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Re: This.
Posted By: General Vagueness <General.Vagueness@gmail.com>Date: 7/23/11 3:44 p.m.

In Response To: Re: This. (Hyokin)


: Before you try to make an original map, you should start by working on an
: existing map and changing SOME of the objects around.

That's mostly what I've been doing. :?

: Cave-Out suffered because you tried to make a map based around a story and
: placed weapons in a specific way to look like they were dropped by dying soldiers.

Not really, it was more supposed to be like they had all vanished for a second, the stuff in the middle is just for balance, but really, as for specifically where things were, I wasn't going with any scheme or plan other than trying to make things varied but balanced and go with what felt right.

: Building a map isn't just about weapon placement, you need to be able to
: create geometry and understand why some strucutres work and others do not.

That's what I've been doing, building on pre-existing stuff-- whether it's complicated like Boneyard or simple like the pillar on Forge World-- to figure that stuff out.

: You need to work out a map in your head and on paper before you start
: building it.

My brain doesn't really work that way, I don't know what I want to end up with until I've started.

: Players will move around maps in a variety of ways and your job is to meet
: their expectations and make the map fun for new and returning players.

I know that.

: Okay, that was a lot longer than I intended but I hope you get what I am
: trying to say...

What you typed above is mostly pretty easy to understand. If there's some reading between the lines I'm supposed to do, I'm missing it.

You cannot fall off the floor.


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Forerunner Symbol on CondemnedJoony Joon 7/21/11 10:51 a.m.
     holy crap - good call!Louis Wu 7/21/11 11:43 a.m.
           Re: holy crap - good call!Hyokin 7/21/11 11:47 a.m.
           Re: holy crap - good call!DHalo 7/21/11 11:51 a.m.
                 Re: holy crap - good call!Louis Wu 7/21/11 12:13 p.m.
                       Condemned space station build by Forerunners! *NM*Overdoziz 7/21/11 12:14 p.m.
           Re: holy crap - good call!Joony Joon 7/21/11 12:30 p.m.
                 You get a gold star. *NM*SonofMacPhisto 7/21/11 12:40 p.m.
                       Also a purple heart!Hyokin 7/21/11 1:00 p.m.
           Re: holy crap - good call!Joony Joon 7/21/11 1:51 p.m.
                 Re: holy crap - good call!Louis Wu 7/21/11 1:52 p.m.
                       Gracias. *NM*Joony Joon 7/21/11 3:47 p.m.
     Re: Forerunner Symbol on Condemnedpete_the_duck 7/21/11 6:53 p.m.
           Re: Forerunner Symbol on CondemnedGeneral Vagueness 7/21/11 10:38 p.m.
                 Re: Forerunner Symbol on CondemnedGeneral Vagueness 7/21/11 11:59 p.m.
                       Re: Forerunner Symbol on Condemnedpete_the_duck 7/22/11 6:14 a.m.
                             Re: Forerunner Symbol on CondemnedGeneral Vagueness 7/22/11 10:52 a.m.
                                   Re: Forerunner Symbol on CondemnedHedgemony 7/22/11 11:50 a.m.
                                   It's shit like this Vagueness.Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) 7/23/11 6:08 a.m.
                                         This.Hyokin 7/23/11 12:03 p.m.
                                               Re: This.General Vagueness 7/23/11 12:13 p.m.
                                                     Re: This.Hyokin 7/23/11 2:06 p.m.
                                                           Re: This.General Vagueness 7/23/11 3:44 p.m.
                                                           actuallynomis78 7/24/11 8:52 a.m.
                                   Re: Forerunner Symbol on Condemnedghost faction 7/24/11 4:21 p.m.
                                         Re: Forerunner Symbol on CondemnedGeneral Vagueness 7/24/11 5:16 p.m.
                                               Re: Forerunner Symbol on CondemnedGeneral Vagueness 7/28/11 10:23 p.m.
                                                     Re: Forerunner Symbol on CondemnedStephen L. (SoundEffect) 7/29/11 5:42 a.m.
                       Re: Forerunner Symbol on CondemnedLouis Wu 7/22/11 12:01 p.m.
                             Re: Forerunner Symbol on Condemnedpete_the_duck 7/22/11 1:13 p.m.
                                   Re: Forerunner Symbol on CondemnedZackDark 7/22/11 8:26 p.m.
                             Re: Forerunner Symbol on CondemnedStephen L. (SoundEffect) 7/22/11 2:13 p.m.
                             Re: Forerunner Symbol on CondemnedRagashingo 7/24/11 12:47 p.m.
                 Re: Forerunner Symbol on CondemnedJoony Joon 7/22/11 7:02 a.m.
                 Great find, Vagueness!NsU Soldier 7/23/11 10:57 p.m.
                       Re: Great find, Vagueness!kanbo 7/24/11 1:49 a.m.
                       Re: Great find, Vagueness!General Vagueness 7/24/11 9:00 a.m.
                             I would love a corner shot of it. :)NsU Soldier 7/24/11 2:41 p.m.
                                   Re: I would love a corner shot of it. :)General Vagueness 7/24/11 3:23 p.m.



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