2009-05-01, 12:45 AM
I agree whole heartedly about the map pieces, the lack of layers or what i call tiered map tiles is completely weak...but it was designed to emulate KF1 which did not use multi-tiered map tiles either (what a shame this tool wasnt designed for KF2 or 3).
There is hope...through great efforts you can create map pieces that have high walls, multiple tiers and rounded graphics, but i am not exaggerating when i say 'great efforts'
the 50 some piece set I created just to emulate the outside cliffs of KF3's high elf ruins took a VERY long time to make, and they still have bugs and dont look that great.
I would gladly volunteer my time to create some multi tiered cave and castle sets except there is a huge limitation to SOM's map part capability in that it can only hold like 1024 pieces.
Granted, many of the sets in the tool to begin with are simple reskins of the other sets (5 repeats in all I think?) and it would probably be useful to eliminate a few of the repeats and utilize the 100-200 extra map tiles to create something epic..something I will likely do...but only after i finish DD as it is currently utilizing tiles from every set available..and i dont want to mess that up.
For now, monkey with the custom snow and cliff set I made, get the hang of using the 'activity' option so you can see a close up of whats going on at the tile level, then when i get finished with DD I will work on getting some better map pieces to load for a new project.
There is hope...through great efforts you can create map pieces that have high walls, multiple tiers and rounded graphics, but i am not exaggerating when i say 'great efforts'
the 50 some piece set I created just to emulate the outside cliffs of KF3's high elf ruins took a VERY long time to make, and they still have bugs and dont look that great.
I would gladly volunteer my time to create some multi tiered cave and castle sets except there is a huge limitation to SOM's map part capability in that it can only hold like 1024 pieces.
Granted, many of the sets in the tool to begin with are simple reskins of the other sets (5 repeats in all I think?) and it would probably be useful to eliminate a few of the repeats and utilize the 100-200 extra map tiles to create something epic..something I will likely do...but only after i finish DD as it is currently utilizing tiles from every set available..and i dont want to mess that up.
For now, monkey with the custom snow and cliff set I made, get the hang of using the 'activity' option so you can see a close up of whats going on at the tile level, then when i get finished with DD I will work on getting some better map pieces to load for a new project.
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