Video Tutorial on how to make a map?

kirks4 · Post by **kirks4** » Fri May 21, 2004 4:29 pm

Dispraiser wrote:Kirk, I was watching your video tutorials, and I don't understand why I'm lining the UVW map up to my polygons. It makes more sense that I woudl use the top down image to correct the rest of the map, not use the other parts to correct the map. If that's true, then I will have a very square map... In any case, could I get away with just using the UVW modifiers plane or box or something function? That would make it so no matter how I move the polygons, it projects it from the top down.

The problem with just using the UVW map is this...

You would get stretching on your surface because, looking top down on your map, a face that makes up the side of a mountain may only look an inch long, but when you look at the actual face, it may be 5 inches long on a downward slope....I'm not sure if I explained that well...If you still have questions, pm me and I'll try to explain it a little better.

halofreak4567 · Post by **halofreak4567** » Fri May 21, 2004 9:35 pm

hey kirk i scratched my beatdown map

now i am making a mountain chain map for modhalo.com

slider821 · Post by **slider821** » Fri May 21, 2004 10:13 pm

Kirk, much praise for the tutorials, they are very helpful. HOWEVER, I am having a problem. At the VERY end of step 6 in the 3dS Max tutorials, you have me exporting the file to my models directory I made. When i try to save my map as a jms file, I get an error message saying "Don't know how to save that file type." I don't know what to do to get it to save as a jms file. Please help, I'd appriciate it if you could. Thanks.

kirks4 · Post by **kirks4** » Sat May 22, 2004 2:27 am

slider821 wrote:Kirk, much praise for the tutorials, they are very helpful. HOWEVER, I am having a problem. At the VERY end of step 6 in the 3dS Max tutorials, you have me exporting the file to my models directory I made. When i try to save my map as a jms file, I get an error message saying "Don't know how to save that file type." I don't know what to do to get it to save as a jms file. Please help, I'd appriciate it if you could. Thanks.

When you click on the drop down box in the export window, is there an option to export as the halo model type with the extension .jms?

slider821 · Post by **slider821** » Sat May 22, 2004 7:46 am

No, there are other various extension type i could export it as, but there is no .jms.

The PuNiSh@ · Post by **The PuNiSh@** » Sat May 22, 2004 8:54 am

slider you dont have the blitzberg(spelling error) in your 3ds max stdplugs folder.
kirk i need help man. ok when i run command prompt i get the error edges like your supposed to. But then when i go into 3ds max and run an STD check on my open edges, it says there are no edges. Also when i open my max model it says i am missing my bitmap file, the tif ground. Im really stuck and dont know what to do.

slider821 · Post by **slider821** » Sat May 22, 2004 9:09 am

OK, how might I go about getting blitzberg(spelling error) in my 3ds max stdplugs folder?

halofreak4567 · Post by **halofreak4567** » Sat May 22, 2004 9:42 am

hey kirk i ahve anotehr problem

but this is with my new map

when i go into sapien and i type in radiosity_quality 1

then i type radiosity_start

then i type radiosity_save

it gives me this

help me

mattp001 · Post by **mattp001** » Sat May 22, 2004 11:38 am

what is your video card, my computer with a geforce 2GTS does that every time. and on my 9700 it doesnt

Dragoncaster1311 · Post by **Dragoncaster1311** » Sat May 22, 2004 12:01 pm

Hey,
First off thanks for the vids...

Now to what is most important (making Halo maps). When I run sapien and do the radiosity_quality 0 and radiosity_start, there is no count down on the numbers the screen just remains black

ps... i dont know how to post a pic so if you help me out i will post a screenshot and to further explain my problems

mattp001 · Post by **mattp001** » Sat May 22, 2004 12:20 pm

you simply hit the print screen button, paste it into mspaint, and save as a jpeg, not a .bmp. then upload it at http://www.imageshack.us and post the pic

Dragoncaster1311 · Post by **Dragoncaster1311** » Sat May 22, 2004 12:35 pm

he he thanks for the help about posting images

but here it is

and I have no clue what is causing it

i tried to go by the vid tutorials as closely as possible

mattp001 · Post by **mattp001** » Sat May 22, 2004 12:55 pm

did you type in radiosity_save after it hits 0 0 0?

Dragoncaster1311 · Post by **Dragoncaster1311** » Sat May 22, 2004 1:16 pm

it didnt even count down... it just looks like that

kirks4 · Post by **kirks4** » Sat May 22, 2004 1:55 pm

Dragoncaster1311 wrote:it didnt even count down... it just looks like that

Double check the scenerio tag, make sure the sky is set up correctly on that.
Try turning the speed of the camera up to 40 or 60 and move around a little bit, on the xy and z axis...

What does your level look like by the way? Could you send a screen print from max

halofreak4567 · Post by **halofreak4567** » Sat May 22, 2004 2:16 pm

who me what is the answer to my question man i need to know

Dragoncaster1311 · Post by **Dragoncaster1311** » Sat May 22, 2004 2:21 pm

alright
this is my map so far

when i was trying to make the level kirk4 made i had many open edges. so i made a simple level

here it is

gamble · Post by **gamble** » Sat May 22, 2004 3:41 pm

could someone make a tutorial on making portals? im really confused on taht

BlueK · Post by **BlueK** » Sat May 22, 2004 7:22 pm

kirk i watched all ur tutorials ( AMAZING BY THE WAY) but when you have to save your level asa .JMS file, my 3ds max wont save it. It says that it doesnt know how. I'm using a trial version, is that why it wont save it as a jms file. IF it is what can i do?

slider821 · Post by **slider821** » Sun May 23, 2004 9:11 am

I am having the same problem with exporting as a .jms file. Please if anyone can help, I'd appriciate it.

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