Small Maps

Rue

<div class="IPBDescription">More compact play for 1.1?</div> Iv just made my first map for NS (my first map ever) <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--> and taking in mind the comments in the 1.1 updates about 11minute matches that should be happening more often. Do you think that small-medium maps would be better suited to this type of play? or do you think that large maps will still be the favoured size.

Ill probably be realeasing my map ns_pine on sunday <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> unless I get total flamed <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> my map is on the small side but has some nice features in it

Thanks Rue.

Ollj

small good loking maps are favoured against huge not so good looking.

NerdIII

Yeah, never make a huge map that consists of square corridors and square rooms and square pipes with a max of 4 used textures.
I don't like small maps - where is the fun of getting lost?!?
What about sieges that cover the whole map?
What about travel times of 10 seconds through the whole level?
What about several tactial entrances to the hives?
What about the usefullness of phase gates?

If you want some quick deathmatch action and not a thrilling ns map though... make it small <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Belgarion

I've got to agree with Nerd on this one. The best NS games are the ones that last FOREVER. Like 70+ minutes, where you run around with HA or JP's building multiple seiges at a time and blowing Rt's and hives to smitherines. so so fun.

Belg

The_Real_Quasar

Small or large, doesnt matter! As long as you can get some people together to playtest it, and it's fun, you've done a good job! Have some cheese to congratulate yourself before you realise you have a huge homework project to do and only 1 hour to do it because you made such a fun map <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->

Belgarion

well i suppose if you can get a long game on a small map it doesn't matter that much, but i still think all the 1.0 official maps are a good size.. except nancy. that one is a bit too large for my liking. And obviously Missilecommand is a bit too small. ^_^ But my longest game was on eclipse, which is probably smallest of those. ... i dunno. maybe the smaller maps will be good. We shall see.

Belg

Kaine

my longest (and best) ever game was on caged back in the 1.01 days. best game EVER. i played for over two hours with the marines just holding on after being forced out of their original base and into generator, hangin on by the skin of their teeth but fighting like cornered demons, and i left before it was over. BEST GAME EVER. long games rule so much harder. if you want a short game play Warcraft 3.

exoity

Yea, in 1.01 we had an 3 hour + game. It was probably my best game ever, and funnest.

Jezpuh

Random game now is 11 min, they wanna make it 22 min (if i'm not mistaking).

As for small maps.
Played ns_europa?
It's small.

Small, but good for:
2vs2
5vs5
even good for 20vs20.

You can play REAL long games on that map.

It's not the size I think, it's the layout.

Jezpuh

Srry for double post.

But I wanted to say that, if you play on ns_cilrais1229, you can't get a good game.
Sometimes, but mostley it comes to the aliens to get 3 hives, and the marines just doing nothing in base.

The layout and size has effect on it.

To many upper walkways and to friggin big!

Lightning_Blue

Biggest issue with small maps I see is the siege range.