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A "from scratch" recreation of Helms Deep from Lord of The Rings, The Two Towers.

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Helms Deep (U12.3)




Adds "from scratch" recreation of Helms Deep from Lord of The Rings, The Two Towers as a playable map to B&S.



To be honest, this map is still far from complete but I'll go over the positive firsts:

 - I've tried to include as much detail as I can in the recreation of this location
 - All textures and models were made from scratch specifically for this map. (excluding the Rock/boulder models, see link below)
 - I've added ramps to most of the stairs, so the enemies should have no problems pathing most places.
 - Spawn points at the top and at the base of the castle (bottom of the ramp)
 - It plays very well, good performance too.
 - It's very fun throwing enemies off the walls.
 - Decent lightmapping, but will be redone when I have more time
 - Reflection probes for accurate reflection of enemies and weapons (no weird glow around them)


I made this map as my submission for the modding comp which has been ongoing this month. I spent around 28 of those days modelling and texturing and only 3 building the environment in unity so it's still missing a lot of features I'd like to add, including:

Reduce size of the lightmaps
More environment props
Redo the mountains/rocks
custom rocks/mountains that match the locations colours better
animated flags
redo the terrain textures and blending
add in water
add the metal mesh to the long wall on the left (that one weak spot)
Fix lighting probs
Rebake the lighting
add dirt decals and create custom shaders to add more variance to the textures
Redo/add in more ramps over the stairs for smoother movement
Torches! The map contains some very dark areas that I've not had time to light up yet, and didn't want to rush

And there's some things I want to experiment with too, such as:

Breakable wall + explosive (you know the one)
working archery defense system (fires arrows out of the front slits on the castle towards enemies)

but these last two are just ideas at the moment.

Anyway, if you've read this far, thank you! I hope you enjoy the map!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments, I always enjoy reading them! 



Recommended LOTR mods to go alongside:
Uruk Hai Orcs Waves and Armor (U12.3) - Created by Babyf
Hall of Kings (Lord of the rings map U12.3) - by myself