Mstow (1v1)

"16.01.1945 - Red Army rampages through Poland during Wisla-Odra operation. In Mstow German 304th Infantry Division clashed with Soviet 54th Armoured Brigade, trying to slow down Red Colossus."


This will be simple 1v1 map. I'll try to create map similiar to Angoville or Langres ( that means competitive 1v1 map) for EF, also making my 2nd winter map.







As you can see I have just begun working. Ground requires texturing, and more objects is about to come. Also I decided not to turn the fog off - it's more climatic.

Last edited March 6, 2012 at 4:11 PM by cephalos

Looks like a winter paradise :D. Until the snow turns red :-X

Looks good so far. Reminds me of Kalach.  :)

Looks like a great map. Can't wait to balance test :D

Looks great and lots of cover between those trees. Looking forward to the first beta :P.

Sector layout v.0.1  :)

and I have more pics, but there's no point in uploading them now. Map is ~50% finished.

The map looks quiet small. Which size did you chose?

map looks nice. i love the winter-atmosphere  ;D

256x256

Cool that's the size of Leningrad and optimal for 1vs1.

Two more pics:

Cephalos with snowy map? That's strange  ;D

Anyway nice pics!  ;)

Looks good, looking forward to see how this will turn out.

So many trees :P

Fishhunterx wrote:
So many trees :P

Well, if oyu don't like it, simply pull that IS-2 out of your pocket and get rid of some ;)

MaxiKing6 wrote:

Fishhunterx wrote:
So many trees :P

Well, if oyu don't like it, simply pull that IS-2 out of your pocket and get rid of some ;)

IS-2 = Russian Chainsaw? XD

MaxiKing6 wrote:

Fishhunterx wrote:
So many trees :P

Well, if oyu don't like it, simply pull that IS-2 out of your pocket and get rid of some ;)

exactly. All of the trees are crushable/removable. No "heavy" trees here. Don't like forest? Annoyed by Greenpeace? Use your V1 or GoW today, and enjoy totally new landscape.  ;)

A very black lanscape after the V1 ;D

BTW what is Greenpeace ???

Fishhunterx wrote:
BTW what is Greenpeace ???

Sorry but I had to lol hard when I read that ;D

Greenpeace is an international organization with the task to protect the environment. ;)

MaxiKing6 wrote:

Fishhunterx wrote:
BTW what is Greenpeace ???

Sorry but I had to lol hard when I read that ;D

Greenpeace is an international organization with the task to protect the environment. ;)

lol srsly XD

stealthattack1 wrote:

MaxiKing6 wrote:

Fishhunterx wrote:
BTW what is Greenpeace ???

Sorry but I had to lol hard when I read that ;D

Greenpeace is an international organization with the task to protect the environment. ;)

lol srsly XD

Over here its simply known as being enviormentally friendly :P. I've never heard an organization for this :-[. I have heard the term "eco-freindly".

Last edited October 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM by Fishhunterx

Greenpeace is known the world over... How can you not have heard of it?

To be honest the news has never mentioned their name :-\. Unfortunately I'm not joking :'(. And I watch the news everyday :P. Maybe I just wasn't around to hear their name. God damn channel 7 >:(. Nor have I heard it's name on any sort of e-mail website (mainly Yahoo) These places are where I get a majority of my info from. They might not be reliable but its easy to access :-\

Last edited October 12, 2011 at 5:16 AM by Fishhunterx

Don't worry Fishhunterx, i have also never heard about greenpeace. :P

Back to topic:

Map looks promising, keep making this cephalos'ie :).

Fishhunterx wrote:
To be honest the news has never mentioned their name :-\.

you are joking or living in the states  :P

New update

I've just finished another part of map. Fields offer quick route around three buildings in the center of map, however they offer little cover for  advancing troops.



Overall screenshot of fields.



3rd Victory Point set nearby small church...



... and fearsome Flak36 88mm AA/AT gun position guarding the road. The gun is impossible to recrew and it's just a piece of scenery.



and this is how it looks like. As you can see I used barely 7 or 8 objects. And this beauty joins my self-made scenery pieces  ;)

Love the flak and the fields. How is it that you manage to make such interesting fields? They're always so pleasing to the eye and assymetrical.

GodlikeDennis wrote:
Love the flak and the fields. How is it that you manage to make such interesting fields? They're always so pleasing to the eye and assymetrical.

I always thought that map should be as much realistic as it's possible. 2nd comes the gameplay  :) that's why not all my maps were... hmmm, balanced  :-\

About the fields: it's easy, I used to spend my holidays on my grandparents' farm, so I just recreate what I have seen. And WB ( this bitch, frankly speaking  :P ) has almost all needed tools.

That flak bunker is amazing :o That would be a really impressive emplacement for a mod that is into stuff like that. Oh and the map is beautiful. ;)

I want this to be in a future winter map by you cephalos O0

Last edited October 12, 2011 at 5:20 PM by HerrVoss

donthateme wrote:

Fishhunterx wrote:
To be honest the news has never mentioned their name :-\.

you are joking or living in the states  :P

LOL true word  ;D

@cephalos: You know, you're the master.

I was wondering, that if Flak and ammo chests would be removed, wouldn't it be a sweet new Soviet OP?  ::)

Cephalos, you're the best mapper i've ever seen. You're map looks now more promising :P. EF needs more balanced 1v1 maps.

88 looks awesome, i mean defense.

TheDzierzanPL wrote:
Cephalos, you're the best mapper i've ever seen.

i totally agree. i think the correct phrase is, "like a boss." this kind of stuff should be put in the Louvre for its awesomeness.

LOL the Flak seems interesting ;D. Nice map though ;)

"Danko! Those tiger tanks are tearing us to shreads! Let's use that Flak gun against them."

"Negative! I've been given strict orders by cephalos not to touch it! You touch it and I shoot you!"

Map is finished, 3 new pictures done. I'll test the map myself, find and fix some errors, then upload beta. Stay tuned.

Good job I will try it this weekend.

I want to play it NOW :P.

TheDzierzanPL wrote:
I want to play it NOW :P.

i was thinking the same thing

Ok, beta is up!

Download Link : http://www.mediafire.com/?456o8gfg78h6glf
Drop the file into: My Documents/My Games/Company of Heroes/ww2/scenarios and play EF.

Changes I made:
- deleted Flak position. It might look awesome, but AI behaved stupid and was blobbing inf around it, spoiling the gameplay.
- Added few small hills.
- Divided middle +5 fuel point to two +5 fuel points.
- enlarged base sectors

Few tips:
- Flak and Nashorn on this map change it to hell. Two of those and it's almost impossible to pass through.
- mobile units like ACs, Pumas or T-90 also perform well - use them to raid enemy units
- cutting off teritory is quite effective

Enjoy and don't forget to share yor thoughts or ideas about it.
Loading screen and tacmap will be provided in final version.

cephalos wrote:
Ok, beta is up!

Download Link : http://www.mediafire.com/?456o8gfg78h6glf
Drop the file into: My Documents/My Games/Company of Heroes/ww2/scenarios and play EF.

Changes I made:
- deleted Flak position. It might look awesome, but AI behaved stupid and was blobbing inf around it, spoiling the gameplay.
- Added few small hills.
- Divided middle +5 fuel point to two +5 fuel points.
- enlarged base sectors

Few tips:
- Flak and Nashorn on this map change it to hell. Two of those and it's almost impossible to pass through.
- mobile units like ACs, Pumas or T-90 also perform well - use them to raid enemy units
- cutting off teritory is quite effective

Enjoy and don't forget to share yor thoughts or ideas about it.
Loading screen and tacmap will be provided in final version.

Who cares about the AI :)

I will play this and make some suggestions concerning balance, provided it's not up to my standard when it comes to resource division. I'm sure Dennis will want to take a stab at it too.

QuoteWho cares about the AI :)

::)... don't forget that not all people want to play vs other players, so AI should work on this map.

@cephalos

Great map, i've just played it. I love snown maps.

awesome!! ;D im downloading now! ;D ;D

@cephalos
Why don't you block that area? IIRC there should be some kind of "block" element that can be wrapped around the emplacement.

Use the impass tool if you didn't use it already.

well I did, the problem lies in the 88. There's no 'cinematic' 88 to place, so I use 88 from the objects->gameplay. And this one, though it's in impass area, it's still capturable. And AI knows it...

hey guys, i havent added any maps into eastern front and i just wanted to know where i should put it.  i think it goes into (c:)/programfiles/THQ/companyofheroes/Eastern_front/Data/scenarios/mp  but i just wanted to check before i screw myself. is this where it goes?
any help would be appreciated.

My Documents/My Games/Company of Heroes/ww2/Scenarios

I can give you a non-capturable flak88 if you like. But I guess that will have to wait for the final version :P.

cephalos wrote:
My Documents/My Games/Company of Heroes/ww2/Scenarios

thanks a lot man

Can you put the flak outside the map maybe? I really wanted to stamp it. I will try this map out on sunday.