blah mapping isn´t fun anymore. I tried to start your layout acid. I just cant get a good arrow and its just not interesting to try anymore. This comp is extremly slow and with a wheel mouse its extremly frustrating. Someone else want a shot at it you will be extremly surprised to how easy mapping is. If im the only one willing to work on a new map layout dont expect it for a couple months. Ill prolly add 1 thing every now and then so itll take a while. And so far my arrows look like shit :/ none are even at all and im still wondering how the original maps made their arrows so damn good and straight....or wait...are the originals straight? so that the arrow pointed to where the info_target is? the target is right in the middle of all the pads so are the arrows lined up right or are they just made to look good and in the general direction?
O and in defense of my original design acid...its not big...it would be the same size as arena with the same jumps just tweaked a litle a bit...nothing too big or too small. you have to keep in mind you dont want your jumps too small or you jump slow and are easy to hit. one example would be a trick jump from a back center pad onto the middle pad in arena, its a weak jump cause its close together and so the trick jump is slow and weak. and also bumpers wont block your jumping like the bumpers between the center and outside pads of arena unless you put a clip brush over them. And teleporters aren´t great because they can only hit you in ONE spot. a well place bumper can hit you anwhere on the pad, especially if you have a setup to be hit from behind.
O and in defense of my original design acid...its not big...it would be the same size as arena with the same jumps just tweaked a litle a bit...nothing too big or too small. you have to keep in mind you dont want your jumps too small or you jump slow and are easy to hit. one example would be a trick jump from a back center pad onto the middle pad in arena, its a weak jump cause its close together and so the trick jump is slow and weak. and also bumpers wont block your jumping like the bumpers between the center and outside pads of arena unless you put a clip brush over them. And teleporters aren´t great because they can only hit you in ONE spot. a well place bumper can hit you anwhere on the pad, especially if you have a setup to be hit from behind.