[Map Pack] ACE - A competetiv Environment

[Biervampir]

About this Map Pack

It's a simple Map pack where I recreated all classic 1vs1 maps to be suitable for competitive play.
Download here or that one in the attachement -> ACE - A competetiv Environment1.8.rar

What's different?

1. All Portals and Artefacts are revealed for all players
2. The maps are mirrored
3. All Empire Units got removed and some got replaced with defences
4. You allways start with 5 workers
5. I removed and changed many artefacts
6. Dungeonhearts are located to the east and west
7. Deactivated possession and Horned Reaper spell
8. No more Hero Gates

Why did I change that?

1. A player shouldn't have an advantage by just knowing the exact position of Portals and artefacts, that's also true for the opponents starting portal as an assault target
2. because even a single tile could theoreticly be an advantage
3. Farming empire units takes away skill, because hoarding units is quite easy to achiev
4. I wanted to keep it consistent
5. Artefacts are really strong and sometimes even a win condition, so I changed it to either be supportive or giving a reason to go a different route
6. To prevent a bug which causes units who attack from south deal +50% damage
7. Simply because with possession you can wipe out armies with just 1 unit, and the horned reaper is just busted
8. Because I can't get them to work :'(

How to install?

1. Download "ACE - A competetiv Environment" here or from the attachement -> ACE - A competetiv Environment1.8.rar
2. Go to your Dungeon Keeper 2 Folder (where the .exe is)
3. Unfold "ACE - A competetiv Environment" in there
4. Done

Map previews1.2







If something isn't clear, found a bug or even a writing mistake, feel free to comment below


Changelog:
1.1
added 2 level up Artefact on Small, because I forgot them
1.2
fix an issue where at some maps, certain rooms/spells/etc. are locked
possession and horned reaper are locked now
Rotate Thumbnail for "A - No Mans Land" to represent the actual ingame position
1.3
Changed the Red Dungeon Heart to be always west and Blue Dungeon Heart to be always on the east to keep things consistent
Changed the Thumbnails for some maps to represent the new ingame position
Changed 4 tiles in "A - The Pass" on the top
1.4
Replaced Hero Portals with Keeper Portals, because Hero Portals are broken, nothing I can do about that, sorry :/
1.5
Fixed up "A - The Deep End", I missed a row on the top
Fixed up "A - The Deep End", I forgot to put Red to the west
Fixed up "A - The Deep End", I deleted 2 foundry and archive tiles, so that Trolls or Warlocks won't spawn
Fixed an issue with "A - The Pass", where Keeper 1 had most rooms and doors locked
1.6
I forgot 2 Portals on "A - No Mans Land", fixed that
1.7
Fixed a Impenetrabel Wall tile, which prevented to access the other side from the north pathway, on "A - No Mans Land"
1.8
Fixed an issue were on Hero Cove 2 tiles towards the Portal for the Blue Keeper were owned by the Red Keeper


I recommend installing GIM
https://keeperklan.com/threads/3417-...-Patch-for-DK2
Doesn't come with balance changes anymore

[YourMaster]

Did you consider the North-South bug? Since units from the south get a 50% boost in attack power, multiplayer maps should generally be east-west oriented.

[Biervampir]

Did you consider the North-South bug? Since units from the south get a 50% boost in attack power, multiplayer maps should generally be east-west oriented.

Yes I considered that, that's why I rotated many maps (will add that in the disciption, good point, thanks).
I also were thinking about rotating some "actually" fine maps (like "U Turn"), so that the defender has the advantage, but I wanted to stay closer to the original, to not upset people who actually enjoyed and learnd the classic maps.
Small is a map, where it doesn't matter how you rotate, you will allways give the south Keeper the advantage, BUT I stuck with the original because the portal which is faster to reach is on the north of the south Keeper.

[Biervampir]

Fixed an issue were on Hero Cove 2 tiles towards the Portal for the Blue Keeper were owned by the Red Keeper