BOOOOOORED! (of mapping?!) Created 20 years ago2004-02-28 15:45:33 UTC by BrattyLord

I've gotten bored of mapping. OH NOOOOO!!!

IS there anything I can do?!

yep, find some nw stuff to do wiht mapping, find a challenge, go map for some wierd, fames ore a begginnig mod. like 7th and jax did

do concept - lots and lots of concept

That happened to me for a while (before I knew about TWHL). I just played a lot of cs and other games. Then eventually I got the idea for big_city. That got me back into Worldcraft.

So the moral of this story is: your probably going to get back into mapping if good ideas pop into your head at random.

Which probably isn't healthy.

It isn't. One idea is a very healthy thing. My problem is I have too many ideas.

Same here. I'll actually be in the middle of something when I get an idea. Most of them go to waste though. Like cs_control.

yours to

Change you goal for mapping... instead of trying to make a map, try to break Worldcraft or VHE or whatever you use. Instead of doing things that have been proven true try to show what can't be done or what shouldn't.

Can't be done:
adding custom models to Richochet using env_sprite or cycler_sprite
Can be done:
make a env_beam between 2 monsters in regular HL.
I used 2 alien slaves and the beam connected to their feet.
yes.... I was bored

Hmmm.... you could make it look like they were carrying something, and set them to walk together!

(An idea pops into bratty's head)

your sick, really

my problem is that my ideas can't be done in HL due to the engine

so i just sit in a black corner waiting for HL2 to come out...

I'm lucky. I have one idea right now, and I intend to stick with it for a long time.

its always better to finish one map than to start 10

i agree

Would someone like to share one of there ideas as i have no ideas and thinking of an idea is like winning the lottery with me because it never happens.

make a scientist torture one, or make a whole bunch of places that the player can watch from with glass (So he is protected) and have it so when he presses a button, he gets to watch monsters, grunts, and scientists kill each other.

have some sort of arena. have buttons controlling how many aliens/ humans u want then a button 2 start the action

What I tend to do is map for other mods, play a completely different game for a while, i.e. Morrowind! - And make levels for that, (cool), if you get bored of these proceedings then swith back to hl, you are bound to have some new mapping ideas after this break.

anyone can map for New Problem, but I tend to change some things in others maps, to make it fit with the rest.

what is it about????? working on some textures right now

theres a thread with the details. that 1 sixth monkey made about wantin 2 join a mod. dead now.

oh

I really need someone to skin for me, I don't know how. because of the whole radiation thing, I want some mutant aliens. also, I need someone to make a new weapon, its boring with the same old weapons.

I will take mappers at any time.

right now I'm working on soe texture that will be used in the MOD.
a Tundra set.

Read the damn tutorials!

look sm the reason most ppl dont skin is cos all they have 2 skin is mspaint. like me. it really looks horrible.

Possibly, but he said:

I don't know how

So I feel my response was justified.

stop yelling at me!

Sorry, wasn't yelling at you, just annoyed with the stream of people asking questions answered in tutorials.

i will reskin if you want gotta try it

you will! thnks. I need mutated aliens. I'll e-mail you to give more info, if your willing to. You will get credit in the MOD as a skinner.

Dude making weapons isn't easy! That takes modeling. Maybe u can modify them? Not sure though

I can code weapons, and I can model them as well (or at least I am learning to!).I have some great ideas for maps but I'm not sharing. I currently working on my biggest map yet. I have 2 sketch pads full of ideas and loads of crappy test maps for it. I am planning to make plans and ideas for another 2 weeks before I start on the real decent version!

That's how you create a great map. Planning. Just plan the same map for ages!

u mentioned mapping 4 morrowind. tell me bout it. is it similar to hammer? i hav morrowind on xbox, is it worth buyin it 4 Pc so i can map 4 it?

I think that Morrowind is worth the buy.
Its is priced down a lot nowadays, only 20 euros or so.
The game is really really cool to play, it is SO huge, I just cant over state that, its just insane.
It also is very easy to make maps and mods (called plug-ins, in the Morrowind community). You can run basicly an unlimited nummer of plugins at the same time, and you can add your creations to the game.
Files are small and you can do what you want.

People are even making a TC based on Lord of the Rings which is supposedly (going to be) extremely large and cool.

It is however a hell of a lot different than Hammer/Worldcraft. From what i can remember, you can just select pieces and put em all together, just save it as a .esp file, and on the Morrowind startup screen tick the box next to "myhouse.esp" or whatever and BAM, you're done. Very easy, although, you can makeit as complex as you want it to be.

You could just make a new trader NPC and script the dude so that he will carry your stuff and follow and defend you.

You can make your own castle, with all the cash and weapons available, thus making the game very easy

Also, most of the doors are teleporters and the inside of a house is in theory a totally different part as the outdoor world.
This allows for some interesting stuff.

For instance, you can make a treestump in the outside world, with a small hatch in it, that leads to the interior a huge and gothic church.

All very fun, if you have a relatively good system.

As a reference:
i have a 2.6 GHz P IV
512 MB DDR RAM
128 ATI 9600 TX
120 GB 7200 rpm HDD

and the game runs almost perfect on my pc, IF i turn shadows off...
But hey, if thats the price i have to pay to be able to fight bizar monsters with cool allies, while flying over a world that will make Peter "LOTR" Jackson drool, who cares?

Conclusion: just buy it, where we go from there, is a choice i leave up to you...

lol, i have seen mororwind for 9 euros and i self got it free wiht my vid card, i dindt try mapping for it but it looks great

you knwo what, im gonna try learning reskinning, if i got hwo it wirks, i will help you, besides my own game, and my own wad set

Does anybody here understand what Pepper is trying to say?

bored? go here:

http://www.cariad.co.za/twhl/forums.php?action=viewthread&page=last&id=1793&pg=1&pgt=1

Morrowind is great, but its got the most basic combat system Ive ever seen in an RPG

I understant what pepper is saying. do you mean help me pepper? I'd be glad to have anyones help skinning.

Morrowind's combat might be basic, it IS realtime, and the depth comes form having the right equipment, keep distance when carrying a bow and to have good armor, when wielding and axe.
Having and using the right magic/potions is also a matter of tactics, etc. etc.

believe me, morrowind is HUGE

no f?ces, I spent several months playing through it and levelling up my character till nothing could actually kill me ever, no chance in hell

i have gotte nto that point in Morrowind now.. takes the fun outta the game.. there should be levelled monsters to make the game more of a challenge..

and cliff racers should be banned from the game...

Morrowind, Get it NOW! When I'm not playing Half-life, I get sucked into the addictive world of Morrowind. I have just made myself a wooden tree fort in the middle of nowhere with characters etc. I also recommend that you should get the game of the year addition because that way you can get Tribunal and Bloodmoon addons.

And yes, I agree, Cliff racers are thee most annoying sons of bitches you'll ever encounter!

You know what would be fricken halarious? Make a music video out of 2 monsters dancing, or scientist.... Wow I must be getting really bored....

i can see i now...

2 alien slaves rapping while headcrabs jump back and forth in front of them, and lazer lights stop on tehm, then an animation made for them to do disco, and a big disco ball falls on them all!!!

srry bl, somehow i cna only repaint in basic colors:(

ok, I'll try now. I'm repainting G-man to make em look like an old gordan.