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== Things You need: == | == Things You need: == | ||
An Image editing Program liek photoshop (which I will use in the rets of this tutuorial), Paintshop Pro, . . . | |||
Mapconv: This is the program that converts the Bitmap files you will be making into somethign that spring can use (meanign a .smf and .smt file) | |||
This program comes in 2 versions, Mothers mapconv and the "normal" one | |||
In the rest of this tutorial I will be using mothers Mapconv | |||
Map creation tools (optional): These programs help you makign heightmaps, generate heightmaps, and apply textures to them. | |||
examples are: Terragen (Mars was made with the random terrain function in terragen by SJ), L3DT, World Machine. | |||
*-add links later-* | |||
If you are plannign to make big maps 16x16 and more you really need a good cpu and alot of memory and HD space. Especially when you are going to make everything in Photoshop. | |||
== The Parts of the Map == | |||
Revision as of 10:35, 26 October 2005
== Complete Map Makign tutorial == by Wannes
Hello everyone,
In this tutorial i'm gonna try to learn you everything you need to knwo to make your first decent map.
First i want to thank Maelstorm and aGorm for their tutorials, they learned me alot.
Things You need:
An Image editing Program liek photoshop (which I will use in the rets of this tutuorial), Paintshop Pro, . . .
Mapconv: This is the program that converts the Bitmap files you will be making into somethign that spring can use (meanign a .smf and .smt file)
This program comes in 2 versions, Mothers mapconv and the "normal" one
In the rest of this tutorial I will be using mothers Mapconv
Map creation tools (optional): These programs help you makign heightmaps, generate heightmaps, and apply textures to them. examples are: Terragen (Mars was made with the random terrain function in terragen by SJ), L3DT, World Machine.
- -add links later-*
If you are plannign to make big maps 16x16 and more you really need a good cpu and alot of memory and HD space. Especially when you are going to make everything in Photoshop.
