Ideas for a zombie map?

[lueshi42]

Ive been pondering starting a map for zombie mod and i need some opinions...


For the main city street idea, i was thinking it would be cool to make it all destoryed, with 2 side streets. and 2 of the buildings would be climbable. and on top of the two would be a brush-based helicopter that flys over the main street.

any other ideas post them

[Something]

I already got the town idea in progress:

http://zombiemod.com/forums/viewtopic.p ... sc&start=0

The village woul;d be interesting but it would require some good mapping to give the sense of an open feild, a simple box won't do it.

Mall might work, but again, that open feeling plus you would need alot of custom textures/models.

[icebreaker]

There is already a map with a mall in it, zm_deadrising_b1, but then again it's sucks pretty much, it should have more custom textures and a fontain, etc... ^^

[ShellShock]

Go with a mall.

-There's alot of town maps, be different, my friend Glitched is making me a city map.

[MoOnLiGht]

yeah, make a mall
there is alot city maps

[anticitizenalpha]

Make a mall! There are only a couple mall maps that I know of, but a TON of village/forest/city maps out there right now. I think a mall would be really unique and fun, you could have a switch that closes the store! (you know how they have those iron gates or whatever) And it could take like 25 hits from a knife to break it, and you can make barricades out of store products. And a whole bunch of dead zombified store owners there.

Just an idea I guess, but the mall has got my vote.

[Something]

But stay away from the soda machines/couches.

[icebreaker]

Put like 3-4 soda machines in it, after all... it's a mall!

[lueshi42]

ok i guess ill do the mall then, Im gonna start drawing up plans then. It will most likely be 2 floors, with a center piece with 4 wings, kinda like a
...|
_0_
...|

thing. the center piece would have a fountian, however while i have done models for games like UT2004 and C&C renegade, i haven't try custom models for HL2.

I need some ideas for stores, im thinking like 8-12 stores. Im not gonna get gimmicky with it, so no HDR yet i think. think maybe i should include a Parking garage?

[Something]

Start small and expand, so that way you don't have to change the whole layout.

[lueshi42]

and one other thing, to get the barricade items to act right, is there any settings i need to know?

[ShellShock]

Mall is ftw!

[Something]

prop_physics, over ride gets zombies stuck.

[ebola]

make the mall in grand theft auto vice city


I am still waiting for Glitched and his team, to make this zm_rave map, I so wanna see a night club or similar


Another Idea, Make the House from House of 1000 Corpses, that would be PIMP

http://www.screenselect.co.uk/images/pr ... -large.jpg

[Crowskie]

it would be cool if you could get an escalator working. Also, concider having alot of open floor where you can shoot down tot he first floor.