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Divided States of America: Pandemic

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2024, United States of America and Few NATO Nations declares war on Iran, for their unwarned Nuclear strike on Sudan. The war causes unwanted tension between the states in mainland United States. The Blue states, supporting the war and the Red States, disapproving the war.

Few weeks later the war is declared, the mysterious disease sweeps across the globe, it's cause and origin unknown. The disease had an devastating effect on humanity. The Infected, (Infected to the disease by having contact with another infected, or having to consume the contaminated food or water that had been exposed to the Infected.) became incredibly hostile and animal-like. This new disease had consumed over 20 nations after a week and 100 nations after a month. The war between Iran and U.S. meets it's end after the whole middle-eastern continent falls to this zombie plague.

July 6, 2024 the resisting U.S. troops return to American main-land, bringing the disease with them. Zombies started popping out of everywhere, Wisconsin, Washington, California, Maine, and Florida. U.S. government had no control as they lost their military in the war. Few law enforcements existed, but they weren't much help. U.S. Government changed it's capital to Juneau, Alaska and the Main-land Capital to New York ("Main-land capital" created to show the government hadn't adbanded it's country, basically to give people hope) U.S. was facing extinction.

July 15, 2024 the Red States, led by States of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. Formed the Allied States of America. Hardened by few Zombie invasion from Asian refugee boats, The Allied States of America promised "Zombie-Free America" and took extreme steps to farther stop the infection. The Allied States quickly formed a army, drafted mans in the name of war against zombies. Nuclear missiles flew toward Olympia, Washington to stop the infestation. The incoming Asian refugees were exterminated whether they were infected or not. Blaming the old United States for already damage America suffered for not acting far quickly about the infected, and that everyone must take immediate actions about the infestation or America will fall to pieces. July 20, 2024 the Allied States of America was borned, with over 20 states under their membership, the Allied States declared war on zombie plague and the U.S.

U.S. Having no military to take down the Allied States, the United States also took draft to serve it's country. Which was denied by the governor of Texas fallowed by Louisiana. Being energy and supply rich, and the most heavily populated state ever since 2012, Texas was joined by Louisiana in struggle to conquer America. Joined by Mexican & Cuban refugees the Confederate States of America was reborned. As the second American Civil war is about to begin, the plague crawls out of every part of continent, seeking not the continental power, but global power to eradicate humanity.


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-Allied States of America [iii Players]
-United States of America [iii Players]
-Independent City-States of America [i Players]
-Confederate States of America [i Players]
-Zombies [ii players] (If you hadn't noticed, these dots are where zombies are active.)


As I once again falls into zombie fantasy, I presents you the Divided States of America: Pandemic. The map will works like world war z. Humans fights for control of United States.
And Zombies fights to infect the once great United States to Zombie Nation.

This map features epic-sized 480-320 terrain of detailed United States, New Zombies for new strategy (so you don't just mass gazillion zombies) Modern Human machinaries and Weapons to deal with Humans and much more, This map will be side project so don't expect it to be done any time soon. The map was inspired by World War Z, Jericho, Left 4 Dead, and Lotr (Bah!) The Independent States of America and Confederate States of America are the tie breakers. They can join Allied States of America, or United States of America or join together and make their own little Alliance.

Zombie Techtree

-Zombie [Tier i,ii]: simple melee unit, fast and vicious, They like to attack with great numbers. Not before long, these zombies will feast on your blood if you don't take immediate action.

-Boomer [Tier i]: fat and slow, boomers are easy targets even for amateurs, but armed with gallons of highly concentrated acid bubbling in their stomach, they can cause explosion and cause AoE damage. Extremely effective against structures.

-Maggot [Tier i]: fast and small, these worm-like creatures spawn when Boomer explodes, attacking survivors who thought they survived the Boomer explosion.

-Dread [Tier i,ii]: Special melee unit, these zombies deals hero damage. Carrying a crowbar or baseball bats, Dreads will bring down any who underestimates the zombie stupidity.

-Fiend [Tier ii,iii]: Mutated breed of Boomer, Fiends are capable of vomiting their concentrated stomach acid over amazing distance. Using the same chemical the boomer uses, their attacks are far more effective on structures than normal units. These creatures can attack air-crafts, therefore making the infection airborne.

-Defiler [Tier ii,iii]: Close breed of Fiend, they also vomits stomach acid to damage enemy units. Unlike Fiend, their stomach acids seems to have greater effect on organic units rather than structures. The chemical they vomits cripples the target unit, making them perfect targets for a bite.

-Hunter [Tier ii,iii]: Special breed of infection, Hunters are faster, stronger, and fiercer than the normal zombies. Not to mention their amazing sight in the dark. If they are nearby, get ready for a one bloody night.

-Hulk [Tier iii]: Heavily mutated breed of Zombie, These beasts are no longer anything seen in natural society. Muscular, and Strong, these beasts are armed with pure strength enough to flip a bus. Without a close-air support or heavy tank support, you will have a hard time seeing a happy day tomorrow.
 
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he was just saying your U.S.A. map looks like an edit of the jericho U.S.A. map.

.... how the hell does lotr inspire a zombie map? LOTR is super boring and has nothing to do with zombies whatsoever.... I don't have much hope for this being done right if it's inspiration comes from hobbits and grey wizards lol
 
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I was just kidding about the Lotr inspiration....

Anyways, I uploaded the planned Zombie Techtree and official background story (quiet lengthy) please take your time, read them, love my ideas, support the map, and please give criticisms (like it's alsome or whatnot)
 
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Death_bringer_2, hope you like it, and I know lots of them are either inspired or directly taken from Left 4 Dead. If you have any more ideas (zombie tech tree), please share them here.

bestoboy, yah, yay zombies. Modded melee? I'm not sure what you are talking about.

Vicboy, I've heard many people complaining about how World War Z never includes events in America. So I decided to make this, and thought it would become popular if I do it right. America spliting, I'm not sure, it was inspired by Jericho (TV Show) and my old project.
 
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uh. if you guys read the book, in WWZ, everything east of the (DAMN I FORGOT THE MOUNTAIN NAME) Colorado Mountains (i think) was infested by Z's. ALMOST everything west of it was occupied by humans, but this was near the end of war, and all the yankees started pushing back the Z's one by one.

I've only watched Jericho once, it seemed intresting enough to me.
But America's states splitting apart is unconstitutional, so whatever army they had at the time would be deployed in to the sepratist states.
 
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uh. if you guys read the book, in WWZ, everything east of the (DAMN I FORGOT THE MOUNTAIN NAME) Colorado Mountains (i think) was infested by Z's. ALMOST everything west of it was occupied by humans, but this was near the end of war, and all the yankees started pushing back the Z's one by one.

I've only watched Jericho once, it seemed intresting enough to me.
But America's states splitting apart is unconstitutional, so whatever army they had at the time would be deployed in to the sepratist states.

Yeah, we saw how the North raped the South after the left. The US splitting apart will never happen.

Death_bringer_2, hope you like it, and I know lots of them are either inspired or directly taken from Left 4 Dead. If you have any more ideas (zombie tech tree), please share them here.

It sounds good, just waiting on a beta (I'll test for you if you want) and if I get any ideas, I'll PM you.

I don't know why people are always seeing America to be split to different nations...

Recently a Russian commie posted his beliefs that the US is going to split apart by 2010, mainly because of mass Immigration, moral degradation, and economic trouble.
 
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Artins, STOP READING MY MIND FOR IDEAS <3

First you take my 4th Age Idea and now you steal, at least part, of an idea I was thinking of writing for a book. (Minus zombies....)

You suck :p

But seriously, how many side projects does this make? 20?

Once again, if you need any help, your favorite nerd is here waiting :p
 
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Recently a Russian commie posted his beliefs that the US is going to split apart by 2010, mainly because of mass Immigration, moral degradation, and economic trouble.

Not going to happen. Mass immigration is true, moral degradation is not true, and economic trouble??? since when did money cause countries to split? Its not like that will help.
 
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Death_bringer_2, Beta...... aheee... you might wanna check out some other maps and come back, I'm just starting the project.

Arvedui, I know I know, my bad. And I'm welcome with the help thing, I will PM you if I actually get the project going.
 
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No~~ That's no fun, This is like........ Lord of Europe, WW2, WW1, Europa type of map. But with some special features I'm thinking of right now. Anyways, Happy New Year.
 
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I love these games, but no one hosts them. Dota conquered bnet and it will stay that way. This is just a side project, hobby.

And my game? I hope so, but I don't think it will be any good as these original games, I gotta try though right? But lets not get to excited, I have barely started the map.

Also, I'm thinking of taking out the Independent Midwest States faction and replace them with something else, like Allied States rebels or something like that. Just an Idea.
 
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http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/members/artins+the+great/albums/%3Djunk+yard%3D/7495-divided-states-america/

I've Started the terrain yesterday. The basic fundamental, Anyways, I've decided to replace the "Indepedent Midwest States of America" Faction with "Indepedent City-States of America" Faction. And Decided that 480-480 is too much, so I sized it down to 480-320 I hope no one has problems with that.

Indepedent City-States of America

Ever since the Allied States government had taken power over western United States, many city or town natives resisted. Although many were taken down with force, few major rebellion city-states survived the hit, and are still fighting as a stout resistance. With old cars as their barricade, and Hunting Rifles or Shotgun as their arms, these city folks resist the high taxes Allied States Government requests seeing Allied States as unconstitutional and demanding. The known City-States are fallowing:

Denver, Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado
Lewiston, Idaho
Miles City, Montana
Sheridan, Wyoming
Springfield, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ironwood, Michigan
 
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great ideas
but I think I'm all for the traditional type of zombie maps and games..
usually a lone character fighting his way out/until the timer runs..

Not going to happen. Mass immigration is true, moral degradation is not true, and economic trouble??? since when did money cause countries to split? Its not like that will help.
oh and moral degradation is so true..
I mean come on look at what's on the headlines nowadays.. sex, drugs, etc..
even playmates and pornstars like Terra Patrick make the headlines and news now.. total moral decay man..
 
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Thanks, for the support

I was always Risk/Strategy kind of guy. These types of maps are too common and complicated for me to make.

I agree with moral degradation, Illinois government, perfect example. But I highly doubt that it would cause the entire country to break apart. But this is totally fictional to your worries.
 
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you actually read the background story? OMG OMG, it took me whole hour to write that thing. Anyways, you are welcomed here. I don't need any help though, since this is only a side project.

BTW, I'm thinking of implimenting, James7's WW2 map's factory system. Here is the basic techtree for Americas Faction.

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Factories and Bunkers may change into different buildings to have or produce different units or effects. Therefore, Factories & Bunkers (especially Facotries) are quite expensive and takes long to make. You might not want to lose these buildings. Somethings you might get confused on...

-Attack [Aircrafts]: aircraft designed to attack targets on the ground, close air support units.

-Zombie Warfare Research [Research Center]: researches based upon defeating zombies. Some research, for example allows your Infantary Production Factory to train Flamethrower Division, which is highly effective against zombies.

-Artillery Post [Bunker]: simply, a post with an Artillery, World War 1,2 tactics. http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/resource.php?t=48522&prev=search%3Dunpacked%26d%3Dlist%26r%3D20

-Field Hospital [Bunker]: stationary Field Medic, Heals alot more health point than normal Field Medic though.

-Command Post [Bunker]: allows you to train some basic units from Infantary Production Facotry. Such as Infantary Division, or Sniper Division. Also has Command Aura effect on units nearby. The most expensive upgrade Bunker can acquire.

Hope you guys like my ideas.
 
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Attack Icons or Upgrade icons, whatever you prefer. If you can, I want a...

-Flame [Flame Demage]
-Bullet [Piercing Demage]
-Rotten Undead Hand [Zombie, Claw Demage]
-Special Undead Hand (maybe glowing) [Advanced Zombie Attack]
-Bomb [Tank/Nuclear Attack]
 
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everything is...so...damn...tiny. and the tank is huge... actually its porportional on second thought.
although i think it could use a different skin.
mm... i dont like all those big barricades... looks kinda outta place. more buildings.
 
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-Barricade smaller
-More Buildings

the tank, I did it so it would be porportioned like in real life, but when I look at it now, It is actually huge... maybe I could do more work.
 
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y'all need to join the war against terrorism. anyways, flamethrowers are so effective against humans because humans feel pain, Z's dont. Z's blood isnt that liquidy anymore, so it cant really boil, making the flamers kinda useless. Its psychological effect is also reduced since zombies dont really have morale.
 
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Flame Throwers works by spraying ignitable liquids on enemies. I would assume that target's skin and muscle (whether human or zombie) would catch on fire and burn till fire runs outta anything to feed on. Human would probably catch on fire and scream like a girl till they die. Zombies would keep running at ya (My zombies are "fast kind") till their muscles are all damaged and their brains are burnt to ash.

P.S. Ghost765, I'm with ya on war against terrorism, that's why we send our boyz in iraq. People don't get that.
 
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The Newest version of chicago. http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/members/artins+the+great/albums/%3Djunk+yard%3D/7685-welcome-chicago/

Ghost765, the zombies wouldn't necessarily "care" if their brains are burnt to ash, but with no brains and internal muscle damages from fire, zombies wouldn't be able to move and burnt to death or die from lose of blood. Zombies always seems to be different in every version they are told from, and in my version, zombies arn't invincible and comes back to life after their brains are burnt to ash.

But if you guys really strongly believe that flame throwers sucks against zombie that much, then what are you suggesting humans use against the zombieeees?
 
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Machine guns.
and like...lightning weapons.
and lazors.
and cannons.
in WWZ there was this bolt action rifle type gun that fired some sort of incinedary round that could knock out a Z in a single shot, it like blew it up from the inside out or something like that.
 
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Hmm well I would suggest looking at these flash games:

Last Stand and it's sequel, Last Stand 2.

They have all the typical weapons for killing zombies.

I would say that a chain saw would be really affective but the downside is that I wouldn't want to get in close quarters combat with zombies.
 
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i think america is the 4th reich.
anyways, why do Z's care if their brains are ash? they need almost no bodily functions to survive.


Oh God, one of you people.

Zombies should care that their brains are ash because without a brain, they can't live (everything needs a brain) why do you think ALL zombie games have you shoot 'em in the head for a quick kill? Cause the brain is the most important thing in the body.

@ Artins: Keep the flamethrower. Give it a low attack but high rate of speed (like in UA2) this'll balance the weapon out. All zombies are made out of biomass, and fire consumes almost everything. In the midevil times, they had a type of paste that caught on fire and engulfed an entire person in a few seconds. Perhaps you could make something like that? What Ghost is offering is basically something you already have (infantry?)

Flamethrowers stop EVERYTHING in their path (CoD5 anyone? :D)

@ Hawking: It's possible that Canada was annexed into the country.
 
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-Ghost765, Theres no lazers nor Lightning weapons in the game, the Globe is suffering from social collapse from Zombies.


-Arvedui, great games, I must agree, but already played them.

The chainsaw is a great idea. It could ravage zombies in seconds, but there are some problems.

first, the close quarters with zombies ain't so cool for chainsaw man.
second, theres no chainsaw models. (Although Arthas /w Frostmoore looks like he is using a chainsaw, kinda)


-Hawkwing, Canada is gone, including Cuba, Mexico, and bunch of other countries. And as Death Bringer said, it's possible that Canada was annexed into the country, but who wants zombie infected land anyways? It doesn't really matter does it? Canada and Mexico will be filled with zombie base and bunch of neutral hostile survivors. Which zombies must clear if they want to call total war against Americans in the game.


-Flamethrowers should be amazing against the zombies. It will bring down almost any typical zombies. But like chain saw, you must get pretty close to the zombies if you want them, and they won't be super powered, since they will have small health point as any other infantary. Flamethrowers are pretty much useless against humans.
 
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wait i dun get it. why are flamers ineffective vs humans? they're supposed to be exceedingly effective, and they break the enemy's will.
Chainsaws i cant really say much about, might give him a slightly longer range than Zombies and some sort of cleaving attack.

I dont see how brains are absolutely neccassary to a Zombies survival. They've lost almost all bodily functions. They dont need to engage in conversation, they dont need to see, they dont really need to hear. they dont need to THINK in general. All they need to do is smell, run and swipe their arms in an attacking fashion. maybe moan.

Heavy Machine guns such as the German '42 (Although old) are more suited to firing while in a fortified position. Take Company of heroes for example. When you train an MG Team, you actually have to set them up in the direction you want them to fire. Same with Dawn of War, heavy weapons squads force you to fortify their position before bringing out their guns.

Something more realistic yet fitting the "lightning gun" description could be a longer ranged Taser. its a couple decades in the future, alot of tech could've been created by then.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#Directed-energy_weapon
Nikola Tesla had schematics for a Tesla weapon, maybe theres a secret item entitled "Nikola Tesla's Schematics" giving you access to units.

I remember one old game, where you had to recover Schematics from around the map, and that would give access to stronger units and weapons. I think that would be an intresting idea to use.
 
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Flamers arn't much useful against humans becuase humans can effectively fight from distance, the flamers requires some what close quarters, and they would be dead before flamers reach enemies in their range. (common shotguns, hunting rifles, machinguns, anything) Humans also uses Tanks and Air Crafts, making Flamers even more useless. The Flamers can only be brought into production by researching some kind of Zombie warfare technologies.

Brains allows you to do "Everything" without one you can't smell, run and swipe your arms in attacking fashion, Or moan.

I'm not sure about Telsa though, I think they would ruin the Modern Technology tatics with overpowering demage. Anyways, even there are some of them around, many professional soldiers or operators are dead (From war in Middle East, and plague remember?) The Army of these nations (ASA, USA, CSA) are mainly formed by civilians or refugees with guns or whatever weapon they can find.
 
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make it so its hard to get. remember, Nikola Tesla already did the work for you, you just need to find his schematics.

You dont need your entire brain to do a few things. humans barely tap into the vast resource the brain is.

but meh, w/e u say. i still like the idea of having a futuristic (its not really futuristic though) weapon in the humans late game arsenal.
 
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