Custom textures galore. Since I've no clue how to model any custom buildings or anything, I've decided to do the next best thing; make custom textures for all the buildings in the map. Though, if anyone's willing to help, PM me and we'll talk about what kinda buildings I need and stuff. Though, right now, I think the Bespin buildings fit in quite well. Though, I may need some custom buildings, since there's only so many ones I can use from Bespin (and Kamino, which has some pretty good ones too). And that's not the final sky. I actually took this screen in BFBuilder, and added the sky to make it look a little better without all that... whiteness. And I've still got a lot of work to do; adding more buildings, making the sky, etc. In fact, I just started work on this map yesterday. Everything you see there, in that screen shot, was made in less than six hours last night. This map isn't even ready for an alpha yet. Still got a lotta work to do.
As for the second map? Well, I don't want to give the secret away, so all I'm gonna say is; it'll take place way up in the upper portion of the city. You know, the skyscrapers and everything. Kinda like how Rends made two versions of his Coruscant map; one in the upper city, and (soon enough) one in the lower city. It'll be cool though; don't you worry.
And the third, if possible, I hope to make it a space battle. Maybe not, because I doubt by the time I finish the first two, I'll even have time to make the third, since by then, BFII might be out and nobody'll even play BF anymore. I don't know, we'll see. I'd like to do it, but I just don't know about it. The first two I'll definately try to make before BFII comes out though.
So, you may be asking, "How the hell's he going to do an Alderaan map if it was blown up?"
Good question. It's actually not going to be in either the Clone Wars (I don't even think they fought on Alderaan during the Clone Wars...) or the GCW (for obvious reasons, of course). It's going to take place right in between the two. Four years after ROTS, but... about 14-16 or so years before ANH. The Empire's just been formed, and pockets of Rebellion are sprouting up throughout the galaxy. Palps, sensing that Bail Organa is secretly a traitor and is supporting the Rebel cause by supplying them with funds, sends a large force of his troops to Alderaan to eliminate Bail Organa and any Rebel forces that get in their way.
The troops he sends are, in fact, the very last of the clone troopers still being put into service by the Empire. About a year or so before, the Empire began to quickly start to run out of funds. Putting higher tax prices out so as to support itself, was one of the main reasons the Rebellion actually started (Sounds familiar, don't it? Anybody who's taken an American history class should know). Eventually, the Empire found out what was cutting their profits so drastically; their Cloning program. Due to such advancements in the cloning process and the declining of resources to carry it out, it began to cost the Empire more and more to support its massive Cloning program.
Quickly, the Empire began to draft citizens into the military against their will. They were rigorously trained, and became the very first of the Stormtroopers that would begin to replace the Clones in the following years. The Clones slowly died out, and the Stormtroopers replaced them, until eventually, only a small force of about 1000 Clones were left in the Imperial ranks.
When the Empire declared war on the Rebellion and invaded Alderaan, the Clones were sent rather than Stormtroopers, since they were much more expendable than the Stormies. The 1000-strong force invaded the capital city, and soon enough, found themselves drastically overwhelmed. The citizens, usually such peace-loving people, decided it was their duty to protect their home planet from the oppresive Imperial forces. With help from the Rebellion, they soon matched forces with the Empire, and locked into fierce combat, battling all throughout the city.
And that's basically the whole thing. I didn't want to give away too much, but you get the idea. It's going to be Clone troopers vs the Rebels, which make for an interesting combination. I hope to have the first map released by either the end of September, or early to mid October. Look forward to some more screens as the project(s) progress.
Good luck!
