We all know that now it's posible to create maps n' other stuff with the editor (as we've seen on the urban warfare map) but this editor is so fucking not user friendly that I can't make the map I have in mind, so i'm asking help to someone who knows how to use the map editor. The idea is pretty simple: A semi destroyed desert town with random oasis and a river on the center (to prevent tunnels to enemy intel). The terrain must be kinda like normal maps but closer to the ground level (it's a desert after all). Also random cars near houses. "COD Modern Warfare" desert maps could be used as an inspiration for this. So, anyone interested on making an epic map?

im not great with the editor but i can tell you that if you start a new map then hit f1 it'll save that and you can flatten it out from there

I am interested, but I too have trouble using that POS map editing tool and APPLAUD anybody who make good use of it.

i might be able to bang something out for you...of courst it will be a while as im still editing Urban Warfare

@ alexthecreeper
why would I want to flat the map? that's good for a city but not for a desert. We're talking about natural stuff

As it happens I just made a desert map this morning; it turned out to be more of an "arizona/nevada canyon" than a "oasis" type map. It is untested but I am going to hand out the d/l link and the process I created it with:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/aosmaps/triplefox_desert.zip

These are the "raw materials" that went into its creation:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/aosmaps/ocean.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/aosmaps/desert_v1.kv6

How I did it:

1. I modelled 1/4th of the landscape in slab6. Slab has better controls for landscaping than voxed.
1a. I started by filling out the maximum x/y extents of a slab6 model(256x256).
1b. Then I started filling in the slices along z, from the bottom upwards. I had to be careful and save often when doing this as it crashed sometimes.
1c. Finally, I carved out a bit of terrain and some caves and saved the result as "desert_export.vxl" (I used vx6 as the source but importing a vx6 into voxed gives you a sprite, not terrain.)
2. Now I entered voxed, picked an ocean color with the color picker and then did a lot of repetition of of E, Shift+E, Shift+E to color the ground.
3. (After filling the ocean I signed my handle at the top left. Dunno if it will stay there when you try mining it down in-game.)
4. Now I import desert_export using the U key. I point the cursor as far to each corner of the map as possible, then I flip the result using np7 and np8. This is why the map looks symmetrical; because I couldn't model a full 512x512, this was the next best thing.
5. I saved this as "desert_raw" and then did a lighting pass and a light-blending pass.

The "final" map is what I've got after step 5. Now let's test it and see if it works.

Note: It looks like the server does not like names with underscores. Rename the map to just "desert.vxl" and it will load. Still haven't tested(need to fix router settings most likely).

nice bro havent tried it yet mind if i also host it on my server?

Go for it

Awesome

ok im hosting it on my server currently

DUDE Veryone loves your map! its awesome you should release updates for it like more caverns and such...would you mind if i moddded it a litte?

Just went and played it a while. Modding is fine, I am going to do my own v2 soon though. Just as long as I get some credit :)

Always :)

Nice map. And thanks for the tips on voxed. I was on JPN's server earlier and I would have thought you had used cavegen, but I see that you didn't.

That was such a fun map, apart from Argradegon being a griefer lol. He's my brother btw, and he was just being stupid for a little. He's training to be an officer in the Air Force and seems to know strategy pretty well, so he's actually a good fighter. Please, though, look past his dumbassery (yes, I created a new word).

yay for home and end keys :P

Home andend keys? Oh for craters?

yeah the circle :d i get confused by the editor still, im still learning its full capabilities

i checked out ur map its pretty cool

My map is now called "Mesa" and I made a thread for it.

I saw it it great