SC2Mapster

i am testing all campaign for the first time,and new mission 2 present that damned param/value problem,i don't know if is my error,i am using mod map 1 and 5 at the same time... Great Map the first... I alwais thought all campaign was about vehicle guide (i tested map 1 months ago), and only now i realize i understimated this campaign :) I never played all other maps, and i will don't do after resolve that param problem

Yup, liked the spawning of carriers + colossi. I guess this is pretty slight, but since they spawned around the nexus, sometimes the 1-2 carriers opposite me just sat there.

And if you do re-do the campaign, I might suggest tweaking things a bit on Mission 2, mech is just plain too useless. Only area I found it was useful was (possibly) if you sieged a tank or two in prep before activating the Nexus battle. Dunno, it just feels pointless to even have the possibility to build mech. Goliaths are only good for their anti-air, but Marines are more than enough for anti-air. You're not on the defensive, so Siege Tanks are a lot of trouble for their debatable worth, and run the risk of wiping out your own infantry. And finally, Hellions could be used for hit and run I guess, but you run the risk of running into Dark Templars. Also, were you supposed to be able to make SCVs from the Command Center? It seemed like it might have been intended because of the unoccupied area with Rich Minerals, but then it only had the Energy upgrade.

For Three, turn down difficulty after first Zerg base. I'm remember playing and thinking the original (before bosses) was way too easy. I'd have to test again after the change, but I think just disabling Infestors and giving an extra, say 2-3 mins before waves start coming should be perfect.

I didn't try B (since it's normally R) and it wasn't highlighted. B might work though, I'd have to go and check. And it was only the first waves that gave me trouble (because they start coming right away), but once I finally survived the first 5-10 mins and got my army up and running, it was a breeze (had to time so the Sentinel things weren't covering bases, but without that, it was actually quite easy).

Yea, I might have been able to do it if I had remembered than Terran gets disabled after the first base, since Terran is so much superior to Zerg with just the number of troops enabled. Also, maybe have the Zerg make less Infestors? Got my all bio (terran + zerg) army massacred by just two or three Fungal Spores usually, and they always seemed to have 4-5 Infestors, so I couldn't kill them in time. Or else a more open terrain so you can actually see Infestors coming ahead of time, and have the room to maneuver troops into a more scattered formation.

Tried it on Normal, and the waves at the beginning seem a bit relentless. Beat the campaign on Brutal no real problem but even on Normal having trouble getting up and running before the troops I started with run out. A bit scared to try it on Hard when there is one lol

P.S. Lurker Burrow doesn't have the hotkey.

Also tried Mission 2 and 3 again. Two is just fine, but three on Normal, Terran never attacked me. And not sure if this is intended, but you can't build any buildings with the Zerg you take. So I believe I was stuck only using Zerglings / Banes once I took the first base. Hydra base was blocked by Ultralisk base (way too hard using tiny Lings) and the other base was Muta (Air).

Really like how you turn nova to main hero like kerrigan on newest mission.

The Hero bar is really cool.

Looking forward to play more biotech.

Like to report bug on mission 4, when I try to change team color the custom text turn to param/??/??. Same thing also happen on EivindL map. Strange enough when I tried to change team color on the newest mission the param/??/?? didn't occur.

All the music is from my own collection, actually. I have soundtracks from both films and games. Instrumental music is ideal for campaigns.

I tried mission 5 too, btw. It was frickin' awesome! Came out of nowhere too! It took a little time getting used to the camera and movement, but it wasn't so hard once I did. I didn't finish it, though. Got killed before breaking the rock, and the enemy swarmed me to such a degree that even the resurrection didn't help me. I hadn't saved, so I'll have to try it again later.

Up to that point, the mission was really easy, though. I felt the abilities worked better than in mission 1, and the "scare away monsters" one was fitting and original.

I really loved the high-above-the-ground terrain. It felt very RPG-ish, and I had to admit to some jealousy there!

Is the music from WOW? It was good, rather beautiful actually, but more than one track might have made it less repetetive.

I think you have potential for cinematics. The take-off in mission 3 was really cool.

Mission 4: Here the terrain took a backseat to the gameplay. Might I suggest using the terrain types fog for the lowest level? I see you've used it for other maps, and I think it might work great here too, though maybe you were going for a more all-out desert look and not high mountain tops?

I love missions like this. They make you think and use tactics, and you've found some simple ways to exploit standard SC2 mechanics to create what is essentially a Zerg infiltration mission. I really liked the part about the Odin, especially when I found out how I could sneak by it without running: moving forward, burrowing, waiting, repeat? Was that intentional?

So many maps throw custom units at you, with a gazillion custom abilities, and yet you prove that there is much use for what already exists.

I also like that you use cinematics, though some close-ups, cuts and moving cameras might be nice. Cool that you can skip them too. Not all campaign creators take the time to do that. I like watching them of course, but sometimes you fail and there's little need to watch them twice.

You might check your pathing, though. I could walk through rocks in places where that seemed unintentional.

Hei igjen fra Trondheim.

I just finished mission 3. Gameplay-wise, it was not as interesting as the first two, but still pretty cool. I like how the Terrans had split bases, meaning that if you went for a tower, they might still have a tower-less base they could attack you from. The mid-game shift was awesome, and I did not see it coming (I actually got ready to comment on here just before I saw it happen).

The environment was the best yet, though. You manage to make "new" worlds, so to speak, not relying entirely on the pre-made tilsets (not that there's anything wrong with that).

I wonder, though: why can we upgrade level 3 infantry armor but not weapons? It sorta ruined the entire thing, man.

Hei, njordys. Hilser fra Norge. ;)

I'm going to do this in English so other people understand it. I've played the two first missions so far, both on the easiest difficulty, and intend to finish this thing so I can give you some feedback.

Mission 1: I looooove the diamondback. It's a nice twist!

The perspective also enhances the terrain, in my opinion. Most SC2 maps have the exact same perspective, so changing it up really makes a surprising difference.

Some of the transmissions can overlap though. Like, if you save a civilian and then drive into a "story spot". An easy way to fix that is to use a boolean variable and call it "In transmission" or something, and turn it on when someone's talking, and then off when they're not, and have each transmission trigger wait for the condition to be off to start.

Example:

Event:

• Player rescues civilian

Action:

• Wait for condition, checking every 1.0 second: "In transmission=false"
• Set variable "In transmission" = True
• Play transmission, wait for it to finish
• Set variable "In transmission" = False

Also, some of the portraits seem oddly placed. A bit too much to the left, and too far away from the texts.

The text scroll for new objectives fit better for location introductions than new mission objectives, I feel. Right now, they're a bit in the way.

Still, it was a cool mission. I liked the gameplay, which was varied (nice ending holdout) and allowed you to explore if you wanted. The arrows was a nice touch. I'm not always too keen on game developers holding the player's hand too much, but stuff like this I like. It's so easy to get lost in open worlds. Hey, even the Bioschock games use arrows, and critics love those games!

Mission 2: Cool that you change things up. Sure, keeping the diamondback may have created a greater sense of continuity, but it's hard to make it interesting for a whole campaign.

There are some cool things about this mission as well. The saveable buildings was a very nice touch. Again, there is a sense that you can explore and be rewarded for it. I love how the Protoss would reinforce the positions, which makes things more of a challenge. Did you use the "bullies" trigger?

Again, a boss fight at the end, which is cool.

You seem to have the same problem I had just a while ago, though, which is unit ranks. Jane is apparently a "Dominion Assassin". :D If you want to change it, go to the data editor, then actors, find Nova, go to UI, and scroll down until you find it. Also, if you mouse over her in the command card, she has Nova's descriptions. They can also be changed. Again, go to the data editor, then units, then UI.

The terrain is not as good for mission 2, though. The main problems is that it is too horizontal/vertical, meaning that the cliffs go in those directions (up/down and left/right). It makes it all look a bit too clumsy and like an old Nintendo game. You'll want to use more diagonal cliffs. It looks sooo much better.

Want some terrain tips for Braxis Alpha? Check out page 2 of this thread. This guy is really good. Notice how the maps follow the "diagonal" principle too.

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