I Need Some Help With Teh Maps

X_Stickman · July 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">kinda....</div> Right, i know all the maps, but not by name. I know there are a few other people with that problem as well, so can anyone help? For instance, i know that if i hear "Sat Comm hive", i know that it's the map with Cargo, Reactor Room, Fusion Hive and Waste Handling.... but i don't know it by name.

Can someone post a list of all the maps, with each hive and keypoints on the maps please? That way i could try and learn them.

Maus · July 2003

The best way to learn the map locations is simply to run round the maps. That way instead of just a list of names, you remember what the places look like too which speeds up your memorising of things.

If you want to clue yourself up on the maps without playing (so you know where to go when you're asked to get somewhere) just start a LAN game for yourself to run around - 20-30 minutes per map should give you a good idea of where everything is, and if you do it as an alien you'l get to learn the vent systems too.

X_Stickman · July 2003

sorry, i must have seemed a bit weird there, i'll explain further:

I know the layout of all the maps off by heart, on some of them i can run around just by listening with my eyes shut (hey, i'm just <b>that</b> good <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'> ) but as soon as someone starts going on about them in a discussion... I lose it. They say "ns_bast is good" but i have no idea what map they're on about. But say they said "I like the map with satcomm hive" i'd know the map, but not the name of the map (although i think i do know that one, it's tanith).

ThinG · July 2003

Right... you and a thousand other people <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Why is it so important, you know the maps themselves, that's fine, you don't need to know the map name, but here go a couple (from the top of my head)

ns_eclipse: take a guess <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>
Eclipse, Computer Core, Maintenance

ns_bast:
Engine, Refinery, Feedwater

ns_nancy
Subspace, Port Engine, Noname

Ah.. just found my usefull link of map layouts, here you go:

<a href='http://www.tribes2maps.com/ns/' target='_blank'>CLICKEH!</a>

7 maps, map title, and map layout <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Cheers

NurEinMensch · July 2003

I had the same problem for a (long <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'> ) while, I knew all map layouts very well and never got lost on them, but I had <b>no</b> idea about the name of the map I was currently playing on.
And when people on forums started talking about maps like "hey I like ns_hera because... blabla" I never knew which map they actually talked about until someone mentioned a hive or location name which I recognised.
That changed the day when I learned the stats menue shows the current map name, too! I felt so stupid... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'> playing half-life mp since the days of HL deathmatch and never thought of that... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'>
Once I learned that I learned the map names within hours. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

sk84zer0 · July 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (X_Stickman @ Jul 13 2003, 09:01 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> sorry, i must have seemed a bit weird there, i'll explain further:

I know the layout of all the maps off by heart, on some of them i can run around just by listening with my eyes shut (hey, i'm just <b>that</b> good <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'> ) but as soon as someone starts going on about them in a discussion... I lose it. They say "ns_bast is good" but i have no idea what map they're on about. But say they said "I like the map with satcomm hive" i'd know the map, but not the name of the map (although i think i do know that one, it's tanith).  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
My problem is the total opposite. I know the maps names but not the hive names or any other names like computer core and noname.

Tsungfai · July 2003

I'm not so sure about this but, if you know the layout of the map already but don't know the name, you could always press "TAB" and look at the top left of the score board for the name of the map.

Apotheosis · July 2003

Okay, for the 1.04 standard maps - these all from memory, so excuse/correct any mistakes or omissions please <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> :

<u>Bast</u>
Hives: Engine Room, Refinery, Feedwater
Key location: Atmospheric processing

<u>Nancy</u>
Hives: No-name (Mother), Port Engine, Subspace Array
Key locations: Mess Hall, Mother Interface

<u>Eclipse</u>
Hives: Eclipse, Maintenance, Computer Core
Key locations: Triad, Keyhole, Horseshoe

<u>Hera</u>
Hives: Ventilation, Data Core, Archiving
Key locations: Processing, Holoroom, Reception

<u>Nothing</u>
Hives: Cargo, Ventilation, Power Silo
Key locations: Red Room, Generator, Foreboding

<u>Caged</u>
Hives: Sewer, Generator, Ventilation
Key locations: Freight Access, Shipping Tunnel

<u>Tanith</u>
Hives: Waste Handling, Fusion Reactor, Satellite Communications
Key locations: Reactor Room, Cargo Storage

Creepin_Jeezus · July 2003

ohhh nice, these help alot, i vaguely know the names for some of the places and ill still get lost every once in a while, but im learning <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Ph0enix · July 2003

Eclipse's south loop and power sub junction 3 are also often referenced.

Also remember important locations often have short hand, sl and psj3 for the above example.

SinSpawn · July 2003

I need help on all the official maps, of the best places to build stuff as gorge, I.E build a DC near south loop near CC hive will hear players on the other side of the wall and so on (screenshots?)

Majin · July 2003

On ns_bast
AFT JUNCTION
Build a set of OC right out side the rovolving airlock beside the vent and you shut the Marines out of taking that path, because they can't avoid the OCs and need to hit the switch to be able to move back, they are as good as dead. For good luck block the switch on the AFT side so they can hit it to avoid a certian death! Also you are blocking the main way into Engine Hive.

MonsieurEvil · July 2003

On thing I haven't seen pointed out in the changelogs:

In NS 2.0 the scoreboard shows your map and server name at all times...

Niteowl · July 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Apotheosis @ Jul 14 2003, 05:43 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

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</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><u>Bast</u>
Hives: No-name (Mother), Port Engine, Subspace Array
Key locations: Mess Hall, Mother Interface
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whoops, this is the wrong map for the wrong hives <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> the hives and rooms you mentioned are for Nancy
<u>Bast</u>
Hives: Feedwater, Engine Room, Refinery
other key locations: main aft junction, tram tunnel, atmospheric processing, water treatment, steam generator

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<u>Hera</u>
Hives: Ventilation, Data Core, Archiving
Key locations: Processing, Holoroom, Reception
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Other key locations: Maintenance, cargo

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<u>Nothing</u>
Hives: Cargo, Ventilation, Power Silo
Key locations: Red Room, Generator, Foreboding
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Other key locations: Intimidation, Ventilation, Comm Hub, small pipes room,
RT locations: Docking Wing (DW), miasma, Ominous Kismet, Viaduct West Access, Comm hub, Room with Things, Ventilation

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<u>Caged</u>
Hives: Sewer, Generator, Ventilation
Key locations: Freight Access, Shipping Tunnel
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RT locations: pumping station, sewer vestibule, aux generator, stability monitoring

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<u>Tanith</u>
Hives: Waste Handling, Fusion Reactor, Satellite Communications
Key locations: Reactor Room, Cargo Storage
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Other key locations: Research Labs, secret siege room on satcomm
RT locations: west access, all the hives have RTs, cargo, acidic solutions, chemical transport

Nancy
Hives: Noname, Port Engine, Subspace
Key locations: mess hall, mother interface, aux generator, aux command, cargo

Cpl_Rafferty · July 2003

Just like to say thanks for that link Thing.

I'm new to NS this past week and although I'm getting the basic layout of the maps down alright, I feel I'm not using the Vent Ducts, or the most direct route to an area as effectively as I could be.

Ergo these maps should really help me dig out the shortest and quickest routes to team objectives.

Thanks <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

LuKe-EnFo · July 2003

just play and enjoy the game... it will come to you over time.

I Need Some Help With Teh Maps

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