Furnace
by Ajpsk8

An unfortunate player burns in the furnace

Overview

An overview of the map from the back corner. The Full "Furnace" is not shown.

Furnace is a large, awesomely interlocked, contained map with one major area of conflict: the hill - wait, doesn't sound very interesting. Did we mention that the hill was a small bridge suspended over a continuous explosion? Sounds a little more complicated. This map was originally a 1v1 map, but then I increased the size and now the game is a much more fast-paced Team or FFA map made mainly for KoTH and the Hammer Hill variant (read down), although all other gametypes are supported. 4-8 players

Throughout the process of making this map, I kept in mind exactly what bungie does. I added ledges, quick spots and many other useful things, such as the quick spots in the furnace. This makes great fun for Slayer gametypes.

Since the force of the furnace is too strong, weapons cannot be placed in or around the furnace building, so stock up before trying to turn the battle

Editor's Note

I started this map a few months back before I knew interlocking or anything like that. The thing is that certain things had to be added to keep the explosion from escaping that really added to the design. Even before I interlocked the map, I got awesome feedback on how fun and well designed the maps is, especially with the Hammer Hill variant. Of course, then I learned interlocking and came back to totally overhaul this map, and this is the result. Enjoi

Weapons

BR: 6
Assault Rifle: 2
Needler: 2
Shotgun: 1
Sniper: 1

Power ups & Equipment

Flare: 1 (Useful)
Grav Lift: 1
Regenerator: 1
Overshields: 1
Plasma Grenades: 4

Best Gametypes (Descending)
NOTE: all gametypes are supported

- Hammer Hill (download below)
- Team KoTH (or normal KoTH, but team KoTH is more fun)

- Assault
- Vip
- Slayer
- Oddball
- Capture the Flag

Screenshots

A player on the roof snipes the current king of the hill

That same shot, showing what could have happened had he moved over a few steps

A player heads to the roof with the sniper located in the "Observation Room" (Next Pic)

(NOTE: There are no rockets on the map, this was taken before I made the decision to remove them) Last time I checked, its impossible to shoot a sniper from the inside of these boxes. Sucks this guy didn't figure out needlers could. In case you're wondering, the sniper room is linked to a teleporter behind the "Furnace" building. Heres a forge shot of the teleporter:

So that teleporter is linked to this small room where the sniper is:

So that's cool. Lets get back to the game:

This, eventually leads to this:

Toasted

Don't worry, you cant be hurt from outside of the furnace, this guy just got pwned

A quick view of the overshields in the basement

Hammer Hill (KoTH Variant)

Hammer Hill was made for this maps since gravity hammers call for some clumsy mistakes. Here are a few shots from a Hammer Hill game with me and some people on xbox live. (The experience does change on live, as explosions happen slower)

This guy shot wayyyy out to the wall

The true meaning of furnace

Download Furnace

Download Hammer Hill (KoTH Variant)

please rate the file on b.net

-ajpsk8