http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/aosmaps/mesa_1.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/aosmaps/mesa_2.png

Download:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/aosmaps/mesaV2.zip

This is a map set in the midst of a rocky desert. The map's centerpiece is a large canyon with a river. It is a mostly-symmetric map, with some liberties taken in the placement of buildings and vegetation.

Source materials - you are free use these to mod or build your own version, just credit Triplefox:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/aosmaps/mesa_buildings.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/aosmaps/mesa_terrain.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/aosmaps/ocean.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/aosmaps/cactus.zip

Changelog:

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Version 2

Renamed map from "triplefox_desert" to "mesa."
Adjusted color palette, it should look roughly like the American Southwest now.
Adjusted a few bits of terrain
Rotated the map 90 degrees(by accident, actually)
Added buildings
Added giant-sized cacti - I suspect these will dwarf the players.

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Again may i host?

Yes!

Looks like you've put some effort into this. Where server is this on?

It will be on US West Custom Map Mesa

how did you get the rugged hilly mountanscape?

Looks nice, but since you made all these desert maps, why not make an area 51 map?

JukelProNabb: The landscape is a slab6 model. First I filled a 256x256 area using the slice editor. Then I carved out the canyon and added some hills, caves, etc. Finally I imported into voxed and added the terrain details.

In the future I am planning to speed terrain creation by working on a low-res model first(64 or 128) and then upsizing it to add the details.

Noire: I might add area 51 elements to a version 3. I want to break from the desert settings and try a tundra one though.

epic bro

Tundra sounds wonderful actually.

im hosting your map soon

how would i cut out lets say half of a already prebuilt map?

If it's already built, AFAIK it's hard to do more than hack away at it with the current voxed. The numeric marker and shift+<x> tools (e, w, etc.) are your best bet for eliminating a large area. You can also try home/end and delete for more precise changes. But it's also hard to paint in voxed so any changes may look ugly. For all these reasons I prefer to start fresh and reimport vxl prefabs each time.

jesus christ Jukel.
edit: You're amazing, keep it up

whats with all the edits nakka xD

Nice map did host it a bit (Server is still up btw) one question though, is the water supposed to be under the entire terrain? got some complaints from people having difficulties getting out :)

I JUST PLAYED IT AND I CRIED AT THE BEAUTY

Creesch: I saw that. I screwed up with the water. V3 is here with a quick fix("quick" as in "I slaved away for an hour fighting voxed"). It's not pretty - there are a ton of overhangs still - but you won't be stuck anymore, at least. As a bonus, the file is also much smaller because of this fix!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/aosmaps/mesaV3.zip

Fucking amazing map.

Version 4 is here.

Changelog:

Terrain is flush with the water again.
Rearranged buildings and cacti.
Roads.
A runway in the center of the map.
UFOs have landed near the runway. I tried a saucer crash first, but decided on something different that was easier to make in slab6...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/aosmaps/mesa_v4.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/aosmaps/mesaV4.zip

Running it on a server now and it seems to work out pretty wel, the new position of building is better as well since this prevents spawn sniping :)

Good map, fun map :)

Epic map. XP Though this thread should really be in the Maps & Mods section - I totally missed the thread until somebody forwarded me to here.

The thread predates there BEING a maps&mods section, and you can't move threads.

There were no maps&mods section when this was posted.

Awesome map dude!! my friend is hosting it right now! modmeattic
-LuxeR