Starting from Scratch

[Lord Raven]

So, it's been about six years since I've ever looked at Fear, Loathing, or Photoshop. Back in 'the day', I was young and inexperienced and impatient. Now I'm a little older and just as inexperienced and impatient - but I want to give this map-making gig one last try.

I've noticed a veritable ass-load of walkthroughs, FAQs, and guides when it comes to the matter - but what are considered the definitive guides for mapmaking and scripting at an introductory level?

Really keen to sink my teeth into some old, far from complete projects.

[Jagman]

I know Fear is small peanuts and Loathing is the really tricky and essential part of the mapmaking process. *grumble*
But if you see me on HL or send me a message I'll do my best to help you with tagwork.

[vinylrake]

So, it's been about six years since I've ever looked at Fear, Loathing, or Photoshop. Back in 'the day', I was young and inexperienced and impatient. Now I'm a little older and just as inexperienced and impatient - but I want to give this map-making gig one last try.

I've noticed a veritable ass-load of walkthroughs, FAQs, and guides when it comes to the matter - but what are considered the definitive guides for mapmaking and scripting at an introductory level?

Really keen to sink my teeth into some old, far from complete projects.

in my opinion, the best intro for someone not already familiar with the details are Heal With Steel's Mapmaking for Newbies - it walks you through about EVERYTHING you need to make a map - from A-Z. It's really good - and if you actually follow the tutorial you will have been exposed to all the major stuff you need and will have a working map at the end of the process. The other guide that I use as a quicker reference when I want to know how many colors something has to be indexed to, or what size a pregame picture is supposed to be is Cydonian's mapmaking guide. They are both available at the Myth Graveyard along with lots more stuff. Not to say other tutorials aren't useful, and you may need a more specialized how-to depending on what you do in your map, but these are the two general tutorials I found the most useful.

[Lord Raven]

Cheers for that, guys! Is the famed Mapmaking Food still available for textures?

[Zeph]

I know Fear is small peanuts and Loathing is the really tricky and essential part of the mapmaking process. *grumble*
But if you see me on HL or send me a message I'll do my best to help you with tagwork.

No way Jagman! you know as much as I do that fear is the essence of the plugin!

[vinylrake]

Cheers for that, guys! Is the famed Mapmaking Food still available for textures?

It's on udogs, and there's another topic on the forums here about that very topic (with a url). I think the topic was something like "Importing Textures".