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Today's Topics:
1. Re: New Map editor? (Matt McKee)
2. Re: New Map editor? (Stephan Vandenborn)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:00:08 -0300
From: Matt McKee <mattbro...@gmail.com>
To: P2 Mapper List <p2mapper@list.valvesoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [P2mapper] New Map editor?
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What file was the one you saw those commented out parts in? I'd like to get
experimenting.
On Saturday, October 22, 2011, Stephan Vandenborn <cosmicma...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I already saw evidence if this "downloading of comunity maps" when I
opened the RES files of the new dlc, but i thought they just didn't go
trough with it because it was all commented out... So it turns out the menus
are just waiting to be used in the future.
>
> Given the nature of this game to become not so replayable after you solved
all the puzzles, it is perhaps a good thing that more people have access to
portal 2 level design. I always make the comparison to trackmania where you
have an editor that can easily be used to build a decent racing track in
less than 15 minutes. Many maps can be made for people to play and that's a
positive thing. If Valve can simplify the engine in such a way that you
don't have to need to fiddle with allot of the stuff you have to do in
hammer but still make it flexible enough to make decent puzzles, that would
be a nice evolution.
>
> If it's all about access for custom stuff in the community I really hope
that we can also include our hammer made maps so that these are accessible
via this download system as well, we did much work on it.
>
> So I hope that the map editor is flexible enough to make interesting new
designs as well and include maybe pneumatic vents as an element on it's own,
or let you design a movement path of franken cubes ? WIll the editor limit
animations of a pre set amount of panels or will a simplified form of
func_rotate or func_movelinear will be available ? It's that kind of
questions that I have.
>
> WIll indicator lights be automatically generated depending on the
input/outputs that you will set between objects ? Will you be able to draw
your own rooms "sims style?" or will there be a pre set amount of rooms ?
It's that kind of stuff that I wonder about.
>
> sv
> Op 22/10/2011 23:24, Jeffool schreef:
>>
>> It didn't dawn on me that not everyone keeps up with gaming news, but
maybe
>> some of you don't...
>>
>> The next Portal 2 DLC will include a new map editor:
>> http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=24794
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:25:45 +0200
From: Stephan Vandenborn <cosmicma...@gmail.com>
To: p2mapper@list.valvesoftware.com
Subject: Re: [P2mapper] New Map editor?
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If you open the pak01_dir.vpk with gcfscape (in the portal2_dlc1 dir)
and you go to the resource/ui/basemodui folder, you will find
mainmenu.res with a section called "community map" which is totally
commented out.
But the evidence that there is going to be a download option for maps I
found in communitymapdialog.res in a menu item that's called
"DownloadingAnim"
sv
Op 26/10/2011 13:00, Matt McKee schreef:
> What file was the one you saw those commented out parts in? I'd like to get
> experimenting.
>
> On Saturday, October 22, 2011, Stephan Vandenborn<cosmicma...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I already saw evidence if this "downloading of comunity maps" when I
> opened the RES files of the new dlc, but i thought they just didn't go
> trough with it because it was all commented out... So it turns out the menus
> are just waiting to be used in the future.
>> Given the nature of this game to become not so replayable after you solved
> all the puzzles, it is perhaps a good thing that more people have access to
> portal 2 level design. I always make the comparison to trackmania where you
> have an editor that can easily be used to build a decent racing track in
> less than 15 minutes. Many maps can be made for people to play and that's a
> positive thing. If Valve can simplify the engine in such a way that you
> don't have to need to fiddle with allot of the stuff you have to do in
> hammer but still make it flexible enough to make decent puzzles, that would
> be a nice evolution.
>> If it's all about access for custom stuff in the community I really hope
> that we can also include our hammer made maps so that these are accessible
> via this download system as well, we did much work on it.
>> So I hope that the map editor is flexible enough to make interesting new
> designs as well and include maybe pneumatic vents as an element on it's own,
> or let you design a movement path of franken cubes ? WIll the editor limit
> animations of a pre set amount of panels or will a simplified form of
> func_rotate or func_movelinear will be available ? It's that kind of
> questions that I have.
>> WIll indicator lights be automatically generated depending on the
> input/outputs that you will set between objects ? Will you be able to draw
> your own rooms "sims style?" or will there be a pre set amount of rooms ?
> It's that kind of stuff that I wonder about.
>> sv
>> Op 22/10/2011 23:24, Jeffool schreef:
>>> It didn't dawn on me that not everyone keeps up with gaming news, but
> maybe
>>> some of you don't...
>>>
>>> The next Portal 2 DLC will include a new map editor:
>>> http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=24794
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jeffool.
>>> http://about.me/jeffool
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