I've been working on a final version of solitude for some time now. Finally gotten it to a state where I can take some pictures of it and not be ashamed.

http://img12.exs.cx/img12/4773/dod_solitude1.jpg
The view from the snipertower, looking towards the Axis half of the map.
It's quite undetailed at the moment.

http://img12.exs.cx/img12/1526/dod_solitude2.jpg
The Allied "courtyard" near the snipertower. I'm really happy with the look of this place.
Of course, it needs more details.

http://img12.exs.cx/img12/6683/dod_solitude3.jpg
Axis spawn exits. I've put up some trees to prevent Allies shooting inside the spawn window, also made it more detailed. Please excuse the pink/black texture near the tree, I forgot to update the .wad file :(

http://img12.exs.cx/img12/4214/dod_solitude4.jpg
Axis second flag. It looks nicer than before.

Went over the image limit, made the last picture a link.
http://img12.exs.cx/img12/3259/dod_solitude5.jpg
Axis courtyard, looking towards the tower. Again, details are needed.

Hope you all like it :)

Not bad. Not bad at all :) .

wow, that looks really great!
great job!

cant wait to play!

tomato

Looks really nice!
Has a certain, "farmhouse" feeling to it.


But sure looks pretty small, I mean the places look pretty small..

sweet one of the best custom maps just got better:D

are you making any layout changes or just a strictly visual makeover to this map?

Originally posted by Howitzer
sweet one of the best custom maps just got better:D

are you making any layout changes or just a strictly visual makeover to this map?

The layout is the same, with some very minor tweaks.
Both spawns are being completely rebuilt to try to prevent spawncamping.

Wow, very nice indeed...

imho this is one of the best custom maps around i hope this update does it well ;D

I really like this map and now it looks even nicer!

Let's get another test scheduled soon bud.

One of the nicest custom maps gets even better :).

doesn't need more detail imo

nice work man! this has been one of my favorite maps for quite awhile and it looks quite a bit better.

I agree with a previous poster, looks good with out the "more detail". of course I liked it before this update, so I'm sure you know what you're doing :D

good work.

One balance comment:

It is extremely easy to cap on the Allies, thanks to the route up the stairs by their 2nd flag, and then sprinting out the door, jump/prone on their first.

The Axis are much harder to cap on, since you can come at them from only two sides (to the allies 3), and they are fairly choked off areas.

Have you considered putting a rope underneath the Axis window overlooking the Tower/courtyard/door to the double-man flag, allowing Allies to get up into that building? That would give the Allies 3 routes to axis first, same as the Axis have to the allied first.

Looks nice!
Allways liked this map, except that I allways got
stuck in some :hamster::hamster::hamster::hamster:ed up vertexes around the tree base in axis
spawn, just as you jumped out the window before the flag.
But that might be sorted know...?

(And I do think that it would benefit from some war feel,
like blown up houses and rubble, but hey)

Brilliant.

Solitude is, by far, my favorite clan-play map. Every time I've had a scrim or match on it, I had a blast... win or lose. I'm really looking forward to this version, it looks awesome. :)

Looks sexy Insta. You plan to put this into DoD:Source whenever that comes around? Solitude is a great map!

Looks great is there any news on the Map now?

Originally posted by Silverghost
Looks sexy Insta. You plan to put this into DoD:Source whenever that comes around? Solitude is a great map!

Thanks.
Yes, I hope to port it to DoD:S :)

This is my favourite custom map, and I've played hundreds. Although seeing as I mapped belfort and use a lot of similar textures for that the new ones kinda put me off a bit. :p The texturing is fine, I'm sure you understand what it's like seeing the same textures for a few months when making a map. There were a few sticky areas of the map that kind of frustrated me, but overall it is varied enough to have a good mix of even gameplay. And those high up sniper windows are great targets for a little nade-off-the-roof present.

looks really nice... i wonder when you're going to be "bought" by some dev team ;)

Year, that looks really cool..... Great work

I wish i could map like that....:(

it looks... great, what tree model are u using *courios*

Originally posted by rotzbua
it looks... great, what tree model are u using *courios*

pi_tree3.mdl or something like that.
It's included with DoD anyways.

Looks damn nice:eek:

That looks beautiful.