I Think That Few Posts Are Deserving Of The Capitalisation That Is Normally Betstowed Only Upon Book Titles And Acronyms.

I also think it's a pain in the arse to type, so I can't see why you bothered

Aaaaanyway. The prefab system can be used in all sorts of ways - as a mapper, you can create prefab architecture or entity setups, which sometimes saves work. You can also use it to benefit from other people's creations, so long as you credit them!

Just don't delude yourself into thinking that stuffing a dull level full of prefab objects will make it good.

not really if ur lazy it doesnt mean that u cant make the object but ur just cant be bothered.

ive used a couple of prefabs but not to the extent where the whole map is made of other peeps work.

Prefabs are useful for mappers who want some cool system that they cant work out how to make themself, but there again, people like to see what others can make, and not be bothered to wait for a whole map to be made, but they are better just to be there and for you to think "is that possible" and "how good a job did they make?"

I have made the odd prefab, but i prefer to make my own stuff

i agree entirely with TB. i dont see the point of spending hours making something only to be used once if it can be used again. the very 1st map i made had a red door in it. a func_door_rotating, btw, not one of those pi**y sliding ones. anyway, was i pissed when i found out i didn't need to have made it three times, and that i could have made it into a prefab. anyway, i recovered from that with a lesson well learned and now i've got a small collections of bits and pieces that i occasionally use. (including the red door )

i did go through a spell of dl'ing other peoples prefabs, but i found that in genaral they were pretty poor. one or two of them were really well made though, like this one. i reckon no map can be without it, but tbh, i think i'd rather make my own version.

every map, every hall, everyTHING i have made of value is in .ol format and saved..

i think only a fool would not save them so... they require much less room.