Hmm, I hear your point on the been there done that thing, Nxs. I guess my decision was based more on my personal preference for games then anything else. Maybe I will take it in a BF direction instead. The map design is very much team/strategy oriented, but I do recognize that going with the FPS play mechanic presents alot fewer challenges with making cameras work well in complex environments. My basic idea is a large river with a bridge span across it, the bridge modeled after either the Tappan Zee bridge on the Hudson River in New York or the Tower Bridge in London (I was leaning towards the TZ simply because it's simpler for implementation in a strategy setting) with a set of toll booths at one end and a highway interchange cloverleaf at the other. I know bridges have been done before, but I thought the designs of both the bridges I was thinking to model after are somewhat unique.

As far as support goes, I'm more interested in it since this is my first project, I'd rather have a strong knowledge base to work from than be starting basically from absolute zero. I don't want to bite off more then I can chew (or at least chew in a reasonable amount of time, heh). Thanks alot again for all you guys' help, I got some things to think about now, heh.