Storage Vault

Requires a SWAT variant to play. I have special settings setup to get the best experience here and to allow for it to work great for almost every other SWAT map. My variants are required, because it allows vehicles, custom powerups and overshields to function as scenery. However you can use these variants to easily setup a SWAT game elsewhere as well.

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The design of the map is basically two long, symmetrical buildings, then a large Courtyard between them. Lots of interlocking was used to create an very detailed environment with it's own unique look and that really feels like a SWAT map should.

Each base contains three floors, plus a small area above the third floor (not an entire fouth floor though). There is one main entrance with a balcony over it through which players can enter the bases on the bottom floor. Players can also go straihght to the second floor through auxilary entrances on the right and left edges of the bases. Signs are interlocked into the walls behind them to make them look like part of the base. The courtyard in the middle provides a lot of cover to allow players a chance to survive going between bases.


Front of the Bases

On the inside of the bases, there are long paths through which you can shoot out to the center courtyard or across to the other base. their is a small structure in the back of the center that serves as the home of your flag in SWAT CTF. Many aesthetic details throughout the base help to make it feel like a real place. There is a good amount of cover you can use to avoid fire from the other base. But don't hide to much or the other team will be able to sneak through the middle and flank you.


Inside the Bases

The area is supposed to be a vault for storing vehicles. As a result, you'll see stored vehicles. You can shoot the fusion coils next to them to make them explode. They are positioned in such a way that it's very hard to kill someone this way, but it can still be fun to shoot them anyways. Be careful though, because you'll give away our position.


Me Shooting the Mongoose in the Middle

 

Re: Storage Vault-SWAT

They're supposed to be animations to make it easier to see the map, and make my post shorter. It took a while to make them, sorry, I thought people would like them.

@blamedraptor-thanks

@oTactiono-Thanks, but I don't know how paintball would work. It's setup for SWAT and you'd have to setup a paintball variant for it as well. It would have to take in to account that overshields and custom powerups should be set to do nothing, vehicles should be scenery, and their are no weapons on the map (when you play SWAT here you have to go pickup ammo from someone you killed).

 

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Thanks.

Draw the Line, I didn't put weapons on the map for a few reasons. The gametype does disable them, but there aren't any to disable. This map was started before the unlimited budget glitch was discovered. I had 0$ left, with just the basic level. To make it more detailed, I had to add the glitch. To get enough money to glitch the weapons too, I'd have to delete more of the level geometry, and spend a lot longer than I did adding the glitch, which was still a long time since I had no money glitch with at first. Also, I couldn't seem to find a good weapon set for the map. And the map doesn't work with vehicle use enabled, since some vehicles are scenery. Therefore, a variant is required to play anyways, and I didn't feel the need to spend a lot of extra time trying to get some weapons glitched in.

 

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Thanks.

And I just noticed, one person didn't get the gametype. To everyone else, thank you for getting both of them. And to the person who did not download it, please notice that there are some settings that need to be setup for you to really enjoy it.

 

Re: Storage Vault-SWAT

I'll help you test yours if you need. The variant here is based off Halo 2 SWAT, but tweaked a bit. I think it should work well on your maps too.

To everyone else-thanks.