This was my first single player map for Half-Life 2. Although some scale errors were made, it is still a lot of fun, more so if you use the console command 'ch_createjeep' to create a buggy and drive around running over enemies. When I was building this map, I actually did make an armoured jeep, but that was only for a bit of fun when testing the map. When I look back at it I should have left it in, purely for the reason it was fun. The reason I didn't because I felt it wouldn't have been realistic.

It was a mammoth map and got quite slow to run in Hammer near it's completion so I was glad to get it finished and all packaged up! I have good memories sitting at my laptop designing this map. It is a large map, about 3/4 of an hour first play through I reckond. I decided to add it so people can see how my mapping has come along since. Here is what I posted about this map when I first released it:

This map has a long history behind it. I started this map on the 10 of October 2005 and I finished it just a bit after then. I went on holiday to Turkey with the rest of my family where I worked on the A.P.C.s on the bridge (you'll know the bit I mean when you play it ;=]) and then I attempted to reinstall Windows X.P. because I thought I had a problem with the U.S.B. ports of my computer (which on further investigation I didn't).

However, the installation stopped halfway though leaving me with no choice but to reinstall Windows X.P. completely from scratch (which in turn would erase all my data).

I was not going to let almost a year of work go that easily, however. I had access to this device known as \\\\"The Microsoft Recovery Console\\\\" from which I could copy files like this: C:program filesetc < That was the location of the file to E: < The destination (luckily I had a partioned portion of my harddrive).

I didn't have any instructions for this though, I found it out through trial and error. I then finished the map on October the 12 and am therefore making my work available to the public. I put a huge amount of work into this and it was my first proper H-L 2 map. I really appreciate any sensible feedback. Enjoy playing it!

Now that I think back to it, TOO MUCH INFORMATION! I was just trying to convey how near the map came to not being finished. I got a bit carried away so I forgot to put in vital information about the map itself! I think the problem turned out to be with my internet service provider, rather than my U.S.B. ports. The computer modem wasn't working, which plugs into the U.S.B. ports, that's why I thought they weren't working I guess. That's only a guess though, I don't recall any actual facts. I was very proud of the A.P.C.s on the bridge in this map(which is one of the few things I mention in the original description!).

This is a medium sized playing area with most of the emphasis on visual aspects. N.P.C.s will be added (it would be a waste not to) but at the moment I would like some advice on how it looks. I also used a completely new tactic for making this map: I didn't make a floor or a sky or a box and then populate it. I made what the buildings and stuff first and put them at lots of different angles etc. When I was happy with everything I added the ground and the sky. This was indeed tricky and leaded to some inefficient spaces but overall I am pleased with the result. I think of this as a little "island" map that I do before episode 2 comes out. I probably won't be doing anything after this until after episode 2 comes out.

There was a file missing in the last .zip file, but I have now replaced that with a new .zip with everything in it. Also, the entities in this map took me two months, so I hope you like it!

I made this map over the weekend, although I've been quite busy today so I didn't get to upload it until late. "How fitting to release it on christmas day" I thought to myself. It's a rather humble little offering; but fun to play none the less. On the first link the download button is in the top left. On the second link the download option is in the middle.