First off, it could be interesting to see an indoors Empires map! I've seen every Battlefield 2142 trailer, and I know that game has diffrent principles and gameplay, but you have to admit that and BattleField 2, and of course TFC are the closest games to Empires. In 2142 they are implementing indoor gameplay, and I think it seems cool! This map could be a newly discovered abandoned installation left over from a previous battle, a long time ago. This would mean it wouldn't be like Dystopia with one team defending and the other attacking; the ground is neutral. Or, you could have the BE defending the installation from NF attackers, as a new opposite to Escort (Correct me if I got the map name wrong; the map with the NF defending flags from the BE). You won't be able to build walls, and you probably won't be using vehicles either. Those who say vehicles should be left out of Escort would like this twist. The gameplay in this map would now be centered around strategy, and taking advantage of cover and finding alternate routes (like through vents!). I'll leave the creative design up to the map creator, because I don't want to filter someone's imagination. I thought this would be a cool map, and if I was studying SDK and the Source engine, I would probably make this a big project
I was working on an indoor map where you'd be in a base underwater with 2 large submarines(one of each team) connected to it, with vents, lots of infantry-only areas, very hard for the vehicles to move around, so its best to use them for defense.
I'm making a huge indoor map :-) Because I'm not that good with displacements, and I like it indoor better (much warmer and no rain and stuff) *edit* In the meantime I deleted the map because of euh.. madness. Anywayz, I still have tons of custom textures ,sounds and models. Alot of sci-fi textures but I don't think they fit in the empires-theme Will make some new stuff soon
Solokiller that sounds cool, an underwater base map would be the shiz, very innovative. Tim, I would like to play your map too, but it seems as if you have deleted it...?
Rats is just a playground for 8 year olds compared to this kind of map. Seriously, the design of a rats game really is no where close to what I described/imagined.
yeah, a rats map for empires would be pretty damn cool :D parking tanks in the shower, building a radar on the bed etc
maybe il make a rats like map, but it wont be a room (to mutch stacking of hight lvls so the comm woud go mad wath about a bigg book clouset with shelfs with stuff on players the size of a penny/1eurocent man my english sucks
I don't have a problem with a Rats map, but this thread isn't about emp_rats. It's about an installation map. Rats would be cool, but you should probably make a new thread.
installation sounds awesome, I would like to see how you would implement the comm system... Also, for Emp_rats, it would be so fun to be driving jeeps off somebodys bed, fly through the kitchen, and raid the NF base in the fridge... -Sheepe
if there would be an installation map i think its best if there were NO vehicles NO airplanes(they arent implanted yet...oh well)resource points look pretty weird...hey look! what is that oh yeah its a resource point!!!...a resource point in the middle of an installation???? infantry only! would be great if there lots of tight corridors and rooms (kitchens,sleeping area,shooting range etc.)and some huge spaces just like the 1es of a huge shopping mall where players can hide on the top floor and wait till the enemy tries to pass and make an ambush...
Mr Quackums, jouwmaker was talking about the topic of the thread, emp_installlation, not a rats map. Of course in a rats game there would be res nodes, but not inside a base.
