Best mapping program

[Crimson Regret]

hey, what is the best mapping program?

[gh0570fchurch]

its a little more complicated than that...
try modding halo pc before you start ce, thats a little simpler
if you really want to make maps, i dont know much about that, sry.

[Classic]

hey, what is the best mapping program?

3ds max.

[gh0570fchurch]

yes, but you also have to make a ground texture, you have to do some stuff in sapien and geurilla before you're gonna be able to do anything with it

[JK-47]

I actually perfer Gmax over 3ds max for some reason Dont ask why, you are just about as clueless as I am.

[Classic]

I actually perfer Gmax over 3ds max for some reason Dont ask why, you are just about as clueless as I am.

Realy? After using the month trail for 3DS max 8 I gave up on Gmax cuz it ticks me off. No renders, it's very picky about welding the verticies, and you have to becarefull how you apply faces or Gmax will beep at you.

[SnaFuBAR]

yeah, uh, don't mod pc. you'll just end up doing what everyone else has done 1,000,000 times before you.

here's what you do:
1) watch the CE tutorials
2) go to www.gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com
3) find posts by a moderator TheGhost, in his sig you will find links to more tutorials
4) come up with an original idea
5) do better with one map than any bg skins and logmods etc that anyone could do.

[JK-47]

snafubar is right, there is a huge ammount of creativity left in halo ce, but in halo pc, you have to find out some huge breakthrough to make an origonal mod these days.

[SnaFuBAR]

I actually perfer Gmax over 3ds max for some reason Dont ask why, you are just about as clueless as I am.

i used gmax for some time before i got 3dsmax. gmax is just as good. there's nothing in max i didn't use in gmax, other than rendering. all my modeling is done with basic tools.