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It would be cool to put world weapons in that triggered when you went into a long path, and fired into one of the short paths. So you don't always take the shortest route...

Also, you could turn radar off.

I think what he means is, while you're holding this flag, you don't get hit. Instead, the bullets teleport to the nearest teleporter. Kind of like the shield flag.

I think it's a bit too similar to SH though. Maybe if it ricocheted off the tank instead of being absorbed...

You can change the time of day in the client by pressing + and - . I think many players change time to "day" most of the time so that it's easier to see.

That looks very playable...is it hosted? For a name...you could always just change something minor and then name if after that. You could change the grass texture to be kind of blue-ish and call the map "bluegrass", for instance. The name just has to match the map in some way to make it di...

You will have to set the max number of players for green and purple to 0.
Meaning "Max players: 0 rogue, 5 reds, 0 greens, 5 blues, 0 purples, 0 observers."

You don't have to submit multiple times...what code did you use? I have never got that error message.

1. precise jumping, aiming and dodging. IMO the best map to improve all these skills is HiX. 2. players that constantly use "lag","jitter" or "luck" as an excuse for losing On the OTHER flipside, I hate players who "suddenly" start lagging as soon as I'm abou...

Those screenshots are dark because I took them at night...I did so because as captainmack said, it aids the theme of the map. I have changed the fog to be less debilitating, and added some wings flags in the kelp, since I found people weren't going in there much. EDIT: fixed the bug with the safezon...

Yay! My next map is in. It's a CTF underwater! A wrecked submarine serves as the base for each team. Move quickly, but don't fall into the chasm or get lost in the kelp! Each team has a sub , their bases are inside. You enter through a small door, and soon find yourself in this room. This makes the ...

When I started mapping, I used BZedit to try a few things with simple box and pyramid maps.

Nowadays I use Notepad almost exclusively to make my maps.

Both of those effects can be done by turning off radar in the options. Of course, people can still use the "look" key to find you.

SR is the best flag, because of the sound it makes

...thus preventing you from actually playing at all?

The problem with SR is that if everyone has it, you die whenever you kill someone.

Wreckage If you get sealed, you can sort of "bump out", I guess he just got out on the wrong side. I really liked this map, but it was a bit too easy to kill people as they jumped out of their base. I found myself constantly driving from my base underground, jumping up, and getting killed...

It does seem easy to implement... Just have a flag that fires bullets with no velocity. They'll just float in midair until someone hits one of them. You'd also have to set it up so that they don't record collisions with the tank that fired them, (Or have a "safety radius" like GM) to preve...

That sounds like fun, but I don't think the game can handle things "pushing" tanks.

I heartily agree. I've been involved in about 3 conversations at once, one in admin chat, one in private message, and one in team message (4 if talking to a person IRL also counts ;) ). I was using full sentences, etc. and none of it could be seen by anyone else. Can server owners see all the privat...

A simpler change would be to have it so that you can turn friendly fire off. Blue bullets would go right through blue tanks.

I noticed that there were some troubles with spawning, even with a pyramid on top. (Turns out the pyramid was flat. d'oh!) Alas, even with a taller pyramid, I still spawned sealed sometimes. I messed around with the spawnzones a bit, and I think I have a working solution. (The first post has been up...

1) Pick an object 2) Think of a number of ways of using that object (it helps to look at some other maps at this stage if you're stuck) 3) Choose one of those ways, and build the whole map around that concept. For example: 1) Arc 2) Tunnels that make interesting ricochet possibilities 3) A map where...

Thanks Grace! I changed the teleporters now...you can drive through them, and they also send you 90 degrees around the map rather than 180. That way you can enter any quadrant with ease. You can also sit in front of the teleporter and shoot into it, and the bullets will ricochet through each of the ...

Wow, great work! Especially those snow globes.

I couldn't help but lol at the Santa that walks around the center cake.

Ah, I may have to be burned at the stake for not playing Halo...

...makes sense now

I have to agree with most others who have posted here (and myself I guess) and say that that looks BRILLIANT!

The only this I would suggest would be changing the floor material to a similar texture, to match the surroundings a bit.

May I inquire as to why it is named "Rat's Nest"?

It looks really cool, can you jump onto the ledges?