2/09/2011 - New, Final Version! Re-download!
Description:

Welcome to Sentinel. The creation of this map is in honor of two maps from previous installments of the original Halo trilogy: Lockout and Guardian. Great for Team Doubles and standard Team Slayer alike, this map ensures a unique battle experience across the map.

Map Summary

The map is based around a center platform, much like Lockout or Guardian, as it is largely influenced by those two maps. The high level has proved itself to be the main ground for battle, as testing shows. Shots are traded across the high center as players try to control their bases. This allows for small skirmishes to occur on the side by the grenade launcher, and down on the lower level where the sword and sniper rifle lie. Since the lower level is used so little, it makes an interesting space to create a flank or escape from the enemy. The map is great for stockpile, as each flag is placed horozontally between both bases, creating a fair chase and many intense battles. The map is based in the lagoon area, in attempt to hold a somewhat unique aesthetic appeal without compromising budget and performance. Colors on the map were chosen carefully to make the map pleasing to look at, and help players know where they are right off of their spawn. Lights accompany the colored pieces to make the space less dull.

Detailed Overview
The Center

The high center of the map is where the action is at, and during a match there is always something going on there. The reason it's so busy is that the center can take you anywhere you desire on the map, so long as you can cross it alive.

The Low Center is directly below the main battle ground. This is where the sword rests. Not many encounters occur down here, but that makes it the perfect area to regroup, escape, or flank the enemy. Coming down here may not be the quickest way to get where you want, but it's likely the safest.

Connected to the bottom center (sword room) is the Yellow Lift Room. The room has a design of gapped walls in an attempt to make in non-campable. The lift leads to the Yellow Room above, which is often a great area to control.

Midside

The Midside is a route the leads directly from Red base to Blue base, with an exit in the middle that leads to both high center and low center. This area is great for flanking the enemy team, and is home to the destructive grenade launcher. The walk has enough cover to hide you from a sniper in red tower, but little room to dodge explosives.

Red Tower

While not literally red, it is the area red team spawns next to, so they usually start with it under their control. The tower overlooks the high center, and is an advantageous spot to have with both the sniper or the shotgun. The top is filled with fusion coils though, so watch where you stand...

The red tower has paths to all major areas of the map. Just below the red tower is the sniper rifle.

Blue Bunker

Blue team spawns just below this bunker, and so they stared with it in their control. The blue bunker houses the shotgun and two fusion coils. It has a murder hole that has a view of the entire top side. The windows and fusion coils make it a difficult room to camp in, but enough cover to keep safe.

Just behind the blue bunker is a canon that takes you directly to the yellow room. Just before the lift is the magnum, and just as you land at the yellow room there is a needle rifle and two frag grenades.

Weapons and Gametypes

Compatible Gametypes

Weapons on Map
X 2 X 2
X 1 X 1
X 1 X 1

X 1 X 1
X 1 X 1
X 1 X 4
X 2 X ∞

Extra Information
Red Team Initial Spawn

Blue Team Initial Spawn

Version 2 Change List

- Added a Kill Barrier to the underside of the grenade launcher platform, as you could hang on the edge and survive.

- Made the glass wall on midside walkable, which creates a new jump to the high center.

- Added a new wall for the Blue Bunker. I find this wall more aesthetically pleasing, and it also rids of the frame-rate issues created by the old wall.

- Added Compatibility for One Flag CTF, with gametype specific static spawns for both teams.

- Various aesthetic updates

Version 3 Change List
- Added a spawn zone to the bottom half of the map. This makes spawning safer.

- Since the previous addition makes it near impossible to spawn high, I added more red team initial spawns to overide them spawning in the wrong area at the start of a match. (Yes there are 8, the map can support big team. I don't recommend it though.)

- Put a new column at the fork to high red and low red for aesthetic improvement.

- Other slight aesthetic tweaks you likely won't notice.

Final Version Change List
- Added compatibility with the new 'Bro Slayer' game variant.

- Moved the lower lift Needle Rifle to the mid-side elbow.

- Pesky 'Window Jump' fixed. Now easy to do.

- Added a barrier on red spawn to rid of slight frame-rate problems when zoomed in with a DMR towards blue bunker.

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