The Menacing Sea (2-4)

Aro · Alcohol Fueled **Joined**: 10 Sep 2006

The Menacing Sea: No background story...

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Map made by Q45!

0warfighter0 · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:54 pm Post subject:

Holy...
Talk about Veinholes. #Tongue

OmegaBolt · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 4:30 pm Post subject:

DIAB, this map?

Speeder · Commander **Joined**: 03 Sep 2004 **Location**: Czechia

Wow. Just wow.

I've never thought that veins can make a map look so epic. #Tongue

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Titan · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:13 pm Post subject:

Wow, that's pretty a damned cool idea. Are the veinholes killable? Do they spread?

The layout looks solid, as long as the player bases are not swarmed by veins in half a minute. Do you actively have to build walls to keep them out?

Orac · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:26 pm Post subject:

Bloody hell. The layout is awesome.

Volgin · Commander **Joined**: 07 Mar 2009

This map looks pretty awesome. Red tiberium however looks ugly... that shp needs something added to it. I don't know what, but it is fugley. THIS is how Veins should've been used as an obstacle though.

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Vefbl4 · General **Joined**: 07 Feb 2007

Good map!

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0warfighter0 · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject:

Volgin wrote:

This map looks pretty awesome. Red tiberium however looks ugly... that shp needs something added to it. I don't know what, but it is fugley. THIS is how Veins should've been used as an obstacle though.

It's because they stand out so much, but these are placeholders I assume?

Crimsonum · Seth **Joined**: 14 Jul 2005 **Location**: Fineland

No, the veins shouldn't spread to the bases because of the slopes (there would have to be less curved slopes for the veins to "fit" in), and yes, the red Tiberium has a placeholder image.

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OmegaBolt · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:12 pm Post subject:

Eh? Veins climb slopes.

Crimsonum · Seth **Joined**: 14 Jul 2005 **Location**: Fineland

OmegaBolt wrote:

Eh? Veins climb slopes.

Indeed, but they can't grow on the curves, only on the smooth NE,NW,SE,SW slopes.

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Aro · Alcohol Fueled **Joined**: 10 Sep 2006

Just to clear things up, the tiberium is being worked on.

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The layout looks solid, as long as the player bases are not swarmed by veins in half a minute. Do you actively have to build walls to keep them out?

Bases wont be swarmed by veins, don't worry. They're more-or-less a route for Hover/Anti-grav units.

Morpher · General **Joined**: 28 Jan 2005

A really cool idea, I like.

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Team Black · Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 5:37 am Post subject:

I REALLY like the lighting. the bright orange on the perimeter gives an impression that surrounding the map is a huge wasteland

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Tony · Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:49 am Post subject:

Only a madman could create such a good map, I'm a gonna play the shit out of this one Very Happy

Orac · Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:00 am Post subject:

Orac wrote:

Bloody hell. The layout is awesome.

posting twice, because I can't say it enough. Seriously, this thing is perfect.

Q45 · Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:51 am Post subject:

Aww, thanks everyone! Very Happy

Actually I didn't think that this one would turn out so well since I made the layout ages ago. I've also never finished a map this fast before, it took me only 3 days to make this. Normally it takes me more like a week.

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Tony · Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:06 am Post subject:

Only problem I see is lack of build space. so it's not so great if you like to build multiple factories.(unless it is a 1v1 game, you can then expand over to the vacant areas)

Destiny · President **Joined**: 02 May 2006 **Location**: Singapore

Anyone wanna wait this out 'till the veins grow into the entire map? #Tongue

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Lord Unforgiven · Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject:

Team Black wrote:

I REALLY like the lighting. the bright orange on the perimeter gives an impression that surrounding the map is a huge wasteland

Same impression here. It would be a good background story: somewhere deep within a red zone there's a giant patch of veinholes. This little island is the only part that wasn't engulfed.

Q45 · Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject:

That's exactly the impression I was trying to create. The story behind this all goes something like this:
This island was before in the middle of a huge lake, which then got 'a little dry', giving the veins good growing space on the bygone seabed. The island got also hit by a small meteor, which infested it with tiberium, killing its inhabitants and totally destroying the center of the island.

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Crash · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:26 pm Post subject:

I like the unique layout and lighting. Razz

I get the feeling that you're on an island in a seemingly endless ocean of veins. Very Happy

Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Texas

Very nice! Look forward to playing it in TI.