any suggestions?

(snypercore) #1

hi i am in the middle of learning how to map make for etand my ultimate goal is to recreate a famous ww2 battle. i originaly was going to try the beach of Normandy but its kinda been done so any sugestions? :beer:

(fattakin) #2

take a second to think of all your questions, put then in the 1 post and press sumbit instead of spamming each time you have a thought

(Bongoboy) #3

Welcome to the forums, snypercore, hope you find all the help and info you’re looking for.

It’s probably a good idea to ask questions about mapping in the mapping section, rather than the general discussion area. You’ll get more informed feedback, and I won’t have to keep moving your topics over : )

I’ve always had a soft spot for Operation Chariot, the raid on the St. Nazaire dry dock on 28th March 1942, but I think it would be extremely challenging to make a playable map from it.

Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe raid, on 19th August 1942 might be a possibility. At its simplest it could be a beach, some obstacles, a sea wall and some bunkers.

Anyhow, I’m sure wiser heads will be able to offer you better advice.

:moo:

(BondyBoy007) #4

learn how to build a basic map 1st then start thinking about recreating some WWII battles

(thore) #5

yep. i don’t want to discourage you, but forget the dream of the most stunning map the world has ever
seen as soon as you can (read: NOW!). start with the basics, those will be challenging enough. map
some MG tower, a single bunker (as the one on battery backdoor), a small hut… stuff like that.

(snypercore) #6

ok thanks for all ur …advice i will start with the basics and will make 1 big post next time .

many thanks

(snypercore) #7

i am really stuck i started a tutorial on rtkradiant 1.4 and it said make a room bla bla bla then load quake 3 a test. i dont have quake 3 only et so i was told to go to et console and type
/g_gametype 2
/sv_pure
/devmap the_name_of_your map_here eg. test1
but it loads like it would as if i were conecting to a server then says error somthing test1 bsp and i cant test could u help. i have followed map tutorial and after adding spawn point and light clicked q3 map test… and all that but still nothing can anyone help?

(snypercore) #8

to bongo boy i agree i like that Operation Chariot, the raid on the St. Nazaire dry dock on 28th March 1942, would be quite a fun map but im kinda learning the ropes at the mo but thats a map for some one more advanced to think about. :moo:

(Shaderman) #9

error somthing test1 bsp

Without a detailed description of your problem you won’t get any useful help. If you get an error, please use the search function of this forum first with this message and you’ll see that almost everything was covered before in an other thread :wink:
Btw please try to bundle your posts because its very annoying to get a email notification from this forum every 5 minutes.

(snypercore) #10

i do apologise for having lots of posts i just got a lot of questions.

wot it actually says is Re_loadworldmap: maps/test1.bsp not found

if this helps?

(]UBC[ McNite) #11

could be 2 reasons:

a) you didnt type in /sv_pure 0 (don’t forget the 0)
b) your bsp is in the wrong folder

And plz do use the search button of this forum. There s barely any question left that hasn’t been posted and answered in some thread in this forum. And beside that you ll find your answer and don’t have to wait for it you ll find a lot of interesting things to read. I learnt most things about mapping while searching for something else.

edit: btw you can edit your posts so you don’t have to do a new one everytime you feel like there was something left out to say in the last one.

(snypercore) #12

thank you and i think im frever getting more umpopular in this forum. lol :frowning:

(snypercore) #13

YEY… thank you ubc macnite that little 0 made it all work and i can finally test my maps thank you and everyone will be glad to hear that i will now be busy and will not be able to bug u lot all day. sorry. im m happy again :bump:

(DAbell) #14

Bongoboy i just thought i would post to let you and others know that i am currently working on a map based on the St Nazaire raid, it is available for down load at various places.

the thread for the map as posted here is below.

http://www.splashdamage.com/index.php?name=pnPHPbb2&file=viewtopic&p=71277#71277

I’m now just about to release the next version with improvements and issues resolved.

D

(Bongoboy) #15

Forgive me, DAbell. As soon I’d posted I thought “Hang on, didn’t someone already…”, as indeed you had. Best of luck with the map; I’m hoping to get the time to look at it myself : )

(cementoske) #16

that’s a while ago i saw someone from splashdamage posting here :slight_smile: i never saw you before bongoboy :slight_smile: