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Posted by Dr Brasso on Wed Jan 11th at 1:34am 2006

hmmm...i'd have thought it exactly opposite.... :/ dont get frustrated man, hang tough, work through it....the tools are there. common sense and fortitude....ya gotta know what the tools are capable of first...if it makes ya feel any better, ive been mapping for what....4 years now, and i still havent released anything.....you think you're picky??...

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Posted by omegaslayer on Wed Jan 11th at 9:01am 2006

How long have you been mapping Cheeseballs? You can't just expect to pick up mapping one day and be good at it. It takes a long time to get good. Just keep practicing.



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Posted by cheeseballz on Wed Jan 11th at 8:16pm 2006

Iv been mapping for a few weeks. Im good all over but i cant do buildings!!! terrain and everything else is fine water as well. But buildings... i cant do em <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">




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Posted by Dark|Killer on Wed Jan 11th at 8:22pm 2006

Just keep practicing, Skills come with time... <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">

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Posted by cheeseballz on Wed Jan 11th at 8:49pm 2006

Yep i know but i need to make awsome buildings fast! i got my reasons <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">




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Posted by omegaslayer on Wed Jan 11th at 8:55pm 2006

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Iv been mapping for a few weeks. Im good all over but i cant do buildings!!! terrain and everything else is fine water as well. But buildings... i cant do em

It takes more than a few weeks to become good at something. Terrain is easy enough, as is water (stuff that doesnt rely on brush manipulation). As for the meat and potatos of mapping (brush manipulation), thats gonna take a while.
Mapping is like art, you just can't one day decide to pick it up and automatically be good at it, you have to start somewhere (in your cases I recomend you stick to box rooms and expand from there). Here are some helpful tutorials on how to spice up your maps though:
http://www.snarkpit.net/editing.php?page=tutorials&game=HL&id=10
http://www.snarkpit.net/editing.php?page=tutorials&game=HL&id=93
http://www.snarkpit.net/editing.php?page=tutorials&game=HL&id=92
Once again you just cant pick up mapping in 2 weeks and expect to be good at it. Most people here have been mapping for 4+ years!!!!! And we are JUST NOW getting good at it.



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Posted by cheeseballz on Wed Jan 11th at 9:15pm 2006

Are there any video tutorials? im TERRIBLE at reading tutorials <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Wed Jan 11th at 9:32pm 2006

I don't think there are any videotutorials in the Snarkpit, but when mapping remember that patience is a virtue. Rome wasn't built in one day. Experiment. And also note that breaking up the wall with supports and other details helps a lot in making more intresting looking buildings. Again let your inner experimentative demon out... Sometimes it also helps to draw somekind of layout on separate paper when you're mapping. That's what I usually do when I start a new map.
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Posted by cheeseballz on Wed Jan 11th at 9:56pm 2006

Does anyone know of any links to video tuts? id really appriciate one on how to do buildings then i can get to mapping!

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Im really sorry to double post but can someone help me over a messenger like msn or aim or any others? <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"> id really appriciate that




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Posted by omegaslayer on Wed Jan 11th at 9:57pm 2006

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Are there any video tutorials? im TERRIBLE at reading tutorials

Do you realize how long it takes to make a video tutorial? Do you have trouble reading english? (I know that sounds very condencenting, but at the pit you never know whom english isnt their native language). Because these are very simple and easy to read. If your not going to take the time to do that, then I have to say that you have no place in mapping if your not going to take the time to work for yourself. Goodbye.




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Posted by cheeseballz on Wed Jan 11th at 10:03pm 2006

Are you saying their tuts arent in english? well can you show me any way? i learn by seeing something being done, and people have different learning styles <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">




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Posted by omegaslayer on Wed Jan 11th at 11:52pm 2006

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Are you saying their tuts arent in english? well can you show me any way? i learn by seeing something being done, and people have different learning styles

No im asking CAN you read english.
You may be able to learn by seeing something done. But there is nothing like that here. Nor can we really help you with your problem because what your asking for is something that only comes with time. Its not something you can just pick up and expect to be good at it.



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Posted by fishy on Thu Jan 12th at 2:06am 2006

in all my time mapping for hl and hl2, i've only ever seen 2 video tuts. so if "monkey see; monkey do" is the only method that works for you, you're not going to have much fun learning how to map.




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Posted by Juim on Thu Jan 12th at 2:18am 2006

I think there are some video tutorials here:

http://www.modsonline.com/Tutorials-read-196.html

check http://www.fileplanet.com as well. I know they have one on displacements, there may be more.





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Posted by Captain P on Thu Jan 12th at 7:36am 2006

I understand you want video tutorials, but you really should give written text a go as well. Otherwise you'll limit yourself to one form of tutorials only and you will miss out on a lot of subjects.



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Posted by Crono on Thu Jan 12th at 7:40am 2006

Or he could just map for UT


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Posted by BlisTer on Thu Jan 12th at 7:14pm 2006

http://www.mnemic.tk/ has lots of video tuts. as said above, most videos are rather specific and do not cover general aspects. but if this gets you on the way...

[edit:] this one is specifically for the basics of brushwork




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