BattleZone retro vector map

lagamemnon · Post by **lagamemnon** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:07 am

I'm working on a retro vector map inspired by the classic BattleZone. My main goal is to create design elements that closely match or slightly improve upon the original game's look and feel.

The work in progress is attached, as well as a screen shot.

Saturos · Post by **Saturos** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:33 am

Looks nice! The problem is that colored tanks/shots/explosions will look odd in it. But that has to be seen when the map is done.
The theme is new and very cool!

Spazzy McGee · Post by **Spazzy McGee** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:31 pm

very nice. I've thought about doing something like this for a while but it never looked right. Yours looks perfect.

though by the look of your screenie, your using a massive arc to texture the floor?

you can use this code to texture the floor:
I.E If you call the material GroundMaterial it re-textures the floor instead of grass.

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material
   name GroundMaterial
   diffuse 0 0 0 0
end

You can do this with skyboxes too i think, but I don't know the material names.

also for the outer walls, you can do: Which will set the height of the outer walls to 0.

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options
   -set _wallHeight 0
end

Tropican8 · Post by **Tropican8** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:59 pm

I saw this map last night, amazing work. I felt like I was playing Atari BattleZone

CannonBallGuy · Post by **CannonBallGuy** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:11 pm

Looks like Spectre, how I loved that game.

optic delusion · Post by **optic delusion** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:49 pm

I'm hosting this map. 25 players, not too many flags. normal speed.
No rogues as they are almost impossible to see, thinking about taking out the green team too.

A-Delusion.no-ip.info

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ducktape · Post by **ducktape** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:54 pm

Thats sweet

The Knights Who Say Ni · Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:39 pm

That is a very nice map!

Tropican8 · Post by **Tropican8** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:53 pm

CannonBallGuy wrote:Looks like Spectre, how I loved that game.

That game was awesome! I didn't realize anyone else had heard of it.

CannonBallGuy · Post by **CannonBallGuy** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:39 pm

Tropican8 wrote:
CannonBallGuy wrote:Looks like Spectre, how I loved that game.
That game was awesome! I didn't realize anyone else had heard of it.

Oh yeah, I must a been about 4 when that was still around, never did well at it, but appreciated it as a great game.

This reminds me of the original Asteroids, my dad rocked at that, often staying up till midnight (seemed so late to me at 4 years old). Oh, and Dirt Bike... I found that one again recently - was playing for hours!

Brave Sir Robin · Post by **Brave Sir Robin** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:28 am

Wow, that's awesome. I love the volcano...that brings back memories!
And thanks for hosting it, A-Delusion!

ducatiwannabe · Post by **ducatiwannabe** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:15 pm

It's awesome. I think I may have played something similar, but being so young, I probably wasn't around to remember playing the original version.

However, I know what it looks like, and that's a very nice job. I played on it and had a blast