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m0l0t0v said:
OH GOD NO!!
not another 10 pages of CC!!!
;-P

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myk said:
Maybe a mod should merge the threads.

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ravage said:
My map may be done in 2 wks, or more. (try the latter) :P

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Ultimate DooMer said:


Nah, the posts aren't coming in fast enough for that.

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Torn said:


You are alot faster than me... :P
God, I need to get some more mapping speed.

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Torn said:


You are alot faster than me... :P
God, I need to get some more mapping speed.

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Lightning Hunter said:


I can create the basic layout of a map really fast, and the detail almost as fast. But the slow part is bug fixing and texture aligning. I am really picky about those things in my map, so it takes me a while to do them.

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eye_con said:


you see im a bit different i've so far only really been working on one map and the textures don't really need lining up and those that do i can get fixed fairly fast but i don't lay out the whole map in one shot i lay some stuff down and then run the map check things out and then add some stuff fix it etc until im done, im kinda stumped on my map right now, not for CC, but being my first map and all don't really wanna mess with what i have right now as i like it but i find the hardest part of mapping is populating the map with the right balance of ammo enemies and health

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magikal said:
My approach seems to be the opposite to the norm. I don't plan anything beforehand and I make it up as I go along. I tend to do everything as I make it, I put in the monsters the health/ammo/equipment and align textures. The thing I don't do is to consider the map, secrets and invisible lines etc., that's the last thing I do.

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Archvile64 said:
I usually have some idea of what I want the map to look like and what I want to accomplish in the map, but nothing set in stone. I usually make the entire level first, fix bugs and misalignments, etc, then add monsters and ammo and stuff after everything else is done.

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magikal said:

Yep this approach seems to be the norm. Fredrik couldn't believe it when I mentioned putting the monsters in as I went along, heh.

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Archvile64 said:
The only reason I wait to put them in is cause it's easier to playtest the other aspects of the map without monsters everywhere.

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magikal said:

-nomonsters

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Archvile64 said:
Meh, damn you for thinking intelligently.

Anyway, I still find it easier to just put the monsters in after everything else :P

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Torn said:
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Yeah, it is also easier, IMO

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magikal said:

It is, no doubt. The main reason I insert monsters as I go along is because I'm actually playtesting it as I edit, so that the map is actually built around the fighting scenarios and not the other way around. I can easily set distances and proportions to accomodate the battle, whereas if the architecture is already set it may not be as easy to change to accomodate the monsters.
I must say it is quite obvious in a lot of maps that the monsters have been 'stuck' in afterwards, but then again some of the great maps were made this way.

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