thanks! i didn't know that about the yellow grid, that helps me alot already. and yeah, i would need to rotate copied terrain to make it work :3 i'll see what i can do and otherwise nag blizzard about it as it's their editor xD
thanks alot I'll be uploading some maps here shortly (normal melee maps, not really into coding and editing stuff, not yet at least)
A feature that i would like so much that i'd spontnously combust out of warming joy would be simply this:
an advanced mirroring system.
I thought up something that might work:
You enable the 'mirroring system' and it automatically creates a line to be mirrored against, that will run through the middle of the map. you can select if you want point- or linesymmetry and how many mirrored areas you want (for example you could make a triangularly mirrored map by selecting 3 in an "area" box, or maybe even 4 or 5 side mirrored maps. you can select the line in a way too, and thenrotate it to eventually make a diagonal mirrored map.
if it's not clear i can make pictures. ^^
i think it would drastically reduce the time to make a balanced melee map, and make it much easier to create balanced 3 or 5 player maps, encouraging players to choose these uncommon player amounts.
Hi everyone :) i am a new mapper and got the idea to make a space platform with lava streams as hot metal ready for processing or anything. the entire lava stream thing went well, but the spaces i left for expansions were too small and too large (one (the highyield) could barely hold a command center and another could support a full-fledged second base) and balancing (mirroring) the map seemed to take quite a while. now my questions are these:
What is the quickest and easiest way to mirror a map, not necessarily over the exact middle of the map, but maybe over a diagonal as well?
What is the advised space for an expansion with a commandcenter maybe 3/4 buildings and some defence?
any help would be appreciated so i can keep these things in mind the next time i start a map so i won't have to redesign it because some parts are too small or anything.
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thanks! i didn't know that about the yellow grid, that helps me alot already. and yeah, i would need to rotate copied terrain to make it work :3 i'll see what i can do and otherwise nag blizzard about it as it's their editor xD
thanks alot I'll be uploading some maps here shortly (normal melee maps, not really into coding and editing stuff, not yet at least)
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A feature that i would like so much that i'd spontnously combust out of warming joy would be simply this:
an advanced mirroring system.
I thought up something that might work:
You enable the 'mirroring system' and it automatically creates a line to be mirrored against, that will run through the middle of the map. you can select if you want point- or linesymmetry and how many mirrored areas you want (for example you could make a triangularly mirrored map by selecting 3 in an "area" box, or maybe even 4 or 5 side mirrored maps. you can select the line in a way too, and thenrotate it to eventually make a diagonal mirrored map.
if it's not clear i can make pictures. ^^
i think it would drastically reduce the time to make a balanced melee map, and make it much easier to create balanced 3 or 5 player maps, encouraging players to choose these uncommon player amounts.
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Hi everyone :) i am a new mapper and got the idea to make a space platform with lava streams as hot metal ready for processing or anything. the entire lava stream thing went well, but the spaces i left for expansions were too small and too large (one (the highyield) could barely hold a command center and another could support a full-fledged second base) and balancing (mirroring) the map seemed to take quite a while. now my questions are these:
What is the quickest and easiest way to mirror a map, not necessarily over the exact middle of the map, but maybe over a diagonal as well?
What is the advised space for an expansion with a commandcenter maybe 3/4 buildings and some defence?
any help would be appreciated so i can keep these things in mind the next time i start a map so i won't have to redesign it because some parts are too small or anything.
thanks in advance, Silverstryke ^^