Layout Action Time Again

Confused

<div class="IPBDescription">...</div> ok, having stalled my current map ns_confused because of my total lack of broad band till mid august and the release of ns 2.o. I have decided to start a new map. my intent is to build the map with the single room method. and thus i want to get my lay out done at this point so i can begin to build the level in greater depth.

any way the attatched is my plan for the map

yellow is res nodes
light grey is vents that a marine cannot access w/o jp
blue is a vent one can walk though with out jp
green -ms
red -hive locations

so feel free to comment on it.. yeah

Ollj

marine spawn is too south.
Paths look too thin/long.
its good.

Daedalus

The res nodes are quite a distance from the marine spawn, and right outside the hives. Just take some res nodes that are right outside the hive and put them in a few new rooms closer to marine spawn. Other than that, I've got no complaint...

chubbysteve

Hive-to-Marine Start distance isn't equal enough. Corridors seem intentionally windy and pointless from a convinience point of view.

Nodes seem to be biased around center of map.
Thats all I suppose.

Confused

ok so we move the ms north a bit, like so, which also deals with the res issue.
and yeah.

Confused

forgot this

Thaldarin

Swap the hive on the left with the marine spawn, should balance up then.

Ollj

right hive has a lack of res.

Olmy

i'm not really one to judge but i think some of the corridors/tunnels are too long. you could do with a few choke points on a few tunnels i think.

Confused

i like teh switching of teh ms to the left.
and yes, the right most hive clearly has no res near it
thus i added a res node near it.

about this skinny hallway stuff...
ill work on tehm i promise they wont suck
(keep in mind my mapping tool for layouts: ms paint)