I still can't believe it.
I thought mapping is such a niche hobby, but apparently, it's more popular (or going to be) than I thought.
Pretty soon, your 80-year-old grandmother is going to hi-jack your Hammer and make her own maps.
Mapping for Dummies
Created 16 years ago2007-06-21 12:31:06 UTC by
satchmo
Created 16 years ago2007-06-21 12:31:06 UTC by
satchmo
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 12:31:06 UTC
Post #225975
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 12:34:24 UTC
Post #225978
Haha cool!
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 12:51:17 UTC
Post #225979
And I wouldn't buy it. I got Java for Dummies ages ago and they didn't explain it well...
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 12:53:16 UTC
Post #225980
That's pretty cool.
Gotta say, though: Those "For Dummies" books suck. Don't help much of anything.
And why use that book when there's such awesome free articles out there?
Gotta say, though: Those "For Dummies" books suck. Don't help much of anything.
And why use that book when there's such awesome free articles out there?
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 15:29:24 UTC
Post #225992
That is pretty cool, though I agree with Luke. All the stuff it claims to teach you can be found on the internet for free.
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 15:31:26 UTC
Post #225993
word, plus 19$ is to much for me ^^
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 15:35:20 UTC
Post #225995
Ha, Half life 2 mods for dummies? Shame its a crap book.
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 15:47:13 UTC
Post #225996
But there are also good mapping books out there.
Just look at the one rimmy has..
Just look at the one rimmy has..
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 15:55:26 UTC
Post #225997
The real trick to learn something, specially mapping is to practise a lot, until what you do can be compared to what others have done (I'm not talking about imitation, just aiming at a certain level of detail etc).
These books are a good way to learn the basics in an organized way, but they won't get you a workplace at Valve's headquarters.
These books are a good way to learn the basics in an organized way, but they won't get you a workplace at Valve's headquarters.
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 15:55:34 UTC
Post #225998
omg
/buys
/buys
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 18:03:10 UTC
Post #226008
the only reason i ever read mapping references these days, if not for help with a specific entity, is simply to see the mapping process through someone else's eyes.
Often i'll see little tricks here and there that i just wouldn't have thought of otherwise.
A book like the HL2 modding for dummies just wouldn't get any use from me.
Often i'll see little tricks here and there that i just wouldn't have thought of otherwise.
A book like the HL2 modding for dummies just wouldn't get any use from me.
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 18:14:17 UTC
Post #226009
oy, and it teaches you how to put it on the internet.... i know how to do that... you don't see anyone giving ME $20 to tell them that....
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 18:15:51 UTC
Post #226010
then write a book and shut the fuck up.
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 18:21:26 UTC
Post #226012
I should have written a book like that and gotten paid for it.
Oh, I forgot. I did write mapping tutorials and got paid for them.
Oh, I forgot. I did write mapping tutorials and got paid for them.
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 18:35:38 UTC
Post #226014
Jammy Sod. 
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-21 19:06:46 UTC
Post #226016
[quote]Here is a brief outline:
- Background
- played video games since I was 9 years old
- hiatus during college and medical school
- started mapping with a map editor in 2004
- dm_detritus
- the mapping process
- development screenshots
- cs_justice
- inspired by the Santa Barbara Courthouse
- vacation with my wife
- courthouse tour by the county architect/blueprint
- comparison photos
- Maps by fellow designers
- Kasperg's Kauffman House
- Kasperg's Serene
- World Trade Center in New York
- Appreciation of the real world
- GamingParents website
- HealthConnect tie-in[/quote]
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-22 00:35:43 UTC
Post #226052
Wow, people really read my journal. 
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-22 01:20:16 UTC
Post #226055
Jour...nal?
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