Total War: Warhammer Maps

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Total War: Warhammer Map Creation

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I decided to have a go at map making again, it's been a long time since I've had a crack at a new map editor/game engine. And what better engine that Terry! (The Terrain Metadata Editor). After quickly getting to grips with the editor I started making an overly large map for standard pitched battles. The editor boasts a huge plethora of assets to cater to a designers desires for theme/pacing/visuals and so on. After playing a good many hours in Total War, the general map layouts are relatively simple at a glance. A few small caveats to take into consideration when creating a map. Map Size  Player Size (1v1 / 2v2 / 4v4 ) Balance Interesting terrain deformation ? Map size is relative to player size, naturally. The more players on a map the larger the battlefield can be, and thus the better utilized the terrain elements can be (Having a 4v4 with 1 choke point would be a mostly boring match, watching 1 unit fight 1 unit until someone runs out of troops). Adding in ...
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