Mapmaking articles

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Idiot's Guide to Scripting

June 21, 2004 by gholsbane

This is a guide to help you script like an idiot. If you want to make rubber air hockey balls that explode into a thousand stars when a dwarven pathfinder taunts within a radius of 2.5 WU from the center of a backwards flowing waterfall, then this guide is for you. We won't claim to be experts in this field because that would suggest some sort of knowledge. We're just here to produce devious and disastrous machinations and then laugh at you as you try to replicate it. Good luck! → read more

Quick and dirty guide to collection editing

June 21, 2004 by gholsbane

ThumbnailThis is certainly going to be quick, and dirty is the only way I like it so brace for impact. First, you take a collection, be it a tree or flaming atomic farm maid, and then you whack it in the editor. Once there, it's just a simple case of editing the collection, saving it and quitting the editor. Then you're done! Hurray! Thanks for listening. → read more

Terrain Maps Explained

June 21, 2004 by gholsbane

A thorough explanation of the workings of terrain maps and how you can use them to your advantage for the furthering of your map's awesomeness. Terrain maps can sometimes be quite a bum to manipulate when ego's are flying, so watch out for those defense drones. Peace out! → read more

Collections

Quick and dirty guide to collection editing by gholsbane
So quick you might miss it!

Colourmaps

Make Colourmaps like Clem! by gholsbane
Learn to emulate this God of many names! You know he worships you, the mapmaker!

Gameplay

Learn to be play Myth like a noob by gholsbane
Tired of people unjustifiably calling you a noob? Live up to your reputation with this simple guide.

Mesh/Loathing

Terrain Maps Explained by gholsbane
Handy how-to on terrain maps

Misc

Miscellaneous stunk and garbage by gholsbane
Specific? Like phshh...

Models/Textures

Modelling can be fun! by gholsbane
You just gotta try it to see!

Scripting

Idiot's Guide to Scripting by gholsbane
A fabulous guide for the technically inept. 3 thumbs up. Way up!

Tags/Fear

Don't Fear the Tags by gholsbane
Instill the fear of god into those tags like your daddy did!
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