Some ideas for a mapping noob

beefsack · Post by **beefsack** » 13-05-2003 23:18

http://www.masteringunreal.com/ those video tutorials are official and very good

The Hermit · Post by **The Hermit** » 14-05-2003 06:33

Go register at http://www.3dbuzz.com then you can either use thier online tutorials or download the video training manuals (http://sv1.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/uunr_vtmlist.php?c=13) that will help anyone who's baffled by UEd.

beefsack · Post by **beefsack** » 14-05-2003 09:33

i had a go at doing the rollerball map this afternoon...

http://tok.w00ties.com/DB-RollerBall.zip

*pssst* [whisper]btw hermit, check out http://www.masteringunreal.com :p [/whisper]

Armagon · Post by **Armagon** » 14-05-2003 15:29

Well I have officially started construction of DB-TheWarehouse. Since it is likely that I will be checking and re-checking the tutorials, it will probably take me a while. Even if in the end it is something very simple and plain (I'll be experimenting with a lot of features to see what looks good, and what doesn't).
Hopefully this Warehouse idea won't have gone to waste on me.

Then again, someone else could always take a crack at it I suppose.

The Hermit · Post by **The Hermit** » 14-05-2003 19:37

The Hermit · Post by **The Hermit** » 14-05-2003 19:41

beefsack wrote: *pssst* [whisper]btw hermit, check out http://www.masteringunreal.com :p [/whisper]

It's just a link into one section of 3Dbuzz!

The Hermit · Post by **The Hermit** » 14-05-2003 20:19

beefsack wrote: i had a go at doing the rollerball map this afternoon...

http://tok.w00ties.com/DB-RollerBall.zip

Not bad. Could do with being a bit more rounded though.

Make the arena from static meshes. Cut out an empty room, make one section of the roller arena (a half, quarter, whatever!) and copy & rotate it. Looks better, plays smoother!
To mark out the Red and Blue sides, use signs on the glass (or in it

) and some markings on the floor rather than round the edges.

Also, I personally feel the center should be more like the original in the film. The ball could spawn inside the commentators box (not sure it should be called a box seeing as it was round!) with the only way in at the sides (on the half-way line, not facing the goals). The Center players would spawn either at the bottom of a ladder leading up into the box or inside it.
I think there was only a low barrier between the arena and the center but it would probably be better if it had a glass/fence on top of it making a decent height barrier so that people would not just run through the center to the other side. You could make the entrance to the center also on the halfway lines.
See diagram for a better idea of what I mean...

beefsack · Post by **beefsack** » 14-05-2003 23:34

yeah i originally had the ball spawn exactly how you said but wasnt too happy with it. i prolly should try to make it more authentic :p i got the dvd at home ill watch it tonight, havent seen it in ages...

beefsack · Post by **beefsack** » 15-05-2003 05:36

im gonna do a static mesh cos lathe is just the best :p do you think 32 segments will be enough for the whole arena? if i try to make it more detailed it will get rather difficult to make goals...

beefsack · Post by **beefsack** » 15-05-2003 09:07

give this one a whirl. its just the basic shape of the bowl and the textures are all obviously temporary.

http://tok.w00ties.com/DB-RollerballII01.zip

FireCell · Post by **FireCell** » 15-05-2003 13:48

oh and thank you for them links, ive started checking them out and they seem really useful. I hope u wont mind in the future if i ask for help from you people?

The Hermit · Post by **The Hermit** » 15-05-2003 19:58

Erm, I answer what I can...

still learning the more advanced stuff myself!

The Hermit · Post by **The Hermit** » 15-05-2003 20:05

beefsack wrote: give this one a whirl. its just the basic shape of the bowl and the textures are all obviously temporary.

http://tok.w00ties.com/DB-RollerballII01.zip

Erm, I just get "invalid file" when I try to open the zip!

Can you check it's ok please.

beefsack · Post by **beefsack** » 16-05-2003 00:10

NO! i mean i uploaded it again, hopefully it will be good this time...

The Hermit · Post by **The Hermit** » 16-05-2003 10:40

The rink looks great. I can't see the joins anywhere!