What are the best mapmaking guides/tutorials?
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:54 pm
In hopes of coming up with a list of mapmaking related guides and tutorials (and resources?) to create a useful sticky topic...
For as many of the following topics as you feel qualified to post about (or other related topics if you think of any others):
What are the best mapmaking guides/articles you know of? Feel free to post multiples - identify guides by category if you can. e.g. It's useful to know that a mapmaking guide is a good reference for unit editing or adding water to a map or whether it's a good overall A-Z beginner's guide.
Some potential categories:
1) A-Z mapmaking guides that if you follow you will end up with a playable map
2) Intermediate/Reference mapmaking guides: Sources of info you refer to once you know the basics but wouldn't be of much use to a newbie.
Some Specific mapmaking topics/categories:
3) Submap creation/editing (Colormapping, terrain, displacement, shadow , reflection,etc), Scripting, Unit editing, Unit creation, Sounds, General Fearing, General Loathing, other tool specific guides, making multiplayer maps, making solo maps, etc.
note: I'll put compile the suggestions and add links when the list is 'done'.
For as many of the following topics as you feel qualified to post about (or other related topics if you think of any others):
What are the best mapmaking guides/articles you know of? Feel free to post multiples - identify guides by category if you can. e.g. It's useful to know that a mapmaking guide is a good reference for unit editing or adding water to a map or whether it's a good overall A-Z beginner's guide.
Some potential categories:
1) A-Z mapmaking guides that if you follow you will end up with a playable map
2) Intermediate/Reference mapmaking guides: Sources of info you refer to once you know the basics but wouldn't be of much use to a newbie.
Some Specific mapmaking topics/categories:
3) Submap creation/editing (Colormapping, terrain, displacement, shadow , reflection,etc), Scripting, Unit editing, Unit creation, Sounds, General Fearing, General Loathing, other tool specific guides, making multiplayer maps, making solo maps, etc.
note: I'll put compile the suggestions and add links when the list is 'done'.