- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
The size of the map has almost no bearing on the time it takes to make. I could make a bloodgulch size map in 5 mins, but it will look like crap. The most time you spend will be on tweaking the gameplay (player start positions, weapon placements, cover spots etc) and making things look good (coherent texture usage, modeling details, shader tweaking, scenery placment etc).
If you are willing to spend the time learning how things are done, then no, making maps will not be difficult. It will be time consuming and annoying and probably piss you off some times but if you keep at it you will be fine. The people who think its hard are the one who want to make insta-awesome maps. That never ever happens.
Just make sure you know these things:
1. Someone always knows more about this than you.
2. Your first map isn't meant to be played, it is meant to help you learn the process.
3. Your first map isn't something you put up for people to look at, you will just get a thousand flames of how bad it is and how much you suck.
4. There is a community that will help you with your problems if you ask nicely and you actually try to help yourself before you ask someone else for help.
5. You won't be making great looking or great playing maps for a while. That takes time to learn the nuances of gameplay and level design, as well as colour theory, uvmapping, possibly photoshoping custom textures, and 3d modeling, none of which you can learn in a day.
Also, don't assume you know ANYTHING about this process before hand, as it will just make it harder on you.
Gearbox will most likely not be the best spot for h2v map making ans gearbox has nothing to do with h2v. And to whoever said CMT regularly goes there: CMT is not a team of gods. They know some things, more than most people, but they more often than not release unpolished things. Just because they "meet" there doesn't mean it is the best place to go. Infact, gearbox is probably the worst place to go as there are 300 trillion little morons who have inflated egos that just flame your work, or spew nonsense in response to honest questions. Go to H2Vista.net.
[Edited on 05.02.2007 6:24 PM PDT]