my personal mapping tuts

[SkiesOfBordom]

Ive written up some (currently 6) mapping secrets & tutorials.

they can be found here:
skies.clanwos.org/tutorials.html

if there is any more that you'd like to see there, tell me

remember: mapping is an art, and is not a contest (unless by official contest). I am sharing these to help others.

[Le Ray [Q2C]]

That's great S.O.B. !
Thanks for sharing them with us.

[hardcoal]

very nice advices i might put some too as well

[SkiesOfBordom]

actually... i might make a collective mapping tutorial (of course crediting everyone) where everyone would submit a tutorial. organized by submitter

anyone up to this?

but thanks hardcoal.

[hardcoal]

im about to make a personal website which a large part of it will be on mapping.

I want to work with data base and put a forum like this
i will put samples of quark files for each example a snap shot and a compiled sample map
and offcourse my own maps of quake 2 and soon quake 4 as well

if any one can advice me or help me on how to make a dynamic data base web site
i would be glad to hear.

also i wanted to ask is it possible to make an addon for quake 2
that while playing online insted of downloading the map from the server you get linked to
a fixed website that includes all the maps that will be uploaded by mappers
so you get fast download insted of poor 4kbs?

tnx and later

[SkiesOfBordom]

r1q2 gets anywhere frm 15-200kbs

[SkiesOfBordom]

*NEW* tutorial : Hallow Dome
skies.clanwos.org/tutorials.html#geodome

[Mikemc]

Question about your Hollow Dome. What's the difference between it and a simple sliced prism in a Radial Duplicator?

Make (cylinder) Prism with Hollow and Slices
Cut cylinder in half to make an arch
Cut top-down view in an 'X' to make 4 triangle shapes (2 slim and 2 wide)
Delete 3 triangles to get a pie slice
Duplicate with Radial to make the dome.
Stretch sides of original as needed to make edges line up

- Mike

[SkiesOfBordom]

first, i dont exactly know what you mean by "cut". you mean "subtract"?
- my method insures perfectly shaped polys to make up the dome, further, they do not intersect each other. i have tried a # of methods, but this one makes it look really nice.

Also, did you even try to make it my way? If so, then maybe I didn't describe it well enough for you to understand.

[Whirlingdervish]

skiesofbordom said:

r1q2 gets anywhere frm 15-200kbs

I recommend the R1Q2 client as well.
I play some instagib and other performance sensitive mods and it handles netcode very well and with some tweaking you can "move" like you can in any client.

it also supports http downloading which is quite fast if you set up a server for it.

you can check it out here:

www.r1ch.net/stuff/r1q2/

here's the support forums for more info on the features:

www.r1ch.net/forum/

r1q2 server is very efficient and stable.

it also supports a fairly effective hacker proofing called "anticheat" which will allow you, using q2admin, to restrict what kind of clients can join your server, and scan their q2 directories for known hax.

[spirit]

hardcoal said:

is it possible (...) that while playing online insted of downloading the map from the server you get linked to a fixed website that includes all the maps that will be uploaded by mappers so you get fast download insted of poor 4kbs?

As Whilingdervish said, install the r1q2 server. Then follow this guide.

I'm also running r1q2 and can confirm its stability.