So what if two mapmakers each made an epic Fort, then put those forts on either side of a composite map to see which one was a better design? Then one could play on the blue team, one on the green, and the best fort would become obvious through combat.

You could decide on the underlying terrain ahead of time, build to match the terrain, then import each fort as a .kv6 file.

PLUS, eventually you could have fort playoffs, where the winner makes minor adjustments and takes his fort into maps against winning forts from other matches, until the best fort is determined THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE FORT

Anyone else think this would be fun?

Blue Team:

-MegaDeuce
-jefé
-Thunderstorm
-Field Engineer: {TBR} Falcon

Green Team:

-Priok
-BOOM
-[MLG] paul AKA Paul the Builder
-[Elite] Zeke

Undecided:

-[EW]Soap
-Spacecookie92
-Finshades
-Battlemaster: [MLG]Zherhec
-[HK]Frosty

that is a cool idea, i might give it a try someday. if i have an idea i will try making one

Or for clan wars
Both clans get 30 minutes to build the 1337est fort ever, then they have uber battle
but paul the builder would win because he is 1337 builder :}

That's actually a REALLY good idea! :D The problem: you would need people who are CONFIRMED non-grievers, which would be basically impossible. :(

@Soap - Not really, just have them register for it here, or on the IRC.

hey,

Here are some heightmaps and colormaps from some of my older maps,
Just set the grid in your image editor to 32x32 or 64x64, and you should be able to copy and paste the tiles to your new color maps and heightmaps.

There is also one in there for my next map, it is just a fortress alone. i am going to chop off the bottom row of blocks in voxed, so i can pop it into slab to make prefabs from it.

Have fun!
http://www.alii3d.com/download/heightmap.zip

Count me in! A bit 'O' Blue here.

Im so in my title is field engineer

Thanks JoJoeStinky!

Uhhhhhhh so I guess one way this could work is you'd have two teams of builders, and a pre-determined map, and you'd have two private build servers running at the same time.

When both teams are done making EpicForts, somebody collects the .vxl files for each map, slices the forts out and makes a composite map, then this is used to host a battle! Then whoever wins that match has the best fort!

I was thinking something a little different, but having two teams of builders sounds more fun! There's a list of builders in the original post, lemme know if you want blue or green team!

oh!LOL!

You would think I would have mastered that reading thing by now :p

Sorry imisread what you where saying.

i love the idea of the users making structures. I was thinking of saving some of the stuff on my server that people do when it is empty.

On Shaft, one guy made the stairs look like blood running down them with a alter of sacrifice on the top...
Some dude did a HUGE Brazil flag... I should have gotten screens of this.
Another did a cute little minimal, 2 person church, that doubled as a pillbox.

I steal........ Ummm i mean...Ummmm .... I get ideas all the time from people playing on my server all teh time!

I think the user-made map would be an awesome idea...
If enough people contributed buildings and props while playing , someone could make a prefab-pack... and rapidly produce a new fortress map, nearly every day so the competition never gets old, and no exploits get over used :)

Ill participate
on blue team though plz

I will go to green to balance things out

I'll go green

I could definitely make a good fort, as long as I had people to help. :-\

i am paul the builder can i be in green please

Interesting concept.
I'd be on blue, preferably.

So, I don't have to submit a fort to take part in matches? If so, I am in.

The MLG Battlemaster says yes.

I think I might partake :).

Pretty fun idea. In King Arthurs Gold there is a short build time before weapons unlock.
Why not just have an organised match time, and have a 20 minute no guns and no moving over the half way line agreement.

Hey can u write aka paul the builder biside ma name

hrm neat idea

@PinkDozer, then you could see what the enemy fort looked like, and ruin the surprise ;D

Still have to decide on how long the teams have to build, and what the base-map should be!

One option is generating a good default map, since they're huge, would encourage different style forts for each team, and have interesting terrain to work with.

@MegaDeuce
The only problem with the default map is that green has easier tunneling capabilities, so we should be able to move the intel, so before the game starts we can change teams and move the intel into the fort if we have to.

Im going on blue

When will this go on?! I want in :P Green!

Uh I guess this weekend at some point? We could try it tonight but we need at least two servers for the building portion.

Lol how about tomorrow say 3:00 EST USA?! Tonight would be too late as for many people may not be ready.

Check you this layout:
aos://3941515693

The fortresses have the protect on so you can see what i am talking about.

B4G4 B5 G5

The intel should always be in a place where the player can get to it. In my past maps i put trees and really high towers in those areas and it made it really unfair sometimes.

This is why my forts and stuff never have roofs, that way the intel is usually on the floor were people can get to it.

All we need now is somebody who can co-host a build map!