How do you survive not being able to map Created 12 years ago2012-10-23 18:29:39 UTC by Azin

Hi everyone

I'm an occasional mapper whenever I get the urge to do so, but since it hasn't been happening a lot lately, I decided to get a computer that was small, portable and perfect for school along with not being able to run any serious games so I wouldn't get as easily distracted.

Now, kind of obviously, I really want to map, but I'm not really able to; I got a new computer for a reason. So I wonder what any of you would do in a similar situation, like when you're on vacation, your computer is being repaired or you're home visiting the South Pole?

When i dont have a pc around me i think up all of the the things i would love to do, but then when i come back i just dont do them.

sketch all your ideas out in as much detail as you can muster at that moment.
then you can expand those ideas when you CAN map

Tetsuo has the right idea thar.

Rimrook and Tetsuo have the right idea thar.

Just think... a lot... about everything. Your mind is much more powerful than any computer you know.

Take down all of my ideas, making detailed notes, sketches, and plans, with the intention of doing what Tetsu0 said.
End up doing what rufee said.

I once spent 2 weeks in Kavos, Corfu. About 50% of that was spend on the balcony, sketching out map ideas. I never made the map, but I still have the sketches.

Only semi related, but I was in Toronto today, and I saw a nice scene whist leaving the city; a path next to a meandering river, with round stones on the shoreline and a rock wall in the side of the hill on the other side. All of this under the overpass I was traveling on.

It was picturesque for an urban locale, I think.

Yeah, I guess sketching is essentially pretty much the option you have. It really bothers me that I can't tell how the gameplay will turn out though, since it's a lot of time to spend adding details to a design that might not really work.

Do any of you have some good advice on how to understand the gameplay of a map, like how players tend to act in different environments, at different paces and facing certain obstacles?

I know Dave Johnson talks a little about it on his "The Making of ..." pages.

Btw, if it turns out that what Rufee does isn't uncommon as it might seem, then maybe someone should establish a sketch database as a source for inspiration. ..or maybe people could post them here?

1 have 2 0ptions for you, my friend:
1. Take a vacation
2. Shoot yourself

Bruce do thiskthanks

ffs bruce is a fucking idiot. how has he not been sanctioned yet?

Now that, is a lovely gif blitz =P

No, really, vacation is a good thing. I noticed this too in deathmatching and when I used to box. You kinda get rid of some dumb habits..

Bruce is taking very long to return from his mapping free vacation, i noticed.