[Final] Lemberg (4)

I wish I could make maps this quick with such great detail.  :(

Anyways, great job! The map looks great!  ;D

P.S. I notice that there is a small Orange-brown colored splat you use, that you have put under some trees, wicker baskets, etc. What splat is this?

Last edited June 29, 2011 at 4:05 AM by Goober

These textures you mean are auto-placed when you place the objects. It may be that on my map they seem a little clearer to see because of the atmosphere setting.

And Goober - you have a new PM ;)

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Closed Beta launched, awaiting replies now. Map is now completely done.

Last edited June 29, 2011 at 4:37 PM by MaxiKing6

So guys, there are some news for you. After days of intensive testing, I am proud to announce that Lemberg (4) has reached its final stage of development.
Here is some eye candy for you, I hope it will motivate you to download my map, try it out and give some feedback. I'd be very pleased if my map will become a part of the mod, so guys, promote it, please! ;D

Added download link and picures to the first page.


Edit: A great THANK YOU goes out to my beta testing team; Cranialwizard, Goober and cephalos! :D

Last edited July 1, 2011 at 11:50 PM by MaxiKing6

I am going to LOVE playing on this map... Spectacular work, mate!

Thank you :D

Just been staring intently at the Tactical Map, and i noticed that your Strategic Points aren't in very strategic locations. Might want to look into that. ;)

That aside, it really is a fantastic map. Really. :)

Great map!  :D

pariah wrote:
Just been staring intently at the Tactical Map, and i noticed that your Strategic Points aren't in very strategic locations. Might want to look into that. ;)

If you take a closer look, you will see that they are indeed in strategical locations. For example both strategical sectors at the bottom and top of the map are very good cutpoints (those including the railraods). If you take one of them, the whole ressource income from the other side of the map gets stuck, if you aren't connected elsewhere with it.

MaxiKing6 wrote:

pariah wrote:
Just been staring intently at the Tactical Map, and i noticed that your Strategic Points aren't in very strategic locations. Might want to look into that. ;)

If you take a closer look, you will see that they are indeed in strategical locations. For example both strategical sectors at the bottom and top of the map are very good cutpoints (those including the railraods). If you take one of them, the whole ressource income from the other side of the map gets stuck, if you aren't connected elsewhere with it.

+1 Maxi is right. Those railroad points can be pain when not secured properly.
I've also noticed that retaking 2-3 points can totally cut off a lot of sectors. This promotes smart gameplay.

A very well balanced and detailed map! You never fail my expectations maxi :D

Thanks!  :D

It's specifically these points that i'm referring to. Notice how the points close to the red base are connected? Those close to the blue base should be connected as well. Otherwise they are less valuable.

Oh damned, just one thing I overlooked. Will be fixed ASAP.

Thank you. :D

Done.

So, erm... How do i change my vote?

You can't I think.

TacMap updated in 1st post.

hey all
maxi, cephalos and me want to test the map

who want to play with us?

game is open
name is EF - Lemberg

Be right there!

Some pretty awesome games, thanks guys (Cranialawizard, Cephalos and evilspike).

Collection of suggestions:
- Enlarge base area, axis have problems with setting up all their buildings if built in a hurry and not smart
- Move the left and right hand side VPs a little closer to the middle, otherwise it's a little campy (just the middle VP was hell of a chokepoint, with great flanking opportunities around the train station, the pond and the lumbered hill).





As already said, the map is ideal for flanking and Partizans (quote by evilSpike: "Finally a good map for Soviet Urban doctrine"). You'll find nice cover in the isles of forest, however the fields may be deadly, unless you find some well placed sandbags there. Try to rush for the train station as fast as you can. And always keep and eye on the strategical points of the railraod.. Otherwise you'll be cut off supplies!

I'll fix those things which I mentioned above if I get an answer in time concerning the inclusion in this mod, if it's positive, I'll fix it before I send it to the devs, if it's negative, I'll fix it immedeately. The reason of this proceeding is that I don't want to annoy people with frequent updates, giving several different versions of the map to them and just disturb people with it. It's meant to be an open beta now, even if the topic says something else. Anyway, thanks for testing, feedback and patiente again to all of you who dedicated some time in looking at the map and suggesting things. You're great.

Last edited July 3, 2011 at 3:04 PM by MaxiKing6

So have any of you sexy devs downloaded this map yet?

@maxi
as you said the backyard vp´s better move

but maybe it would be better if the 2nd player of every team would start where now the backyard vp stands

evilSpike wrote:
@maxi
as you said the backyard vp´s better move

but maybe it would be better if the 2nd player of every team would start where now the backyard vp stands

If you do that then you might want to put the VPs smack dab in the middle of the map.

evilSpike wrote:
@maxi
as you said the backyard vp´s better move

but maybe it would be better if the 2nd player of every team would start where now the backyard vp stands

I won't do that. The hills won't be changed anymore, just the sector layout/VPs positions and the base areas' sizes.

... it's not my quote, but Evil's  ::) I played breakthrough.

OK, edited to match the reality.

Guys, how about following change in the territory layout:



I figured the cutpoint was too heavy, after the opponent takes it and you can't take it back it's gg. Thoughts?

Seems fine to me.

Used some free time to create this:


Ninja'd stupid french sign!

^Nice.  :)  Looks great.

Goober wrote:
^Nice.  :)  Looks great.

lol ;D!! Indeed.

What does it say?

The same like in french, "un train peut en cacher un autre" what means "a train may hide another" or in Russian "Поезд может скрыть другую".

MaxiKing6: Master of language. ;D

So why is there a Russian sign in Company Of Heroes?  ??? Or did you guys add that?  :-\

Photoshop is your friend ;)

Awesome work maxi ;) Could you try a german loading screen?

Sure, but there's something going on behind the scenes that could make some difficulties in changing the loading screen now. ;)
I have to wait for something, but I will test the final version of the map in a few mins, so that I will be able to take some nice shots of German engineering ;)

respect for your work, like it

Thanks, mate! :D

You should really do more maps!  This map looks great for competitive multiplayer play.

Hopefully there will be more maps from you and the guy who did Tannen and no more maps from the people who did Leningrad Stalingrad Orel, etc.

Thanks. I can say that there I already a new map idea in my head, which I want to realize and another concept that I like also (by evilSpike) and I think I'll do that too.

Edit: The only thing I won't do is spamming maps with low quality. The production time of Lemberg will be maybe just an exception (two weeks). Though I have six free weeks now, so it's plenty time to do mapping.
New map is WIP from this point of time on but I can't and won't promise that it will be finished, neither fast nor slow.
BTW its name is supposed to be Narva (6)..

Last edited July 4, 2011 at 9:20 PM by MaxiKing6

wow thats awesome
i think no other map has something in russian or?

Actually I edited a screenshot using Photoshop, the Russian text on the  sign is not part of my map!  ;)

Haha, you cheap bastard! :P So that sign is in French? Well that sucks...

I think there are some buildings with Russian text on them, though. I think... :-\

No, there aren't. AFAIK, there is a normandy_industrial building though, with has a name sign on it that sais "Pytlewski" which sounds pretty Russian, well, more like Polish, but it fits EF. You can find it on Prokhorovka for example, next to the railroads branch.

Yeah, i thought that was Russian or something. Oh well. Nevermind, then.

Ok. So now nobody please do a map called "Narva" or "Narwa" or something like that, I want it to be copyrighted for me :P

::) :P

good map

Picture of updated sector layout:

Final sector layout



Download Lemberg Final:

You should move the callin point from the Southern bases (possibly the North too?). It is currently set to be on the road between the two bases but this leads to clusterfuck scenarios when you call units in. It led to a great deal of rage when my Panthers were constantly stuck on retreating units and other things.