how hard is mapping?

[BigMexican]

is it a fairly simple process that someone can pick up the basics of with a few weeks of learning, or does it require several months to get even the basics down pat?

 

im interested in trying it, but time isnt something i have a lot of, so the faster i can learn it the better

[Wired]

I'd say that it'd only take a few hours, maybe a day or two, to learn the basics. If if basics you mean how to build simple levels and how to use some of the entities.

 

Building with the quake engines is a lot like playing around with LEGO or something, which isn't all that hard.

[patchx]

look at these

 

http://www.geocities.com/p_atchx/

 

man this is the first level ive ever made with radiant and it amazes me when i play it in JO how cool it is

 

its really really freakin easy once u get the basic (which i think take about four hours to get the hang of)

 

just read tutorials because they give u little projects to do as your learning the stuff which u can implement in ur first level

 

and you can go "hehe wow cool" when ur finished

 

its also really fun

 

-patch

[B0rG]

Learning how to use radiant is relatively easy. Learning to use it well in ambitious circumstances is the hard part.

[UniKorn]

The hardest part is actually finding a good balance between eye-candy and performance. Knowing most of the engines capabilities is a must to create great maps without performance loss.

[danrobjim]

easy to learn, hard to master