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Post by Hermskii » Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:50 pm

How long would it take to make a single perfectly square room map that is about 100ft X 100ft X 100ft and has brick walls, a grass floor, a grass ceiling and a torch in the middle of each wall about 6ft off the ground? There would be 4 spawn points. Each would be about 5 ft away from each corner. In the middle of the room would be a statue of Sir Mandrake.

I don't want this map made by anyone. I just want to know how long it would take a great mapper vs a good mapper vs a crappy mapper time-wise. maybe I should call that differently. I meant a very experienced mapper vs a medium experienced mapper vs a new mapper.

Would it be 10 minutes? 30 minutes? 3 hours? 1 day? 3 days?
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Re: Map Question

Post by EvilGrins » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:16 pm

I've never tried my hand at mapping but i'm guessing, with just the 3 textures for the walls & floor and ceiling, 1 or 2 textures for the torch, 1 texture for the statue, and the limited number of items in said room that aren't weapons (be fun with just chainsaws) that it might go for about an hour tops.
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Keeping in mind, I've never tried mapping so this is pure guesswork.

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Re: Map Question

Post by Sir Mandrake » Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:55 am

I am humbled and extremely Honored that anyone would want a Statue of me in such a place of paradise... as total carnage would no doubt ensue around my Gigantic solidified form. :D

But to answer your question.... I know that a well seasoned and experienced mapper could do it in 15min.

Decent mapper.. 30

Someone inexperienced with mapping but knows the basics of a general map.. 1 hour.
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Re: Map Question

Post by ZippityDooDa » Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:03 am

5-15 min
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Post by Hook » Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:30 pm

Yeah the map itself wouldn't take 10 mins. Tops!
The Statue would take more time, if it is a Custom Statue.
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Re: Map Question

Post by Hermskii » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:34 pm

Thank you for your thoughtful answers.
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Re: Map Question

Post by Sir Mandrake » Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:30 pm

Hook wrote:Yeah the map itself wouldn't take 10 mins. Tops!
The Statue would take more time, if it is a Custom Statue.
EGADS!!! I was so blinded by the mere thought of a statue of me in a map i totally forgot about it needing to be added to the map... :o
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Re: Map Question

Post by Terraniux » Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:21 pm

5 min. excluding statue.

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Re: Map Question

Post by EvilGrins » Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:09 pm

You just know someone is going to make this map and then trap you inside it, right?

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Re: Map Question

Post by EvilGrins » Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:56 pm

Minus the textures, spawn points, and the torch...

...I found it!
http://www.mapraider.com/maps/?fileid=4578
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Post by Hook » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:34 am

Actually, there is a notorious map (for Redeemer Arena) that is very much like what Hermskii described that has been around for a good number of years and is totally INSANE to play with a group playing Re3deemer Arena.
That is the one with the pole in the middle - instead of the proposed statue.
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Re: Map Question

Post by Helen » Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:19 pm

Hermskii wrote:How long would it take to make a single perfectly square room map that is about 100ft X 100ft X 100ft and has brick walls, a grass floor, a grass ceiling and a torch in the middle of each wall about 6ft off the ground? There would be 4 spawn points. Each would be about 5 ft away from each corner. In the middle of the room would be a statue of Sir Mandrake.

I don't want this map made by anyone. I just want to know how long it would take a great mapper vs a good mapper vs a crappy mapper time-wise. maybe I should call that differently. I meant a very experienced mapper vs a medium experienced mapper vs a new mapper.

Would it be 10 minutes? 30 minutes? 3 hours? 1 day? 3 days?
Not including the statue, and the end result can be crappy...
great mapper: 5 mins
medium mapper: 30 mins
newbie: 8 hours

great mapper would not take 5 though, they would...
- pick textures that work well together
- align textures
- strategically place lights by torches
- choose light color/effects
- make a nice stand or cubby for the torches
- make the torches nicer than a single sheet
- add path nodes
so a couple of hours.

Custom Statue? many many hours.
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Re: Map Question

Post by Hermskii » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:46 pm

So there you have it. Even a great mapper might take several hours to make this map. I don't have several hour much less several weeks to make a few rooms in a map. That is why I don't even try. God hates quiters. LOL. Actually he doesn't but lucky me...I never started so I never quit.
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Re: Map Question

Post by ZippityDooDa » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:48 pm

I say we make this map for laughs, what does the sir mandrake look like, statue creation time!
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