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2POC's Map Madness - Dying Daylights

1/14/10 | Author: 2POC

Welcome to 2POC's C&C Map Madness! Every week I will be highlighting high quality community maps from any of the three C&C universes including Tiberium, Red Alert, and Generals. These are MUST HAVE maps that have received an EA stamp of approval. They can range from single player missions to multiplayer skirmish maps. If you are unfamiliar with how to install a custom map, please refer to our simple instructions at the bottom of this article.

If you have a great map that you think is worthy of our developer stamp of approval, then please shoot an e-mail to me at 2POC@ea.com.

To download our official map making tool Worldbuilder for Red Alert 3, please click here. For C&C3/Kane's Wrath, please click here. If you are new to mapping, learn the ropes of Worldbuilder by reading Gren's C&C Labs World Builder Tutorial. View a French version of the tutorial here.

DOWNLOAD GAMMA CITY FOR RED ALERT 3!

Map: Gamma City

Creator: Commander_RealWar

Players: 4

Description: Gamma City is a smaller 4-player map that has two channels and an isthmus in between them. The isthmus is perfect for infantry. Many garrisonable buildings offer good places for people who want to control the map. However, don't forget about the water with 2 ore nodes per channel. It would be foolish to forget about them! Also, they serve as a direct path to strike at your enemy's heels. Beware of battleships! If things are getting tough, players can find some solitude in a small expansion behind them. However, you better make sure there aren't any enemies waiting to prepare a sneak attack!

Great city map Commander_RealWar!

DOWNLOAD DUNE FOR KANE'S WRATH!

Map: Dune

Creator: DeFacto

Players: 2

Description: Dune is a 2 player North vs. South map for Kane's Wrath. Players are separated by 2 rivers. There are Blue Tiberium fields as well as 3 Tiberium Spikes at the center of the map to fight over. The map is symmetrical.

Awesome map lighting DeFacto! This is a gorgeous map.

DOWNLOAD THE DYING DAYLIGHTS FOR ZERO HOUR!

Map: The Dying Daylights

Creator: flippster06

Players: 2

Description: A highly detailed 2-player elongated Urban map. It is slightly modded and very interesting. Lighting is set for evening. Features lots of buildings to garrison and dock areas in the north and south ends of the map. There is an adequate supply of starting credits, with more contestable supply docks in the city. Tech goodies aare vailable for capture. There is a good amount of room to build. Check the readme file for more info. Enjoy the map!

This is a very fun Generals map with a serious night-time tone. Hope to see more from you flippster!

Custom Map Installation Instructions

Use CnCMaps.com Map Folder Generator to quickly drop the unzipped map files into the correct game folder. Check here for a download and video tutorial!

To install Tiberium Wars, Kane's Wrath, or Red Alert 3 maps, please follow these directions:

Download the map file, which is usually a .rar or .zip file. You can download this free program for file extraction. Place the map files in the appropriate place listed:

XP Users: C:\Documents and Settings\[Account Name]\Application Data\Game Name\Maps\

Vista Users: C:\Users\Account Name\appdata\Roaming\Game Name\Maps

NOTE: The Application Data folder is usually hidden. On the top of the explorer bar, click Tools --> Folder Options --> View --> Click Show Hidden Files and Folders button.

To install Generals or Zero Hour maps, please follow these directions:

For C&C Generals:
- The maps data folder is My Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Data\Maps
- On Windows 98/Me systems, the complete path to this folder is: C:\My Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Data\Maps\
- On Windows 2000/XP systems, the complete path to the folder varies. The basic path is always: C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\My Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Data\Maps\ where [User Name] is your Windows login user name.
For C&C Generals: Zero Hour:
- The maps data folder is My Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data\Maps
  - On Windows 98/Me systems, the complete path to this folder is: C:\My Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data\Maps\
  - On Windows 2000/XP systems, the complete path to the folder varies. The basic path is always: C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\My Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data\Maps\ where [User Name] is your Windows login user name.