[M] OPEN_FIELDS warband mp maps

[Guttorm]

Here are a few screens of a map that I just finished, it will be available with the next update of the mod. It is based on the battle of Thermophylae as depicted in the movie 300, and I think it will be very fun to fight on. The battlespace becomes very cramped here, hemmed in by mountains and sea, and there are more than one narrow pass that can be used to your advantage. There are also some walls, that can be climbed without ladders, so defend those ramparts! Maybe holding the narrows will be better. I think this map is the most beautiful I have made so far, and I hope you will enjoy it.

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The gateway to hell

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The Phokian wall, ancient ramparts

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The pass itself, the Hot Gates

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The unlucky

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Our ancestors built these walls

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Marshalling grounds

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There are more than one narrow pass to get through. Andreopeia, the hidden goat path.

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Entrance to Hades?

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To the center of the earth

[Sir Lacy]

The "Marshalling grounds" screenshot is awesome!

[DanAngleland]

Looks great Guttorm I think you're right, it probably is the most beautiful map you've done yet; I like the way you've done that wall, it looks good and I think making it scalable without ladders will work well.

[Guttorm]

well the map is out now, so go try it!

[DanAngleland]

Hi Guttorm, I downloaded the latest version today and tried to join the server just now, but I got an RGL error while joining the server.

[Guttorm]

I have never encountered that. Do you remember what map was running, and do you have any probems hosting your own game using the mod and maps?

[DanAngleland]

I have never encountered that. Do you remember what map was running, and do you have any probems hosting your own game using the mod and maps?

Sorry Guttorm, false alarm. I didn't extract the file properly last night and I had put the new file in a folder of its own within the existing Open Fields folder on my hard drive. I sorted it out and hosted a game, it is working fine now thanks. I did wonder last night why it didn't ask me if I wanted to overwrite the existing files, and now I know why!

[Elite Failure]

this looks good ^^

[Guttorm]

Not a lot of open field maps being made lately since I have been busy playing Arch3rs mod The Battle for Calradia, with the ingenious Invasion gamemode. I love it! Since Arch3r kindly released the codes behind it, I have naturally made a mod using my own maps for Invasion. Some of my latest maps work very well with this gamemode. I wanted to share with you some images from an Invasion battle on the Hot Gates map. This is me with 25 nord bots, against waves of 50-60 invaders each. It is extremely fun I can tell you.
Images are rather dark unfortunately, due to the fog.
This is a little fun mod I made for myself and is not available for download, all Invasion scripts are made and supplied by Arch3r
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,112477.0.html

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I go over the wall with my Housecarls


We make a stand in the pass


The first wave of invaders approach


The second wave of enemies fall before us


The bloody Housecarls with their warrior pride


More than 200 corpses litter the ground by now

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Battleformations approach


The fighting is fierce


We counterattack


Upon the hills we gave them Hell


I lead my surviving Housecarls in a retreat through the forest


The last four Housecarls make a brave stand in the narrow pass


But it avails us nothing

Next is a map I made specifically for Invasion. It works very well in my testing so far. There are hardly any glitch spots, bots appear to navigate it accuratley without getting stuck, and the layout is nice with two entrances through the ramparts, so the bots can sneak up behind you if you only defend one. Outside the city is a lush forrest with a river and hills, where the invaders spawn.

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The city is a tangle of ramparts, only some can be climbed


Main entrance



Sewer entrance


The drawbridge



The drawbridge is covered



Inside the sewer entrance, good bottleneck



The first courtyard


The second courtyard


Interior battlestations

[DanAngleland]

I like Invasion mod as well. Great castle you've made, I like the sewer entrance and being able to cover the drawbridge from the side.

[Crossbow Joe]

Looks great! Downloading now

[Crossbow Joe]

Why is there no OPEN_FIELDS server? I can't fin it anywhere

[Crossbow Joe]

Can you set a time for a game? I don't expect you too but it would be nice, even if you dont play, it would still work.

[DanAngleland]

Crossbow Joe, if you can't see the server at first, try selecting LAN and then going straight back to Internet and then click on 'Start Search'. I find this brings up a much longer list of servers, and simply clicking 'refresh' doesn't always seem to bring them all up.

[freakin wat]

Can you set a time for a game? I don't expect you too but it would be nice, even if you dont play, it would still work.

Press the edit button instead of posting alot of times in a row, it's clearer, and it'll get you flamed if you keep doing it!


Welcome to the forums though, and don't hesitate to ask questions here: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/board,40.0.html