Aliens Themed Map
Slavecycle
Join Date: 2003-06-09 Member: 17161Members
<div class="IPBDescription">An idea that I wish I could do.</div> Since there are so many great Aliens-themed skins and models, I was thinking that it would be kickin' rad to have a map that was not unlike the spaceship in Aliens (The parts where the marines are grouped together in the dark, slime-covered halls.) The ceilings could be quite high to allow for lots of creepy alien wall-crawling.
It would be really awesome if say, it wasn't quite a normal NS scenario in the fact that maybe the marines can't respawn, but the aliens can respawn a few times. The goal for the marines would be to destroy the hive without dying. Instead of an RTS with buildings, the map could play out like a scene from a movie.
There could be a few rooms where the marines can regroup and get new ammo/armor/healing if they make it that far. It could have plexiglass walls or something, it would be really creepy to hang out in that room (Again, somewhat like the room in Aliens where they're looking at the blueprint/map thingy) and see the aliens outside.
I don't know. There are a lot of ideas to play with this. Unfortunately, I can't map and I lack the time needed to learn how to do something like this. I hope someone else can maybe get inspiration from my vision and map it out. The skins and models are already there, there are great aliens, pulse rifles etc... We just need a map scenario that FEELS like Aliens.
Anyone else think this would be cool?
It would be really awesome if say, it wasn't quite a normal NS scenario in the fact that maybe the marines can't respawn, but the aliens can respawn a few times. The goal for the marines would be to destroy the hive without dying. Instead of an RTS with buildings, the map could play out like a scene from a movie.
There could be a few rooms where the marines can regroup and get new ammo/armor/healing if they make it that far. It could have plexiglass walls or something, it would be really creepy to hang out in that room (Again, somewhat like the room in Aliens where they're looking at the blueprint/map thingy) and see the aliens outside.
I don't know. There are a lot of ideas to play with this. Unfortunately, I can't map and I lack the time needed to learn how to do something like this. I hope someone else can maybe get inspiration from my vision and map it out. The skins and models are already there, there are great aliens, pulse rifles etc... We just need a map scenario that FEELS like Aliens.
Anyone else think this would be cool?
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Anyone remember Aliens Online?
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like the last hope of eradicating the evil scum of the aliens. sounds cool to me except it has the potential to go horribly wrong : Marines f4 ing etc...
It would be a new kind of tactical thing. Plus the sheer ambience of hearing the pulse rifle blip as your group is creeping down the narrow hallway with the flashlights on arouses me.
How many hives would there be?
There are multiple hallways (long, slimy, creepy, atmospheric hallways) and several rooms where the marines can rest/wait/regroup/whatever. These rooms also have ammo, weapons, health, etc. The marines could always get ammo from the rooms, but the challenge is:
A) Not to die.
B) Not to run out of ammo in the middle of a firefight.
C) To destroy the hive.
The "regroup rooms," as I'll call them, could also have vents above them that the aliens could get into (I'm picturing the scene from Aliens where they're crawling through the vents on the upper level in that red room and the marines are firing at them trying to stop them from coming into the room below that the marines are in.)
My favorite parts always been the skulks vs LMG marines early on witht he whole rush.
Okay, maybe the aliens can infinitely respawn. That way the marines can't stay in the same place.
And the marines could plant the bomb, and try to run before it explodes. Since aliens dont have hands (Fades have claws), they wouldnt be able to defuse it, so the aliens would have to stop the marines before they plant it.
And it could be like CS also when the round start and you have to buy weapons. You could buy a HA, or a Jetpack, or an HMG...
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I have done the Ready Room (apart from lighing) but i aint got the textures as if it was like Aliens but in-game i am making it like it
EDIT : but i am making it more as a lab place (aliens themed)
The second i read that i as finished with this thread. It sounded interesting and had posibilities, but no longer. Stick to the original plan and you might have something.
Belg
I would like a map that is really creepy and alienlike but with real gamplay. and even if someone decides to make a map however: dont fix this "boxmap" idea! try to make real maps that burn into your brain when playing and not ending in the windows trashcan... btw: I dont know why everyone uses the task "funmap". maybe little cs maps are called this but in ns the official maps ARE THE REAL FUN!
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i hate cs as mutch as anyone of you , but i still think we coud make somthing
like the idé :aliens can respawn , marins have to hold the aliens and kill ther hive
maybe to prevent camping , a time limit ?
this woud be good even if ther wherent any alien skins , quite fun to do whith ns to i think....
Just finished watching the movie (damn good movie) and even tho most of the action takes
place within the colony complex the hive is waayyyy out there in the atmosphere processor.
If there is an Alien themed map the only thing i can see it being any thing like the film is the textures.
It would be too big to create.
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