Map imports. (NOOB)

[Sikon]

Okay, so. First off i've never made a map. Don't know anything about mods other than hitting auto-assign and choosing a loadout. 

But, my question is.. Can you import maps from other games, older games, and.. what is the difficulty level to do so for someone who does not have experience with map making at all?

[Merlin007]

hey @Sikon Porting maps as it's referred to is not as simple of just importing them from one game to another. You would need the map's raw files and the raw map or arena file in order to re-compile for the game you would port into.

So, to answer your question, you need more than noob skill level.  Don't feel bad, i've had no success in porting old maps either.

[Sikon]

Well damn.. Was hoping it was as simple as just converting some file formats. Lol I'll have to read more about it. 

Witch games have you tried to import from? 

[Merlin007]

Haha, ya not that simple I'm afraid.

I'm just working on COD5 maps for now.  Very time consuming and lots to learn as far as methods and tips for creating structures to terrain.

Depending on what game you are looking to do something for, our downloads section has a number of tools for this.  You can also check this site out https://wiki.zeroy.com/index.php?title=Main_Page for various games, tools, and tutorials on modding and mapping.

Feel free to ask away as we do have a few good modders and mappers here that can assist.

Good luck.

[Sikon]

More or less wanted to import maps for COD4. Maybe some Medal of Honor stock maps, or Delta Force: Blackhawk Down stock maps. From the short reading I've done this morning, Medal of Honor may not be that hard? Seeing as they're both .map files? Blackhawk down on the other hand seems to be BMS/MIS file format? Im sure there's more to it than.. But, that's just what I came across so far from Google search.

[Merlin007]

Ya, once you get into different file types, you get into more work.  Good luck though.  Time consuming as I said but I certainly enjoy it.

[LOCO]

takes a bit of work but its possible

https://www.xtremeidiots.com/forums/topic/70224-converting-maps/?tab=comments

https://www.xtremeidiots.com/forums/topic/65348-cod-2-decomplite-d3dbsp-back-to-map-file/

 

[LOCO]

for medal of honor theres a converter for bsp to .map  mohbsptomohmap.zip just search online for tutorials using this tool

 

[Sikon]

I've read the post that Loco posted. Seems like it can get pretty complex for someone just starting out. Maybe I should try and just make a map for cod4 first. Might help me understand what I'm reading about the conversion of other game maps.

[Sikon]

2 hours ago, LOCO said:

takes a bit of work but its possible

https://www.xtremeidiots.com/forums/topic/70224-converting-maps/?tab=comments

https://www.xtremeidiots.com/forums/topic/65348-cod-2-decomplite-d3dbsp-back-to-map-file/

 

On the part with the 3d models. How devastating is it on your video card and memory?  I only have a Nvidia 745 gtx 4gb. Then 16gb of ram. 

[LOCO]

i think it should be fine with what you got

[Labob]

You can also search for a map with its game type and name and add in chaulk you might get lucky

[LOCO]

i can give you this one to get familiar with it everything is in there i fixed a few things that didnt export

this was exported from cod4

let me know

Edited May 26, 2020 by LOCO

[Sikon]

Yes, that would be great actually. I going to try and read more about general map making today and watch a few videos.  

[LOCO]

i send you a pm with the map file

[Sikon]

So I came across these videos. They're obviously older, but some what descriptive. Any thoughts ?

6 part tutorial for the basics of starting a new map.  I went to this guys clan site. They seem to have a lot of different mod tuts.

https://www.youtube.com/user/codnerdtube/search?query=CoD4+Mapping+Tutorial+Part+1

Cod4 Mod Tools install tutorial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZNHfsiUhtQ

The only thing i'm not sure of on the installation. Is the person says you should have the original version (Not Steam) of the game to avoid errors. Can I use the Mod Tool successfully with the Steam version?

 

 

[LOCO]

you should be able to use Mod Tools on steam version  its just addon files and folders you add to the installation and those tutorials helped me some

  http://modsonline.com/Tutorials-list-17.html 

[Sikon]

I saved that page earlier today. Looked like it had some good stuff on it.