^^^This picture, it be a link! ^^^

Author: Squiiddish
Players: 3-10 (10 can get insane)
Supported Gametypes: Team Slayer, FFA Slayer, Multi Flag, Multi Bomb, Neutral Bomb, KotH (see warning below), Infection gametypes

Prismatic (n.): 1. Refracting light as a prism
2. Multicolored or incandescent

Prismatic Rise is the spawn of countless hours of work interlocking, geomerging and aligning things.
At least a week of preplanning and map layout.
Days of testing and weapon/player spawn fiddling.
And approximately a week of trolling these forums trying to get someone to help me break the item cap. For the record, I never did get it to work, so you can expect 0 lag from this map. It fits within Bungie's specifications (except budget glitch =) )

The map uses the entirety of Foundry, and focuses on a large central building smack in the middle of the central area of the map. It is an entirely symmetrical map made to be used for all major gametypes. The map uses a timed event feature within the central building: more floors and areas will open up as the game moves on. After 3 minutes, the map is entirely open for fighting (this will be explained in detail later)
NOTICE: All maps bordered above and below with stars are images from older versions of the map. Not all details of these pictures may be accurate.

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This is a basica overview of the map. You can see the front of the main building from here.

The towers in the corners. These become accessible after 3 minutes (will be explained later).

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The Back Alley, home of the Sniper Rifle (2 minute respawn, 1 spare clip)

The center of the field. Most of the action takes place out here or in the building itself.

The bases for each team are located where the default Foundry bases are. The back hallway can be accessed from the far room in each base, and houses the Shotgun (2 minute respawn, 0 spare clips)

The timed feature of this map is what I'm most proud of. At the beginning of a round, only the lower floor of the mian building can be accessed. After one minute, the second floor will unlock, followed by the roof at two minutes and finally the corner towers at three. Also at three minutes, staircases will spawn leading directly from the floor to the corner towers (exposing the building totally).

For those of you who learn by seeing, here you go:

Base at the Beginning

One Minute passes...

Two Minutes...

And finally Three.

IMPORTANT: Due to the workins of the building opening up over time, you must change a few settings to play KotH. I'm not gonna make you DL a separate gametype, just follow these instructions:
1. Load up a KotH gametype
2. Set hills to spawn in sequence
3. Set hill move time to one minute

It sounds like a hill chillin there for one minute may get boring, but trust me it really works with the map. Most of the hills are fairly large, and feature multiple ares to hold it from (with one very notable exception ;) )

Here's your stinkin action shots :)

An excellent demonstration of when NOT to reload your rifle.

Gangbang at Sniper Alley!

At 2 1/2 minutes in, the Spartan Laser spawns in between the two bases in a mancannon. It goes flying across the entire map to land in a weapon holder on the roof of the building.
This usually causes severe moshing.

OM NOM NOM! Devil PacMan is hungry.

Yeah, you can get up there. No, it won't help you.

Remember that "notable exception"? Yeeeaaaaah... thats this.

Mmmmmm Weapon List...
AR x 10
BR x 10
Shotgun x 1
Sniper x 1
SMG x 4
Spiker x 2
Magnum x 2
Plasma Pistol x 2
Plasma Rifle x 2
Needler x 1
Brute Shot x 2
SPLAZER x 1
Carbine x 3
Mauler x 2

Frag x 13
Plasma x 10
Bubble Shield x 1
Power Drain x 2
Regen x 1
Deployable Cover x 2
Overshield x 1

Last but not least, I wanna give some special thanks to those who really gave me a lot of help with this map. Thanks to Riv Roy009 for helping me with some alignment issues and general forging stuffs, Sgt KillStuff for giving me loads of advice on weapons spawns and the stupid staircases, and Desert Sloth for entertaining me the whole time.

And for the record...

I'm Squiiddish!

In case you missed the title shot link, DOWNLOAD Prismatic Rise HERE!