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Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Sun Jun 6th at 3:05pm 2004

I'd put them above prefabs. You have to manually figure out how an entity set-up works from a prefab whereas a good tutorial will show you what to do and why you're doing it.




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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Jun 6th at 3:23pm 2004

? posted by Alien_Sniper
I'd put them above prefabs. You have to manually figure out how an entity set-up works from a prefab whereas a good tutorial will show you what to do and why you're doing it.

true, but had i posted this poll at PFL it would prolly have received a few votes at least.. most here, are hard core individualists, and "prefab" is a cuss-word.

i began my forum debut at a prefab site.. i figured with only 6 slots, and one reserved for "other" that leaves only 5 slots.. prefab belonged more than tuts, because.. many use prefabs as tutorials, but no one uses a tut as a prefab

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Posted by ReNo on Sun Jun 6th at 3:27pm 2004

I agree, I can't imagine anyone would put prefabs as the most impacting thing on their mapping, but tutorials teach a huge range of skills and are a very important part of teaching people to map. Sure I've been impressed by some prefabs, especially Yak's vehicles and things back when I was still making horrible single player things, but though they can be well done, they are rarely inspiring.

I think for me, feedback is most important, in the form of critiques from fellow mappers, or reviews. I always try and take things on board that people have mentioned, and even if I don't act on them on that map, I keep them in mind for the next. Other people's maps come in a close second however, looking at the work of others is inspiring and motivating, often regardless of the full quality of the map.
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Posted by JFry on Mon Jun 7th at 8:23am 2004

I voted for other because the biggest impact I've had is half-life sp. And maybe it's just a running joke but Orpheus do you really not understand multimanagers?



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Posted by wil5on on Mon Jun 7th at 9:33am 2004

From what I've heard, no, he really doesnt understand multimanagers. [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Mon Jun 7th at 9:36am 2004

I'd say 'other', since I always find myself wanting to bring things to maps because they'd be fun ... Only problem is, I have to find the time to finish them all : [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Jun 7th at 9:42am 2004

? posted by JFry
And maybe it's just a running joke but Orpheus do you really not understand multimanagers?

its true, now go ahead and laugh..

anywho's,i'm off to westminster maryland guys.. see'ya wednesday

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Posted by DocRock on Mon Jun 7th at 1:54pm 2004

I spent many many hours creating "boards" in a game called Hyper Lode Runner...game had a built in editor (on the GameBoy)...and even still have those levels I made to this day(drawn up on graph paper)...but it was that game which inspired the level design for me.

Then, I got Half-Life, and one day, after I first got the game, I downloaded a map which I knew wasn't a standard Valve map. There was one other guy in the map and I asked where he got this. He said he made it. HE MADE IT!! I thought to myself. Asked him how...and the rest is history.





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Posted by Juim on Mon Jun 7th at 2:30pm 2004

Lloyd Morris made me want to map. I remember seeing his maps for the first time. You remember escape_reality?, Aftershok?. The thing to remember was that these maps were made old school style, before the great worldcraft improvements made mapping simpler. Alot of great mappers inspired me though, Gustavo, Mazemaster, mawibse(mountain Hamlet), Mr P.,Peter Manson, Dams,(if you've never seen his work you should check it out.). There are many I would like to list but that would become boring, as I love to drop names. So my inspiration is simply wanting to be like these guys, although I fear that may never happen. [addsig]



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Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Mon Jun 7th at 3:07pm 2004

Where can one find Dams maps? His stupid name confuses google.




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Posted by Juim on Mon Jun 7th at 7:19pm 2004

I have a few posted at the diner:

http://www.hotdeathdiner.com

check in the maps catalogue. I believe his website is listed in the review as well.





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Posted by G.Ballblue on Tue Jun 8th at 1:03am 2004

Hmmmm... I don't quite remember what got me started in mapping.

What I think it was though, was my love for video games -- since I was introduced to games like Doom and Rise of the Triad (and many others -- Corridor 7, Operation Body Count, Blake Stone 3D, Wolfenstein, and Sonic the HedgeHog games ) at a very early age.... try 3?

Eventually, as gaming got better, I started to get more sucked into it. I don't quite remember what made me say "I want to be a video game developer " though....

Yippie Ki Yay!

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Posted by Wild Card on Tue Jun 8th at 1:05am 2004

My answer was/is number 1. And I have to dedicate that to 2 mappers in particular. ReNo, and Orpheus [addsig]



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Posted by Jinx on Tue Jun 8th at 2:53am 2004

Being so massively depressed a few summers ago that I needed to pour myself into something as engrossing as mapping to escape reality



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Posted by Cassius on Tue Jun 8th at 3:08am 2004

? posted by Jinx
Being so massively depressed a few summers ago that I needed to pour myself into something as engrossing as mapping to escape reality

Dude, that's deep. You need to write some poetry.





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Posted by Jinx on Tue Jun 8th at 12:19pm 2004

oh, I did that too, but making temples and killboxes was so much more satisfying!



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Posted by Gorbachev on Wed Jun 9th at 6:44am 2004

None of these really apply, I just sort of come up with stuff randomly. The only thing I can think of remotely is my friend who showed me Hammer, but it was really the tool itself that inspired me I suppose. I like feedback, but it doesn't really do much more than give me an idea of something that I usually was planning on anyway and if others noticed it enough then I'd implement it -or- little bugs, but those aren't much to me. Most of my maps come from a little idea and are a big mix of half planned, half on a whim sort of deal. Many areas that are very unique in my maps were literally me just messing with brushes and somehow something neat came out. [addsig]



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Posted by Pegs on Wed Jun 9th at 9:07am 2004

I voted for Mentor because i also got feedback from that aswell. [addsig]



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Posted by Mr.Ben on Wed Jun 9th at 11:01am 2004

Working with KFS and the other great guys on NW. So much <3 for them, especially Andrew, you sir are a fountain of knowledge and insight and have really helped me further my skills. Without them i'd not be the mapper i am today.

Mad props also to WhoMe who taught me so much about gameplay, fetter for being a sexy devil and cj for making me look good! [addsig]



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Posted by Captain P on Wed Jun 9th at 3:24pm 2004

For me, other games have definitely helped me a lot in mapping. By looking at work from professionals, trying to imitate their maps, I've been able to improve my skills a lot.

My first release was inspired by a HL2 screenshot, the map I'm currently working on is based on some Stalker screenshots as well as pictures of the Chernobyl reactor. In fact, I could generally say reference material is extremely helpfull to me.

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