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2POC's Map Madness - Moon Assault

10/29/09 | 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 HAMMER & SICKLE FOR RED ALERT 3!

Map: Hammer & Sickle

Creator: Bambi32

Description: This is a remake of the Red Alert 2 "Hammer & Sickle" map, with some little changes to the layout for balancing purposes. This is a 2 player map that can be great for land battles, but also has a small contestable island that can be used to advance an amphibious or naval force.

Here are our top two favorite aspects of this map:

Awesome remake of a classic!
Nice balance of options between land forces and naval forces.

Nice to see you back after a 2 year mapping break Bambi32!

DOWNLOAD BYDGOSZCZ BLUEZONE FOR C&C3/KANE'S WRATH!

Please Note: In Kane's Wrath, this map works online, but AI subfactions and some scenery effects do not work.

Map: Bydgoszcz Bluezone

Creator: Selig

Description: This map is a near-exact replica of the real Polish city "Bydgoszcz". The mini map is the Google satellite image! This is a two player Blue Zone map.

Here are our top two favorite aspects of this map:

Very cool that you used the satellite image for a mini-map. Makes it feel like you are fighting in a real life territory!
Nicely dispersed blue tiberium throughout the city makes garrisonable structures in the area much more important. Defend those fields!

Great work Selig!

DOWNLOAD MOON ASSAULT FOR ZERO HOUR!

Map: Moon Assault

Creator: Dawn-Shade

Description: This is a 3 player map set on the Moon. There are craters, rocks, floating asteroids, mountains, as well as an active volcano on the center of the map. Two Oil Derricks and an Artillery Platform are located at each player's starting spot. BEWARE! The Moon's surface is unstable...there are random explosions everywhere!

Here are our top two favorite aspects of this map:

Generals on the Moon! This environment is very different from most Generals maps.
The random explosions add a fun factor to the map, and make each battle very interesting.

Congratulations on getting an honorable mention in CNCMaps.com's Mapping Competition Dawn-Shade!

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.