Digital Paint Discussion Board
Development => Mapping => Topic started by: Herron on April 10, 2006, 03:19:04 PM
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So I began mapping last night at 2:30 am and I successfully built a room with 4 walls, a floor, a sky, and some weird floating box that was[n't] intentional. But you know what else I did right that more and more map makers today don't?
** I MADE THE SPAWNS FACE THE RIGHT DIRECTION. Nothing is more annoying to me than facing the wrong way when you spawn. That's .25 seconds I could be moving forward and rushing to the middle... and what's worse, is usually these maps have the following problem as well...
** I didn't make stupid piles of gear that sometimes don't spawn on time if you start the round immediately running forward, and therefore you magically don't get a gun or hopper, or by chance pick up the ammo before the hopper and end up with only 40 ammo which then screws everyone else over because I'm a newbie and I run over all the other piles, sometimes while shooting my gun to change my co2 because I don't know any better. Instead, I made my guys SPAWN WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY SUPPOSED TO PICK UP. It was surprisingly easy. Personally, I prefer maps where you have to go pick up the guns away from the spawn, but if you're absolutely dead set on everyone spawning with/ontopof equipment, please just make them spawn with it.
Now it's time to make that weird floating box go away...
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** I didn't make stupid piles of gear that sometimes don't spawn on time if you start the round immediately running forward, and therefore you magically don't get a gun or hopper, or by chance pick up the ammo before the hopper and end up with only 40 ammo which then screws everyone else over because I'm a newbie and I run over all the other piles, sometimes while shooting my gun to change my co2 because I don't know any better. Instead, I made my guys SPAWN WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY SUPPOSED TO PICK UP. It was surprisingly easy. Personally, I prefer maps where you have to go pick up the guns away from the spawn, but if you're absolutely dead set on everyone spawning with/ontopof equipment, please just make them spawn with it.
THANK YOU!!!
Mappers should be shot for for putting gear at the spawn point.
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Herron, you win.
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Herron I agree. Despite map, why give the advantage to anyone (regarding equipment) Period. That cant be said of current "high"opinions.
Sorry I dumbed your post down but, I agree this is the best way.
So when did Eiii agreee to have equal guns / equipment spawned with players?
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I disagree with the lines of stuff put in front of spawns/in bases. I also disagree with having the pgp. :P Putting weapons on the map is fine, though.
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Spawns and similar tid bits should be caught in beta testings... idk... that's just excrement that should be caught. A saying that the DP community disregards: If you're going to map, do it right. I have almost half a gig of maps... 90% worthless...
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Then delete 90%. :P
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Indeed. If everybody would delete all the crappy maps, perhaps they'd just disappear forever.
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I don't play on them, which cuts my play time down to about less than once a week, but that's okay too.