Out Of Curiosity...

CrAcKbRoCkCrAcKbRoCk Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9619Members
edited December 2002 in Mapping Forum
<div class="IPBDescription">Average build time(s)?</div> Just wondering. What would you say the average build time for a NS map is? Not compile time, but contruction. The whole thing, design, layout, brush work, etc,etc...
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  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Most of the official maps took many, many months to make. I honestly don't think any of them took less than 3 months from start to finish.

    Personally, I've been working on my map since mid-October. Though, I am loosely basing it on a previous, much uglier, and scrapped version of the same map which I began working on in late March.
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  • BiTMAPBiTMAP Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7685Members
    My map is taking me some time to complete i've been workin on it since november, so yeah It can take a while.
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  • CrAcKbRoCkCrAcKbRoCk Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9619Members
    Agh. So, I guess from start to finish your looking at some where around 250+ hours? Guessing here...
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  • InZaneFleaArmyInZaneFleaArmy Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 18Members
    I had this layout about 1.5 years ago...Scrapped it, and started it in Jan...and only 1 room done. I don't seem to be able to stick to it either...I need a layout I like...I need an artist to draw meh ideas....AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH.
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  • MouseMouse The Lighter Side of Pessimism Join Date: 2002-03-02 Member: 263Members, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    I started my first ns map in march, and finished it in late june. And the map I'm working on now I started in late september and I expect to finish it in late January. So yeah, they take a while.
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  • realityisdeadrealityisdead Employed by Raven Software after making ns_nothing Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 94Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    It's actually a bit embarassing, but ns_nothing took upwards of 6 to 7 months, from concept to final product.

    Of course, not a 24/7, extreme dedication type of deal, but...
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  • ZaziZazi Join Date: 2002-05-26 Member: 672Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    I have worked on Widow since Janurary. That includes a four month hiatus... the actual Widow you see now I probably did in about a few hours of actual hardcore work. I tend to chat, listen to music, play games, etc. while I map. Now I wonder why I go so slow. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Flying-BastardFlying-Bastard Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1859Members
    ya, but what really takes time is the finishing touch, what makes the map more living, breathing. and that takes time. having a good map layout (with good strategy capability) is also important. i say 5 months+ for magnificent maps.
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  • bluemanblueman Join Date: 2002-04-09 Member: 399Members
    Nirvana started its journey in late March and still has to do. The thing is that there have been entire months where i havent spent any time on it and some weeks of full production....
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  • SycophantSycophant Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7092Members
    I was curious as to development times as well, so this thread kind of saves me from getting flamed to hell for double-posting.

    I came up with my concept about 3 weeks ago, and have been occasionally scribbling flow layouts and room ideas in a (now very overused) pad of paper. I started doing up a somewhat more organized flow layout about 4 days ago, and that's about 70% done. I figure I'll be able to start actual map building in about a week.

    That's not bad, I guess. A month to do concept, layout, and room/hive ideas. Although keep in mind that mine is <b>very</b> much a spare time kind of thing (<i>ie: maybe an hour or two once or twice a week and/or whenever an idea comes to me</i>). <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Heh, and my build time might take 6 months, where it'd probably take a dedicated mapper a few weeks. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • CrAcKbRoCkCrAcKbRoCk Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9619Members
    edited December 2002
    Whew, well..I've definetly got my work cut out for me then...*takes big breath*...
    Heh. I've got it! I'll go <b>C</b>r<i>A</i>c<b><i>K</i></b> style..put in 16 hour mapping days every weekend! And a little during the week to, woohoo! lmfao! mmuuhahah!...
    Wheres the pipe! Wheres the pipe!?! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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