Samurai Assault Terrain (playable terrain)

[Nudl9]

Mkay, im not going to make this thread long, actually only to show u guys here at hive a few glimpse of my current project, since its only available for my friends for now...
Also i used LOTS of pathing blockers to make sure no one gets stuck with blink or with other abilities, so i had to keep an eye on the doodad limit!

Dont mind about they green dices, they are just dummy units which wont be removed on game view settings!
Also not all of the units are showed because its not in-game shots, there are actually units standing on the roofs of buildings and towers!

Btw the last 3 screenies doesnt have much to do with terraining, but only to spoil a little about my map and to show how big the map actually is!

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Excellent playable terrain.You got rep!

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Looks good for playable terrain for a BNet actionish map.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Give it a darker fog.Would boost atmosphere a lot.

 

[Nudl9]

Nah the white fog works very well if you ask me, cus i have it on 4000 and once in awhile it begins raining.
Dark fogs doesnt look that well either, i prefer using light fogs if the theme of the map isnt supposed to be dark or evil looking.
Btw i changed the fog a bit on the screenies to 5000-8000 so i didnt have to take many small screenies!

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

It's ok then!Keep it as it is.

 

[Naze]

Yes, it is a very nice terrain, and, I dont know why, when i looked at the first screens, I felt like it was a sunny morning. Just a thing: The stone path in the cities are too correctly, artificial. Make them with some fails where the "grass had grown" at the borders. you can also add shrubs. But the terrain is excelent!

 

[Nudl9]

Ye i know, but the ways are a bit tight so its hard to make, but thanks for the tip, +rep!
I'l try to fix it in some way.

 

[Craka_J]

To be honest, I really like this playable terrain! The indoor terrain needs work though.
~Craka_J

 

[Nudl9]

I know, but im not going to work so much on the indoor terrain, since your heroes are supposed to stay out in the wild, not inside the base.
If you want to take a look on my indoor terrainu should look at my first map Prisonbreak!

 

[Gilles]

Good work! I suggest taking off fog when taking screens from a high view. Or raising the value so it's not so dense.

+rep

 

[Craka_J]

Every aspect of the terrain should be as good as you can make it. That's what I think. Makes the overall quality of the map a lot better in the end.
~Craka_J

 

[Gilles]

I wind up over doodading things though, make sure you don't. I may have used too many on Castle Siege. It was beginning to lag on WE. I probably had over 7000, on a small map.

 

[seruk]

It looks pretty good, I've never been a fan of cobblestone though and imo it ruins the shots. But overall it's a job well done.

 

[Nudl9]

Me neither, but none of the paths doesnt rly match!

 

[Naze]

Yeah, Craka_J is right. The indoor terrain is poor. Hint: Dont put the tables one ON another. Put one beside another, but the space between them must not be seen if you want. It will get a better look.

 

[Nuke770]

wow very nice terrain and it seems fun to play just looking at the ingame pics

 

[madman9800]

dam thats some really awsome terrain. I like all the screenies, nice job, keep it up!

 

[Nudl9]

Yeah, Craka_J is right. The indoor terrain is poor. Hint: Dont put the tables one ON another. Put one beside another, but the space between them must not be seen if you want. It will get a better look.

yeye, i know its poor looking!
btw i didnt use tables, i used bookshelves and placed them so they faced in with another angle!

I wind up over doodading things though, make sure you don't. I may have used too many on Castle Siege. It was beginning to lag on WE. I probably had over 7000, on a small map.

Hmm this goes on totally 6750 doodads, but its a big map not a small one.

 

[LordOglog]

This is a bit off topic but. Nudl I have to say this is a great map, I love it! The game play is very nice and not like all other AoS maps which is great imo, the spells and skills are good and inventive, and it's overall a very balanced and fun to play map, please finish it!

 

[Wraithwynd]

Me neither, but none of the paths doesnt rly match!

Try sunken ruins Rough dirt - slide it all the way to the first position so everything covers the edge.

Although its supposed to be rough dirt it looks so much like paving stones.

You did a nice job of mixing rock textures on hills and what not - breaks up the monotony of the rock faces.

If this is playable terrain then you need to show us more of game camera settings - either from inside the game or locking to the game camera default distance and angle of attack.

 

[Nudl9]

The Sunken Ruins dirt cliff doesnt look like a path at all...
Under here is an ingame pic showing the game view settings.
I know its a bit messy, but i didnt bother taking another screenshot...

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

The map has nice interface and some good effects so far.

 

[Naze]

Remember that I've said that your stone paths were artificial and bad-made?

The straight path of the screenshot that you've posted is great. That was what I was talking about. Now there are no "mistakes" on the terrain.

+rep =]

 

[Nudl9]

Im gonna release a little beta when i'v finished the 4.th hero, so its playable for 12 ppl and not 3 cus theres 3 players per. hero and i'v finished only 3 heroes, but when i finish the 4.th you can see the complete terrain for the whole map!
I just need 2 spells now and a few charged items ^^

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Post some more pictures pleas£!!!

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

I really need to play this map at some point, it looks and seems awesome.

 

[Nudl9]

Well im gonna do a release soon + /w a thread when im feeling the gameplay looks pretty ok and when i finish the 4.th hero!
For now the gameplay is a bit sticky and slow, so i need to configure the terrain and make some sneaky ways and create a few more charged items and some recipes.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Don't add recipes AGAIN.Make something new.Your map will get 10 at uniqueness.

 

[Nudl9]

I dont mean like the DotA items, i mean mostly for Charged items.
For example: 3 Kunais = 1 Kunai Pack (like night elf wardens fan of knives) and things like in Island Troll Tribes, just not to much items and not so advanced!

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Then it's nice!Good luck!

 

[LordOglog]

I really need to play this map at some point, it looks and seems awesome.

It is awsome, really amazing

 

[seruk]

It is awsome, really amazing

It works. I had a friend that was crazy about it and wanted to play it with me all the time. Though he was fat and canadian...

 

[Gilles]

What does Canadian have to do with it?

You've played this? I didn't realise it was released!

 

[seruk]

What does Canadian have to do with it?

You've played this? I didn't realise it was released!

Oh wait, I might be mistaking it with another map.

And of course, Humour +1

 

[Nudl9]

You've played this? I didn't realise it was released!

No i havent, that guy must have mistaken it by an old AoS map with the same name.
LordOgLog is one of the few lucky ones who have actually played it, because hes my friend! ^^

 

[seruk]

I was thinking about Samurai Legends by nooK, sorry chap.

 

[Gilles]

Oh wait, I might be mistaking it with another map.

And of course, Humour +1

What is this Humour +1?

 

[Craka_J]

Did someone make a funny? :O
~Craka_J

 

[Gilles]

Not me, I was serious. What is Humor+1?

 

[TheSandWraith]

Wow that map looks good!! I was wondering also were you got those japanese houses. They look great and I have looked all over The Hive trying to find it. If you could please direct me to their location, or just send me it zipped that would be awsome. I am going to use them in my map and I think they will fit right in. And secondly, you created Samurai Legends!?!? I love that game!
Anyway, those look awsome! Keep it up.

 

[Craka_J]

The japanese buildings are in the Hive's models section. The trees I believe are at Wc3Campaigns.net
~Craka_J

 

[Naze]

Good! Japanese buildings rocks!

 

[Craka_J]

Yes. I also believe that the models were created by killst4r. So give credit to him if you do use them in your map.
~Craka_J

 

[Andriejj]

Samurai Legends was made by nooK. And that terrain rocks, too bad Nudl9 is remaking it- the map was too big, gameplay too slow.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

He said he will change it a lot.Terrain so far is great and by the pictures heroes and spells are very well together.

 

[Nudl9]

Acutally im remaking the whole terrain.
Im gonna add sum games modes now (team deathmatch and ctf is confirmed) and some arenas to play in (2 confirmed for now).
THis time im going to make the terrain more correct aswell, cus now the map doesnt look quite correct, and so i planned the terrain more carefully!

 

[Naze]

Just keep in the mind the doodad limit dude! I don't know if it was a good idea to fix the blink spell, because you must add a lot of pathing blockers at the hills...

But the map is good! ehehe

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

No need for pathing blockers \Naze, he can just make a big region and remove people trying to blink into that region.

 

[Nudl9]

Nah, im using mega big pathings instead.
This is somewhat the new CTF map will look like and btw i gotta remove some stuff from the map due to resizing.