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mindriot, on 11 November 2010 - 10:00 AM, said:

That is a cool idea. Reminds me of ut4_burbs where some of us built houses for lots in the map. Unfortunately, I don't have time for a competition.

Maybe the template is a completed empty room, so then you could just submit little to no modifications and still take part.

[Drewfin]

Johnnyenglish, on 11 November 2010 - 07:53 AM, said:

How about the mapping competition is based around a simple template - like this.
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At the end of the competition we could join all the maps together at the portals, merge the shader/images and release a mega map.

Inside the template you can build whatever you like on the theme of the map.

That is a super cool idea, I like it. One suggestion I would make is to put the portals an L or Z-shaped hall so that there's some automatic vis blocking between each person's room when all the maps are joined (assuming an actual door/window and not an actual 'portal' type portal.

[FS CMM|Johnnyenglish]

Drewfin, on 11 November 2010 - 06:09 PM, said:

One suggestion I would make is to put the portals an L or Z-shaped hall so that there's some automatic vis blocking between each person's room when all the maps are joined

That sounds like a good plan - I wasn't actually going to build the template, I just furnished the idea but if enough people want to take part in the template challenge and if nobody else feels inspired to make the template, I'll do it.

I'd prefer not to be involved in the organisation though, would rather just participate.

Anyone got any ideas for a theme?

*winter/xmas
*futuristic
*hospital
*cheese factory
*movie studio
*junk yard
*stone age
*jungle
*carpark
*bus depot
*chip shop

[FS CMM|Johnnyenglish]

Ok - in a bored moment I've made a version 1 template for a mapping contest.



Someone more competent that I should check it's ok - http://dev.johnsteve...template_v1.map

I made a room version for sneaks - saves having to make the walls and floor and structural section.

http://dev.johnsteve...ate_room_v2.map



And I tried to connect several together



I'm not suggesting we use these as they are, I'd prefer someone more skilled than I am check them, but it's a start?

This post has been edited by Johnnyenglish: 14 November 2010 - 10:34 AM

[pss9]

I don't know if I'm going to participate, but I like the idea.
I think that the challenge must help the creation of new maps or content that can be used in maps.

*cheese factory

I think that movie studio can be a good candidate. Is going to be dificult to make a consistent map using diferent maps. With a movie studio you can have some flexibility like having diferent scenes.

[Drewfin]

Looks right to me, or at least pretty much exactly what I was thinking as far as vis blocking.

[FS CMM|Johnnyenglish]

Drewfin, on 12 November 2010 - 03:48 PM, said:

Looks right to me, or at least pretty much exactly what I was thinking as far as vis blocking.

I did have a thought, what if somebody builds a very tall map inside their "template", will it be easy to block this in another map?

[jtn191]

+1, pss9 I like the idea of a movie studio/news studio. each set could be a different theme.

[FSK405|mindriot]

Johnnyenglish, on 13 November 2010 - 07:26 AM, said:

I did have a thought, what if somebody builds a very tall map inside their "template", will it be easy to block this in another map?

Depends on what you mean. Tall inside the template for this map would not be an issue since the hallways will provide all the blocking you'll need. If a template is ported to another map, then that will depend on how it is used in another map.

You could get vertical with this by having two tiers of connecting sections, but that might complicate the process.

[=-KMA-=Sneaks]

Johnnyenglish, on 12 November 2010 - 01:19 PM, said:

I made a room version for sneaks - saves having to make the walls and floor and structural section.

I'm not suggesting we use these as they are, I'd prefer someone more skilled than I am check them, but it's a start?

Looks good. I like the room sections. I think its a must. Mappers who want more space can open the rooms to any size [vertical], players can submit multiple rooms.

Looks quick and easy for the mappers. What if we make the rooms very deep and create a jump map, with CAH flags to reward players moving quickly through all the map.

If you post the room map I can look over it and have it released next weekend. This will be a speed map comp 9 days.

Also, note; There will be a major 25/31 day map comp over December/January to celebrate mapping the new HD terror, with prize generously donated by Diggs.