It's been a long time since anyone's heard anything from 'Highland'

Well, you guys gave some positive feedback, and development of the map has been happening for almost 2 weeks now. (On and off, lot's of studying to do)

Anyway, I thought I'd give you all a little teaser!

That first pick with the confirers looks great.

That second pic shows bunker rape to the max for me. thats all I see there, a fuckn death trap

agreed lol. so many places to just camp it out and pick em off as they come out

lighting in the cave looks a bit. well. weird.

TraeliumFTW wrote:

lighting in the cave looks a bit. well. weird.

Yep to me looks like half life lighting

The feedback about the cave is good, this is what I'm after.

The lighting in the cave's going to be difficult to change, but it's possible with the use of visareas.
As for more pictures...Give me a minute.

EDIT: I've got some new ideas to get rid of the current caves, and change their layout completely to avoid rape.
In your opinion, is it those platforms and open areas that enable the bunker rape? Or just the various tunnel systems?

what you can do is raise the bunker off the ground and lower the platforms as anyone who holds a high ground is usually going to win a fight.

Dessicrater wrote:

what you can do is raise the bunker off the ground and lower the platforms as anyone who holds a high ground is usually going to win a fight.

Good idea. Also, have some barricades or something like that so that those who exit the bunker are able to have some sort of cover.

or you can just create a much smaller cave for the bunker, more exits

yea anyone who holds the high ground usually wins if they weren't leaving from a single 1m wide doorway lol.....

Alright guys, I've replaced the cave bunker with a new one. Take a look and see what you think.

looks good. is it gonna be ready for crysis2 ?

TraeliumFTW wrote:

looks good. is it gonna be ready for crysis2 ?

That's implying that Cryengine 2 products will work with CryEngine 3. Unlikely, but possible.

I will ensure that Highland will be around for Crysis 2, and if that means re-doing it all, I will do that. I just really want to aim for a PS map that has the same qualities of a Crytek map in both balance and professional level design. And you guys, (being the masters of Crysis) can help me by giving feedback and ideas.

can you get some clouds on the mountains kind of like these

TraeliumFTW wrote:

can you get some clouds on the mountains kind of like these

Yeah man. That'll get put in when I do the 'final touches'.

Thanks for the suggestion though, that's a good idea.

Alright guys. I've got some demonstrations on the front of the prototype area. It's something new, asnd fyi the water right infront of the prototype door (where the waterfall falls) is quite deep, this enables hilarious cover and water jumping.

Thoughts?

So when is this mao going to be on a server, looking pretty good, would also like to play it some soon, to see what its all about.

IllicitFTW wrote:

So when is this mao going to be on a server, looking pretty good, would also like to play it some soon, to see what its all about.

Well, it's going into beta in a couple of weeks. I'm aiming to get it on FTW's server, so that means a lot of work in balanace, de-laggifying, and plain sexyness.

Interesting.

I hope it's not gigantic. Not many people play anymore

CharlieFTW wrote:

Interesting.

I hope it's not gigantic. Not many people play anymore

It's Deso/Crossroads sized. Just keep in mind much of the terrain is roamable, with some areas with really tall grass, and others with a deeper forest feel.
It's great for sniping, great for hiding, great for ambushes. I've made sure it's not a mirror image in terms of capture points like desolation is, but everything should still be balanced.

just for reference you could always drag some or all of the spawn points in the bunker somewhere outside the bunker.... kinda voids the purpose of the bunker as a fortress but can be done effective very easily