Pros: Very fun and different! Cons: Has the potential to stalemate, but it's rare Improvements: None

thank you for the feedback Zalaxy.

well there was certain constraints here: the symmetry aspect that you mention is pretty much a must for this style of gameplay. evenmore so as the map uses non-standard gameplay elements (i.e. moving points). the map was originally designed for a competitive play mapping competition - hence blu base and red base need to have no distinct advantages over each other. having said that however, each base has unique asthetics (in the form of texturing, and inaccessible areas/rooms) so that they both look unique. next thing to note is that all maps of this game type are symmetric either rotationally, or along a line. this is to make the game be balanced for both teams, and to prevent players favouring one side over the other side.

the 2nd/4th cps actually have 3 entrances to them (2 doors, and a staircase/basement path).

regarding the "finale" effect - this is not something that is typical of a 5-point map (consider granary, well, fastlane). furthermore in an older assault style cp map i attempted a "finale" effect, but people tend to be to busy with killing the losing team to pay attention.

texturing: i used only TF2 textures. i heavily referenced the valve maps when detailing and texturing thismap. i believe it matchs the TF2 style succinctly, and would need you to give me specific examples to understand why you think it does not match TF2's style.

the final version of this map has already been released here: http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/91286 once the realistic mapping contest concludes, i will be moving it to the maps>tf2>cp> category and archiving this one.

Pros: Unique moving points idea. Seems to help the game be more diverse and stops it from becoming boring when you keep capping the same points because they are always in different positions. Cons: Middle point seems to favour the first team to cap it. When the first team caps it, it moves closer to their base and if the opposite team then takes it away it only moves to the middle thus giving the first team who takes it the advantage for the rest of the game. 1 way gates break up the flow of the game and more often then not only cause confusion to players. I'd make all gates two way and keep it so that all teams can use them, team specific/1 way gates are annoying more often than not. Improvements: Allow the middle point to move all the way to the opposite teams area when they cap it from the opposite team's area. Make the one way gates open from both directions.

Pros: The moving CPs are enjoyable and a neat approach to balancing.

Visually the map is pretty interesting. I like the industrial feel, and the crane is way cool. Good job.

Checked it out and it seems like it will be fun to play while its finished.

heh heh, well, i'll probably prefab it after i finish and release the map.

it's not perfect mind you, i originally intended for the middle point's position to be relative to it's capped percentage and owner. i'm certain there's probably a round-about way to do it, but it will need a lot of effort since you can't get a control point to output it's % captured status, nor can you input to it to set it to a certain capp'd percentage.

That's a really neat idea actually.

This looks like it would make a really epic prefab too. I can imagine quite a few mappers (myself included) would love to get their hands on this! :)

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