my 1st attempt at a level

there was an attempt...

[@bluent8091]

lmao...

[@xxhiroyukixx4833]

Don't worry my friend... *I'm worse cause I can't even start a level*

[@kotin7]

The level was nice but the skybox was very close

[@jexusdomel5194]

Well, the sky's the limit on this one

[@nickblake8767]

ill put some tips here assuming that this is a real attempt and im not missing a joke (no offense): if you're making a solo map either use maincfg to change map properties or overwrite an existing map to use that maps properties, using the mapslot of an existing map though should only be used for testing and not a release version due to conflict between vanilla and the mod general rule of thumb, if using the sky for a ceiling use the same ceiling height for all sky ceilings, (a good height for the ceiling in outside areas is 1600 assuming the sector the player spawns on has a floor height of 0) USE CTRL+C CTRL+V AND PARTS OF SHAPE TOOLS (e.g 1/4th of a ellipse tool circle for stuff like curved roads), THEY ARE YOUR FRIENDS. for outside areas, unless you want massive walls as if trump just rolled up (something you might actually want sometimes, look at meadow match), assuming the area is a square (rule still applies if it isnt), create a sector around the playable sector, make sure the linedefs are at least 32 units to make sure they dont fuck with the playable sector, then make the ceiling height the same height as the floor height and leave the upper texture of the linedef shared by the inlevel sector and the "thok barrier" (the thing you just made outlining the map) textureless, if the floor height and ceiling height are higher than the inlevel sector than the lower texture is used as a wall (look at the end of gfz1, gfz3, beginning of thz1). fofs (floor over floors, basically floating platforms you can go under) can be a bit more complex but ill try and make this short, even if the ground is flat, make a seperate sector in the existing sector (eg put square in square) and tag the sector with tag 1 (or any unused tag) than outside the map make a right triangle (or a square if you're fucking insane) and set one of the linedefs to tag 1 aswell (or the tag you used) and give it the special property 100, you now have a fof, the floor texture and floor height determine the texture and location of the bottom with ceilings being the top and the sides being determined by the linedef with the property 100, and brightness determines the darkness of the shadow, you can actually use this for downward pointing lights by making the brightness higher than the sector in the level.

[@WeirdToYourMother]

A million times better than anything I could do. Good work!

[@mrstoic4264]

the sky roof gives me liminal space vibes

[@_kholaa]

niec

[@AtreyuGilbert]

top tier level design

[@RED1012x]

I usually make mine impossible to beat by putting invisible death barriers😂

[@BrianFan7650]

Good map!

[@bluent8091]

thank you, im gonna try making it better, and maybe try to give it music

[@zrpui8064]

@@bluent8091 just name it map01 it will have gfz music

[@sonichighway207]

Nice!

[@RyanNeoHedgehogOfficial]

Suddenly, all emeralds conviently placed in the ground lol

[@Ultimafire1258]

My brother in christ at least ya made a level.

[@LostEngineProductions]

You really gotta learn how to make skyboxes lol

[@T.T_CenrryTH]

Damn... It looks hella rough When did you do this? Final Demo?

[@AHMADKHAN-rj1bz]

Fantastic!

[@bluent8091]

thx

[@AHMADKHAN-rj1bz]

np

[@AnthonyVCL]

I can see that there were some scaling oversights

[@coolswag352]

but how do you make level mods work?

[@Leekodot15]

Hot tip: Try not to overestimate the fracunit! The fracunit is way smaller than you may think! A whole pixel small, in fact!

[@oxnvat]

Depends on the size of your monitor

[@Leekodot15]

@@oxnvat Monitor size means nothing when you're building a map for players to explore. And by pixel, I mean in game texture's pixels.

[@yakilismie9578]

New Record .w.

[@Subby_1]

Is that your level

[@bluent8091]

yes, there was an attempt (its my first time using zone builder, so im not posting it until i make it an actual level for now its just a test)

[@Subby_1]

@@bluent8091 well I like it

[@bluent8091]

@@Subby_1 thx im gonna try my best to make this map better

[@Subby_1]

@@bluent8091 your welcome

[@srb2er]

while this vid is 'old', I'm gonna say it. this map is wasaasaaaayyyyy too clatrophobic, there isn't actually any level design and it just... Is bad.... Even if its ur first map, take a look at gfz1. Is it smol? No. Is there level design? Yes. Is it bad? No. So try taking inspiration for a level next time, alright