Tusken Raid - Star Wars theme map

[NerveBooger]

Name: Tusken Raid
Size: Large
Author: Slap Happy (a.k.a. NerveBooger)

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=4435

A desert canyon somewhere on Tatooine with a Star Wars theme. Tusken Raider (Sand People) villages populate the grand canyon-like landscape baked dry by two suns - no place for a Jedi to be without a trusted lightsaber.

Built for up to 16 players, all gametypes supported, and well balanced with great Star Wars-like sounds:

King of the Hill: Will test your Jedi and force skills with a lightsaber, complete with Force Lunge (primary fire) and Force Push (secondary fire) to be followed up with a killing melee. The open arena will provide maximum fun. There's no aiming reticle, so use the force. Force Lunge will give you a kill opportunity, force push will save your life from an eager sith. 2 jetpacks are nearby if you feel you want to be a bounty hunter. There are no grenades to bail you out, so fight, fly or die. Team Crazy King is recommended, default is a blast.

Race: A Z-95 Starfighter, Gian V-19 Speeder or the ARC Interceptor will test your flight skills as you scream through the canyon at fast speeds. The vehicles won't fail you. (If you are special, bring a helmet). Recommended gametype setup: Free for All, 10 laps (see below for gametype setup, default not recommended)

Odd Ball: Set in a Tusken village, having the skull doesn't mean you will win. Make sure you pickup the right one, or Achmed will scream "I Kill you!" when you melee, or right before the terrorist IED levels your opponent 10 seconds later. (reduced damage so not to be noob-abused). Jango Blasters and Lightsabers will prove if you have the skill it takes to be a master.

CTF: Grab either the Galactic Empire Flag (blue) or the Rebel Alliance Flag (red) and take flight in a fast flying vehicle. All vehicles, especially the AAT and AT-ET are capable of taking you down and will defend your base adequately, but not completely. The Jango Blaster will defend you against any vehicle and is the AAT's enemy. Default CTF is a blast!

Slayer: The Jango Blaster, M24 Gaffi Rifle and 4 sniper towers and countless vantage points will keep you on your toes. It's a large map and the weapons have the range to eliminate the toughest sand worm. Default has limited vehicles but add them as you like, sniper slayer or vehicle slayer? The choice is yours . . . to be the Master, or to fall to the dark side.

I felt like young Anakin Skywalker working at the junk-yard - to scrap together enough goods from many authors - to make an enjoyable Star Wars atmosphere, parts here, combined with parts there.

Vehicles:
- V19 Gian Speeder (Venture)- Ultimate_Dragon
- ARC Interceptor (Pyro)- Doug/Nero the Great (tagged by me)
- CIS Armored Assault Tank (AAT) - Rerout (textured by me)
- Z-95 Headhunter Starfighter (Starfighter meh) - Johan Postma/Cold_as_Ice
- All Terrain Escort Transport (AT-ET) (Mech)- IceTiger (textured by me)
- Jetpack (Jango Jetpack) - Caz (texture modified)

Weapons:

- Lightsaber (2) – Captain, Force Push and Force Lunge Effects – by me, Inspired by Jahrain/Doc Oct
- Jango Blaster (Jango) - PyThOn - Deadly and fast, projectile effects by me
- Achmed IED - (Thats not the ball you picked up, its a terrorist IED that shouts "I kill you!" when used in a melee - (even the Jedi Masterchief handles this carefully), throw it near an enemy or their base.
- M24 Gaffi Rifle - Bolt Action, Kingfish999
- Bantha Brownies (frags) - Bungie - and effects by me
- Bantha Oysters (plasmas) - Bungie - and effects by me
- Secret Halo weapon - Bungie - and effects by me

Vehicle Spawns for gametype setup (especially race):
- Warthog: Spawns Z-95 Starfighter
- Ghost: Spawns V19 Gian Speeder
- Scorpion: Spawns CIS Armored Assault Tank (AAT)
- Rocket Warthog: Spawns Arc Interceptor
- Banshee: Spawns Jango Jetpack
- Gun Turret: Spawns AT-ET

(Included are 2 gametype folders for King and Race)

Other:
- Cyborg animations and Shiny Armor - Jahrain
- Sand People Hut ("Urtya") Model by H@ngm@n (textured by me)
- BSP - (GUF)HERM (textured by me)
- Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance Flags by me
- Sky - Combined effort from me and author of Evil Sky
- Sounds - Varied Starwars like sounds (42 in all, lol), many composed/created by me using GoldWave and Acidfoundry
- All other stuff - Bungie/Gearbox

Special thanks to:
- H@ngm@n for the Sand People Hut ("Urtya") and many hours of beta-testing
- Ragnarök for theme consulting and beta testing endurance
- Necrobrain for very good gameplay, weapon and vehicle balancing advice
- About 80 beta-testers who had way too much fun playing with lightsabers in King, and raced wildly and gave good feedback on vehicle handling and namely those members from AlliedRacing.org, RatedRGaming.com and teammod.org for fun filled beta-testing of about 50 hours of game play testing. Special thanks to Allied Racing clan and members for numerous contributions.
- Star Wars Mapping Team, SWMT and Jay2645 for not releasing their Arc Hammer, Hoth, Endor or Coruscant Star Wars maps before this one! :) Thanks for the delay guys!
- Thanks also to George Lucas!

AAT: CIS Armored Assault Tank
http://www.debtretirement.com/AAT.jpg
AT-ET: All Terrain Escort Transport
http://www.debtretirement.com/mech.jpg
Jango Jetpack
http://www.debtretirement.com/jetpack.jpg
Z-95 Headhunter Starfighter
http://www.debtretirement.com/starfighter.jpg
ARC Interceptor
http://www.debtretirement.com/pyro.jpg
V19 Gian Speeder
http://www.debtretirement.com/venture.jpg
Tusken Raid-1
http://www.debtretirement.com/tusken_raid01.jpg
Tusken Raid-2
http://www.debtretirement.com/tusken_raid02.jpg
Tusken Raid-3
http://www.debtretirement.com/tusken_raid03.jpg
Rebel Alliance Flag
http://www.debtretirement.com/tusken_red.gif
Galactic Empire Flag
http://www.debtretirement.com/tusken_blue.jpg

[TeeKup]

Dear god I don't even know where to begin.

[NuggetWarmer]

Needs a lot of work, but looks like fun. I'll be sure to try it out.

[Joshflighter]

Name: Tusken Raid

V19 Gian Speeder
http://www.debtretirement.com/venture.jpg



Why is something from Star Trek in a Star Wars mod? D:

[Advancebo]

Why is something from Star Trek in a Star Wars mod? D:

You would know XD

[Spartan094]

http://www.debtretirement.com/venture.jpg
uh i seen this vehicle before i think, isnt it on halomaps? uh i kinda failed at quoting :\

[Hotrod]

Why is something from Star Trek in a Star Wars mod? D:
Is that really from Star Trek?

[Joshflighter]

Is that really from Star Trek?


Yes, it looks close to the one from the movie Nemesis. Either way, the textures prove its from Star Trek and the red impulse engine on the model. :)

EDIT: This is what he must have thought it was.. but its not:

http://sorosuub.blee.biz/basic/product_details/vehicles/v19.html

The model he has looks actually somewhat like the Voyager Star Trek Delta Flyer. :p

[RobertGraham]

There are a lot of things in here that need a lot of work. Including the Xwing Model and the AAT

E: Look at some plane modeling tutorials, Box mapping is just wrong..

[supersniper]

... star wars version of extinction?

[Sel]

Looks fun haha

[teh lag]

At first I was all like OH GOD YES because I saw someone else put a Pyro-GX in CE. Oh Descent, how I love thee.

But then I saw that you renamed it to the "ARC Interceptor" and I was all like "what the fuck is this \:mad:/".

If I can say nothing else good about this it at least looks like you learned some of the fundementals of tagging. Even stuff that's cobbled together from mediocre content like this has its merits.

[Hotrod]

Yes, it looks close to the one from the movie Nemesis. Either way, the textures prove its from Star Trek and the red impulse engine on the model. :)

EDIT: This is what he must have thought it was.. but its not:

http://sorosuub.blee.biz/basic/product_details/vehicles/v19.html

The model he has looks actually somewhat like the Voyager Star Trek Delta Flyer. :p
Oh, now I see it. At first, the pictures didn't want to load, so I couldn't see what it looked like. You're right, it does look a lot like the Delta Flyer.

[Joshflighter]

Oh, now I see it. At first, the pictures didn't want to load, so I couldn't see what it looked like. You're right, it does look a lot like the Delta Flyer.
I looked at it again, and if you take the window thing he added, it is the delta flyer.. seems the guy had bad refs, but the textures show it is the ship. Hmm..

[Vicky]

At first I was all like OH GOD YES because I saw someone else put a Pyro-GX in CE. Oh Descent, how I love thee.


I knew i saw something familiar there, gg that was.

Think this project has potential, needs a lot of work though.

[NerveBooger]

Yes, this vehicle is on Halomaps as the "Venture." And lets just say - all of the vehicles needed major work, if not outright replacement - if there were replacements to be had.

I wasn't kidding when I said I felt like I was workin at the junk yard to put this map together, all from other peoples vehicles, weapons, etc.

The "Pyro" was actually named ARC Interceptor, and the bleh starfighter named "Z-95 Headhunter", and the venture named "V19 Gian Speeder" etc. etc. - all of which was for the purpose of maintaining the theme - some names were made up, such as ARC Interceptor.

I imagine, therefore I enjoy. First 24 hours, 747 downloads, and hosted on 3 dedi servers.

My skills are noobish - but nevertheless - I thoroughly enjoyed making it and playing on it today for 7 hours (lol) - even if its not perfect. (hint hint SWMT)

To be honest - I simply wanted a flight based map with vehicles that flew with correct flight physics (within reason, not literal). The flying cardboard box starfighter makes me giggle - no engine lights/flames and weight balance is screwy due to no markers to assign and balance the mass points (?).

and . . . the 'Achmed IED' was nothing more than to make people laugh "I keel you!" - kaboom! (large blast, low damage - usually kills the user if not thrown properly) and this had nothing to do with Star Wars, but I imagine Jeff Dunham would wet himself.

Im 43 yrs old (yeah old fart) - but today for 7 hours, I was a kid playin Star Wars and laughed more than I have in years.

Thanks for feedback - its helpful, this map was on its 32nd revision before its release, blech - hard to get that many testers who will give good feedback.

I hope you all enjoy it and are capable of looking past it's obvious flaws - you might even giggle.

[Cortexian]

Good, I was about to say that your Headhunter looks absolutely nothing like a Headhunter.

See: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Z-95_Headhunter

My favorite mention of the Z-95 was in the Slave Ship/Hard Merchandise books where a lone hot shot smuggler tries to escort a dude with a bounty on his head past Boba Fett in Slave I. As you may imaging, Fett schooled the kid.

[n00b1n8R]

Yes it looks like ass, but it looks like fun ass.
I'll download it. Somebody put it on a server.

[NuggetWarmer]

Yes it looks like ass, but it looks like fun ass.
I'll download it. Somebody put it on a server.

It's on 3 or 4 dedicated servers already.

[Sel]

It's on 3 or 4 dedicated servers already.

I uploaded it to the HCEL back when he made the thread on HIV. Gamenight friday anyone? :haw:

[Cortexian]

I uploaded it to the HCEL back when he made the thread on HIV. Gamenight friday anyone? :haw:
Friday is so far away!

[NerveBooger]

Wow , 1700 downloads in 4 days - thanks guys for trying the map! And thanks for the feedback here too.

I have played the most enjoyable games so far this week . . . some of you pro's need to take a break and come have some fun.

If you see me in game, shhhh! I am playing! I dont mix play with feedback so if I ignore you, dont be offended. I've been havin a blast with my 2 sons - so far they can almost kick my butt. (and are tired of saying "Yes dad, I know you're my father, geez!")

[Sel]

Gamenight on this on the hcel around 7pm (-5)

[jngrow]

Z-95 Headhunter is gross, especially with that forerunner wall texture.