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Can anyone recommend tutorials for map making?

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:18 pm
by adameros
I DL'd blender and the BZF plugin and started trying to make a map, but after a couple hours I was pretty frustrated trying to figure out how to move things around, figure out scale, etc.

A text tutorial would be good, a video (youtube?) one would be great.

Re: Can anyone recommend tutorials for map making?

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:36 pm
by Gamma
I personally wouldn't recommend blender for a starting mapper.
I still use BZEdit:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bzflag/ ... t%20win32/

And then after I save the .bzw I add more complex additions (spheres, ect...) by editing the map in notepad.
Hope that helped! :wink:

Re: Can anyone recommend tutorials for map making?

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:21 pm
by joevano
Wings3d is easier to use (or so I hear) and has built in support for BZFlag files

Re: Can anyone recommend tutorials for map making?

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:34 pm
by Gamma
Well I was just suggesting something for newer map makers,
I've been fooling around with bz maps for a long time now and I still use bzedit :D
I have tried wings though - w/no success I think I try it again... :mrgreen:

Re: Can anyone recommend tutorials for map making?

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:21 pm
by tobylane
Just reading other people's simple maps is the best way. None of the makers are intuiative so it's not easier in a GUI, and the text is more powerful anyway.

Re: Can anyone recommend tutorials for map making?

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:21 pm
by Crallion
joevano is correct. The learning curve is easier in Wings3D than Blender. However, once you have figured Blender out (which could take awhile), it is better.
I still use Wings3D, just because it is so easy.

Whichever you choose to use, I recommend going through a couple of tutorials (not BZF specific tuts, just pertaining to the program in general)

I learned to use Wings Here: http://www.geocities.com/paulthepuzzles/aardvarks.html
Here is a cool technique in Wings: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wings_3D/T ... d_a_center

Hope that helps.

Re: Can anyone recommend tutorials for map making?

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:39 pm
by Gamma
Hmmm, awesome - will check out! :)