A Map In A Different Setting

ndigo · May 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">what do you think?</div> Would a map, that is NOT on a spaceship and NOT on a mining colony or something, be kewl??

(like for example: a snow-covered colony, an under-water facility of some kind)

That is my simple, yet intriguing question to you...

Let me now what you think...

TychoCelchuuu · May 2003

The underwater thing's been done before, and the snow covered facility would look the same as the others from the inside.

NerdIII · May 2003

There is some cool map with rain as weather effect. So the outside is all gray and dark with rain dropping on the roof. Whoever played the mod heart of evil knows what rain can add to the atmosphere! What else do you want to have infiltrated by the Kharra anyway? The game's story is about outposts that lost contact to earth. So if there were to many humans (like in a vacation center) that wouldn't be an outpost any more. And there would be alot of blood everywhere which is against the guidlines.
Some more underwater-levels may be cool. Though it is only natural that aliens have a hard time infiltrating a complex hundreds of meters under water. A gorge would have to build a real big tower of def chambers to get down there.
How do they spread anyway?!? Do they blink 10 million light years throug space or do they have space crafts? If not some humans must have picked them up and delivered them wherever they want...hmm. After all that thinking I would want a map that is set on the planet where this first expedition picked up some aliens more or less free willing. There would be a lot of animals for the skulks to eat, cause they are obviously raptors. And of course evolution made skulks most fit to their environment. So the level must consist mainly from holes and ledges <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>
Oh and all this skulk-food needs some plants or insects to eat and the resource-nodes of course can not use this platform model.

ChromeAngel · May 2003

Snowed in colony has been done ( and done well ), sorry I can't remeber the name.

NerdIII, as I understand it the aliens are spread in the form of microscopic bacteria, which collects and grows on surfaces under certain conditions, when it reaches a critcial level it can construct larger more complex organisims from genetic templates stored in the hive-mind. By the time the marines can resond to the bacterial infestaion it has created an organisim the size and sophistication of a hive, which can them pop out a skulk sized creature every 3 seconds to defend itself. Without the external threat from humans the bacterial hive-mind wouldn't create and warrior creatures (skulks etc.) at all.

ndigo · May 2003

well, I asked because I have this idea. An ancient alien temple, build by a strange unknown race, has recently been discovered by the Frontiersmen. They want to investigate the temple, because it seems the temple is full of resources. Only problem is: once they enter the temple, they discover that the Kharaa has beaten them to it, and is already in the temple. Time to drive those aliens out of there! (or if you're on the Kharaa side: Keep those pesky intruders out! )

Hypergrip · May 2003

Well my current map in-developement (ns_plato) takes place on a rocky planet named "Enud Prime" (i'm suprised how few people got that *g*) wich is covered by large deserts.

I did this for a simple reason:
1.) I got bored of those "space" and "red planet" and decided to use the HL-standard sky "night".
This sky fit perfectly to the ambience/lighting I used in the upper parts of the map (near Marine Area) and also gave me the idea for a little different kind of ready room:
There is no flying (Lerk or JP) possible in the RR, so it's the only place a mapper can create an outdoor area in a NS map... so I did (still working on the RR, screens to come soon in my ns_plato thread).

Hyper

btw: it's not a mining colony... it's a research facility <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Kage · May 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Hypergrip @ May 6 2003, 02:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Well my current map in-developement (ns_plato) takes place on a rocky planet named "Enud Prime" (i'm suprised how few people got that *g*) wich is covered by large deserts.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
I got it...
I remember your post from a while back about the map. In a way, it's a good thing that nobody gets it- it makes it seem less gimmicky.

The map I'm currently working on takes place on a snow planet (it's a fusion power plant.) In many maps, you wouldn't be able to tell where the game takes place, because there's little to no hints other than the location names. I'm planning to have the scene take a little bit more of a role in this map, though (I'm planning observation areas, broken walls with snow leaking in, and details of the fusion cycle.)

Supernorn · May 2003

i'm working on ns_omdi, (O.M.D.I.- On-site Mountain Drilling Installation). A combination of Snow and mining.
Looks pretty crappy right now, but when i am happy with it (give it a year or two <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>) itll be released.

ChromeAngel · May 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Hypergrip @ May 7 2003, 02:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Well my current map in-developement (ns_plato) takes place on a rocky planet named "Enud Prime" (i'm suprised how few people got that *g*) wich is covered by large deserts.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
ns_Sikarra might be a better name <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

Ollj · May 2003

tell ya what we dont have for now. a map with MUCH lava, like a geotermal power plant.

Hypergrip · May 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ChromeAngel @ May 6 2003, 11:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Hypergrip @ May 7 2003, 02:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Well my current map in-developement (ns_plato) takes place on a rocky planet named "Enud Prime" (i'm suprised how few people got that *g*) wich is covered by large deserts. </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
ns_Sikarra might be a better name <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
lol, nice one <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>
I think I'll use that name for the planet (the map will be named ns_plato anyway, because it's set in the "Plato Research Facility") <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Mouse · May 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (NerdIII @ May 7 2003, 01:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> There is some cool map with rain as weather effect. So the outside is all gray and dark with rain dropping on the roof.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
I assume your talking about ns_hydrosity

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Snowed in colony has been done ( and done well ), sorry I can't remeber the name.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
I'm going to take a stab at the million dollar question. Would it's name be ns_frigid? (well apart from the done well part, IMO it was rather crap)

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> tell ya what we dont have for now. a map with MUCH lava, like a geotermal power plant.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
ns_frigid had one of these and it probably will when I finish rebuilding it.

But this doesn't mean that I have 'dibs' or rights on either the snowed in facility or the dripping wet facility themes. It just means I did it first.

-Drake- · May 2003

wot bout a map with outdoor parts and indoor like an observation station with outdoor landing pad and maybe a landed ship[ which the marines start on <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>
and with aliens style coridors and labs

Hypergrip · May 2003

The problem is you can't really make "outdoor" maps.. you can only try to use lots of windows, screens and so on, to give the players a hint on where they are... just like on ns_hera (on of the best designed maps imho... bummer that it's so bugged <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'> )

A Map In A Different Setting

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