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Intro::
The Source is the final installment of my 3 part map pack I’m calling the “True Swat Map Pack”. The reason behind this naming is not necessarily because the maps play best with SWAT, but because I will be releasing a campaign/story type thing soon about a SWAT team (Hence the name TRUE SWAT). The Source is one of my finest maps yet and I hope you’ll notice the amount of time and effort that went into creating this map.

Here’s the deal on why it’s called The Source. It is called The Source because of the story/campaign, there has been a huge outbreak of drugs. The SWAT team got a lead about Suite #205, then they were able to find out that the owner of Club Impulse was helping distribute the drugs, and now from him the SWAT team has found the ”Source” of the outbreak, a huge drug facilitating factory.

Almost everything in the map goes along with this theme, I have racked my brain for creative way’s to express this while still holding true to great game play and I am proud of the way it has turned out. You might be able to pick out some of what I am trying to depict such as the Conveyer Belt/ Machine, but some things are a little harder to express, such as the Unloading Dock, where they are unloading all the materials to create the drugs (Hint: It’s got a turret.)

Here are the links to the other two maps in the map pack, SUITE #205,and,Club Impulse.

Youtube Video::
I went out and bought a capture card and now I can make sweet halo movies! yay! Check out my first one made just for this map:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAGqsWO5Yls

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Focus::
My focus for, “The Source” was to create a map with unique environments that go along with the overall theme of the map. This map is best played with 8 people seeing as I haven’t blocked off any parts of the map for the first time in my forging career. I also focused on doing things I haven’t done in my maps before.

This map is the first time I’ve:
· Used extensive geomerging
· Made an Asymmetrical Map
· Thought of aesthetics in the base design of my map
· Used all of Foundry
· Gone along with a theme that fits foundry well

Description::
The Source is a drug factory. The raw materials they make the drugs with come from the unloading station (Place made out of fence walls with cones around it). The materials are then processed in the big machine in the middle of the map and packaged into small crates. Forklifts then take the crates and store them in the shelves behind the machine. Later the crates are packaged into the open boxes and then sealed and stored in the far end of the map. Trucks come in, are loaded with the big boxes and are sent off threw the door. Everything is examined from the offices above.

So now that I’ve explained my creative approach to the map I’d now give you an explanation of what the map looks like, but I think the pictures are pretty suffiecent at providing that.

Game Types::
This map was designed with all types of team slayer in mind.

Here are my recommended game types:
Team Swat
Shotty Snipers
Team Slayer
Multi Flag
Slayer

And that’s about it, I wasn’t able to set it up well for any gametypes other than slayer because I ran out of items to use. I have set it up for pretty much all of them but the main problem will be that the spawning might not work too well in the very beginning.

Weapon Layout::
Heres the weapons on the map I did change the clips/respawn times to what I felt was best:
-2 Snipers
-8 BR’s
-2 Carbines
-3 SMGs
-2 Magnums
-12 Plasmas
-4 Spike Grenades
-12 Grenades
-1 Spiker
-1 Brute Shot
-1 Shotgun
-1 Overshield
-1 Regenerator
-1 Bubble Shield
-1 Power Drainer
-1 Mauler
-3 Mongeese
-2 Machine Gun Turrets

Campaign/Story Mode::
This will be coming soon with a centralized post for all the True Swat maps! Hopefully some people are looking forward to it but, hey you guy’s probably don’t know what to expect.

Pictures::
Overview Pictures.

Geo-Merge Tunnel (AKA Shotty Tunnel)

Looking at the Geo-Merged Tunnel/ My newest Bridge-Stair creation that everyone can comment on (I’ve now made a bridge made out of stairs and stairs made out of bridges!).

Part of the Offices.

Action Pictures::

A double bankshot headshot! (Staged :-P)

Synchronized Death!

*NOTE: These boxes are placed right side up for the aesthetic touch that regular non-interlocked boxes give, not because I'm stupid.

Special thanks to:
-All the testers.
-Dented drum for giving me some advice
-Snipermaster95 for helping me put together testing matches, and all the support
-Drummerboy198 for being a crazy kid.
-Anyone who reads the thread I wrote.

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