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Posted by MisterBister on Tue Oct 25th at 1:38pm 2005

I force myself, thats how I keep going.
Instead of waiting until the good ideas get to you, you try to force them forward by sitting with hammer, or with a pen and paper, and try to figure something out. Dont leave the computer/desk before you have made something, it doesnt need to be much, just something.
Forcing yourself to work like 10-30 minutes a day, not more, is a good way I think.
You might have lots of great ideas that you didnt have time to make during those 30 minutes, but you can continue the next day.
Working this way makes the progress much more smooth and you always feel that you make progress, which is a very important thing.

One other thing that I have realized is that I in the past didnt alow my projects to take the time they needed to get finished.
I kinda felt that nobody would care about my project if it lasted more than two months or so, however I now think this statement is wrong.

First of all, thats not true, Dm_valley took about 6 months to complete and I got lots of great feedback and comments from lots of people during that period. I even was asked to join two different MODs because of it.

Secondly I make my maps because I think its fun, not because I want to get famous or anything like that.

Besides, in the long run, does it really matter if the map takes four months or half a year to complete?




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Posted by MisterBister on Tue Oct 25th at 3:00pm 2005

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yey.I make my maps for fun,but when I get a really confusing error,it completely hults my progress until I can get it sorted out.I also don't have an internet connection in my bedroom so I have to go downstairs to find out about problems.


Yes, many of my old projects was tossed in the wastebucket because of theese strange errors that occoured a bit too often than I would have liked during those rearly days.
However after some time working with leveldesign, you learn what you can do, and what you can't and how to work around theese problems.
It's just a matter of experience, knowledge and creativity.




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Posted by Captain P on Tue Oct 25th at 3:11pm 2005

Yeah, true. After 5 years, I hardly ever encounter a problem that takes more than a day to solve.
Having an internet connection helps a lot there, though, otherwise it would've costed me much more time to learn what I know now.



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Posted by satchmo on Tue Oct 25th at 3:50pm 2005

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I guess it's a piece of self-discipline you have to master

Perhaps it's got something to do with maturity. Just plain pushing on with sheer determination is a skill I had to master through the years of medical school. Otherwise, I would've flunked out of medicine a long time ago.

Yes, sometimes I didn't feel like mapping during a project, but I knew I had to push myself to do it. It can get a bit masochistic sometimes.




"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Tue Oct 25th at 4:06pm 2005

Music really helps the process of just sitting in front of 4 black squares.

Gets your mojo working, as they say.




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Posted by satchmo on Wed Oct 26th at 2:37am 2005

Interesting. I never start mapping until I have virtually the entire map layout in my head (or on paper).



"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge



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Posted by Mephs on Wed Oct 26th at 2:57am 2005

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Interesting. I never start mapping until I have virtually the entire map layout in my head (or on paper).


That level of thinking ahead and thoroughness is why you are a doctor and I'm a borderline vagrant. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">




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Posted by satchmo on Wed Oct 26th at 3:42am 2005

Or it just shows how sick I am--in the department of obsessive-compulsiveness.

Most of you don't know that all the objects on my desk are lined up, with edges either parallel or perpendicular to each other (well, an occasional 45 degrees is okay, but it has to be exactly 45 degrees).



"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge



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Posted by Crono on Wed Oct 26th at 3:53am 2005

Do you slap a t-square and to it to check?

Also, satch ... why only be obsesive about one plane? Do you check with a leveler too to make sure it's exactly at 0? from the ground? <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

Being a little obsesive compulsive isn't a bad thing as long as you're not too anal about it. Lashing out at someone for moving something on your desk, for example, would be a bit extreme. But being annoying by awkward and ugly angles is pretty normal ... now feeling an uncontrolable need to do something about it is something else entirely.


Blame it on Microsoft, God does.



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Oct 26th at 3:55am 2005

You're no where near as bad as my roommate last year. He's a great guy and my best friend, but he's seriously OCD. When he was out we would do something small like take one of his books on his bookshelf and turn it around. He'd walk in and we'd say hi, and he'd say hi, and then within five seconds he'd be like... "hey who touched my books?"

His perception was uncanny.




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Posted by satchmo on Wed Oct 26th at 4:43am 2005

I never yell at other people when they accidentally (or jokingly) move my things. I just return them to their original position. And my OCD is not serious enough to hinder me in my daily work. I believe it keeps me from misplacing anything. I hardly ever lose things as a result.

And my perception is even more shocking. If my wife cleaned the apartment and moved my printer by a fraction of an inch, I would be able to sense it immediately when I get back from work. If someone had opened my drawer, I would know too (because when the drawer shuts, the objects in the drawer would have shifted).

The only way to foil my detection is to have someone who is equally OCD--someone who is just as sick or sicker than myself.

Such person would be scary.



"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge




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