Transmexican Superhighway (4)

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

Transmexican Superhighway
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Constructed just before the outbreak of the Second Tiberium War, the Transmexican Superhighway allowed GDI to move troops and supplies by road into South America for over a decade. By the end of the war, all the bases along GDI's soon-to-be-completed Amazon Firestorm Barrier were supplied by this one roadway, but fears of attack by Nod along this crucial supply line meant that GDI switched to airlifting supplies into South America using dropship stations.

Author: Orac

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SMIFFGIG · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:47 am Post subject:

Its nice

The highway reminded me of this map made by blubb a few years back
http://www.tiberiumweb.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=534

I think it would look better with a few light posts on the highway though, possibly with alpha light, like the ones used in Twisted Insurrection?

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Team Black · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:53 pm Post subject:

good concept. I saw the title, I was hoping for heavy traffic

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Orac · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:55 pm Post subject:

I guess we could/should add traffic... my comprehension of triggers is still pretty limited, so I'll leave it for now.

OmegaBolt · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:07 pm Post subject:

Would be cool if they were trains so it'd be like Frogger getting across.

SMIFFGIG · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:06 pm Post subject:

yea i think some lamps and traffic would really make this map Smile

oh and possibly a train too like OmegaBolt suggested #Tongue

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

The highway is the lowest area of the map. #Tongue

But a cool map anyway. I agree to the suggested traffic/train.

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Bu7loos · Commander **Joined**: 27 Jul 2011

Ahhhhhhh Intoxicating #Tongue

, Nice map i like the Glowy lights Very Happy

Joshy · Schwing! **Joined**: 13 Aug 2006

Lin Kuei Ominae wrote:

The highway is the lowest area of the map. #Tongue

But a cool map anyway. I agree to the suggested traffic/train.

The greenest area of the map is the map.

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SMIFFGIG · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:55 am Post subject:

Lin Kuei Ominae wrote:

The highway is the lowest area of the map. #Tongue

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afaik Highway is just the US term for Motorway

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Regulus · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:38 pm Post subject:

Any major road in the United States is a highway, unless it is an interstate.

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Team Black · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:30 pm Post subject:

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SMIFFGIG · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:26 pm Post subject:

wth is a parkway?

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Regulus · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:01 pm Post subject:

In the state I live in, a parkway connects two interstates. The definition varies state by state.

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Orac · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:12 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I was working from some helicopter shots of Arizona.

Although it doesn't matter much, I just wanted the map to have a long name #Tongue

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

I wonder which kind of text the signs along the road will show. Smile

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Orac · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:18 am Post subject:

Adds for fuel ("Original Fossil Fuels, $16.25 per litre"), a billboard telling us that "New Phoenix is the safest city in the state!", and a sign advertising McMorpher Burger, among others.

daTS · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:59 am Post subject:

Mexicans don't use highways! What the hell is wrong with you, Morpher? Dirty mexicans using highways... wtf is the world coming to? #Tongue

In all reality, it's a nice map. I like it. Smile

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Lord Firestorm · Soldier **Joined**: 20 Jun 2010

I see two different MCV's there... does that mean what I think it does?

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

Not until a certain BuildConst is fixed.

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Team Black · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:59 pm Post subject:

^this

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Orac · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:13 pm Post subject:

Yeah, you can have the graphics for two different MCVs, but getting them to deploy into two different buildings is the unpleasant part - the AI doesn't play ball because it only reads the first entry of BuildConst.

Regulus · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:35 am Post subject:

BuildConst, the saga continues.

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

Actually, maybe I should make a public topic for what would make a good construction yard seeing as both factions will need to share the same for skirmish.

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Orac · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:56 am Post subject:

Yeah, Morpher, that'd make sense.

According to Joshy, BuildConst is so deep in the code and so intertwined with other things that nobody is likely to touch it. Not sure how that holds up in the face of syringe powered patches, but I guess that the evidence is on the side of BuildConst not getting fixed.

daTS · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:08 am Post subject:

I'm telling you guys, universal Base Nodes is the way to go! #Tongue

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Death Cultist · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:26 am Post subject:

I'd be keen to see a new construction yard for both factions.

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

ztype new con yards, 1 con yard, keep it simple. The rest of the mod looks beautiful and to have it held back by -con yards- is absurd.

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OmegaBolt · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:55 pm Post subject:

Thumbs up for Volgin. I never complained about the shared Con Yard (or any other structures) in TD, RA1 or TS.

Lord Firestorm · Soldier **Joined**: 20 Jun 2010

I'm all for separate conyards... I don't wanna share the same building with GDI if I don't have to. XD

Since it seems impossible without some major .exe hacking (which I know nothing about...), I do think it should be put to the side for now until CCHyper can work some magic with the HyperPatch...

...You know, if EA would just release the damn source code, we wouldn't have this problem... XD

SMIFFGIG · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:56 pm Post subject:

just noticed all the Tiberium is growing on grass and its the only place grass appears.... seems abit odd

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Orac · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:01 pm Post subject:

There's no grass here... Just contaminated dirt. (It's grey/brown with tib crystals in it. It can sometimes look like grass at a glance. Perhaps it can be fixed.)

Death Cultist · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:23 am Post subject:

Since it is a shared building, I've been interested in seeing what PEOPLE would create since not many modellers make dual faction models, I was simply curious as to what Orac had in store.

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Orac · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:57 am Post subject:

I had been thinking of something cranelike, since that would allow a 3x3 structure without much faction specific iconography. This line of thought might be better split into a new topic, perhaps if discussion continues, because I'd be interested in any other opinions on this particular structure - it's not something to be approached willy-nilly.

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

Orac wrote:

There's no grass here... Just contaminated dirt. (It's grey/brown with tib crystals in it. It can sometimes look like grass at a glance. Perhaps it can be fixed.)

Perhaps make it lighter. The grass has almost the same dark green colour, hence they get mixed up.

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