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[LeoPhone]

Map didnt work out quite well.

so i went fixing:
i made it smaller (less forest)
a lot of objects removed/moved for better pathing.

Latest version:
http://www.filefront.com/16384767/8p_Salentein_Castle.sga

the BETA topic: http://forums.europeinruins.com/index.php?topic=10131.0
the VIDEO, TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP:
http://www.xfire.com/video/d074a/

overview from latest version:



old posts:

map should be quite done now, i even made a 2v2 and 3v3 version of it  
now how did i do this? stamp placement isnt working!
well... ive just placed movement blockers over all the areas you musnt come
have fun playing!

All 3 maps(.rar)
http://files.filefront.com/Salentijnrar/;13898457;/fileinfo.html or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OUNTBMAN
2v2 map
http://files.filefront.com/4p+Salentijnsga/;13898458;/fileinfo.html or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9CYA8A2R
3v3 map
http://files.filefront.com/6p+Salentijnsga/;13898460;/fileinfo.html or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X20K5PLH
4v4 map
http://files.filefront.com/8p+Salentijnsga/;13898462;/fileinfo.html or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=32B4P8OU
you only have to put them in this folder and rename to Betamap to get it working:
C:\Program Files\THQ\Company of Heroes\EuropeInRuins\Archives

but for the 4v4 map, i still think you need to delete the Betamap.sga like sayd below

download link(3 maps zipped together):
http://files.filefront.com/Salentijn+Castlezip/;13895856;/fileinfo.html
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CFTFXXVK
maps are all tested with this added to the module:
archive.55= EuropeinRuins\Archives\4p_Salentijn_Castle
archive.56= EuropeinRuins\Archives\6p_Salentijn_Castle
archive.57= EuropeinRuins\Archives\8p_Salentijn_Castle

they all worked but...
WARNING:
THE PEOPLE WHO PLAYED 6/8p_Salentijn Castle BETA, and have the betamap.sga from that map in their archives folder, wont be able to play the 8 player map in the download link above. to fix this, they must delete their betamap.sga out of their archives folder.
or at least, the 8 player map didnt show up in my map list ingame, instead it still was the old beta 6/8 player map. when i deleted the betamap.sga out of my archives folder, and restarted the game, the good 8 player map DID show up

the movement blockers: (4 players)

view of the road

at night...

the forest, and specially for the guy who asked for it: sunny weather

[salan]

err you realize airdropping troops can get stuck behind those movement blockers right?

[LeoPhone]

the movement blockers arent just a line, theyre everywhere, and i looked with pathfinding if there were any areas left, adding screens now, youll see how ive done it.

[Guderian]

Man look at taht sun... mmm mmm


Thanks man




*thumbs up*

[LeoPhone]

CHECK TOP POST!
maps are now added to the module, but with another name than the downloads i gave, so either rename the maps youve downloaded (4p_Salentijn_Castle.sga,6p_Salentijn_Castle.sga,etc) to 4p_Salentijn.sga,etc
or download the maps with the right name here in the top post. i have uploaded all maps again with the right name. all you need to do now, is put the maps you download from above in C:\Program Files\THQ\Company of Heroes\EuropeInRuins\Archives or ofcourse rename the files from yesterday.
RENEMBER TO DELETE Betamap.sga
lets hope the maps will be in the autoupdater soon....

[overfreeze222]

didnt u base this off of a map on google earth???

[LeoPhone]

yes i did, you can see a screen of it on the beta topic: http://forums.europeinruins.com/index.php?topic=10131.0

[LeoPhone]

alright, salentijn castle is not getting a lot of plays and im working on it to solve some problems it has.

what i have done so far:

red area:
forest has all its random hedges removed and has been opened up alot. i could open it up even more, still deciding.

blue spawns:
moved start 6 that was there with 7 to the left so its together with start 5.

yellow town area: little circle: made hole in hedges bigger so vehicles can get trough.
big circle: hedges removed and replaced by building and green cover walls.



other things i can think of:

general pathing issues, i tried to fix some small move blockers around the map, but fact is that this map just needs alot of objects.

lag: big 4v4 map with alot of shit on it. i dont know how to fix this, i guess just tell the ppl with bad pc to lower their graphics before the game starts.

anything else?

[Unkn0wn]

Not sure these changes are significant enough to warrant the map getting plays.

[LeoPhone]

then whats wrong with it?

[Baine]

It' a little too wide for my taste. Cut maybe a thumb's wide from the right side.

[Tymathee]

you also gotta figure, most battles will be around cities and buildings and anything with a lot of cover. the whole right side is just, i dunno, unappealing. Plus, theres only one road on such a huge map. people like roads to use tanks and other vehicles on, to just have that one is kinda annoying imo.

[Demon767]

im sure its soppose to be a realistic map from photographs

[Unkn0wn]

Sometimes you have to move away from realism for gameplay's sake

[LeoPhone]

the map is more than 25% wider than normal 4v4s. il make it a more common size, post screenshots in some day(s).
HOWEVER... renember this map has these huge water parts in it, i guess this has some impact, so the map should still be above average size.

i dont know about an extra road, il surely make that bottom part for spawns 3 and 4 a road, right now it looks aweful.

edit: goodwood doenst has roads at all, theire borken 

[LeoPhone]

map updated, screenshot @ 1st post

old http://www.filefront.com/15979753/8p_Salentein_Castle.sga

[LeoPhone]

since its not in the launcher yet...  i just decided to change another few things.

there was really no point in having so much barbed wire and tanktraps everywhere. cleaned it up a bit.

http://www.filefront.com/16384767/8p_Salentein_Castle.sga

i hope we can expect it in the updater soon now...

[LeoPhone]

So this map is not very popular. I thought one issue might be lag.

Atm i am working on a version that should reduce lag. Please post here any issues you have with the map. Why do you not pick this map when starting a 4v4?