Sanctum(Sanctuary)
Recommend the map/thumbs it up if you like it.

As some of you may know, I have been hard at work organizing the community effort for the Team Classic playlist. We have come a long way since February and now have the gametypes and maps that we have been playing for months finally in matchmaking. When we started out we needed to have some remakes to play on and the ones that Bungie gave us in forge world were all very poorly done. I was determined to provide justice to the original creations.

This map started out as being heavily based on Mac xL's version but offered more classic weapon set and more accurate rock arrangement. It was good enough to enjoy in customs but I always felt that it could be better. Simply through word of mouth the map reached 250 downloads. I took a long break from working on this map and came back once I had much more experience because I was never happy with it. The original had some framerate drops in very specific LoS and only under a lot of action. Not only that but it also was very choppy during split screen play. After adopting some new techniques and seeing what others have done in their Sanctuary remakes I have found a way to build the map as efficiently as possible while still retaining all of the aesthetics that are necessary to make the map enjoyable.

This map supports all major gametypes as well as 4 teams. This map has DYNAMIC SPAWNS for Slayer. I felt that this was necessary to retain the Classic experience as well as making the map more enjoyable in general. Spawn traps are still possible but must have much better positioning in order not to disrupt it. People forget that in Halo 2 the spawns were always dynamic is Slayer, especially the initial spawns and yet the maps played flawlessly. This had a lot to do with the spawn system being much better but it works out well in Reach; you always spawn furthest from the enemy or from the action. Sure sometimes you'll spawn near an enemy sniper if he's not doing much but thats his fault for being out on his own on the empty part of the map, it was to be expected.

You may have a gripe with the Dynamic Spawns but its fine the way it is just watch the video below.

Team Slayer on Sanctum(Sanctuary) - YouTube

Sanctuary Remake - Sanctum - YouTube

Let me know what you guys think.

Recommend the map/thumbs it up if you like it.