Introduction to sDOM and it's mechanics

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First off welcome to the sDOM part of the mapping forum. Since sDOM is not officially announced even though it's probably the worst kept secret ever, since everyone seems to be sure of it running anyway, we will still keep testing of new maps secret for the time being.

For all of you mappers out there who is unsure of how sDOM works and how the powerups work in the mod here is a nice video explaining it:



If your not so keen on watching the video here are a list of the powerups (great thanks to Monk for doing the list last season):




So a few thoughts for you when you think about modding or making new maps:

Vials go in pair of 3, since once you picked 3 up you can survive 1 more shot with 1 health left.
There is no point in having more then 1 health pack at the same point since one take you to full health.
A combination of one health pack and 3 vials is a great thing also.
Remeber that it's good to have ammo on a few places on the map, more or less at least one at each point.

Powerups are best if they are a distance from the domination point since that make it a risk trying to collect them, if they are right next to a point then it's more a fact of who is there at the time it spawns then timing it and being on the spot it spawns when it spawns. There has to be a tactic factor to knowing when it's a win going for the powerups and when it's better to stay on the point for the game to be interesting.

If I have missed something please feel free to fill in the gap or if you have any thoughts then feel free to ask any question!