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[center]CTF StarFort[/center]

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I love to play Capture-The-Flag maps on B.net but to be honest I haven't seen any really good CTF map. I have tried to make a good CTF map since I begun making maps but I have net only for a half year so I always tried to make computer AI for them. In the matter of fact I never made any good CTF map either.

Starcraft Fortress gameplay will be based on tactical thinking and teamplay. You can't win if you don't cooperate with your teammates or if you blindly run into fire. there are several ways to the flag so good tactical thinking and excellent teamplay is essential in Starcraft Fortress.

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[Progress]

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« Done »

• Terrain
• Unit placement

Triggers done:

• Spawn triggers
• Sentry/teleporter/other special abilities
• Flag triggers
• Kills to cash for upgrades, I will use SCtrigger for this because it's 15 kills=1gas max 10 ups...

« NOT done »
Ideas, I am very open to suggestions about "not done" stuff. Little less but also open about done stuff

Triggers to do:

• Kill display triggers, this is gona be the hardest part and I will probably make it last.
• Something I forgot to mention

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[Specifications]

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« Players »

minimal players for conformable game would be 4. But It is highly recommended to play 4 vs 4! game experience may change during full game

« Map tileset »

Space, probably the best tileset for CTF map...

« Map size »

128x96. the battle field is about half of 96 height, the other half is unit selection sections and upgrade buildings.

« Type »

Player vs Player Capture-The-Flag tactics game

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[Features]

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« Player Interface »

Pick a special pack of units. And defend your base or try to capture the enemy flag. After death you can pick another pack or the same and respawn immediately.


« Something new? »

There probably isn't too much new stuff that can be added to CTF game while keeping it simple and fun for players, which is my highest priority for this map.
However I will add a new system that displays kills, like in Half-Life games "p1 kills p2" and such.

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[Unit packs]

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There will be 2 teams and 4 forces. Each team will have Defence and Offence force. Unit pack options will differ for each force. 2 players in each force.

« Defence packs »

• Engineer (SCV) + 500 mins [can build 2 sentry turrets, cost 250]*
• Sniper team (4 ghosts)
• Front line squad (2 goliaths + SCV) + 200 mins [can build sentry and repair goliaths for mins]
• Artillery squad (reaver + 2 marines)
• Heavy support team (3 dragoons)
• Suicide team (4 infested terrans) + burrowing

*Sentry turrets will probably be sieged tanks, with high damage but limited to long range.

« Offence packs »

• Scout (vulture) + 3 mines and speed upgrade
• Melee squad (5 zealots) + speed upgrade
• CTF team (4 hero marines + probe) + stims and 200 mins [probe can build teleporters, cost 100]
• Spy (Hero ghost + probe) + lockdown and cloak and 200 mins [going under cloak costs 220 energy]
• Assault team (4 firebats + 2 medics) + medic spells, no stims
• Support team (2 hero templars + probe) + psi storm [cost 80]

Note: Only probes and SCVs can carry the flag.

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[Screenshots]

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Battle field (A - defence spawn points, B - offence)

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As I have just begun I sure hope to hear your thoughts about it. And don't forget the magic words - Suggestions, ideas, feedback

Capture the flag games are fun. It's jsut peopel ptu it up as UMS and not CTF...

Oh, Dude, thats cool. Ill definately play that. I love capture the flag maps. Not enough. Good terraining.


Special Abilities might be a good idea, but thats All i can think of.


Uh... Jay Tizzle, this IS an UMS map, durrrr.

My favorite in my CS map is that engineer(SCV) can build sentry-turret. I will definitely add it here. Also I could add probe that can build different sentry(s).

About other unit specials, I plan to stick with SC specials, like stims, lockdown, heal...
Because I want this as simple to understand for player as possible.

If you find anything how to improve the terrain please tell me
I will soon add some ingame screens so you see the real Starcraft Fortress atmosphere

i love u DEAD, ive always wanted to play a good CTF.

lol Thanks

no, Thank you, its about time someone made a good CTF, i cant believe i didnt think of it first thou

Another idea, how about probe's special would be to build teleporter? Like you build 2 teleporters and you can teleport from one to another

you mean like in halo? sure that sounds good.

Ok, how should I make it:

• Buy upgrade for each 10 kills
• No upgrades

It's like you get gas for kills and 1 upgrade costs 10 gas or something like that...

I love deads game and he always finish them also

Nice idea, this could turn out to be a good map. Make sure you add all of that anti-hack stuff and the extra features.

Anti hack? Anyway, suggest me features that you would want to see in Starcraft Fortress

How should I make unit selection section?
Isom - Better looking, bigger

Square - worse looking, compact
You know how it would look

I think he means anti-hack like in the sniper maps. You have units that if their seen starcraft will crash for that player so it eliminates the possibility of maphack (unless a special one was released to let you see everything but those spots).

Aren't blizzard banning them?

Anyway, please tell me how should I better make it!!

• post # 10
• post # 13

ups every 10 killz make it only +1 thou.

There is now a "Lite" maphack that isn't crashed by Independent CCs and other things. Certain sprites still crash them though.

- On Upgrades:

I think you should incude upgrades... maybe at every 15 though.

- On ISOM/Square:

ISOM, as long as the beacons aren't too close together.


Looks great DEAD, I was dismayed by the lack of good CTFs also.

I think that the square selection would give it a more modern feel to the game. You should add some sort of prize like traps or something. Upgrades seem like it would rig the game if there was a really good player. He would just get a lot of ups making it more impossible to kill him. Here is a few prizes you could add:

• Traps to defend base for like 25 seconds
• Invincibility for like 15 seconds
• Opponnents can't score with your flag for 25 seconds
• Vision of the map for 10 seconds

Just small things like that.

Sounds interesting, sounds like uberena
About the rig of upgrades, I believe thats how it works in all Defence maps

Well isn't this a Snipers type game except Capture the flag? I'm just sayign that upgrades could make the experts even better and it could get cheap.

I donno, maybe I should make a poll about it when I am done that far.

ADDITION:
I got this idea for quite a time. How about a kill display. Like in Half-Life games, When player 1 kill player 2 marine it is displayed in the right corner.

Even if something would go wrong it wouldn't change anything else. This would be pretty much triggers, but would be a nice add to map.
Ok, what do you think?

Sounds good, I would also like to see special spells included in the map, but not upgrades (I just don't like them). The terrain is good, but I would like to see more obstacles in it.

Spell check, just, spell check.
That's all i have to say.

Anyways, sounds like a great map, good luck .
I'm not a hater, i'm an appreciator.

I really need suggestion about unit groups.

6 Defence groups (1-6 units)

• Engineer (SCV) + 500 mins [can build 2 sentry turrets, cost 250]*
• Sniper team (4 ghosts)
• Front line squad (2 goliaths + SCV) + 250 mins [can build sentry and repair goliaths for mins]
• Rocket support squad (reaver + 2 marines)
• free
• free

6 Offence groups (1-6 units)

• Scout (vulture) + 3 mines and speed upgrade
• Melee squad (5 zealots) + speed upgrade
• CTF team (4 marines + probe) +stims and 200 mins [probe can build teleporters, cost 100]
• Spy (Hero ghost) +lockdown and cloak [going under cloak costs 220 energy]
• Assault team (4 firebats + 2 medics) +medic spells, no stims
• free

*Sentry turrets will probably be sieged tanks, with high damage but limited to long range.
Probably any SC ground units would do but I think that zerg just wouldn't fit this map

For one group you should use...
-2 Tanks (High damage)
-1 Engineer