Another Map Idea (Thank you Shadow Mage) for the NOMNOM

I got an idea for a map, and I'm thanking Shadow Mage because he reminded me that I would like to create maps.

It would be a CTF map and would be named something like "ctf_traindodger" or "ctf_traindeath"

The floor is completely made of train tracks. In otherwords, only your spawn is safe, and once you leave it you can't get back in because it's above the tracks.

The intel is below the tracks in a sort of ditch, so the intel doesn't get run over but you can. The map is symmetrical, and it is 10 trains wide. They come very frequently, and every 60 seconds the entire stage is flooded by trains making a "train wall".

There is also an underground area that you can go through to quickly get to the enemy intel, but if a train comes when you are down there, the doors into the underground close, trapping you inside. The passages down to the underground are safe from trains, and there is a little room before the door for engineers to defend, since their buildings won't last long above ground. You will have enough time to destroy a sentry placed down there if you time it right.

Also, the trains run perpendicular to the direction you will be running. That means that you have to constantly look to see if a train is coming.

The way I made it, there is always at least two trains on the field, except for slightly before the "train wall" and directly after the "train wall".

I have already done the math (for timing the trains and such) and sketched a design for the level. With an exception of the trains it's a rather simple build, and because of the faced paced mayhem I think it will be a good map. Just wanted to get yall's opinions.

Haha. Wow, great minds think alike.

When the game first came out I sketched out a version of this map almost the exact same as this! The only problem is I never mapped before, so I wanted practice. What I ended up making was tr_airshot_v0, and now you've reminded me of the reason I started mapping in the first place.

Although, mine had some extra features like a sniper deck with a silent train. Are you going to be doing the mapping?

Great idea except toud need a barrier i front of spwnwwwwwwwwwwwwww for snipers.

Yes, I will be doing the mapping. However, I am not fond of the idea of a sniper deck, but unfortunately I agree that there needs to be one, with the possibility of death of course. Nobody should be exempt from death by train. Also because I don't want a 2fort-ish sniper deck.

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Naw, I didn't tell anyone and you thought of it on your own. You take full credit for your map design

How about, if I get to it, I'll release arena_train for the nomnom server.

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Holly, crap! Arena Train sounds awesome! Sure, you release arena train, I'll release ctf trian.

This sounds like a great idea.  Publish it, and then the community will test it and see how it needs to be tweaked (# of trains...etc._

My question is:  Couldn't soldiers and demos just rocket jump the length of the map.  Or would you put a low ceiling?

Also, heavys really would be of limited use on this map, along with spys....and possibly medics....Unless I'm missing something...

It would take about 2 to 3 demo/soldier jumps to get to the intel, and they would not make it back. Also, I am planning on it being indoors, so there will be a ceiling.

One thing though... I have been able to make a big block that moves across the map constantly. For some reason I can't figure out how to make it kill or how to get it the train model. I have already searched the internet, but I couldn't find it.

The ceiling would have to be REALLY low then.

As for the train, I have no idea.
You could try to contact BigLou, Milky, or somehow find the creator of steamroll

What you need to do is put a train model and a trigger_hurt brush down.  Once you do that you go to their parent property and parent them to the func_tracktrain that you've placed down, this allows them to basically mimic the tractrain.