Railroad Station One (4P)

so im finaly @home
but i have seen that maxi is now away^^

I will host a game 7:30

If Maxi doesnt play another one can take his place. If Crani is on too we might do a beta game?  ;D

7:30 as in now? Or in 12hrs time? Now is no good but 12hrs from now is perfect.

always forum time. In 12h from now i wake up  ;D

12 Hours from now is perfect.

I would like to see if this map as a 3v3, but only if it works well.

I think there are some problems I encountered when testing that for some reasons didn't save when I editied the map last. Some of the objects should be moved to enable better pathing like the walls and large rail crash in the centre right being removed and maybe a few carriages being exchanged for flat-beds to provide heavy cover.

Also, if you feel the resources need moved around feel free to reorganise them.

I'm still away (visiting family again) so you'll have to test without me.

Seeme!! Job opportunity :P.

OK, I'm ready when you guys are. Are we testing in Sandy?

Not if Maxi is testing...But be warned

I thought it was the 4 balance testers going at it? You, Killar, Spike and myself?

Last edited August 10, 2011 at 4:17 AM by GodlikeDennis

Neither Killar nor Evilspike appear to be online...

That was 6:14 AM in Germany.. ;)

I'm in for testing this evening if you need me.

yes im also in this evening

Im there too if you need me. 10:00 forum time?

Last edited August 10, 2011 at 1:05 PM by Killar

I think we're in lack of communication  ::)

Why don't we make a list of available times. I'm pretty flexible so I won't put mine down until I know other people's. (I'm practically available 24/7 but I'd prefer if games weren't at 4AM or 10AM-2PM but I can totally play then.)

pls refer to forum times. I´m avaible 05:00 till 12:00 (i think its pm now in forum time). Or 01:00 pm to 10:00 pm GMT (because i´m +2 GMT this would be 3:00 - 12:00 pm for me  ;) )

There is also a "Sign in" thread in the balance section

True...^-^ But maxi can't see that.

Best would be 05:00 pm forum time

thats 15:00 for me, ape and maxi; 10:00 am for you; 11:00 pm for dennis

That would be right now. I think your calculation might be off lol

Cranialwizard wrote:
That would be right now. I think your calculation might be off lol

I mean generally. I just wondered because Dennis played far later than that.

So should I log in?

I'm also there in case there is a place for me.

You might want to take my place, I should be put on reserve due to the lag that is caused on some of those bigger maps

Game is open.

Be right there.

back from work
and comes online now^^


so we had now some test games on this map
what do you say guys?

Last edited August 10, 2011 at 4:49 PM by evilSpike

Good addition to the 2vs2 map pack. To make it 3vs3 its a bit too little and to make it 2vs2 its a little to big, so ...

There is more Stalingrad feeling and gameplay than on the actual Stalingrad map. I would keep the old map but rename Railroad Station one into "Stalingrad Railroad station"

We have then a third Stalingrad map

Minor improvements:



Can you clear the entrance to the hall? Vehicles have a hard work to get through (especially hard for PE). My panthers got killed because they couldnt move.
The crater to the left might be removed too.



Same goes for the opposite side. Pls delete those small hills and move the VP a little bit to the right



Thats what i told you about today. If you straighten the tracks up the most right one would be next to the big crane. (there are 5 tracks to straighten i think)



I think you can delete that little building ;). Looks very robust but i didnt think the soviets did build like this.



There can actually drive vehicles through. Very irritating for the comp. If you made it a bit more narrow only Infantry can enter it. Like it was intended i think.

Who has spotted the little guy i painted?  ;)

Last edited August 10, 2011 at 6:53 PM by Killar

Don't read this if you don't want the answer:
Last picture top left corner on the rails

Too obvious  ;D

It's Burro working on the map :P

The door of the tower building in the middle is favoured to one side and imba.

Does it point to the north?

in the minimap it points to the south.

Reduce fuel and mun in the middle to medium.

Last edited August 11, 2011 at 3:02 PM by Killar

Killar wrote:
in the minimap it points to the south.

Reduce fuel and mun in the middle to medium.

yes i think after these changes we can add it into our map pool

Shall I do it or do you want to wait for Burro to do this? I mean it's his map..

MaxiKing6 wrote:
Shall I do it or do you want to wait for Burro to do this? I mean it's his map..

He already asked you if you could change his map to a 3vs3. So i think improvements can be done.

Could you create kind of a list for me? I don't remember everything that has to be changed.

Here we go:






• Pls reduce high fuel and high mun in the middle to medium fuel and medium mun


• The tower building in the middle has a door that faces south. Pls change it to face east


• Pls change name to "Stalingrad Railroad station"  ;D





The other changes are in my post above with pictures

In short:




• Psl change the entrance to the hall. Delete the crater to the left and make the entrance to the left passable for vehicles


• On the opposite site there are two little hills that can be removed


• The tracks near the crane can be straighten (5 tracks)


• The building inside the hall can be deleted


• trenches are too big

Thx Maxi!

Last edited August 11, 2011 at 6:59 PM by Killar

Killar wrote:

Here we go:






• Pls reduce high fuel and high mun in the middle to medium fuel and medium mun


• The tower building in the middle has a door that faces south. Pls change it to face east


• Pls change name to "Stalingrad Railroad station"  ;D





The other changes are in my post above with pictures

In short:




• Psl change the entrance to the hall. Delete the crater to the left and make the entrance to the left passable for vehicles


• On the opposite site there are two little hills that can be removed


• The tracks near the crane can be straighten (5 tracks)


• The building inside the hall can be deleted


• trenches are too big

Thx Maxi!

Everything done except of this

QuoteThe tracks near the crane can be straighten (5 tracks)

because it would change too much of the maps structure and it isn't necessary for gameplay.

Download!

Last edited August 14, 2011 at 7:19 PM by MaxiKing6

All is perfect now except the tower in the middle. I would replace that building by another one that has 2 doors facing north and south like the one on the other end in the middle. The tower building has a door that faces more to the south.

Thx Maxi  :)

Last edited August 13, 2011 at 2:43 AM by Killar

Can someone post an up to date tacmap please? I think a +5FU needs to be close to the bases on each side otherwise it's too US/Sov favoured because of harassment ability.

Killar wrote:
All is perfect now except the tower in the middle. I would replace that building by another one that has 2 doors facing north and south like the one on the other end in the middle. The tower building has a door that faces more to the south.

No, that would scratch to much on the maps design. The tower belongs to the train station, I could replace the big building by a second tower though.

/done.

GodlikeDennis wrote:
Can someone post an up to date tacmap please? I think a +5FU needs to be close to the bases on each side otherwise it's too US/Sov favoured because of harassment ability.

Wait a moment.

Edit:


There is already a +5 fuel point next to both teams bases.

Last edited August 14, 2011 at 6:22 PM by MaxiKing6

Maxi has my permission to change whatever the map needs to make it better, although I would like to keep the tower building in the middle as it most reflects the CoD2 map it's loosely based on. This isn't concrete though... another tower or equally tall building can be used if it effects the balance too much.

I replaced the big town house by another tower and rotated it so that it is balanced.. Doesn't look too bad, I sent it to Mystic 10 minutes ago. Download link will be updated in a few mins too.

Great! I'll hopefully be able to play it sometime in the week ;)

Will this map be included in the next patch?

neosdark wrote:
Will this map be included in the next patch?

Yes.

Great map. Its very balanced. When the tourney comes out, I think I may use it ;D

Like the CoD2 element in it.