Should I start a mod?

Ive started mapping for Source - But I am in question of what you guys would recommend for a 1-person mapper such as I. Should I start my own mod, or should I rather stick to mapping HL2DM or CSS. Please dont say 'Bah choose urself'. If its a mod I must do I have some quite good ideas - but you guys are the pro's so please reccomend something and a mod might be too much of a commitment. Help meh :kitty: Ive been mapping for about 1.5 years.

To make a Source mod of decent quality, takes a lot of commitment and experience. A map-pack, perhaps, but even without custom content it'll still take you some time to get something decent done.

I'd say, try your hands on a single SP or DM level, whatever you prefer, and then decide if a serie of maps is doable. That's probably the best way to find out what works best for you. :smile:

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Yeah, but I find im not brilliant when it comes to SP.

Mods these days take so many people and so much custom content yours would fail miserably. Without meaning any offence.

Stick to mapping.

have to agree with the little french guy on this one.....although, if you are a perserverent type, you could prolly pull one off by say....the next halflife incarnation....no offense.

Doc B... :dodgy:

Guessing from your first post you don't even have a concrete idea for a mod which makes it a very bad idea to start one. Stick to HL2DM mapping. Or map for another mod?

To start a mod ideally you need to be a coder who is determined, and have experience in other fields.

Your entry to the mod community is through mapping / modelling / sound
etc. Creating and succeeding as a mod leader is extremely difficult. I
didn't vote because I don't think you're up to "starting a mod" (which
was successful) but perhaps you can develop your skills and become part
of a mod team.

whispers

Didn't this exact poll come up with toastking?

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The best things in life, aren't things.

it's coders that make mods, not mappers, though a dedicated (and very good) modeler could make something close.

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i eat paint

Thanks for all your wise advice. Ive started on a HL2DM map, and so far looking good. I dont think modding is my 'thing', though I will still create the odd short mission - as in 1 map - (Which one could compare to a short story?)

Stick with mapping and modelling.

It is a known fact that if a mod is made by one person, it will ussually suck. Primarily, moding teams consist of a minimum of 3 people and often take years to complete. Just check out some of the mods still coming out for the origanal Half-life. Unless you can find a group of people that share the same idea for a game as you do and all have a varied intrest in each aspect of the game design process, stick with mapping for already develped games and mods. It's far easier, and a better idea, way for a modding comunity to look at your work and say "we like the ways you pulled this off and we would be happy to have you join the team."

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You know, I've actually got nothing to say

Start learning to model & code (C++ rocks, but it's pretty hard to learn, trust me.) if you want to do all the mod-stuff yourself, which - imho - never worked before.

(Okay, you've got Minerva, but that wasn't really a lot of coding, I think. Brilliant maps, though.)

Stick with what you're good at. I'm not a very talented mapper myself, so I'm putting my horses on coding for now.

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:: Forceflow.be :: Nuclear Dawn developer

Making single player maps / map packs is a good idea. We haven't had
much (or I haven't seen) things to rival the good old packs like USS
Darkstar, ETC, They Hunger etc etc.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Forceflow</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Start learning to model & code (C++ rocks, but it's pretty hard to learn, trust me.) if you want to do all the mod-stuff yourself, which - imho - never worked before.
</DIV></DIV>except maybe for cs. :wink:

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i eat paint

Forceflow said:
Start learning to model & code (C++ rocks,
but it's pretty hard to learn, trust me.) if you want to do all the
mod-stuff yourself, which - imho - never worked before.

except maybe for cs. :wink:

...or Airquake. :wink:

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