The 10 Commandments | Quadropolis

RaZgRiZ | 2011-09-01 21:30

The 10 Commandments

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I: Thou shalt not infringe on copyrights.

II: Thou shalt not make gimmick or otherwise unfinished maps.

III: Thou shalt not suggest useless things or promote stupid ideas.

IV: Thou shalt not post a map that took less than 12 hours to make on Quadropolis.

V: Thou shalt not capitalize or use other gimmick symbols in file names. Ever.

VI: Honor thy Aardappel, Eihrul and Quin.

VII: Thou shalt not create spawn points facing a wall.

VIII: Thou shalt not use the smallest grid size to create an entire map.

IX: Thou shalt not use abusive means to unfairly possess an advantage against others.

X: Thou shalt not be a douche bag or otherwise annoying on public servers.

Comments

Suicizer | 2011-09-01 22:06

"VIII: Thou shalt not use the smallest grid size to create an entire map."
Ever heard of pvs? True, a map shouldn't be created entirely by using the smallest gridsize, but cube engine has pvs-culling since some editions.
What about putting it like this:
VIII: Thou shalt use an efficient and logical gridsize to create geometry inside maps.

RaZgRiZ | 2011-09-02 10:16

If you wanna create a map out of the smallest gridsize and then generate pvs to make things better, go ahead. I dare you.

skiingpenguins | 2011-09-02 00:34

wasnt there an old version of this?

Suicizer | 2011-09-02 01:19

There still is, just over here.

Seems like Razgriz just updated it (which was about time actually).

Calinou | 2011-09-02 11:59

"Thou shalt not post a map that took less than 12 hours to make on Quadropolis."

Time isn't a matter of quality, you know? You know, speedmapping? I've seen great maps done in 6 hours or so.

Suicizer | 2011-09-02 12:19

You probably could take some of the commandments in this node as guidelines for new beings on quadropolis. People which don't have that much experience with mapping at all and don't know how to handle the advanced settings of the game engine (like shadersettings, setting up a configuration-file for your map where materials, textures and models are also being described, textureblending, setting up a configuration-file for models, making skins/textures, scripting, coding, etc).
I doubt a lot of people know all of such things and can handle all of them smoothly, but that's why a community exist, isn't it? To bundle each other's knowledge and interests.

To razgriz, one day I will try such thing, but I have a lot of projects which are unfinished, even outside Cube Engine.

Mars | 2011-09-28 08:03

The 8th rule says you can not use the smallest gridsize to create a map, what about the smaller duel maps, they look like they where created with the smallest grid size or did they just delete the rest of the map that wasn't used durring the creation of the maps?

RaZgRiZ | 2011-09-28 18:27

People who know what remip does and why geometry should always be aligned need not an answer.

typhoon | 2011-09-28 18:29

"Map size", which I think you are talking about, is totally different from "Grid size". The latter is the size of the cubes you create (if you didn't know, you can change it with G + Scroll wheel). If you use very small grid sizes throughout the map, you'll create tons of unneeded cubes. Using reasonable grid sizes will reduce map file size, improve performance and not make you look like a noob ;)

1DVD-DCLXVI | 2012-09-30 01:48

Addendum;
I.a: Thou shalt not infringe on copyrights, and others creations while editing online? :P

Suicizer | 2012-09-30 11:55

Indeed, but it already has been described in the 10th commandment.

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