Report, edit, etc...Posted by Electroid on 2006-07-20 at 10:23:33
hey guys. as you are aware, im creating a 2-6 multiplayer game of poker, which abides by all the standard rules and consequences, and ive just finished designing a new virtual card system, consisting of 56 cards, 7 of which are generated at random and displayed as text to the player. so you get the idea, this is going to be a nice map!
however, im not the best terrain editor, therefore, id like some map making assisstance and/or ideas on how i should create my terrain.
consider there are just 2 small control platforms for each player, therefore i have alot of open space at the moment! i want to make it more interesting. maybe a minimap picture will look nice.
however, im not the best terrain editor, therefore, id like some map making assisstance and/or ideas on how i should create my terrain.
consider there are just 2 small control platforms for each player, therefore i have alot of open space at the moment! i want to make it more interesting. maybe a minimap picture will look nice.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by StarKraft on 2006-07-20 at 13:18:07
QUOTE(Electroid @ Jul 20 2006, 03:23 PM)
hey guys. as you are aware, im creating a 2-6 multiplayer game of poker, which abides by all the standard rules and consequences, and ive just finished designing a new virtual card system, consisting of 56 cards, 7 of which are generated at random and displayed as text to the player. so you get the idea, this is going to be a nice map!
however, im not the best terrain editor, therefore, id like some map making assisstance and/or ideas on how i should create my terrain.
consider there are just 2 small control platforms for each player, therefore i have alot of open space at the moment! i want to make it more interesting. maybe a minimap picture will look nice.
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however, im not the best terrain editor, therefore, id like some map making assisstance and/or ideas on how i should create my terrain.
consider there are just 2 small control platforms for each player, therefore i have alot of open space at the moment! i want to make it more interesting. maybe a minimap picture will look nice.
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A minimap picture is a good idea. Or you could use the free space to write the name of the map and the author.
If you go for the minimap you could easily take a jpg picture with the picturemapper and convert it to a map. But this fills the whole map with the picture so I'd edit the picture in a programm to add some pure black where there are control platforms.
Then you convert it to a map and then you use SCMIE to extract its terrain. And then you open your poker map (or better a copy of it) with SCMIE and you import the terrain data. Remember all your current terrain will be lost but not the triggers and or locations and so on. But as far as you just have a little terrain you will lose thats the best way to add a minimap picture.
Ok I've just made you an example on ICE terrain. Open it with SCMDraft because X-tra messes with black terrain. You can do whatever with this example. But mainly its just to see what the black borders in the picture were for.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kenoli on 2006-07-20 at 15:53:00
> Moved to Ideas.
Maybe you do need help after all.
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ive just finished designing a new virtual card system, consisting of 56 cards
There are 52 cards in a deck.Maybe you do need help after all.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Electroid on 2006-07-20 at 16:30:34
thankyou StarKraft. thats of big help to me. however, every time i click the file you have linked to your post, it opens up in explorer. how do i save/open the file as it was created?
yeh my bad. i was counting the ace twice.
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There are 52 cards in a deck.
yeh my bad. i was counting the ace twice.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Rantent on 2006-07-20 at 16:41:06
Well counting jokers, index and rules card theres 56. 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Electroid on 2006-07-20 at 17:02:12
thanks for your sympathy, but i was counting the number #1 within the card pack, but then i remembered that there is no number 1!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by StarKraft on 2006-07-20 at 17:15:53
QUOTE(Electroid @ Jul 20 2006, 09:30 PM)
thankyou StarKraft. thats of big help to me. however, every time i click the file you have linked to your post, it opens up in explorer. how do i save/open the file as it was created?
yeh my bad. i was counting the ace twice.
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yeh my bad. i was counting the ace twice.
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I don't know why that happends to you. If I open the link with Firefox it works well. And if i right click/save-as it try's to save index.php. Well I can't help u with this problem other than saying try Firefox.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Electroid on 2006-07-20 at 19:35:35
em, wats firefox?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Zeratul_101 on 2006-07-20 at 19:50:26
its an internet browser, like internet explorer and netscape.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kalle on 2006-07-21 at 05:15:35
And like 900 times better.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Electroid on 2006-07-22 at 03:53:47
at the moment, my terrain is really dull. its basicaly a small island for each player, which they control the entire game from, surrounded in empty space, lol! i tried using Flash MX and SPM to create a cool design, but because i use starforge, the quality wasn't too great, so i reverted back to neat and tidy, but boring. lol, well hopefuly i'll make up for the terrain with my skills in triggering and overall gameplay.