made a v-1 launchsite map with some useable vehicles and all, put in a sky box, cleaned up the edges around the actual map...now....alll i need to do is figure out how to:
compile
script??
i think that is it

Compiling:

http://www.modsonline.com/Tutorials-read-182.html

Scripting intro:

http://www.modsonline.com/Tutorials-read-121.html

Both tutorials that the handy 'search before you post' function would have found.

Why you set your heart on making a 'themed' map, without never compiling a map before, I do not know.

Make a test map, to learn..

actually, this map was kinda a mistake, i was just makin a v-1 launch bunker for a differnet map whe it occured to me that this by itself would make a nice small map...it is probably smaler than the mp_ship....not nearly as much vertical, probably not as long....i think it is a good small map

is there a trick to placing spawns, spawn intermissuions, or do you just go for it, or what?

got the compilin thing yesterday

ill post some screenshots soon

is there a trick to spawn and spawn intermission placement or what? like does one need the other or anything....im new at this so i dont know!

you should test compile your map every couple of hours of mapping. Otherwise it may not compile or you will have errors and not have any idea where they are.

intermissions are not as important as spawns. put the spawns in places that will allow for good battles.

the entire map is really all the way built, the only thing that needs to go in is the spawns....probably should put in some lights...is there a trick w/ those?

so do you not need intermissions? like, what exactly are they for?

you need an intermission for each gametype. teamdeathmatch will need a teamdeathmatch intermission and teamdeathmatch spawns. the intermission will also be where a player entering the map will first look from. You can have more than one intermission per gametype.

put your spawns where they will make the game fun to play. For teamdeathmatch spawns I always group together about 4 or 5 with a deathmatch spawn and spread them around the map.

What gametypes are you putting in your map?

for now, just tdm and dm probably...nuthin that requires a lot of stuff like ctf or s&d

i thought that that was what intermissions were for.

are you saying that you use deathmatch and teamdeathmatch spawns for your maps?

you must have a specific spawn for each gametype. for instance tdm needs tdm spawns and ctf needs ctf spawns. Each gametype needs it's own intermission. tdm needs a tdm intermission and ctf needs a ctf intermission.

Right click on the 2D map part of gradient and select mp. that's where all the spawn and intermissions are.