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[-SilverBane-]

You can use them, and I'm ok with renames/new creeps as long as the names reffer to roughly the same area in middle-earth.

[Mathijs]

Cool, can do!

[Fudge]

Ah great news! These are some impressive pieces SilverBane.

[-SilverBane-]

Today I finished a map I started a while ago,  1v1 map, Sirannon:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LINK to download.

[-SilverBane-]

Migration! A naval map which forces players to join in the middle island to fight for resources, or get crushed on the starting island! - inspired by the AoE 2 map with the same name.

 

Best played as FFA, 2v2v2, but 3v3 and 1v1 could also be possible (1v1 it would be interesting to have to scout for the enemy's starting location)

Note: this map has a max limit of 2 forts/player to prevent stalemates where one builds 20 eagles or such.

 

 

A small attempt to balance ships has already been made, I'll let the rest of it to the patch developers, if they want to. The map is playable with the current ship system, but a fishing ship implementation would greatly diversify naval combat.

 

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Download link will be available sometime in the future.

 

More info about ship changes:

 

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- transports health 900, from 250

- transports now have 3 slots instead of 2

- transport cost 250 from 100, and 1 CP from 10 CP

- transports now have a proper armour, from a 50% placeholder

- transports buildtime significantly reduced

- transports turning time and locomotor fixed, should be faster to load units now and turn around

- siege engines and monsters can now be garrisoned into transports (no mumaks or grond, but you can still build them in middle island if you want)

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- battleships now both have flame/pierce damage, instead of evil ones flame and good ones pierce. (same damage for both versions, just different visual)

- battleships have proper armour now, from placeholder 50% and 20% for heavy armour

- battleships HP 1750, from 1000

- battleships are now slower, with the good ones being slightly faster than their evil counterparts (evil ones get dmg upgrade and armour, good ones get heal and armour, so that should suit them well)

- battleships cost 400, and 12 CP, from 50

 

 

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- bombard ships cost now 3200, build significantly slower and cost 90 CP

- bombard ships normal attack range reduced to 550

- bombard ships have proper armour, ressistant to damage from all sources but particulary from coastal defenses

- bombard ships speed now 70, from faster

- bombard ships HP now 3000 from lower

- attempted to reduce a bit the magnitude of missed shots

 

 

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- suicide ships cost now 1800 and 2100, for the mordor and elf ones respectively (the elf whirlpool is slightly stronger so thats why)

- HP  of these is now 1000

- they now have a proper armour set, being highly ressistant to other ship damage but weak to coastal defenses 

- the CP cost is now 50

- Buildtime was increased

- due to HP and armour changes overall, these ones should be less OP, but still dangerous (im pretty sure they kill unupgraded battle ships and transports in one hit still)

 

Some gameplay also! It wasn't great because it was 1.06 (none to play with at this hour), and some people made multiple forts (which shouldn't happen on any map), but I explain a bit here how it works and you can see some action.

 

https://www.youtube....5&v=dKqvGYoEaUs

Edited by -SilverBane-, 09 November 2018 - 05:16 PM.

[Mathijs]

I love this. Would you mind if I used some of your changes to ships to inform my ideas for AotR's naval system?

[-SilverBane-]

I love this. Would you mind if I used some of your changes to ships to inform my ideas for AotR's naval system?

Not at all. Go on and make ships better =)

[MattTheLegoman]

SilverBane, do you know if your maps work with RotWK?

[-SilverBane-]

Most if not all do. Especially the ones which don't have a large map.ini should work without problems

[Fudge]

Another selection of excellent maps SilverBane. You're texturing remains hugely impressive. You don't do any scripting do you?

[-SilverBane-]

I do, sometimes. although its been a while since the last new scripted map. The most popular seems to be http://bfme2.heaveng...php?fileid=1253, Keep defense.

[Fudge]

Great I'll take a look.

[-SilverBane-]

Today I casted a 3v3 on one of my maps, Sea of Nurnen. Watch and enjoy! 

 

 

[-SilverBane-]

Upper Anduin

 

 

A new 2v2 map that was part of my mapping tutorial uploaded on my youtube channel.

 

The river is passable, so no chokepoints. Have fun!

 

download:

http://bfme2.heaveng...php?fileid=1274

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by -SilverBane-, 10 June 2019 - 12:56 PM.

[-SilverBane-]

10 new models of trees + shrubs. planning to use them in some tropical maps, my sea of nurn map made me realise how limited the current assets are in tropical stuff.

 

[-SilverBane-]

 

More tree species are coming soon (and shrubs!). Still need to work on proper cliff textures.

[MattTheLegoman]

Excellent work SilverBane! I was recently asked to create some Rainforest trees for v2.02, I'll make sure they're passed your way too.

You might be interested in my cliff project for AotR. If you've seen the rock models we're using for our latest maps you'll see how useful that they could be on your map.

[-SilverBane-]

The forsaken inn. a new model. And some skeletons in there

 

 

[-SilverBane-]

All the states, destroyed & buildup anim and portrait.

 

 

 

 

[MattTheLegoman]

Most excellent work SilverBane! =D The animation itself is worthy of praise, and the model too is of high quality.