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TE - Kastaniani

Map Name : Kastaniani
Game Mode : Territory
Size : Large

Description :
This map is based on a real life location, a village (my village) called Kastaniani (Pogoniou). Kastaniani is a small village at northern border of Greece in Epirus region. Kastaniani took part in World War II in Greek-Italian war. Although the village wasn't the last point of defense, it played an important role on holding back the Italians.
I did my best to make the map to be as accurate and realistic as possible, although due to the greek landscape (lots of folliage), lack of references (old photos) and lack of custom assets it's somewhat inaccurate.
The map is the village "entrance" and there's no actual village in the map.
The village only had one road to access so the whole map is played mostly on this one road.



Gameplay Notes :

- There are 4 points/objectives and all objectives have a high capture time. Despite being only 4 objectives the map may last long.

- There are no mortars, artillery or rockets.

- Defenders reinforcements are considerably a lot fewer than attackers.

- As mentioned in description, the map is based on a real life location so the map design is very specific and there wasn't much room for improvisation.

- Objectives and spawns are different than most maps and in combination with no artillery other than usual tactics may be required.

- It's important due to the design to have good Squad Leaders and Team Leader to provide smoke for cover. There are lots of open spaces and in many places there is hardly any cover.

- Unlike other maps, there isn't a lot of "actual" cover meaning buildings or structures. However the are tons of bushes to hide so use them to your advantage.

- The grass max view distance is increased so that even prone on grass it provides cover.

- If you happen to get trapped somewhere or get lost in the bushes, type "suicide" in console.


Other Notes :

- This map hasn't yet been tested on a full server.

- In old computers performance may be a bit bad. Try lowering your settings.

- Although the map is playable with bots, bots act weird in Red Orchestra 2 (as we all know) and they can also "see" through bushes.

- The surrounding landscape still needs work but due to the time I have available I will not be able to improve it any time soon. If I find the time in the future, I may continue the map further on and maybe even create the actual village and add more objectives.

- The map is a recreation of Greek landscape hence it's different than any other RO2 maps and it's like a combination between RO2 and RS.

- Although I have experience with various engines and level designing this map took considerably a big amount of time to create mostly because it was my first try to do anything with UDK but also because of my crappy computer and the many bugs and issues RO2 SDK has.


Known Issues :

- The church building seems to have broken lighting but RO2 SDK seems to have a bug and I don't know how to fix. If someone has more knowledge about .fbx importing in RO2 SDK let me know.

How to play it :

When you subscribe to the map it should show under the 'Steam Workshop' menu in the game. If it doesn't show in game you can use an external website to download the steam workshop item and the put the file in "\Documents\My Games\RedOrchestra2\ROGame\Published\CookedPC\Maps"

NOTE FOR SERVER OWNERS!!! :
Steam workshop seems to be broken so uploading the file from steam workshop won't work if you have a server and you want to upload it there.

Here's a link to download the file externally : Google Drive Link [drive.google.com]


Personal Notes :

This map was made as a tribute to my village as I always wanted to make something about it. The reason I chose RO2 to recreate it, is because I believe it's an amazing game despite not having any more support from the devs. Hopefully one day, I may be able to create a proper realistic shooter game to recreate Greek-Italian war since it's hardly known.
As for Kastaniani (and Epirus region in general) it's a beatiful place with incredible nature, people and tradition. For any of you that happen to come or plan to go to Greece, you should try traveling to Epirus region and see for yourself the beauty of nature and the tradition.

You can click on the link below to see the village in google maps.
Google Maps Link [www.google.gr]


Have Fun!

For any questions, suggestions or bugs post a comment, sent me a PM or contact me at pkyrkos7@hotmail.com