winner_rex Posted June 9, 2002 Posted June 9, 2002 argh...I've been mapping for 4 years and I still can't manage anything decent, all I have are ideas floating in my head that somehow can't get out through my mouse and into radiant. I can never start anything I finish...I feel badly
Imran Posted June 10, 2002 Posted June 10, 2002 Don't give up bro, I know just how you feel, all these big league mappers have one thing in common, they get an idea and stick with it - thats what you need to do, if something doesn't look good, make it look good! Don't just give up and start over!
BradFu Posted June 10, 2002 Posted June 10, 2002 Quote Originally posted by winner_rex I can never start anything I finish... Well there's your problem! You're moving backwards in time! Try getting reoriented into a proper space-time continuum and you might have a better time with it BradFu! (PS - Some of us don't know ANYTHING about mapping, so you're ahead of us at least!)
winner_rex Posted June 10, 2002 Author Posted June 10, 2002 lol thanks...I didn't catch that, bradFu hehe... ooooh back to mapping!
Takeoffyouhoser Posted June 10, 2002 Posted June 10, 2002 I felt AWEFUL when i first started this adventure in mapping. I couldn't figure out this damned editor AT all... but i found out that its almost like building with Lego's... I still cannot bend a pipe at 90 degrees yet...and i doubt i ever will figure it out, but i have a damn good looking reactor made with just all 8 sided brushes!! Patience is one of the things needed..and sticking to one idea helps greatly!!! Read a ton of tutorials on everything and it gets even easier... i jsut wish i had more time to make my level, but work, and the tiredness Home Depot brings me makes my mapping adventure a bit more slower...but its coming along!!
Grets Sirob Posted June 10, 2002 Posted June 10, 2002 Hey, try this for your 90 degree pipe, press "v" to enter vertex edit mode. Then, press one of the buttons that rotate stuff in 90 degree incremints. With some minor tinkering, it should work. *tusken battle cry*
UniKorn Posted June 10, 2002 Posted June 10, 2002 Let's stick to the subject. I know how you feel, I got tons of unfinished maps at home. Theres just 1 thing you got to do. Finish what you start. It is one of the guidelines from Tod from id Software. Stick to what you start, and finish it.
Grets Sirob Posted June 10, 2002 Posted June 10, 2002 Right, back to the subject, winner_rex, never give up! You'd be surprised at how good a bigginer map is if it's made right, and professional looking. Stick to lyour map, finish it, and give it that professional touch, make it look pretty:D Your map doesn't have to be complex, but if it's made well, and professional, it will be good. Trust me;) *tusken battle cry*
Cmdr. Antilles Posted June 10, 2002 Posted June 10, 2002 winner_rex, I know EXACTLY how you feel. I've got so many unfinished maps... This Sarlacc pit map I'm working on will be my first released MP map for any game, and I've been mapping for a while... I know what you mean about getting the idea from your head into the game. It's tough. I can barely do it. The things that I can map the best are established, documented things, like my ATAT, or Jabba's sail barge. Ask me to make a ship from scratch, though, and I've got nothing. Maybe you could try that. Try making some things from schematics or pictures. It will at least help with the imagination thing.
Xcom Posted June 10, 2002 Posted June 10, 2002 Quote Originally posted by Cmdr. Antilles winner_rex, I know EXACTLY how you feel. I've got so many unfinished maps... So do I.
Manquesa Posted June 10, 2002 Posted June 10, 2002 Quote Originally posted by Absath damnit unikorn, you elitist -Abs well he's right And as for me, i've been mapping since february of this year. I started many a map but have nothing to show for it, never finished one. All I have released so far is the awing prefab that I released yesterday. But i'm determined to finish my SP map no matter how long it takes.
Cmdr. Antilles Posted June 10, 2002 Posted June 10, 2002 Man-Cheese is right! Just keep working at it... That's what I'm doing... heh... yeah....
VIO Posted June 10, 2002 Posted June 10, 2002 poor man-cheese every forum ive go into with a thread by him theres reply like this "man-cheese?!?!?!??!!?" -VIO
Manquesa Posted June 10, 2002 Posted June 10, 2002 Quote Originally posted by VIO poor man-cheese every forum ive go into with a thread by him theres reply like this "man-cheese?!?!?!??!!?" -VIO Only by Antilles, I don't mind though.
winner_rex Posted June 11, 2002 Author Posted June 11, 2002 thanks for the kind words and support, guys... I think my problem is that I rush maps way too much preferring to get them out into the open before decently testing and reviewing them... Back to work!
Epimetheus Posted June 11, 2002 Posted June 11, 2002 I'm afraid I can't even map or model, even with a tutorial... pity. I have some intriguing ideas I'd like to explore, but whatever. I'll stick to drifting around these boards for all eternity, mocking other people's creations in order to make myself feel big.
RichDiesal Posted June 11, 2002 Posted June 11, 2002 Don't worry, I'm going to come up with some tutorials that even you can use after my Kamino project is done with. Working on them now, in fact, as I wait for Sergio to fix his website...
BradFu Posted June 11, 2002 Posted June 11, 2002 Cool, Rich!! I can't wait. I just dipped my toe into the freezing pool that is JK2 mapping earlier today, so any quality tutorials will be great! BradFu!
Gideon Posted June 11, 2002 Posted June 11, 2002 I'm making my 5th map now. The others have never been finished. All SP maps. I've completed my 5th map in textures now but now I need to work on those waypoints and somehow I just don't get how they work. Is somebody willing to see my map now? (it's not ingame so you will have to use JK2Radiant)
Grets Sirob Posted June 11, 2002 Posted June 11, 2002 Good to hear it Brad! It's really fun to map(so many ideas to explore). And you too winner(your name says it all) I have way too many ideas to possible make them all, oh well... :no wampa smily:mad: make one!: Roar!
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