Coming down the pipe

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:17 pm

Just a shot of a new map creation option I'm working on.

kuddos to who can first post what this is.

BIYA · Post by **BIYA** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:21 pm

You can slide down things?

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:36 pm

ummm no

it's a map creation option. AKA a difrent way to make maps.

I meant it as it is coming down the development pipeline to you!

Toastline · Post by **Toastline** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:29 pm

As in, a different mapmaking style?

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:00 pm

as in using a tool that you could not use before.

LouMan · Post by **LouMan** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:07 pm

Hmmm - I have played something similar to that... Thinking....

Those are jump pads, correct? You bounce off of them to the different levels. Perhaps your new map making option is some sort of 'bounce' option?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:36 pm

Aren't those platforms that move?
You can see one is attached to another out of shot...

dartman · Post by **dartman** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:38 pm

...Brownies...?

^nightmare^ · Post by **^nightmare^** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:47 pm

CannonBallGuy wrote:Aren't those platforms that move?
You can see one is attached to another out of shot...

he said new way of creating maps, not sure if its a new feature.

BIYA · Post by **BIYA** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:49 pm

I get what cannon ball is saying. Those black cone things give me a hint of that they float and move.

A Meteorite · Post by **A Meteorite** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:11 pm

BIYA wrote:I get what cannon ball is saying. Those black cone things give me a hint of that they float and move.

If so that means a whole new meaning in the making and designing of maps!

/me drules at the idea

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 2:17 am

LouMan
those are jump pads indeed. No they don't bounce. But they are directly from what you are thinking you played them in. And I mean DIRECTLY

^nightmare^ · Post by **^nightmare^** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 3:42 am

/me is very confused. PLZ JUST TELL US!

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 4:24 am

^nightmare^
for somone with your line of avatars, I'd think you'd know what game a jump pad was from.

Post by **L4m3r** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 4:40 am

Some sort of map import utility...?

LouMan · Post by **LouMan** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 8:43 am

I believe that it was either Quake Arena (1st choice) or Unreal that had this map? In any case, direct import of another game's map? SWEET. Can't wait to play with it!

Now if we can just find maps that have no inclined playing surfaces in them

Toastline · Post by **Toastline** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:14 am

*spazzez out* Using maps from other games!? Is that what it is? That'd be awesome!

BIYA · Post by **BIYA** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 12:44 pm

IDiedOnce and me had an idea to import San Andreas maps into the game unfortunitly they didnt have the right exporter

...

But ya this sounds pretty cool Good luck finding the flat surfaces.

^nightmare^ · Post by **^nightmare^** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 1:54 pm

that would be awsome, i have some real awsome map editors, Warcraft, doom bulider,etc

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 4:12 pm

LouMan for the win.

yes it's a quake3 bsp map, direclty out of model tool

^nightmare^ · Post by **^nightmare^** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 4:46 pm

are the only files modeltool can convert to bzw a .obj file?

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 5:14 pm

not anymore, model tool will now convert a quake3 bsp map ( to some extent, it still needs a litte work, but it will do the basic geometry ).

AlliedArmour · Post by **AlliedArmour** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:45 pm

Sounds good. Any other map styles?

BIYA · Post by **BIYA** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:24 pm

So what your saying is that we can convert a whole level?

/me goes to find old quake ps1 game!

Post by **trepan** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:29 pm

For any interested in using quake maps, but not
using Quake world editors, here's a tool that will
convert from q3bsp to VRML:

http://home.snafu.de/hg/vrml/q3bsp/q3bsp.html

Various modellers may also support direct importing
of Quake maps (Maya has a number of such importers).