Custom Maps

ainfect · March 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">what are the best....</div> ive played alot of customs, missilecommand, lost, siege, etc. are there any other good customs out there. eclipse and nothing are getting stale again <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> post some replies please.

ive played, all missilecommands, all sieges, lost, ciliris (or whatever the spelling is), the mach maps, and pretty much everything that pops up on joe.to's server and thats on the mayberry games site. just looking for some new customs.

Zhang · March 2003

There was a post a while ago on all the possible ns maps that might be in vers 1.1.
Alot of them are released already, or at least in the beta stages, so you might want to search around the forums for that.

Daxx · March 2003

IMHO, ns_lost is the best non-official map out thier right now. I havn't run into any major gameplay issues while running it, and it is very atmospheric.

Pulling a close second is ns_europa, which is a visually beautiful map. However it's layout suffers from a MAJOR gameplay flaw. There is one room that should the marines take it, they can seige every hive on the map <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>

As for the misslecommands and seige maps, well, they are kind of amusing, but much like any simple custom map, get very old very fast.

moultano · March 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Daxx22 @ Mar 3 2003, 08:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Pulling a close second is ns_europa, which is a visually beautiful map. However it's layout suffers from a MAJOR gameplay flaw. There is one room that should the marines take it, they can seige every hive on the map <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
That needn?t be a flaw in the map. It adds a new dynamic. That becomes the absolutely most valuble spot on the map for the aliens to protect and for the marines to take. It certainly may be a flaw, but if the map is designed for that type of gameplay then don't write it off so quickly.

MrPink · March 2003

europa and lost are two best custom's, the missilecommands and sieges are good fun but not for serious, hardcore play

Eclipse · March 2003

I dont like lost, I think its TOO big myself.

I love europa, I dont even bother with the 3 hive spot, you can take cargo with 1 turret fac thats IN your base. I think if the map were stretched out maybe 50% larger i'd be great.

Greian_Beta is a pretty cool map, but it lacks a good vent system.

11th hour is cool, and a fades paradise for blink, but its pretty hard for aliens.

hmm...what else

Oh yeah, Next is pretty spiffy

Aphal · March 2003

Cilrais is my favorite custom map, the only problem is that old rock texture that's also in hera <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>

ainfect · March 2003

i heard good stuff about 11th hour, gonna try that now. thanks guys for the input.

as for lost, isnt that becomming an official map for 1.1?

Eclipse · March 2003

Yea I think so, I seen it in the HLTV demo's, as well as the new command interface pics

Vyvn · March 2003

Just cause you've seen it posted by Flayra doesn't mean it's going to be in 1.1. It could be any other map submission submitted that Flayra happened to be testing on. Although, I'd put more money on Lost becoming official than any other map.

The only custom map I've played is Europa. I don't really know the layout, and the space under the marine spawn is kinda annoying, and the marine spawn is a bit too small in general, but other than that, I had lots of fun on all the games I played on it. And it looks pretty nice, too. I suppose whenever I have some actual free time I'll check out how Lost plays.

ZERG · March 2003

Greian beta and Atomic mass are pretty good.

<a href='http://nsworld.ns-central.co.uk/Map.php?UniqueID=32' target='_blank'>http://nsworld.ns-central.co.uk/Map.php?UniqueID=32</a>

Its atomic is ranked pretty high. Check it out.

Ollj · March 2003

<b>ns_trane</b>
A custom map that needs to be played.

matso · March 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (moultano @ Mar 3 2003, 08:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Daxx22 @ Mar 3 2003, 08:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Pulling a close second is ns_europa, which is a visually beautiful map. However it's layout suffers from a MAJOR gameplay flaw. There is one room that should the marines take it, they can seige every hive on the map <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
That needn?t be a flaw in the map. It adds a new dynamic. That becomes the absolutely most valuble spot on the map for the aliens to protect and for the marines to take. It certainly may be a flaw, but if the map is designed for that type of gameplay then don't write it off so quickly.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Europa is a SMALL map - its about 1/3 the area of caged for example. Obviously, it must have been designed before sieges could shoot through walls, because the map is shock-full of double siege points, not to mention that one of the hives can be sieged from the room outside the marine base.

Basically, ns_europa requires the marines to NOT build sieges for it to be playable.

ainfect · March 2003

maps with double siege points are ruff. like hera.

ZERG · March 2003

Hehe Europa is a marine map all the way. You got 3 free RTs for the taking from the marine start and +1 more if you want to take the nearby hive (yknow the siegeable one from near the marine start).

DizzyOne · March 2003

Ive played alot of customs map, all of the above (except ns_trane wich I have on my pc but havent found a server that has it <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'> ) and also some others like square_WTH and ns_2base and another (I forgot the name), but most of the custom map are just funmaps, fun too play after a few hardcore rounds, especially ns_missilecommand and ns_siege005, its not about how nice the map looks, its not about the textures, its not about mapgameplay, and its definitly not about art, its all about fun and the ns engine, and after 1 or 2 rounds it gets boring but their still k maps to play (keep ur eyes on the enemy and not on the walls <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'> ), and even a baby could make those maps, but why don they? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

Asraniel · March 2003

no one likes ns_napo? you miss something....

Revenant · March 2003

Napo has been progressing, I really think it needs a re-build Asraniel as the layout is there.

Personally the best custom maps that have been released(in no special order) are:

lost
atomic mass
trane
europa
andromeda

These maps are very good...Andromeda is particularily interesting as the entity problem has made several advances for the better on the map.

Asraniel · March 2003

you played the final version? i think i solved some problems with the layout whith adding a additional way and some doors...

www.swissfighters.ch/Asraniel/final/ns_napo.zip

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