I'm a n00b at mapping and i got lotsa questions...

Evil_Sonic_Death_Monkey

<div class="IPBDescription">Need desperate help!</div>i really need help wit mapping. (I'm using Worldcraft) i need to know how to compile maps so that they become .bsp. and for some reason, when i press F9 to run the map, it loads up hl and then freezes, nothing helps. is there a debug mode or soemthin in worldcraft? and is there a way i can check the size of a marine to the size of the map? cuz i dunno how big a marine is in worldcraft. can some1 help me plz? it would really help <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->

coil

From the *description* of this Mapping Forum:<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->"This forum is for mappers interested in making maps for Natural Selection. Ask the creators questions about custom entities and request new features. Give early feedback on other's maps, collaborate on group efforts. <b>If you have Worldcraft questions, try the excellent HL-ERC forums instead.</b>"<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

That said, head over to <a href="http://www.valve-erc.com" target="_blank">Valve ERC</a>.  They've got compile tools (Zoner's) as well as tons of tutorials to get you started.

A marine is the same size as the entity "info_playerstart".  Use that for scale.  Valve-ERC also has some handy porportion listings, though not all of them (notably movement-related measurements) are accurate in NS.

Evil_Sonic_Death_Monkey

sry dude... i don't read all the rules <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->, really sry. but thx neways for the help