My new map!

MasterMind · Post by **MasterMind** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:40 pm

I am building my first map I started it a week ago. It is called skyscraper(because it is a skyscraper). Its going to be tall building with about 12 floors, I will know how many when it is finished I am going to make an elevator in the center. While I make progress I will display some screen shots.

m4rine · Post by **m4rine** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:45 pm

hmm... so it's all gonna be one building? well with 12 floors it may just work, but i woudn't normally. each floor would have to be pretty big tho. I think only 4 weeks, though it is a hard poll - it would help if u gave us such info as just how many hours a day you would spend mapping, or how many days a week.

MasterMind · Post by **MasterMind** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:48 pm

I am mapping about 3 hours a day at average. That will help you answer the poll question.

blue60007 · Post by **blue60007** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:50 pm

Well this shouldn't have really gone in new map releases since you haven't exactly released a map, but...

I can't really tell you how long it will be since I don't know how long you work on it, how much detail, exact size, etc etc...

MasterMind · Post by **MasterMind** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:53 pm

Well I'm probably not the best mapper. I am not very good because just started. My maps are awful compared to others.

But everyones first map is usually awful.

m4rine · Post by **m4rine** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:11 pm

yep - see me and Mj's guide for what we have to say on first maps

seere · Post by **seere** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:53 pm

MasterMind wrote:I am mapping about 3 hours a day at average. That will help you answer the poll question.

Still impossible to predict how long your map will take to complete m8 as some people are faster than others.
I will say dont try to rush it as that extra day correcting minor errors is very much worth it.
Good luck and look forward to seeing it.
Seere.

MasterMind · Post by **MasterMind** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:01 am

Here are a couple screenshots of the first level of the skyscraper

I just started making the elevator. The elevator starts on the second floor.

MasterMind · Post by **MasterMind** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:21 am

Is there a way to select which floor you want to go to on the elevator??

blue60007 · Post by **blue60007** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:37 am

I'd help you with your elevator, but I don't know how you'd figure out what floor to take you to, or I know you could make it go to a random floor. I would love to help you do that. I've already made an elevator script but that won't work cause it's sorta badly written, but I know how you'd make this work if you wanted to make it go to random floors.

For instance if you were on level 4 and you pressed the button outside the elevator, as long as it isn't moving and there aren't other floors waiting for the elevator it would come down, then once inside it would take you to a random floor. It would take some very complicated algorthims and such but I think I could do it.

MasterMind · Post by **MasterMind** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:42 am

Alright blue60007, I would like it if you would help. I havent done any scripting before thou.

blue60007 · Post by **blue60007** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:50 am

OK I don't have time right this minute, but let me figure out what I can do and let know...

MasterMind · Post by **MasterMind** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:54 am

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:52 am

I have a lot of elevator examples in my tutorial maps (click on my sig logo), but for 12 floors you should use the global one nuggets made. It has a system that allows the players to press more than one button and the elevator will stop at all the selected floors--on the way up or down. If you also added my "test_pointer" control panel, it would be one sweet elevator.

Search the forum for "global elevator".

MasterMind · Post by **MasterMind** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:08 pm

I would like the elevator to go to a random floor when you get in it tltrude. I will go with blue60007's idea.

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