Hence, the first ring alone took me an entire day). But ya, I am planning on creating a blog tomorrow that I will update bi-daily (I hope). And that's fine, though I like how in Guardian, as you fall you are practically already dead, you just have to fall for 3 seconds before you actually die, and wait another 3 seconds for the respawn timer. It adds a heavier weight to falling off the map. Well, depending on how you look at it, I didn't use Bungie's floor. I had to make my own 4 boxes high. However, I am interested in what you are working on that requires the use of these rings... *strokes goatee*