Battlelines- Bastogne

(Thats battle of the bulge for ppl who dont know)

Hey guys im, currently working on a WW2 map (Yea yea i know, not another ww2 map ;)) Anyway this map is based on the Battle of the Bulge in the forest near Bastogne, Belgium. The map has a 'hold the line' theme where you have a force of about 60men and you have to hold your (the american) side of the forest for a limited amount of time until reinforcements arrive, during this time Axis troops will b trying to break through. Sandbag walls and bunkers will provide cover so placing troops behind them gives an advantage. Im currently waiting to... 'get' my hands back on a copy of 3DS Max so i can do some unit alterations to help the map. Unlike some maps with custom models i vow to get mine finished :D. Heres 3 shots from the map.

US Battallion HQ

heres a small part of the battlefield with the Nazi defence lines behind.

Finally the american defence line. (Sorry to 56k'ers IF the pictures load slow, i've reduced their filesize as much as i can without loosing too much quality) Anyway i still cud use afew ideas for fighting, maybe have a capture system where u can capture points in the middle? I dont know, thanks.

Heres 2 new shots of a battle (More models for my map to come)

behind the shooting lines (Im working on makin the flags better at the moment while trying to make a troop with a rifle)

Lookin' pretty freaking sweet, dude. I hope to God you finish this, as I've been waiting for a WW2 mod for the longest time. You know the engine can render kickass battles.

The only suggestion I can offer is about the terrain. It looks a little too snowy. I suggest just dropping a few random "rock" tiles or something to make the ground look more tread-upon.

If you ever need a hand making maps or anything, say the word.

-Bejoty

Absolutely amazing - keep up the good work.

You must have a lot of free time on your hands to model and do a map and all.

I can't wait for you to release it. If you'd be so kind, make more battles, because this one looks pretty damn cool.

Thanks guys,

@shadowfax; yea ill add some more tiles to the terrain like you said, thanks for suggesting.

@ph33rb0; I am gonna be making a battlelines series (this is going to be a multiplayer map by the way) The other maps im going todo are;

Omaha (Obviously)
Market Garden
& Carentan

These are some i MIGHT do, depending on if i can b arsed;
El Alamein (Desert fighting)
Stalingrad (Russions instead of allies/ruined city)
and finally a WW2 open RPG (depending on if it would work or not)

I have a sh!tload of time on my hands so thats how i can get these done. No tanks in this yet guys until i learn animating.
Thanks again.

I'm sure we all know what Wolfenstein is. But did you know that it originated as an isometric, pseudo-RPG on the Commodore 64? I'm thinking modern re-make.

I started a project like this a ways back, but when Blizzard unlocked the save/load triggers, I halted it to work on my old fantasy RPG project.

-Bejoty

Hey guys, i've finally got the map up to a playable state, the map seems pretty adverage at the moment: get units, defend line, send reinforcement units to attack enemy and so on, i need help to add afew more idea to 'spice' it up more. This is a Bnet map, though u can play single-player i advise not to as solo sucks, (I havent been able to beta test on bnet as i cant host so im asking anybody who visits these forums todo so for me) The Rifle Infantry and Grenadier portraits are screwed up cus it wont recognise the mdx i imported :(
I could really use ideas and stuff for this map, Thanks.

p.s. the map IS protected so dont think you can get my models by stealing, i might release them later on anyway.)

Shadowfax, if u ever do make that rpg PM me and ill give ya a hand if u want.