Stealin' Your Flags

YouTube - Stealin' Your Flags

General Information

Hello all Forgehub members. This is the first map I feel confident enough to post here and say is good, if not great. I originally had this idea back in September of 2010, so I am hoping nobody has used it since I began. The concept was simple; make a game that would utilize the Rocket Warthog. I then expanded this and tested out various things in Invasion, when I figured out exactly what to make.

I found out that you could create Point of View rocket hogs, the same way you could in Halo 3. If you don't understand what I mean, please scroll down to the pictures and prepare to have your mind blown. Anyway, this made aiming much easier then normal, and gave a really exciting twist on gameplay. I am sure this has been used various times in other maps during the Halo franchise, and I am not calling the idea my own.

The Objective

The game itself is pretty self explanatory, as is any Capture The Flag style game. Think of this as a One Flag CTF, with multiple flags in play at the same time. Each team takes turns defending and attacking flags, and whatever team captures the most after 4 rounds, wins. Players can drive the mongooses while holding the flags, and obtain a waypoint. The whole map is also scattered with Land Mines. Let me explain the basic play field before I continue to the action pictures.

The Attackers will spawn here on the beach, and drive towards the flags at the far side of the canyon. Please take note that this whole area is the capture point, and is not where the Stockpile counter is located.

The beach side of the play field consists of Lines of Sight blockers. There is a shield door blocking the spawn area off from rockets, and is also useful to tell where the stockpile begins.

Pictured Above is the rest of the map, this side is a bit more complex. The first thing you will notice is the Noble Team emblem, marking where the flags spawn. The two bump looking objects were actually just random clutter to cover straight paths, but a playtester gave me a good idea (Don't quite remember who it was, if you read this speak up). They are a great indicator of how low the rockets can be shot. The lower level of the base can shoot about as far down as the one in the shade. The upper level can shoot about as far down as the left one.

There are two lifts that spawn 90 seconds into the game, pictured in the spoiler.

These ramps make it easy to dodge incoming rockets as well as block Lines of Sight. They aren't used very often, because if you flip over your usually dead.

The last non-action pictures are the Defenders Rocket Warthogs. Both floors are connected via teleporter. Below is what it looks like while playing, and a quick example of what it looks like on each floor.

Top Floor

Bottom Floor

ACTION SCREENSHOTS

Panorama of Awesome

Gameplay Videos:

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More Action

Things Changed Since Testing/Pictures:

Removed Radar to make it harder to guess where the mongooses will go.
Removed a few rocks
Added some extra scenery to the base
If you were part of early testing, the gametype now works properly and you will be able to capture flags correctly.

UPDATE 2/15/2011

Added more mongooses to the spawn, played much better with 16 people.
Added Sprint AA that will only work for 5 seconds after dying. This will make it easier to get to mongooses. Thanks to whoever suggested this, I couldn't see your name in a 16 person party.

Download:
In Your Base (Gametype)
Stealin Your Flags (Map)

Thanks:
Adelyss - I figured it out. :P
Null Parameter - For Rendering the Videos. <3
Indie Anthias - Mongoose Fix
All Testers
Everyone that comments below.

Thanks for checking out my map. Happy New Year.

- RPAL