Why aren't you a map designer by relic? Love your work
How much time do you invest in one map before it can be tested?
thanks for the compliment man. much appreciated....
The time for a map is depending of course on the size. For this 1vs1 map as it is i spent around 40-50 hours pure worktime. But you can of course already start to playtest it earlier already.
In fact i highly recommend to place the essential objects first, like buildings, obstacles, roads, rivers, cover, etc. Then you can give it a run already and check, if gameplay works as intended. Only then start to make things beautiful. Saves you double work in case of revisions.
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Anyway, i am still unexperienced regarding performance optimization in COH2. Among balance related feedback, can you guys tell me whether you experience perfomance issues? And if yes, in which areas of the map specifically?