Help me with map and general map talk :D

[Mr. Darkness]

I know... I always say funny things...

[Darkstar]

Error! Stop spamming!

I laughed after reading such a hypocritical message...

lol

[Mr. Darkness]

ERROR!!! BAD ERROR! CALM DOWN!!! :bad:

[Darkstar]

ERROR!!! BAD ERROR! CALM DOWN!!!

i think i can say the same thing to you right now

[Clavus]

Back ontopic please. I'd like 'some' of our members to keep their spamposts in the shoutbox.

[Donlan]

Adding to my last real post, try more abstract themes, like an old ruin of a building set in a volcanic type area (like a volcano)

But try not to go for that exact theme since I'm working on it right now...

[Botervloot]

Some hints:

- Themes that aren't very much used. Like snowy maps, desert maps, jungle maps ect.

- Bug/Glitch free is always a +

- Test, test, and test it. Ask other players if they want to come and test your map. Post the map, but also host a server, so that more then one player can use it, so you can see how the gameplay goes in your map.

- Optimize. You can do this afther it's "finished".

- Only release it when it's GOOD. Releasing half-finished work gives a "negative" mark. And when you have "finished" the map, people won't download it, because they knew that the first map was bad.

- Good looking maps (do this with Lighting, cool themes/environments) are always pleased with the public.

- The gameplay ALWAYS goes ahead of beauty. Ask Valve with TF2. They made little, but quality maps, and it was succesfull.

- Lower bytes = faster downloading = pleased public.

- Bullcrap like "cheeseroom" *no offence* is a waste of work. Secret rooms are often unbalanced, and for people who don't know how to get there yet, have an unfair position against the rest.

Some mapping hints:

- Fog reduces the size of the map. So it goes a bit faster.

- area_portal is good, if you have large open map. This goes for optimizing.

- Do not misplace or over do it with brushes. It will only add up to the final byte-size. This goes for optimizing.

I'll post if you need more

Edited May 9, 2009 by Botervloot

[Evolve]

add a radio, turn it on and hear the 'rick roll theme'

after 10 secs, it explodes and creates a gap into a wall which reveals a secret room

[Ninja :D]

add a radio, turn it on and hear the 'rick roll theme'

after 10 secs, it explodes and creates a gap into a wall which reveals a secret room

now....

THAT

IS

A

GOOD

IDEA

[Navo]

I demand you add a giant monkeyhead.

[Damien]

no rickroll, why not just a regular hl2 tune.

[Ninja :D]

I demand you add a giant monkeyhead.

why?

[Ninja :D]

Does any1 know the entity names for human and zombie spawns?

[Botervloot]

1. Open entity properties

2. Turn of smartedit

3. Rename to the wanted name for the entity

4. It would show up as "Obsolete" in-Hammer. Then it worked.