DDraceNetwork - mapping

See guys my not releasing faster then just right now accepted map , it's just because my map is solo but his is moderate ! Snail chooses not same server maps . Maybe even my new map if i finish fast enough and it would be accepted fast will release faster then my solo map .

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Wouldn't doubt that, since we have so many solo maps being readied and accepted

yeah, there have been a lot of solo maps approved lately, with many of the rest being dummy maps (edited)

Hi, if I were to make videos to explain how to map, should it be 1 single and giant video or many small ones where I explain 1 thing per video ? What's the format you'd like best ? (edited)

I think perfect length for such videos would be 10-15 minutes

10-15 wouldn't be enough

09:31

Explaining everything would take up to 6 hours

Pipou

Explaining everything would take up to 6 hours

Well the length can vary of course for small videos

09:32

Sometimes it could 5, sometimes 15

Pipou

Hi, if I were to make videos to explain how to map, should it be 1 single and giant video or many small ones where I explain 1 thing per video ? What's the format you'd like best ? (edited)

I liked the blender tutorials. they were concise and focused on a single aspect this way I could first watch the first few and later pick the ones out I needed

there should be a vid showing off every shortcut in the editor

for shortcuts I think a cheat sheet would be better, or something built-in for the editor

I'm not sure if every shotrcut is explainable in words xd

Pipou

Hi, if I were to make videos to explain how to map, should it be 1 single and giant video or many small ones where I explain 1 thing per video ? What's the format you'd like best ? (edited)

both should be fine, if u do one big vid u have to make sure to include everything and maybe include timestamps. For smaller ones, u have more freedom to add vids later to explain something that u missed previously.. it's also easier to reference a short vid when someone asks a question rather than the lengthier one + timestamp. Yeah, maybe overall I prefer short and more

Alright thanks

09:54

I'm trying to list the major things right now

09:55

Is there anything you'd like to know in particular ?

Pipou

Is there anything you'd like to know in particular ?

There's barely vids about work with quads, i learned it myself and it was painful

Patiga

for shortcuts I think a cheat sheet would be better, or something built-in for the editor

a built in tutorial in the editor at that point

Or a prompt where you can put the overall idea of a part and then it gets generated automatically

Pipou

Is there anything you'd like to know in particular ?

some things that come to mind:

creating envelopes efficiently. not long ago I was shown that you can drag the envelope point around in th map itself with a grid (hope that wasnt a dream )
inserting author, credits, license etc into the map info
how you do map versioning (regular backups, this might be part of a more general topic)
what all those sound source settings are
(advanced) automappers?

11:39

but some of the listed things are definitely not high priority since if the tutorial should cover the basics then that would need to come first

"how you do map versioning" isnt there like only one way?

13:24

main file + backups

There is no back ups, I often save and change the name

13:32

mapname1.1, mapname1.2... (edited)

why