I went through the trouble on the first morning of H4 coming out to start making Lockout / Blackout, but I didn't get around to finishing it til about 3 weeks later. Then I never had anyone to play it with and Thanksgiving was coming up, so I left this map alone. Things got in the way of playing for a while, but I'm mostly back now and I started to forge a bit again. I decided to join this community to show off my map and see what needs tweaking/balancing. The lines are mostly there, the jumps definitely are. I have yet to test it out with other players tho. I put most of the spawns in generally good locations as well as the standard for the original version(s) from which this is derived from.

Here are a couple outside pics:

If you're wondering, yes that is a piece of glass that sits in the middle. I added some more glass to other areas that didn't previously have them to help discourage camping. I also put in the original weapon drops with random choices of the default options or an equivalent. The Scattershot is available as well as the Sticky Det (if I remember correctly).

Now, keep in mind this was all built from memory (and a few pics of weapon spawns) and started when I had no sleep from playing all morning since the midnight release. I actually scratched the whole thing out once, but then didn't save and recovered most of my progress. I worked from the BR/Library first, then moved to the center, then Sniper Tower and finally the Lift. The Shotgun/Center area took a bit of finessing, but I got most of it. I would post pics of that spot, but it's really cramped and I just wanted to get the main idea out there.

Here are some lines of sight:

Bottom of Lift Tower to Shotgun

Bottom BR through center to Bottom Snipe

Open Sniper platform to Top Lift (with elbow and part of top center)

Top BR to Snipe and Lift

Top lift to BR Tower

Top Lift to Snipe

Library to Top Lift

If anyone wants to know how to get Screen Caps like this, just google "Halo 4 extract saved image" and it should have a link in the first result. They'll be set to max resolution in JPG format. I can put together a (480p) video if some people want to test it out with me. Add "Oni Zonda" or send a message saying you want to try it out. I'll be free Thursday 1/24 after 3PM PST.

Moving on, Gametypes are Team Slayer (5v5 and lower), SWAT, Snipers, Multiteam (4 players x 3 teams or 3 players x 4 teams), FFA, 1 Flag, KotH and Regicide (if I remember that it doesn't use special weapon drops). I started working on a Dominion version (insane, I know) but I'm still working out how/where to put some things. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions on what to do with the map.