Captain P: The map isn't anything like that sort of scale I'm afraid -
its 1x1 scale, just split into a hexagonal heightmap of sorts.

Forceflow: It wouldn't fit together as a grid if they aren't the same size.

Habboi: Can't quite make out, well, anything there :biggrin: But yeah, hexagons rock, as this P.N.03 wallpaper demonstrates...

http://www.cubedomain.nl/images/wallpapers/pn03_2_1024.jpg

Maze: I think I'll probably go with something along these lines, and
try to continue the hexagon theme into them (eg. hexagonal knots in the
wood grain of wooden objects). I may also go slightly away from the
hexagons by having non hexagonal objects above the initial "heightmap".

Thanks for all the comments so far guys :smile:

Zone of the Enders 2 had this boss fight with hexagons flying everywhere!
It was crazy hmm let me see if I can get a picture:

http://www.gamehope.com/s0106/img06/2b325e8ef4.jpg

Damn it is so small but you can see tiny floating things around him :smile:

Boardgames like that remind me of risk!

Captain P said:
And on the edges, you could build streets, while on the vertices, villages and city's would...



Still reminds me of that game... :wink: Perhaps you could use that in some way for your level, like placing the level in a giant rooms, with hands moving tiles and such? That would need modelling but I think such effects would be really... weird...

That looks like something out of "Jumping Flash". :wink: I would say this is a great idea, have an individual world for each hex (and maybe still hold the cel shading? :biggrin: ) Also, have you considered having any floating hexez?

You shouldt have all those hexagonal blocks the same size. No matter how big it's gonna be, one sort of blocks will be boring.

And on the edges, you could build streets, while on the vertices, villages and city's would...



Still reminds me of that game... :wink: Perhaps you could use that in some
way for your level, like placing the level in a giant rooms, with hands
moving tiles and such? That would need modelling but I think such
effects would be really... weird...

Maybe you could put 1 non-hex object per hex tile (and maybe some tiles with nothing on them), sort of like the hex-based 2d games in this thread. eg: on the green hex tiles, you put a tree. On some the sand hex tiles, you put some driftwood. On the grey hex tiles, you put a rock, etc.

Well, if you're making a map of such nature why not make it steel
panthers like, with grass and small forests on the ground to add some
diversity. For those of you who don't know, this is how one of the
greatest TBSs of the past looked like.



It has an option to turn the hexgrid off or on so that's why it's missing here.

Initially I was going for something entirely abstract, then I played
around with a beehive kinda thing, but eventually I settled on this
island setting.

I've just about finished a beehive map,
Breakhive, based
on a breakable staggered hexagonal grid. It does stress the
source engine in that each hex is a entity and its pretty much maxed
out the model and entdata pools. The nice thing about the
structure is that as you dig through the honeycomb you have 12
directions to go. (3 up, 3 down, 6 sideways)

Hmmm... Or, if you feel like doing alot of entities instead of size and grandure, a mass button that removes all the hexagons, and makes it all normal. So a button that transforms Hexagons to normal, and a button that does the reverse, Assuming you use quite a few clip brushes and some kill entities, should be pheasable, and more impressive than a huge hexagonal map.