Chauer's Map Emporium

[Chauer]

So far only one map.
-- CHDM01 - Sunset Park --
-This map is a small, hard-to navigate valley.
-It isn't really bot-friendly, as bots will hardly exit the lower area.

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Download it here!

[Rozark]

I suppose I should critic this. If there were no critics, there would be no improvement or self standards.

Before we begin with improvement notes, it feels like you mapped before somewhere/have a previous knowledge of how this works. That railroad décor looks nicely.

-I know/I'm fairly certain you used Slumped and/or Slade to put the music in. There's a certain mapinfo we put in the maps in order to use aircontrol and such. Create a new lump/file called MAPINFO and copypasta the following in the blank space, filling out the information in () erasing the parentheses afterwords.

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map (The name of your map, in this case DM01) "(Keep the quotations here. This is where the map name goes, Sunset Park)"
{
   next = "(Keep quotations. Put the name of the next map in the rotation here, DM02. if the last map, rotate it back to DM01)"
   sky1 = "BLACK", 0
   cluster = 1
   music = "(Keep quotations, the name of your music goes here. limit it to about 7 characters or less)"
   aircontrol = 0.5
   forcenoskystretch
   clipmidtextures
}

Anything else do not touch. Moving on.

- Use a program such as Audacity to loop the music/adjust the volume to a comfortable level. It'll decrease file size and make it appear/sound better.
-Avoid having multiple textures from multiple RobotMasters in a single map. Generally try to stick to 1-3 Tilesets.
-Despite the bots not being able to get back up, you should still place a ladder in locations that are needed. Also Thunderclaw feels useless with only one peg in such an awkward position
-Add health/ammo capsules. This is quite difficult considering it varies per map- just look at the core maps and get a feel for how and where to place them.
-When you think you're done with your map, hit F4. That'll run through and make sure there aren't any errors.
-Stick to increments of 32 when raising/lowering floors. When drawing, stick to either 16 or 32 increments unless absolutely required.
-Overall, have fun. I understand mapping can be tedious. However, it's quite rewarding and fulfilling once you finally complete your product.

I'm not good with weapon layouts, so I skipped them. Also on a personal scale the map is a "meh". A decent first map = yes. However, a map suitable for multiplayer and/or bot matches = no. As silly as it is, I don't exactly know where to improve upon this map. Make it bigger perhaps? Bigger as in, x4. I'm not saying blow up the map x4, i'm saying add new rooms and/or pathes.

Well, that's that.