Mapping Technique

BulletHead

<div class="IPBDescription">Rooms Or whole</div> Ok, I'm just curious... do most of you make your maps one room at a time... or do you do them all in one BIIIG file?


Cause I've found that doing one room at a time kinda... doesn't work (the doorways never match ect)

MADMEE

i made my map with each room by itself and then when most of the rooms were done put them in to 1 map and get the layout sorted and work out exactly how they were going 2 join up. Thats the part that will really give you grief with leaks.

However now i would build all the rooms in the same map. And the reasion for that is Vis Groups <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->. i didnt know how to use them before but now i do and it makes making changes to a huge map really easy.

BulletHead

Wait.. is it possible to HIDE a vis group completely?

*jumps for joy* I THINK THAT MIGHT BE JUST WHAT I NEED!!!

Reese

Yes, it is possible. Don't have the editor handy so I don't remember all of the commands, but you basically just click the icon next to the visgroup name and click apply. Remember to re-show everything before you go to compile though as I believe it only exports what is currently visible to a .map.

MADMEE

<!--QuoteBegin-Reese+Aug 10 2004, 03:47 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Reese @ Aug 10 2004, 03:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Remember to re-show everything before you go to compile though as I believe it only exports what is currently visible to a .map. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
no u dont have to reshow things for them to get sent to the .map. things hidden will still be in your map after compile

BulletHead

VIS... GROUPS... ROCK!


Dear god... this makes everything a million times easier!