Anyone know how to get the doodad rocks/glaciers to touch or overlap? There seems to be a restriction preventing them from getting too close but on some maps I see them overlap.
Hold Shift while placing them.
If you dont know about theese: Ctrl + Page Up/Page Down = Rising/Lowering of the object Ctrl + Left Mouse = Rotation of the obejct Shift + Right Mouse = Zoom in/Out Ctrl + Right Mouse = Camera rotation
December 25, 2016, 06:34:08 pm
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Re: Build A World Map Making Contest!
Its not that we need a specific 4- , 6- , 8- or whatever player map. What FML in general needs is a really balanced map between multiple playstyles that will live for many seasons. I will give examples:
Market Square and Twilight Ruins are probably the most played on maps. Both of them have just the right amount of creeps to earn good items, level your heroes, acquire goldmines etc. But what they also have, and that is crucial, is the possibility to play the map differently, according to one's style.
Both on Market and on Twilight there is the possibility to spawn very close to an opponent. This gives the option to rush (bear in mind that "rush" in FFA usually means fast 80 food push) while still not falling behind. Of course, other players tend to play it peaceful and creep and/or hoard and try to avoid fighting as long as possible. Both of these maps allow both kinds of play and that makes them the best for FFA. The closest to them are probably Silverpine and Deathrose but they have too strong item stacking possibilities which make them very very slightly subpar in my opinion.
Other maps that were listed here lack certain qualities, listed above. For instance, Emerald Shores is a very aggressive map. Harvest of Sorrow is a long drawn map and games are usually very long because of its layout. Not to say that they are bad but what makes them slightly inferiour to Market and Twilight is that rushing on Harvest is super hard without falling far behind while playing peaceful will get you killed on Emerald. There is no adaptation when going into the match (except if you know that a player will play the same style no matter what) on certain maps, because of their structure. There are many other examples of maps that lack something: Gold Rush has too many gold mines which again prohibits rushing; Deadlock has too little creeps; Savage Storm has too little goldmines, hard creeps and islands; Monsoon has wood problems, imbalanced creeping and spawning patterns etc. etc.
So what I would recommend is that you find a good balance between spawning locations (I would say its better to be more than 4 so that it gives this random effect on the course of the game like Twilight or Market but that is up to you), creeps that wont leave your heroes at lvl 3 2 1 or lvl 5 5 5, a balanced number of goldmines (yes, its fun to have an uneven number but it creates either towering contest or heavy teaming, so to have a perfect FFA map I'd say leave this option out) and items that would not change the course of a game (e.g. not have a single huge red camp that drops two tome of powers etc.).
With all that being said, I still like refreshment in the scene so any new ideas are welcome. The text above was just a description of what the perfect FFA map would be. However, there is a reason we do play other maps as well, even if they are imbalanced or favour certain playstyles. So you can produce something out of the ordinary and still qualify for a good map for FML! :)
December 27, 2016, 03:04:50 am
Welcome back, I hope you all are enjoying the holiday season. On that cheeful note, congratulations to the winners from Round 4: Rain, GEASS, AlienWareOwnZ, TheTrumanShow, Dinamo, qwest, FML|junkerzam, NoMercy2 and believe it or not, zTsoso! As you know, this round brings another group of eliminations. Thank you to all the following players and we hope to see you next season:
With round 5 ushering in the new year, please find your match below, and begin scheduling in the corresponding thread. Games should be played by January 15, 2017. Remember, this is the final main season round. At the end of this round, top 2 players proceed directly to finals. Players ranked 3-10 will have two semi-final matches. Good luck!
The Map Pool:
Duststorm
Battleground
Tranquil Paths FML (Worpex will provide soon)
Murgul Oasis
Sanctuary
The Matches: M50 ObserveAndLearn QQs qwest zTsoso
M51 Zs.SuperCumulo NoMercy2 Junkerzam Eshan
M52 Mog[skynet] Tleilaxu XoZ_Magadansky WeAkUD
M53 Pinballmap GEASS svedirko Redkeekee
M54 Dinamo Rain TheTrumanShow SteppinRazor
M55 Wrecktify Slythe Jaody21 AJIKAIII
M56 noexxx DV- AlienWareOwnZ Fetta_ook
December 29, 2016, 06:26:11 pm
This round has some of the best players from FML and I'm sure no game will be disappointing.
M50 ObserveAndLearn QQs qwest zTsoso
This is a tough call, OAL and Qwest are both in the same neighborhood, meaning, level. Each has a different style that disguinshes them, but These two can certainly pull a a win. Soso and QQs will have a tough game, eventhough soso may be the strongest, he may be teamed very heavily and crumble like he did in his first rounds. QQs might get understimated again and bank up to 30k, but can he still win? I'll have to go with Qwest cause he's cool friend, but it's gonna be tough for everyone.
M51 Zs.SuperCumulo NoMercy2 Junkerzam Eshan
not an easy game for anyone of us, gl hf.
M52 Mog[skynet] Tleilaxu XoZ_Magadansky WeAkUD
Oh wow, an intersting mu, crylaxu and maga seem to face eachother every season, ofc Maga dominates, but then he loses in the 3 way . WeakUD has been ramboing everyone this season (image below)
so I'd say this time he has to get his shit together and play more cautiously. As for Mog, I hope he steps up his game since he really needs another win to make it barely top 10.
M53 Pinballmap GEASS svedirko Redkeekee
Decent cast imo, I think the showdown will be between GEASS and RKK, let's see if RKK can show us his ne potential!.
M54 Dinamo Rain TheTrumanShow SteppinRazor
This game will be a long four way, if TrumanShow wins again, it will be the bomb lol. I think Dinamo or Rain are favorites, but I'll with Rain since he played great last round.
M55 Wrecktify Slythe Jaody21 AJIKAIII
Intersting cast, I think everyone here is around the same neighborhood. Last time Jaod face wreck in S22 Wreck got owned, but this time he's been more active so He'll do better. Ajik and Slythe may have an even 1v1, but at the end it'll be either Jaod or Wreck who take the win.
M56 noexxx DV- AlienWareOwnZ Fetta_ook
Most stacked match up this round, I think the best will win. If DV goes und, he wins, if Noexxx doesnt go paladin 1st, he wins, if Alien goes random he wins :D.
December 29, 2016, 08:21:54 pm
QQs has been improving, same for ObserveandLearn, both can play rather solid and sneak a win vs two experienced and cunning players like soso and qwest. I think the winner of this game will depend a lot from the map that is chosen (like most of the games this round). I want to go with soso because he is still the most complete player here and will probably find a way to avoid or to deal with teaming.
M51 Zs.SuperCumulo NoMercy2 Junkerzam Eshan
Close game, hard to predict. Winner depends of map.
M52 Mog[skynet] Tleilaxu XoZ_Magadansky WeAkUD
Maga will get teamed for name, for some reason I see WeakUD the rambo win here.
M53 Pinballmap GEASS svedirko Redkeekee
Geass is one level above.
M54 Dinamo Rain TheTrumanShow SteppinRazor
Steppin and Dinamo are able to show good play but I think the two favorites are Truman and Rain. Truman has the chance to be new in fml and to get overlooked a lot, so I think he might win here.
M55 Wrecktify Slythe Jaody21 AJIKAIII
Close game too. I think Slythe is maybe a bit weaker than the 3 others and he doesn't even play recently. Wreck Jaod and Alkash are all good players with some days better than others. Hard to pick a winner.
M56 noexxx DV- AlienWareOwnZ Fetta_ook
Winner depends of map. Noe wins on Sanctuary, Dv wins on Murgul and Battleground, Alien wins on Duststorm. Don't know about Tranquil Paths. Fetta will try to fly under the radar but will certainly fail.
December 29, 2016, 09:01:01 pm
Will most likely end in a prolonged 3 way with mass manip, hoarding and island building if possible. 5 hours later, Qwest snatches the game through sheer patience.
M51 Zs.SuperCumulo NoMercy2 Junkerzam Eshan
NoMercy has managed to pull an incredible performance so far. A reverse Robb Stark, losing all battles but winning the war. Will he be able to do so once again now that he has to battle against his own kinsman, the avaricious Zs.Superculo? I predict a long 4 way with spectacular flurries of manip by the sociopathic pathological liar called Eshanna, managing to stay alive for the very end, only to get crushed as Scrubberzam takes the win.
M53 Pinballmap GEASS svedirko Redkeekee
RKK has revealed his true identity as the horrid child of Soso and Eshanna, combining these two frightful aspects into a single entity embodying the flurry of lies of Eshanna with the autistic arrogance of zt.Soso. I predict PBM rushing out Svedirko and then a long tedious 3 way with RKK ending up teamed/tomed because of his name and Geass winning his way into grandfinal with 20k unused gold in bank.
M54 Dinamo Rain TheTrumanShow SteppinRazor
Easy game for Dinamo.
M55 Wrecktify Slythe Jaody21 AJIKAIII
Wreck will probably end up 4th place, rushed out by his cryptonite Jaod while Alkash and Slythe hoard. The game will end with a long 3 way with Alkash winning a base race.
M56 noexxx DV- AlienWareOwnZ Fetta_ook
What a spectacular match up. I hope Fetta is lubing up his anus and practicing rebuilding, coz' that is the only hope he has since he will die in 10 minutes to any of these players. The game will most likely be a long shit fest with a lot of manip and backstabbing, but also a few huge fights. I hope for Alien's sake that he rolls Elf so he won't get rolled in turn. Noe is the favorite overall, but it's very map dependant.
December 30, 2016, 04:18:48 pm
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Re: New FFA map pool - FFArena
1. [M]AltaiMountains 2. Twilight 3. [M]PoisonWell 4. Silverpine 5. Market 6. Monsoon 7. Sanctuary 8. Harvest of Sorrow 9. [M]FreezingField 10. Market 11. Silverpine 12. Twilight 13. 14. The Crucible 15. Sanctuary 16. Divide and Conquer 17. 18. Isle of Dread 19. Cold Plains 20. Gold Rush 21. Rock Quarry 22. Harvest of Sorrow 23. Deathrose 24. Moonsoon 25. [M]Equalrium
Updated 12.01.17 01:00 CET
January 02, 2017, 12:42:30 pm