Hello everybody and welcome to my first release of this year! Today, my hard-to-be-pleased friends, I'm introducing you a map which maybe will enrage you, maybe it will please your eyes so much that you're gonna cry of happiness, maybe you're just gonna go and play it non-stop for 24 hours. Anyway, let me begin with the real description.

I had an idea and I made it, simple right? A map based on medieval times. A map where you won't find a single gun. A map where strategy and skill worths more than one gun. A map where aimboters and radar-hackers will get frustrated because their hacks will be useless. A map where ... I put my passion for you. Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce you, the Woodshield!
The main feature of this map is that you will use only melee weapons and some grenades, no guns. This map has been made only for the construction game mode.

In order to survive in this map against your enemies, you'll have to think! Oh yea, to think and make a good strategy, because this map is a challange. As a tip for you, just make a supply after you spawn and the rest is clear. You won't be able to use guns, as I said, also no Dispensers, Turrets, Gate Fields and Teleporters.
The map is set in one year between 1500 and 1600. It got secret rooms where you can spy your enemies, weapons hidden in the woods , smoking chimneys for some houses and a lot more things.

The tileset has parts from LucasRib's and other mapmakers' tilesets, aswell as parts from the free graphics offered by Spiral Graphics.

I personally hope you'll enjoy the map and share it with your friends. Also, you'd support me a lot if you'd put this map on a servers, aswell as my other maps.

Now enough talkin', let's get to fight! For the king!

With love,
Mapmaker.


Update

Because many people requested me to edit the map and fix the bugs, I did so. Graphic and gameplay bugs have been fixed and now the map can be played a lot better.

Bases' shadows fixed.
Added team gates at bases.
Added more vegetation.
Improved sound system.
Added markers for teleports.
Improved Lua script.
Added boxes in certain areas of the map to make the flag-taking harder. Don't worry, those boxes are breakable and you can build over them!
Removed red trees.
Improved timers.
Changed supply items.
Added new limits.

The entire file as well as the files used by it has been changed! Please re-download the map and overwrite the old files with the new ones!

You can't edit upload? I can.
Though, I thought that it wasn't just moderators rights.

Awesome map i love it,keep up the good work

Nicely done bro.

Gratz! Nice map

@ SQ - Sadly not, because once I release a map I won't edit it anymore, as nobody is allowed to. Also, because I don't have time to repack the map and update it in 4 different locations. And because I like to think that the shadows are there because of the bigger walls which sustain the building. Sorry.

So can you fix the problem I said with room ordering (from left to right/top to bottom)?
Then update screens and it will be perfect.

Good Job

Forcé-

really good idea, it looks really great and well done using the shadows

@ Yates Small because you wouldn't like to run with your shield and sword for long to reach the enemy, open because there must be a lot of spaces to build supplies which are vital, red trees and walls because I wanted so, it's my style in this map. I tried to make something unique, because I ain't copying others' style.

@ oxytamine True, I noticed that since I began makin' the map, but still I don't think it looks ugly. Also, it doesn't ruin gameplay, since it's only the design part. The gameplay part is based on what's going in-game, so it has nothing to do with it.

@ SQ Yes. I'mma get used with the shadows in future and get my maps better.

Also, for others : Thank you very much for your comments and likes. Yes, it looks a bit like ctf_growngrass, that's my fault 'cause I could place all the buildings different, but I didn't. Thanks again!

Yeah, you need to put rooms in different order so you won't get black boarders.
Though that's a bug, still can be prevented.

Nice simple idea dude.

1. be spectator and press f5 then cut some spectator menu, so only the map is showed
2. remember to show all hud(time, health, armor etc..) use this command: mp_hud 127
ok make mp_hud to 0 with console then hide your radar, then press f5. if you want to screenshot again, keep going. else execute mp_hud to 127
@ maPmaKer: nice map, first of all the tile.

Im just a quake live player :3

@file I sorta dislike the weapon spawns, but I guess most ctf players are into that sort of thing.

Mechanolith, I also turn off all the shadows.
Chex, I also play Quake for a very long time. Which one, buddy?

I cried at oxytamine's image...

@ oxytamine: I really wouldn't mind playing with those graphics. I play quake. Come at me bro.

Graphics do ruin gameplay.

Take a look at my CS2D.

@ oxytamine:

>Graphics ruin gameplay

This logic ..

Keep up the good work :]
I like Robin Hood stile map :))

Wrong using of "env_room" completely ruined gameplay with it's wrong shadows. Also, yeah, it's very similar to "ctf_growngrass".