Which Carrier is best?

[Sel94]

So I've gotten into 3D level designing with tools provided by Valve and I want to make a fun game, so I must ask, which Carrier is best for defending against Zombie attacks?(when tied to the docks). I want to know which so I can get good reference pics to build it. Oh, one more thing I would prefer an American carrier because I have FA-18s. Thanks!

[zakobi]

Just take one of those nimitz, and replace all non-phalanx weapons with phalanx weapons... And remember to change their guidance system from radar to something like IR or TV :D

[Sel94]

I'm thinking about using the USS Midway because I've been on it.

I guess I will use a Nimitz class, just having a hard time finding the dimensions of one.

Edited June 28, 2010 by Sel94

[Grimes]

L4D2 I would assume. Although its pretty easy to transfer art assets from one game into the other.

 

I could see a carrier or a historical ship as a cool place to have a finale. The only downside is the deck of a carrier is quite uninteresting as a combat area... at least in Left 4 Dead terms. I'd suggest a running finale where most of the fight is in the hanger of a carrier or the deck of a battleship, with the goal to make it to an escape helicopter at the other end or the top.

[Sel94]

I have some ideas on how to make it fun but the real problem is size. I am not sure if this is true but somebody told me that 1 square in Hammer = .75 inches. If that is so 16 squares = 1 foot. For a Nimitz(length = 1092 ft.) to fit into the map, I would need over 17,000 squares, but only a max of 64 by 64 grid is given.

[Sel94]

I started building it. I think the measurments I was told are wrong because I got some good pics and am able to scale the carrier to the FA-18s. I am going to make the deck and the bottom seperatly, combine them and then make the tower.

[Grimes]

if I recall correctly nearly all valve game characters are around 6 feet tall and about 80 hammer units tall... and 64 units tall when crouched.

[Sel94]

Cool, anyway, basic shape of the deck is almost done, starting to look pretty cool.