guys check the mapping guide that im working on on wiki hopfully once in finished you can just link all empires mapping noobs to it and it should sort them... http://www.empiresmod.info/index.php/Basic_Conquest_Map can you guys please check for errors and spelling mistakes and stuff please also dont add stuff at the moment iv got most of the pics ready to upload and stuff but ill be going away for about a week again tomorrow
Thanks I realy need one of these, can't wait, now I have an Empires spacific maping guide. emp_rocks will go forward. And agian thanks a lot.
I've made a few more changes, hope you don't mind. Mostly just grammar and spelling corrections, but some additions for how to control the views more effectively and things like that. You've also missed out how to texture the ground. I've added a placeholder at 6.5, which is where I think it would logically go best.
ill get onto adding in those thing soon and updating and expanding it. but iv just got back from holiday and iv got lots of school work to do so you will have to give some time before i finish it also i will change all of the pics so they are a smaller file size.
lol shouldnt that be for when its finished.. though it would encorage development of the wiki... go for it! ps ill get back to making it a few days i just slept in a tent at a mates and did loads of cool stupid stuff and i didnt sleep at all.../
Finnaly! Now I can start working on my first little Empires map! Would you mind doing a section on how to place buildings that can be built by an engie later on in the guide? (Such as the wooden walls on Escort/Duststorm or the towers in [MValley?].)
I'll write up a seperate guide for this if you want, give me an hour. EDIT: Forty minutes later... There aren't any screen shots, but the whole thing is quite self-explanatory.
well have you put in the point about having... "solid on spawn ENable/Disable" and a little guide on the I/O system linked to it. asthat caught me out and i had to post on the forums... but its good that were gettiong the wiki set up nicely... : )
I'm not really sure what you mean by this. Solid on spawn is for when the object respawns after being destroyed, isn't it? The I/O system I would leave for a later guide, possibly under a seperate 'advanced section', as it's not essential for a basic working implementation.
Looks fine. A few grammatical things, but the content was spot on (other than when you said that the white texture would not compile; it should do, but it'll look fugly).
Keep up the good work! I am an EXTREME beginner at Empires mapping and mapping in general, so I really look forward to this being finnished.
ok steps 13-15 added and on step 6 i have added a alturnative way of doing it. proof read and check plz
ok i think my guide is compleate now! please proof read and check! im my next guide i will be making resource points.... (sorry for double post-it needed bumping)
You forgot to add in the parts about copying another maps res file so that you can actually run the map, not crash. I finnally learned how to map for Empires and i'm not half bad when my maps aren't giving me the cannot find map error.
There is already a tutorial on this. Se "setting up map resources". gj supaste, I'm sure it'll be very helpfull.
