Map type: Multi Player - FFA / Team FFA / Duel
Custom Textures: Yes - by Iikka, (@ TheBigHouse) + by ShroomDuck
Bot Support: Yes
A castle map with external battlements and towers, and a number of internal buildings including a barrakcs, stables, apothecary, blacksmiths, HQ, well, training area and hidden underground prison.
Notes: My first ever MP map! I started this project as a bit or a relaxed bit of mapping after the fairly ardous completion of Prison_Escape. I thought then and still do think that SP mapping is a lot more frustrating and fiddly because there are more things that can go wrong, and more things to have to rework over and over to get right. That said, MP mapping is a very different task and requires different skills. In MP mapping you don't have all the extras like custom skins, voice acting and cutscenes which can make an SP map stand out - it seems to be about two things: looks and gameplay. I don't think I've ever been able to create particulalry good looking levels, and creating a map whilst trying to imagine how a group of human players will be able to fight in it is certainly new to me.
I have enjoyed making this map, and I intend to do some MP mapping intersperced between continuing with the SP map series I've been working on. I plan to basically alter the castle quite a bit, then duplicate it, create a big bridge and river inbetween (2fort style) and make it into a CTF map.
Why a Medieval theme? I'm a big fan of the Medieval Period, and I love castles. I know a little about the kind of things that they had within the castle walls so that helped give me ideas. I fortunately came across some great textures at TheBigHouse by Iikka, which all fitted a Medieval style really well. I am going to use more of his excellent textures for my next SP map which has a Medieval feel to it as well. ShroomDuck also kindly let me use some textures from his excellent map CountryRoads.I have to thank Bell from LucasForums for pointing out a load of sites with great textures including TBH which is how I came across it in the first place.
New features:
My first MP map so it's the first time I created an ARENA file, and the first time I tried bot routing.
This is the first map I've used custom textures in, largely textures by Iikka, and also some by ShroomDuck from his brilliant CountryRoads map, which he kindly let me use :)
This is also the first map I've added music to, there is a great selection of wonderful Star Wars tunes so I was spoilt for choice!
