N00bs covered in Source Created 18 years ago2006-03-23 15:22:49 UTC by monster_urby

[this thread is not intended to offend anyone. It is simply a personnal observation and I do not wish to start a fireplace]

Is it just my imagination or has the Source SDK opened the world of mapping to n00bs!? I have just glanced through the 'Source Mapping' section in the forums and it just looks like half the people on there have just dived into hammer and started making blocks and cylinders and calling it a map. This is what I was afraid of when I first used the Source SDK. Making a basic map is far too simple with source and half of the work (I'm talking of props here mostly) is done for you.

I'm surprised there hasn't been a post yet saying "I've opened this hammer thingy and I've just got loads of buttons and 4 black boxes. WTF!?"

This is like exactly the same point Xyos was making in his thread. Read, foo!

Yes, this is quite similar.

Oops.

my god, there are newbies mapping for counterstrike source? next you'll tell me the pope has declared his catholisism by proving that bears shit in the woods

Heh.

Double Heh.

triple wdf?

hey wow thx for your post, it seems im not a noob cause my map (my second try ever, its taking me a long while) doesnt only consist of that kinda stuff

Question btw: how long do u take on average for a
small map:
middlesized map:
big map:

Same situation as with HL, only now there's a new black sheep for it - Source.

As for how long a map can take, that depends. The better maps tend to take a few months usually. Size matters but it's mostly the polishing and tweaking, if not complete remaking of parts (everything to make it better ;)), that takes the most time imho.

good, cause im taking ages for my map:D