Video Tutorial on how to make a map?

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Post by spartan-117 »

o and btw... people, stop asking why you cant export the levels, the question has ben answered about 4 times over in this thread alone. and i jsut posted a link to the .jms exporter. and it comes with a readme with instruictions on where the dll's and dle go. so unless you KNOW that the plugin\lack oof plugin is wats causing the problem then don't ask...
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Post by HOOA »

Hey Kirk Great Job On The Tutorials. I Followed Them And Got My Own Map Going Sort Of LoL. But I Am Having Problems With Images. They Work Fine When I Use The Tutorials But When I Use My Own or Even Move The Tutorials To My Levels Folder They WIll Not Work. Only The Ground Seems To Work. Not The Ones I Put On A Building. Also Sometimes When I Make An Object Missles And Grenades Go Through It. Could Someone Please Give Me A Hand. Sorry If My Questions Are Answered And I Overlooked Them.
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Post by Chicano »

Hey kirk, I know this topic is old, but I am still having problems with my map, I copied your tutorial exactly. I have a good video card. I was up until 12:30 a.m. trying to figure this annoying problem out. I though I was out of the woods when I finished the tool part. Then this happens .

These r my results...
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I redid the tutoral 5 times already. Can I e-mail you what I have done and u can check it out? Thats if u have the time.
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Post by MJBoa »

Did you type in radiosity_save?
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Post by Chicano »

Ya but nothing happens. Unless I have to reload it on sapien after I save it?
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Post by Superfly »

Once you put radiosity_save it should show the level.
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Post by Chicano »

Nope. :( Same thing. I think my PC hates me. Is there something on guerilla that I am supose to adjust? Like in the shaders?
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Post by Moron66213 »

Chicano, do you have a sky? If not, you need to open up your scenario tag in guerrila and add a sky to the level. Right now it seems there is no light. Once you add a sky, there will be a sun (or some form of light) and you will be able to see your level.
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Post by halofreak4567 »

kirks i need your help once more i finally got argrn's underground bases on my map

but then it says open edges (there is nothing wrong with bases i know that for sure)

it highlights the whole lvl

but only 26 errors what could be wrong
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Post by SargeDavid »

when are u coming out with some more tutorials?
and post a link to it please.
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Post by The Paper Cats »

Kircks4 i need ur help... i watched all your tutorials good job btw but when i get to the one tut were you have to make bitmap tages all i get is a error liek halofreak was getting but he fixed his and i tried doign what he did and it did work plz help

ummm btw how do you post pictures i read img but it dont help i ema noob.... :(
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Post by Excal »

look... kirks4 helped out enough and he deserves a break... stop breathing down his throat for another tut -- he has a life u know (at least i hope)... WOW: like 7 or 8 pages of this topic.....
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Another error

Post by The Paper Cats »

Ok check it out, I got past my last error but now when i got to type "tool structure levels\halo halo" i get an error that looks like this...

Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map'
building intermediate geometry...
building collision geometry...
### ERROR couldn't update edge #314 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #318 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #405 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #401 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #408 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #358 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #409 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #413 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #416 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #411 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #417 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #418 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #538 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #542 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #525 (red).
### ERROR couldn't update edge #356 (red).
### ERROR failed to build collision geometry.
### ERROR failed to import collision bsp.

plz help me
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Post by skidz »

The Paper Cats: I had this problem to, but when I checked my model in 3DSMax I noticed I forgot to link my map to the frame. So make sure your objects are linked to your frame.
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Post by {vnm}snipes »

hi ive been following all of the tuts... but now i ran into a probleme im trying to do this with gmax instead of 3ds sry im low on money....how do i convert the map into a .jms file from gmax....is it possible...and could u plz ceep instructions simple...im pretty sure theres a plugin for this but im not sure what plz tell me asap ty
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Post by Ima_Target »

Some great stuff in these Videos, please keep up the great, informative work. I was wondering if everything that applies to 3ds max can also be applied to GMax, as I don't have $3000 for the latest rev of 3dsmax 7.. I'm sure there are more than a few differences but generally speaking...:lol:
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Post by blade4545 »

hey kirk im makin my own lvl called supergulch so i didnt have the name u did, i didnt make the bases becuz my history of the map says the bases were destroyed so i didnt make it. when i export it it says dont know how to save to that file type, plz help me kirk
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Post by JimmyBeGood »

OMG nice bump read the date or if you find a post back on page 15 or something dont bother
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Post by llama_juice »

yea I know its an old topic... but people will click it again now....... anyhow anyone who wants to know how to create a CE map in under 6 minutes... here ya go

http://www.llamajuice.com/tutorials/ce5min.rar
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