Beginning Mapper

Alienator

I have been playing NS for about 2 or 3 months. I really want to know how to map for NS, especially after seeing quite a few well done custom maps. I dont know how to set up hammer 3.4 for NS or where to start. Please give me any help or tips.

SkinnY

you poor thing... i almost feel sorry for you <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> only thing i can say is read the faq (at the top of the mapping forum ) and then run like hell and don't look back....

moultano

I was in the same boat a few days ago, and now I'm feeling like Im on my way. The first step I'd say would be to go through one of the tutorials that make a runnable ns map for you. From there you can start reading about tools/techniques and adding to it as you learn. There are a lot of links to tutorials in this forum. Search for em. Google works fairly well too.

I'm looking for the one that got me started right now. Ill edit when I find it.

Supernorn

this helped me tons. May it help you:

<a href='http://amckern.actionrealm.com/resource/tuts/ns.html#Building%20Your%20First%20World' target='_blank'>http://amckern.actionrealm.com/resource/tu...20First%20World</a>

moultano

thats exactly the one I was looking for

Have you ever mapped for anything else?
The only other mapping I'd ever done was for the original unreal, and I'll say this, by comparison, additive geometry is absolute ****. It took a while for me to get used to the idea of never ever ever subtracting brushes.