THE PIT RE-FIT

PLEASE READ: This is a re-fit of a remake of The Pit by dt192. My playing group and I looked at numerous Pit remakes for me to re-fit one and bring it as close as possible to the scale, look and feel we wanted of the Halo 3 original map to play Classic Slayer.

Kudos and thanks to my friend and the original map maker dt192 and invite you to look at his before version at Bungie.net : Halo Reach : File Details. His map was chosen because it was the best we found that closely matched the scale, placement and look of the original. Damn good job for his first map.

Because I am an primarily an Aesthetic map maker I wanted to rebuild this map so you really felt like you were on The Pit. For me, it meant selecting and changing walls, floors, etc. that gave the map a uniform look plus I added as much detail as possible to get the same feel as the original.

One of my main goals was that wherever you spawned you knew where you were. This became important after we looked at all the remakes, and in many, we had no idea where we were when we spawned.

This map is set up for Slayer only. Like I said, I re-fit this map for us to play Classic Slayer. We think it’s the best PIT yet (of course we do) and a great base map for anyone who wants to add more game types.

One note: If you want to add game/kill/spawn zones you’ll probably have to delete some of the Flag Stands and Capture Plates I used for Aesthetic detail because I about maxed out total piece placement on this map.

One thing I have learned from my re-fits of this map, Guardian and Construct is that there has to be compromise in the scale, weapons and overall look of these maps with the tools we have in Reach Forge and the budget limit. But for me, it’s the best I could do.

Thanks to my group for help in critiquing and testing this map and in particular to Ragnar0k26 and timmypanic for their critical eye and advise on better parts choices. A special thanks to dt192 (yep, the original map maker) for his help in many of the important final fine details.

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