Need Help On My Map

Jean_Luc_Picard · June 2004

<div class="IPBDescription">Need ideas... I've had servere block</div> I don't know what all to put into my map... I'm having severe mappers BLOCK atm... and I was hoping you guys could help...

Curently, i've gotten the RR done and a fe sparse sections... what I need are some ideas for the 3 hives and 2 or 4 hallways...

the background on the map:

erm... yeah...
GAH, I dunno... I'll post is asap ... whne I think about it... man, I hate not having any ideas to work upon!

Any help?

Zerotech · June 2004

For a start, how about giving your map a name, so it'll be easier to name the hives that relates to your map.

Personally I'll leave the ready room to be completed last as the Hives and resources nozzle points are the ares where most people concentrate on.

The hives are easy to construct as most areas of a hive are mainy manifested.

Thaldarin · June 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Zerotech @ Jun 20 2004, 05:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> The hives are easy to construct as most areas of a hive are mainy manifested.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
I hope you mean infested? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

To help you with your sever case of 'mappers block' I will try to steer you in the right direction. After all I haven't produced any work for a long time, but ideas do come quickly.

- Think about the accessibility of an area, whether it have a good choice of a vertical exit via ladder or elevator, or whether you want a standard door or a slope out.

- Picture in your mind what type of station/ship the map will be. If it is a research station for example you will focus more on computer and data areas than a big dirty engine.

- Look at other maps for inspiration, especially the official ones. Looking around nothing, eclipse, mineshaft and others will give you some good ideas. Especially if you look around totally different maps, compare their good and bad points aswell, and you will gain your own ideas.

Swiftspear · June 2004

are you looking for a layout or a map theme to follow?

In the case of the former, I would recomend just starting somewhere and making a few rooms, then figuring out how you want stuff to tie together as you go. In the case of the latter, I would recomend, posting screenies of the RR and or concept ideas and pictures, then let people elaborate on where they think the map should go from there.

Jean_Luc_Picard · June 2004

Ah, I had a nights sleep and I feel great

I'll post up all that I've done of my map asap... might be a week as I've gotta leave for camp soon... I'll see what I can getup!

gah, my web host is being a b*tch... It'll prolly have to be next week...

I could try to direct load... but they're HUGE files... 0o

Meh, I was right... they're too big to directly load onto the site... and I'm leaving for camp in about 2 min...

I gotta go, I'll be back with the updates in a week!

Thaldarin · June 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jean Luc Picard @ Jun 20 2004, 03:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Ah, I had a nights sleep and I feel great

I'll post up all that I've done of my map asap... might be a week as I've gotta leave for camp soon... I'll see what I can getup!

gah, my web host is being a b*tch... It'll prolly have to be next week...

I could try to direct load... but they're HUGE files... 0o  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Send them to james@morbidinc.fsnet.co.uk I will host them on some of my ISP web hosting while I sort out my HLGaming / Edgenetwork hosting availability. I seem to have lost my details for that <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' />

Jean_Luc_Picard · June 2004

Problem is I can't send them via e-mail... too big... 0o'

I use a cheatcc account as my MSN one died and cheatcc is what my g/f uses so I'm somewhat familiar with it (as for a while she'd just foward my e-mails to her account since my computer killed my MSN account for some reason)

Dr_Jekyll · June 2004

if ur stuck and u want to get unstuck try different things, like brainstorming map layouts with a pencil and paper. Make many, many map layout sketches, and take the best ideas and put them into one uber ultimate map.

Jean_Luc_Picard · June 2004

problem is I have no ideas at hte moment... every room I make winds up lookin the same... *ooorlge*

I dunno, I'll think of something sometime... 0o

Jean_Luc_Picard · June 2004

Ok, I've uploaded all my pics to my webhost now... but it's 1 am so I'm going to bed... I'll post up the pics asap <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

perso · June 2004

If I'm stuck and can't come up with my map's design I usually go to hammer and make some brushes. Then I pick the vertex editing- tool and try to morph some nasty things of the blocky brushes, ie. support pillars. Then I combine them, Usually just entering a flat platform and then adding my pillar around it.

Basically, all my design starts from a single morphed brush. If I like it's shape, then, that's it! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Another way is trying to draw your ideas, even not so good ideas. If you are totally out of ideas, as you said, then look at your vicinity. Many mappers have been inspired by the environment /I suppose <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />)

..might sound a bit odd or unpractical, but that's what I do when I'm stuck.

Jean_Luc_Picard · June 2004

... my vacinity is boring as all get out... lol. My house sucks royaly (we spent double what we paid for it in just fixing it up!)

I did a little work, added my first vent system (kinda pointless in what it does other than as an ambush spot... and that onii can travel it 0o')

Jean_Luc_Picard · July 2004

If anybody has a good, FREE web host... that's fast (not Lycos or GeoCities PLZ) please let me know... I've gotten a LOT of work done on the map but I need a new place to host it... as FFR is too slow for the number of things I need to load up 0o;'

Kouji_San · July 2004

Check out these threads:

<a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=74313' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...showtopic=74313</a>

<a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=45180' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...showtopic=45180</a>

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

KungFuDiscoMonkey · July 2004

watch movies.

Jean_Luc_Picard · July 2004

to Kouji: HEY BUD! How's it goin? THnx for hte links... I'm about 5 links deep now finding the right host for me 0o' Lol!

ANd movies eh? erm.. ok

Jean_Luc_Picard · July 2004

]Ok, here are some pics... not always up to date BUT they are close

Sorry, dynamic pages in the [IMG] tags are not allowed

WTH does this mean??? I can't upload my pics...

<a href='http://clanrdo.fragism.com/gl-bin/forum/viewtopic.php?t=434' target='_blank'>For now, just view the pictures here... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /></a>

Fullauto · July 2004

Yahoo does not a great image hoster make.

Signup for something like <a href='http://photobucket.com/' target='_blank'>Photobucket</a> or similar.

Jean_Luc_Picard · July 2004

Ok, new host... let's try this

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Need Help On My Map

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