Sterium: Runners Canyon

Description
"Sterium: Runner's Canyon," by CressAlbane, is another map very similar in design to his earlier Felucia map, with the notable difference that the river running down the center of this one has two bridges instead of one.

This map is also slightly larger, and set on a more Yavin-like planet. It uses a bit of a mishmash of props, including some inexplicably icy bridges crossing the river at one point (this should be fixed, but really these bridges shouldn't be used at all, because they don't look great used end to end like they are). As mentioned above, the map is basically set on two sides of a large river (or an extraordinarily long rectangular lake). Both of the two sides are exceptionally open - too much so, if you ask me. None of it really looks natural, but what really sticks out is the large, flat avenue created by the trees on the larger side.

This map also has a retextured X-wing (named something else), which is missing vehicle sounds and has no flyer splines made for it, so the AI crash all the time. Like the author's earlier map, this one also uses the slightly overpowered beam turrets, which are a little irritating in a map with zero cover. Also like the author's previous map, this one uses a Yavin bridge with a missing texture.

It looks like the author changed the sides somewhat in this, which of course has the requisite "I included the whole side to change one unit" mistake. I think only the Wookiee was changed (and its bowcaster is now extraordinarily overpowered), but of course it looks like the whole ALL side is included, thus unnecessarily tripling the download size.

In any case, if the screenshots appeal to you, give it a try.

-Mav