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Makes me want to get home and play.

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The newest update did help a bit. The game is still fun, however, it’s not as fun as Beta, BUT, maybe we’re getting there.

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Nice! Love this game.

Give me any kind of launcher in Battlefield and I’m going nuts.

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Nicely done. I’m considering reducing my work load on my main channel and putting a little more time into my gaming channel. You did a great job here.

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Oh good, that means more vids.

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I asked ChatGPT to build a BF6 map and I like it. Storm event, destructible bridge, boats.

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Map Overview

Name: Port Seraphim — Mediterranean Industrial Port
Theme: coastal industrial port and adjacent hillside town — containers, shipyard, narrow town streets, abandoned oil platform and cliffs. Mix of urban close-quarters, mid-range open quays, long-range clifflines and sea lanes. Weather: variable — clear, heavy fog, or sudden wind-driven sand/saltstorm that reduces sight and disables small aircraft temporarily.

Intended player count & modes:

  • Primary target: 128 players (64v64) (Conquest, Breakthrough). Also scalable to 64 players by removing some vehicle spawns and shrinking objectives.

  • Secondary modes: Rush (attacker/defender lanes), Domination, Squad Obliteration.

Map scale and play time:

  • Map size: ~4.0 km² (roughly 2000 m × 2000 m bounding box; playable interior ~1200–1600 m across active lanes).

  • Average match time (Conquest): ~12–20 minutes (tunable via ticket counts).

High-level goals

  1. Balanced mix of infantry CQB and vehicular combat (tanks, APCs, attack boats, 1-2 CAS jets/helicopters).

  2. Multiple viable approaches to any objective (flanking lanes, subterranean/under-bridge routes, rooftop traversal).

  3. Clear sightlines and cover options for long-range engagements, but with safe cover to prevent spawn-camping.

  4. Environmental destructibility on key structures to change flow mid-match (container stacks, warehouses, cranes).

  5. Dynamic weather event that temporarily reshapes tactics (fog/sea-spray storm).

Key Points of Interest (POIs)

  1. North Cliffs / Lighthouse — long-range sniping, observation, light anti-air battery.

  2. Central Container Yard (Ship Terminal) — mid-range, verticality via stacked containers and cranes, vehicle chokepoints.

  3. Old Oil Platform (Offshore) — small objective accessible by boats, high reward for controlling sea lanes.

  4. Harbor Town (Southwest) — narrow streets, market, rooftop traversal, ideal for infantry.

  5. Rail Yard & Power Substation (East) — tech building with interior fights and server racks — good for defenders.

  6. Bridge & Underpass (West) — critical vehicle crossing, can be destroyed to force reroutes.

ASCII top-down schematic (simplified)

Legend: N=North, L=Lighthouse, C=Container Yard, T=Town, O=Oil Platform, R=Rail/Substation, B=Bridge, ~ = water

             N
  [L]----^^^^^^^----(Cliffline)
         ^^^^^^^^
    ____  CCCCC  ____      O ~~~ ~ ~
   |    | C C C |    |    ~  OIL  ~
   |    | C C C |    |   ~ PLATFORM ~
   |    | C C C |    | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
   |____| C C C |____|       ~~~ ~
        (central)   \\
                     \\
        RRRR   BBBBB  \\
        RRRR   BBBBB   \\
   TTTTT  TTTTTTT   ~~~~~
   TTTTT  TTTTTTT    ~~~~~
      (Town/market)    Sea lane ->

(Think of container yard roughly centered; town south-west; rail/east; bridge/west; lighthouse north; oil platform off-shore to the north-east.)

Objectives & Placement (Conquest / Breakthrough)

Conquest (7 flags):

  • A — Lighthouse (N): high ground, key sightlines.

  • B — North Cliffs Observation (minor, skirmish).

  • C — Central Container Yard (mid): heavy fighting hub.

  • D — Power Substation / Rail (E): defensive interior.

  • E — Bridge (W): vehicle chokepoint.

  • F — Harbor Town (SW): CQB infantry.

  • G — Oil Platform (offshore): high risk, high reward (boats/air control required).

Breakthrough: Attackers start with Town and Container Yard to push toward Lighthouse and Rail, with the Oil Platform as optional flank objective for attackers to disrupt defenders’ naval support.

Rush: Attacker lanes along container yard → rail → cliffs; demolition targets at Bridge and Substation.

Vehicle Layout & Paths

Vehicles per side (128-player design):

  • 1 Main Battle Tank (x3 per team distributed across east/west depots)

  • 2 Medium APCs (armored personnel carriers)

  • 1-2 Attack Helicopters (rotary) — spawn-limited, strong near coastal lanes

  • 1 Light Jet CAS (global spawn with long respawn)

  • 2 Fast Attack Boats (patrol sea lane & platform)

  • 2 IFVs for container/rail lanes (fast, anti-infantry)

Vehicle paths:

  • Sea lane: coastal corridor from spawn harbor → oil platform → central container yard.

  • Road ring: circular main road around container yard connecting rail, bridge, town.

  • Cliff route: narrow mountain path for light vehicles and flanking APCs (vulnerable to artillery).

Anti-vehicle balance:

  • Natural chokepoints (bridge, narrow quay) fitted with mineable areas and anti-tank bolt-ons.

  • Destroyable bridge: when destroyed (dynamic event), forces vehicles to take longer routes or use sea/air.

Spawns & Flow

  • Squad spawn beacons (deployable) allowed behind captured flags but limited inside contested areas.

  • Forward vehicle spawns at major depots (east/west) and small infantry-only spawn points in town and container yard.

  • Respawn timers: standard 7–10s; squad revive faster with medic kit active.

Verticality & Traversal

  • Container stacks: 2–4 levels high; cranes offer zipline across central yard.

  • Rooftops in Harbor Town: interconnected via ladders and destructible stairwells.

  • Cliffside paths: narrow ledges for skilled players — high reward for snipers but low cover.

Dynamic Events

  1. Storm Surge (mid match) — sudden sea fog and heavy spray for 60–90s: reduces distance visibility to ~100–150m, small craft disabled (boat engine failure), helicopters get turbulence (reduced handling). Encourages infantry pushes and shifts to rooftop/indoor fights. Triggered at 4-minute intervals or by ticket thresholds.

  2. Bridge Demolition — objective explosion (or destructible via vehicle damage) collapses road crossing; opens new flow and removes short vehicle routes.

  3. Crane Collapse — if an exploded crane falls it blocks part of container yard and forms new cover; changes vertical routes temporarily.

Map Art Direction & Audio

  • Palette: sun-bleached concrete, rusted metal, blue-green sea, warm town tiles.

  • Time of day: late afternoon (long shadows) by default; alternate night variant with street lights.

  • Audio cues: foghorns for storm, distant ship sirens, crane operation SFX near container yard, town market chatter.

Tuning numbers (starting point)

  • Conquest ticket counts: 3000 per team for 128 players (tune to hit 12–18 minute matches).

  • Flag value (tickets/sec): capture control influences ticket bleed: controlling >50% flags reduces enemy tickets by 4–8 per second.

  • Vehicle respawn: 30–45s for MBT; 20–30s for APC; boats 25s.

  • Capture size: each flag capture radius ~25–35m, but container yard main capture zones larger (40–50m) to accommodate vehicles.

Level design checklist (implementation-ready)

  1. Blockout: build a grey-box with playable dimensions (meters). Ensure playable distance between flags: 200–800 m depending on objective.

  2. Flow verification: run 8–16 player playtests for initial flow—check bottlenecks and cover density.

  3. Sightline tuning: mark long-range axes and add cover/vegetation to limit unsuppressed sniper dominance.

  4. Vertical traversal: ensure all climbable ladders/ziplines have fall-safety checks and navmesh support.

  5. Vehicle navigation: create driving paths, turn radii and clearance checks. Add anti-vehicle barriers on pedestrian lanes.

  6. Navmesh & AI: build separate nav layers for infantry, vehicles, and airborne spawn areas.

  7. Destruction systems: tag destructible geometry (containers, crane fulcrum, bridge segments) with health and physics fallback.

  8. Performance: LODs for container stacks, baked occlusion for warehouses, GPU lightmap baking for static lights.

  9. Audio: set up dynamic audio zones (harbor vs town vs cliffs), distant thunder/storm layers.

  10. Visual polish: decals (rust, oil spills), particle systems for steam/haze at power substation, wet-reflection strips for storms.

  11. Accessibility: ensure alternative routes for players who can’t or don’t want to use complicated vertical traversal.

  12. Anti-spawn-camping: create spawn protection zones and minimum spawn distances; code for dynamic spawn relocation if too close to enemy.

QA & Playtest Plan

  • Phase 1: Internal designers (6–12 players) — test core movement and vehicle routes.

  • Phase 2: Closed playtest (32 players) — validate ticket times, flag control balance.

  • Phase 3: Stress test (64–128 players) — check server perf, AI pathing, vehicle behavior.

  • Metrics: average time-to-first-contact, average life time, flag flip rate, vehicle usage rate, spawn death rate (should be <10% from spawn-camping).

Map Variants (3)

  1. Urban Night — same layout, low-light, smoke screens and neon; increases CQB, reduces long-range.

  2. Winter Storm — ice on cliffs and slippery stairs, limited boats plus frozen sea sections open new walkable paths to the oil platform.

  3. Small Scale (64p) — remove oil platform objective, close off cliff route, reduce vehicle spawns to 1 MBT and 1 boat per side.

Assets & Prefab List (examples)

  • Container stack prefabs (small, medium, tall) with destructible joints.

  • Crane prefab with interactive winch and zipline component.

  • Medium warehouse interior (multi-room).

  • Fishing-harbor quay set (barrels, small boats, mooring ropes).

  • Oil platform mid-size prefab with bridge ramp.

  • Concrete bridge prefab with breakable supports.

  • Market stall prefabs for town interiors.

Balance tips / common pitfalls

  • Avoid single long corridors without flanking opportunities — add side alleys and subterranean tunnels.

  • If a team holds the central container yard continuously, add alternate spawn beacons or shorter vehicle routes to empower the other team.

  • Keep at least two viable anti-vehicle methods for infantry near each flag (AT launchers + environmental hazards like tight alleys).

  • Watch for roof-dominant spots with no easy access: add ladders or sight-blocking objects to make them contestable.

Quick implementation snippets (pseudo-tasks for level scripters)

  • Spawn rule: if(flag_controlled_by(team) && flag_distance_to_enemy_spawn < 200) disable_spawn_in_zone();

  • Bridge destruction: on_health_zero(bridge) { replace_mesh(collapsed); open_nav_detours(); spawn_debris_blocker(duration=30s); }

  • Storm event: every N minutes if rand < threshold { set_fog(dist=100m); disable_boat_engines(); reduce_air_recovery(0.6); }

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Nice! We had a good run last night. Won pretty much every game. Still loving BF6.

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