ZombieMod 4.0

Ive been pondering starting a map for zombie mod and i need some opinions...


For the main city street idea, i was thinking it would be cool to make it all destoryed, with 2 side streets. and 2 of the buildings would be climbable. and on top of the two would be a brush-based helicopter that flys over the main street.

any other ideas post them

I already got the town idea in progress:

http://zombiemod.com/forums/viewtopic.p ... sc&start=0

The village woul;d be interesting but it would require some good mapping to give the sense of an open feild, a simple box won't do it.

Mall might work, but again, that open feeling plus you would need alot of custom textures/models.

There is already a map with a mall in it, zm_deadrising_b1, but then again it's sucks pretty much, it should have more custom textures and a fontain, etc... ^^

Go with a mall.

-There's alot of town maps, be different, my friend Glitched is making me a city map.

yeah, make a mall
there is alot city maps

Make a mall! There are only a couple mall maps that I know of, but a TON of village/forest/city maps out there right now. I think a mall would be really unique and fun, you could have a switch that closes the store! (you know how they have those iron gates or whatever) And it could take like 25 hits from a knife to break it, and you can make barricades out of store products. And a whole bunch of dead zombified store owners there.

Just an idea I guess, but the mall has got my vote.

But stay away from the soda machines/couches.

Put like 3-4 soda machines in it, after all... it's a mall!

ok i guess ill do the mall then, Im gonna start drawing up plans then. It will most likely be 2 floors, with a center piece with 4 wings, kinda like a
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thing. the center piece would have a fountian, however while i have done models for games like UT2004 and C&C renegade, i haven't try custom models for HL2.

I need some ideas for stores, im thinking like 8-12 stores. Im not gonna get gimmicky with it, so no HDR yet i think. think maybe i should include a Parking garage?

Start small and expand, so that way you don't have to change the whole layout.

and one other thing, to get the barricade items to act right, is there any settings i need to know?

Mall is ftw!

prop_physics, over ride gets zombies stuck.

make the mall in grand theft auto vice city


I am still waiting for Glitched and his team, to make this zm_rave map, I so wanna see a night club or similar


Another Idea, Make the House from House of 1000 Corpses, that would be PIMP

http://www.screenselect.co.uk/images/pr ... -large.jpg

it would be cool if you could get an escalator working. Also, concider having alot of open floor where you can shoot down tot he first floor.