Help please
Oct 19 2007, 11:29 am
By: s7orm3r  

Oct 19 2007, 11:29 am s7orm3r Post #1



dudes can you help me? I want to make a UMS map a defence map but i dont know to create them...Can you give me a tutorial or something how to make maps and all that.. :unsure: :) :)



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Oct 25 2007, 5:34 am SyNc Post #2



A basic defense map is to make units by creating or buying, and then creating units every so often as levels or waves. Just play a plain defense map like sunken defense, and try to mimic it.



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Oct 25 2007, 7:05 am Fwop_ Post #3



B.net needs good maps, not more crap sunken defenses. Try and think of new ways to do things, like using spells or special abilities or whatever, then make a defense map out of that.



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Oct 25 2007, 6:39 pm Twitch Post #4



Quote from Fwop_
B.net needs good maps, not more crap sunken defenses. Try and think of new ways to do things, like using spells or special abilities or whatever, then make a defense map out of that.
Fwop this is true but,he is new at UMS so he wouldn't know how :P.



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Oct 27 2007, 4:50 pm Moose Post #5

meme

I would suggest starting with the basics, and a defense map is a bit complex for a first map.
Go into StarEdit and read the help file for a start on mapmaking.



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Oct 27 2007, 5:42 pm NudeRaider Post #6

We can't explain the universe, just describe it; and we don't know whether our theories are true, we just know they're not wrong. >Harald Lesch

My way into mapping was through editing maps. I took a map and changed a few things.

This way you dont have to understand everything that happens from the start but you will understand it soon enough.
Maybe this works for you too.

Or you can try making a madness map. The basics for those are very easy too.




Oct 27 2007, 6:21 pm Twitch Post #7



Quote from Mini Moose 2707
I would suggest starting with the basics, and a defense map is a bit complex for a first map.
Go into StarEdit and read the help file for a start on mapmaking.
How dare you say that my first map was a defense map :P.



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Oct 28 2007, 3:12 am lilneo Post #8



its not?



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Oct 28 2007, 3:52 am Money Post #9



Just play around with triggers. Create an open map. Make different locations and make them. Add triggers to create units at each location at around 10 second intervals. Now create triggers to tell them to attack.



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Oct 28 2007, 4:18 am Akar Post #10



Hmm... Yeah, this community really doesn't support new mappers very well. Though, here you might find what you need to get started. Myself and a few others have been working to develop the WarBoards community to be pro-new mappers. I would suggest coming back here for more advanced mapping though.



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