dm_blox

So hi. I'm arena and this is my first post and first map for dm.


An overview of the map. as you can see the map is symmetrical, however weapon, prop, and spawn layout is not. All the textures were made by me except for the lava one from magma in SourceForts.



The middle of the map with the supercharger right in the middle. The block sizes are 32 64 and 128. you can jump from the small blocks to higher blocks. Some of the small blocks can be moved. Move all the small blocks into the middle lava pit for a surprise.


A view of one of the side hallways with the 357 visible. the little recess in the wall leads to a small area with some ammo (either shotgun or pistol) and a health and suit charger.


Just another shot with a movable block and a side lava pit. the slam is next to the shield chargers. Every weapon is available in this map.


A view from the middle there are hidden stashes of batteries and health hidden behind some blocks.


A shot of the middle lava pit.

So this map was originally made for SourceForts and was modified heavily to suit hl2dm more with a lot of help from thirst who plays a lot more dm then me and a few sf players. Hope you guys enjoy it. I left it as a beta since I thought you guys would have some good points of critique to help improve the map.

sf_blox_b1

Sup Arena. I have tried this map once or twice in sf, but I am definately going to try this in dm. :p
Also, guess who

where did the name come from?

How'd you come up with the name for this unique map?

What are those cube things all in there?

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There's a design element to this map that I'm not understanding....anyone?

just gonna troll or what?

I like the look, nice to see something different. I'll post some feedback once i've played it

*edit. hmm cant seem to find the download link in that page Oo

arenaceous wrote:just gonna troll or what?

Welcome to the HL2DMU

those other posts notwithstanding there actually is another map called dm_blox, I have it in my maps folder, so I'd advise renaming it just as good practice

and brighten up your lighting scheme a bit

As blocky as it is, no pun intended , its kind of interesting. Arena, you coming back to hl2ctf upon its next release???

heavily modified?

haymaker wrote:those other posts notwithstanding there actually is another map called dm_blox, I have it in my maps folder, so I'd advise renaming it just as good practice

and brighten up your lighting scheme a bit

Oh I didn't know the name was already being taken. Suggestions for a new name? I originally made this map right after I played Portal and that is why the map is a bit dark, concrety, and blocky. The brightness was taken directly from the skylist on the vdc for sky_day03_06 which is the current skybox texture however if more people think that the map is too dark I can swap to sky_day01_08 which is a bit brighter and should light more of the lower area. Thats why I left it in beta ^_________^

Sacrifist wrote:As blocky as it is, no pun intended , its kind of interesting. Arena, you coming back to hl2ctf upon its next release???

I may if there is more then 3 people. Every few weeks I have been checking to see if the next version is out. People might want to consider if there is a low player base like there is currently to turn off their ping kickers. I cant play on any of the servers that I've seen populated. I still think that hl2ctf is one of the best executed mods. It was also my first dive into the mod scene.

What happens when you put all the blocks in the volcano? I did it and I didn't see anything differently. You can PM me if you don't want the secret out. ; P

i accidently a blox, is that bad?

Jelly Fox wrote:i accidently a blox, is that bad?

whut?

badinfluence wrote:What happens when you put all the blocks in the volcano? I did it and I didn't see anything differently. You can PM me if you don't want the secret out. ; P

there are 12 movable blocks and they all have to go into the middle tetris shaped block. if you renamed any of them for what ever reason then it wont work. its pretty obvious what happens although its not that interesting tbh.

Oh, I didn't know you had to use the middle one. I thought if you put them in one of the side ones, it'd work too.