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Map building

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#55294

Map building

Hi guys, I want to start making maps, but I'm just confused to hell on what to do. Any tips, ideas, suggestions, or requests?
"AT missile is OP, Infantry is fine"

Sincerely, Tank

CoH name: LTEVANLEE
Steam: ScarfaceOsamaBinPolPot
TWC: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=147065
#55309

Re: Map building

yeah!  ;D ;D
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?207599-The-mapmakers-tutorials
check this. to get the basics.
Don't worry about your first map, just try to look around and get used to some buttons.
Hold Shift to rotate, H to set height, C to copy objects.
At the beginning of making map create new MP map, set it's size, and after loading press "Scenario - atmosphere properties - fog" and TURN it OFF - this will allow you to see better, and increase the performance.
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#55318

Re: Map building

send a pm to jimbosmith he is a very good tutor  8)
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#55321

Re: Map building

Yeah, i have spent a long time playing around with World Builder, trying to figure it out, but there's no sort of instructions or anything! I would REALLY love to know how to make territory sectors! It's so stupid that they expect people to just know these things...
#55323

Re: Map building

youtube has a lot of video walktroughs made by players
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#55339

Re: Map building

You can also ask me :D
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#55354

Re: Map building

walki1 wrote:
I made it and noone is reading it!


'cause people are lazy. Too lazy to search on their own.
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Last edited January 19, 2011 at 7:04 PM by blackbishop

#55355

Re: Map building

Great tutorial, Walki1! It's now in my favorites. Maybe 1 day will be able to make a map of my own...
#55357

Re: Map building

pariah wrote:
Maybe 1 day will be able to make a map of my own...


;D ;D ;D

Are you so tall or fat that you need a map OF you? :P

Anyway, short, but precise and failsafe tutorial. Good work. Wish that people could search for it on their own and stop asking the same gdm question a thounsand times.

Maybe I will also make a tut where I explain some of the basic functions like creating tiles, splats or splines and also action markers.
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#55358

Re: Map building

It's not for me, man; All the fleas keep getting lost in my crevices!
#55360

Re: Map building

walki1 wrote:
http://easternfront.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tutorial:Making_a_Multiplayer_Map

I made it and noone is reading it! EVEN WITH PICTURES :D!

I didn't knew about it!! I created a simple topic about it and also is stickied!
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Might controls everything, and without strength you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself...
#55361

Re: Map building

Hey, that's great, man! That will help many people, i'm sure!
#55364

Re: Map building

Perhaps the reason nobody knew it in part was because there's no tutorials on that section of EF's wiki.
Mors Indecepta

Might controls everything, and without strength you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself...
#55366

Re: Map building

Could be... But i don't know what a "wiki" is... (And your spell-checker doesn't know, either...)
#55368

Re: Map building

pariah wrote:
Could be... But i don't know what a "wiki" is... (And your spell-checker doesn't know, either...)

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You can check it for yourself ::).
Mors Indecepta

Might controls everything, and without strength you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself...
#55369

Re: Map building

Oh, yeah, there's a "Wiki" button! It would be more noticable if you could see it from this here forum... And it doesn't seem to explain what exactly a "Wiki" is. But, yeah, i'll have to explore there some day. The Internet is such a big place, isn't it?
#55370

Re: Map building

hmm now that it is stickied I'm going to make more of them ;).
I identify as a four-eyed bird man. /s
#55371

Re: Map building

pariah wrote:
Oh, yeah, there's a "Wiki" button! It would be more noticable if you could see it from this here forum... And it doesn't seem to explain what exactly a "Wiki" is. But, yeah, i'll have to explore there some day. The Internet is such a big place, isn't it?

A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Extracted from Wikipedia.

You could always see that wiki link at the top of EF forum, no matter what section you are visiting so, I don't know what are you talking about :-\. However, that section is far from being finished.
Mors Indecepta

Might controls everything, and without strength you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself...
#55372

Re: Map building

Thanks for the info, blackbishop. By the way, this is how i see your forum:
#55373

Re: Map building

What a weird case :-\.

Here is the link of EF's wiki -> http://easternfront.org/wiki
Mors Indecepta

Might controls everything, and without strength you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself...
#55374

Re: Map building

Thanks, man. But i can see it from your home page. Just not the forum.
#55413

Re: Map building

Made my first map today. Thanks for all the help!






                    One more thing, how do you make a good looking hill?
"AT missile is OP, Infantry is fine"

Sincerely, Tank

CoH name: LTEVANLEE
Steam: ScarfaceOsamaBinPolPot
TWC: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=147065
#55625

Re: Map building

pariah wrote:
Thanks for the info, blackbishop. By the way, this is how i see your forum:


You are using another theme, try switching to the default theme to fix it.
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[CoH:EF-Dev]Walki: BULLSHIT
[CoH:EF-Dev]Walki: I'll eat a tree if this won't work now
[CoH:EF-Dev]Rizz: ok
[CoH:EF-Dev]Rizz: I'll hold you to it
<10 minutes later>
[CoH:EF-Dev]Walki: I think I really gotta eat a tree...
[CoH:EF-Dev]Walki: got a decent one?
#55637

Re: Map building

Oh yeah, that worked. Thanks, Rizz! I prefer the "testtheme" because it's wide-screen... By the way, the first and last themes seem to be exactly the same...
#55710

Re: Map building

I'm making a map right now, its called Evanstown (not the finally name) I'm around 25% done, my younger bro wanted to have a bridge map, that wasn't included in CoH:O (he's getting CoH for his b-day). Sorry no screenshots today maybe when I'm 45% done. I'm also making another map, called Beach Assaut (5% done) out of interest of making a beach defense map, and the attacking side has to cross the "ocean" to get to the beach.
"AT missile is OP, Infantry is fine"

Sincerely, Tank

CoH name: LTEVANLEE
Steam: ScarfaceOsamaBinPolPot
TWC: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=147065
#55714

Re: Map building

Well, i can't wait to see how you are going to have crossing an ocean work in a primarily land-based R.T.S....
#55877

Re: Map building

I got the idea form this map: http://companyofheroes.filefront.com/file/Iwo_Jima_8p;92408, you'll see what I mean.




I've scrapped both maps in favor of Trenchvile (10% done).




          P.S. I used this to help me build the trenches.  World Builder Trench Design Tutorial (part 1)
"AT missile is OP, Infantry is fine"

Sincerely, Tank

CoH name: LTEVANLEE
Steam: ScarfaceOsamaBinPolPot
TWC: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=147065

Last edited January 22, 2011 at 10:47 PM by Mr Defence