Trilobyte *updated 3/30/09*

created by Titmar.

Download: Halo 3 File Details

Recommended Gametypes:
this map is set up to support FFA, Team Slayer, One Flag, Multi-flag, Assault, Neutral Bomb, Oddball, and KOTH.

I personally recommend FFA, 2v2 or 3v3 Slayer, and KOTH.
The map does support other gametypes but over the course of this map being out,
I've found that these gametypes work the best and that flag and bomb didnt work so well.

Recommended # of Players:
For FFA, KOTH, or Oddball, the map can support 5 - 7 people comfortably.
Action can get chaotic in the center with more players.

For Team games, I recommend 2v2 or 3v3. I had a lot of fun with 2v2.

Weapons & Items:

4X BR
6X SMG
4X Plasma Rifle
2X Carbine
1X Shotgun (0 spare clip)
1X Rockets (1 spare, 120)
1X Sniper (1 spare, 120)
1X Brute Shot (1 Spare, 120)

4X plasma nades
4X frag nades
1X Bubble Shield
1X Regen
1X Power Drain

1X Overshield
1X Active Camo

Screenshots:

Overview of one side of Trilobyte, looking downward towards the tunnel structure. Beneath and behind this structure is shotgun spawn. The grav lift inside the structure, as well as the ramps on either side leading up, will take you to the top walkway which contains the brute shot spawn. On either walkway leading up to it, is either a power drain or regen, depending on the side you go up. The needler spawns on top of the obelisk and you have to jump to get it.

A more level view of the map. On the left you can see the walkway with brute shot spawn that I just described. In the distance you can see one of the bases. Each base contains a nearby BR, SMG, frags, and carbine within a short distance. This pic is a little old and the base design has slightly evolved from this, but is essentially the same. The tube on top of the base is a man cannon that launches you to the top of the structure in the middle, where the rocket launcher spawns.

Also in this picture you can see the center room structure.

Looking up at rocket spawn from the exit of one of the bases. In this shot you can also see the hallway that leads between the center room and the tunnel lift structure. BR ammo spawns along the hallway. On the bottom left of the photo you can see a tunnel corner. 3 minutes into the game the overshield / camo spawn in these tunnels (one on either side.) Be careful when going to get them though, its a dead end and you are taking a risk getting trapped in there!

This is just a slightly different angle on the hallway and tunnel structure that we saw in previous shots.

Inside the center room is this grav lift which launches you on top of the center room structure. The ceiling is made of Slit Walls, so you can shoot down at your opponents below. The jail cells are there just for aesthetics and do not contain any weapons. On the ground level, and on the second level of the center room, you can find SMG and Plasma Rifle spawns. A bubble shield spawns near the bottom of the grav lift also.

A shot of the man cannon structure and better view of the base.

Another view of the base. Again, the design was slightly altered in the final version to open up the gameplay a bit.

This shot is a view looking at the walkway that leads behind the rocket structure. A sniper rifle spawns on a platform behind here.

Another view of the center room.

Another angle on the rocket spawn structure, you can better see how the pathway that leads behind it works here.

Action Shots:

SCREENSHOT UPDATE:

I decided it would be better to update this with the correct screenshot of the bases, since the screenshots originally provided were older and i had just been too lazy to take a new one.

In these shots you can see that the base is actually opened up. In previous versions of the map before this one it had been closed (like in some older pics above) and it caused the gameplay to always lead and meet in the same places, because from that start point in the base you could only go one direction.

I altered the base slightly, as is visible in those pics, so that not only is there 2 directions that you can go, it also doubles as a platform to defend your base from.

Anyway, thats the only difference between the pics i posted before and the actual thing that you are getting. The map itself was not updated so no one needs to download it again, just wanted to put the proper pics up.

Download: Halo 3 File Details

Thanks to the people who helped me test it out and the suggestions that were made.