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First thing I Do when making a map is.. page: 1 | ||
| Place a square in the middle of the map and equally place some outlines. Say for example its a 128x128 map I'll find the center of the map 64y,64x and put a square there then i'll go to + or - 28 or so from each corner. What do you do ? | ||
| 2005, 10, 08 23:56 | ||
| Gogo map making tips thread! | ||
| 2005, 10, 08 23:56 | ||
| Well, first thing is thinking about, waht size and what tileset the map should have. Well, and after i have a keen eye, i just start creating my new map, and while im playing around, some ideas appear out of nowhere and after 20 minutes, i know if i keep the idea/map/whatever or i delete it immediately. But it`s always good to create a picture of the map first. I often "create" maps in school, or on a journey, scribble it down, find flaws, and then i go on the editor and play around again with my concept. | ||
| 2005, 10, 09 03:20 | ||
| I do that too. What i mean is where do you start with your map. Like for example your do you divide the map into equal parts then fill them equally until they all match. Or do you make the terrain then go all around evening it out. | ||
| 2005, 10, 09 04:41 | ||
| I usually just start with the bases and after I get the general shape, I work from there. After I get the general outline of the map, I start adding details and cliffs etc., then post it here and refine it and refine it again until it is good enough to be put into Final Version. | ||
| 2005, 10, 09 06:09 | ||
| I usually imagine my future map in the underground while going to school. After I have idea which is suitable, I make the mainbases at first. Then I create expands one by one immediately improving terrain and adding some doodads. | ||
| 2005, 10, 09 09:18 | ||
| That's what i do normally to. Unholy Gods was an exception to that, i knew where to put the mainbases, but just like "on top and bottom are the mainbases then... sometime..." and started with the expansion. I just played around, and then i had the idea with the route around the natural, dropping space behind it and stuff. And after the natural (plus the corner island) was absolutely finished, i went on to the upper left, created the extra cliff to main, had a blocked path with mineral there (which fucked up Unit pathfinding) and then i made the middle and mainbase at the same time. During that process i copied it to the lower half. Dunno when. It mostly create about 70% of a map, which is the first "half" of the map. It's a flow and i create landscape on landscape and after some time, i see that i've done to much (reached 70% of the mapspace) and then i go and tune and delete stuff, which doesn't fit, or i get inspired of doing it the other way round and after juggling, i finish my map after copying one half finally. Hard to describe in english. It's somehow like making a sandwich. While i put new stuff onto it, i already begin eating it from the back. till it's done, and fits my taste... yeah ^^ | ||
| 2005, 10, 09 12:57 | ||
| Rofl, i mixed Unholy gods creation process with the one from Jaculus ^^ lol, well, i need to eat something... | ||
| 2005, 10, 09 12:59 | ||
| My maps begin with an idea/concept in my head. Then it goes for the drawings. When I corrected enough and redraw it several times with changes, I start with the editor. mainbases at first, then chokes, then naturals. depending on the map, I now decide to go on with the middle part or the places of the remaining expansions. | ||
| 2005, 10, 09 15:51 | ||
| i just sit down in staredit, pretty much like spor mech there. But sometimes i have an initial concept but the final map seldom looks like the idea. | ||
| 2005, 10, 09 16:04 | ||
| I start in the corners and just make it up as I go along | ||
| 2005, 10, 09 20:42 | ||
| Middle of the map is 63 1/2 63 1/2 though, not 64/64^^ Well doesn't really matter :T | ||
| 2005, 10, 09 22:16 | ||
| I was a "freestyle" mapper too, but now I only make a map if I have already a "special" idea in mind, mostly gameplay-wise. So I try to just make the best out of the idea. I tried drawing an image first, but that does not work for me :/ | ||
| 2005, 10, 09 22:19 | ||
| i just masses maps... i have litterally over 100's of unnfinnished drafts of ideas... i usually start making a map by random, and then i make jpegs along the way all the time. If the jpeg got the right feel to it, i continue. If id doesnt i just quit the map and starts over. | ||
| 2005, 10, 10 08:30 | ||
| Sometimes I'll draw a picture but it usually doesn't fit on the map how I want so I don't do it that much. I take a methodical approach to map making. I'll make everything symmetrical square by square back and forth from each side of the map. I have a Subfolder in my maps folder thats filled with unfinished concepts, Ideas, and what not. Mainly because I couldn't create what I envisioned. | ||
| 2005, 10, 12 06:24 | ||
| we do it exactly the same then | ||
| 2005, 10, 12 20:36 | ||
| First i make a Sketch on the toilette and if im in mood to make a map,I go to the editor and try to make the map like i sketched it on paper. | ||
| 2005, 10, 12 22:08 | ||
| No wonder you make shitty maps. | ||
| 2005, 10, 14 20:38 | ||
| rofl ^^ | ||
| 2005, 10, 14 23:02 | ||
| I never do symetrical maps I start with an idea I drew on paper, then i make one of the mains, nats and go around the map. When all my mains and nats are setups, i try to fit in the other aspects like islands, or side expands etc and de center. After, I retouch my mains and nats, make them sligher or bigger. I never start a new map if i have no idea behind. I don't just sit and make random design until an idea comes in my mind. | ||
| 2005, 10, 15 02:32 | ||
| bump! | ||
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