I'm thinking of setting an actual New Years resolution type deal for 2011. I'm wondering if anyone thinks it's feasible to finish a 6-map episode in a year, sticking to a schedule of one finished map every two months, or whether it's too strict or too lax. I already have theme ideas, gameplay ideas, I'm just worried about actually finishing it, considering how long it's taking me to do my metal map.

Any thoughts/opinions/discussion, go. 

my mapping time at the moment, since I can't map at work anymore :( is like 1 full map each two years :( 

i guess it depends on the scope of your maps. two months is good for an id-sized map. 

... for giant map is not too much considering real life eats a lot of time :( 

I'd rather start smoking, then try to quit.

A 6-map episode does sound feasible, but you never know. Depends on your scope, yeah. id size is the way to go, and if you don't get carried away, two months for a medium-sized map should be enough. Of course there's a very real risk of getting bored half-way through. Working on a single map, the end of the process is in sight, whereas if finishing one means there are still five more to go, the feeling of achievement is smaller and possibly not rewarding enough to keep you going.

Seeing how long your metal map is taking, and assuming the lack of progress is because you just lost the initial drive/interest, it would probably be a better idea to go for an episode but release each map individually (IKQ style). 

don't take two months to do each map, leave some months at the end to go over and do the finish on all maps. 

six singleplayer maps in one year, as a hobby project, sounds unrealistic to me. You'd have to keep the motivation up over 12 full months and really force yourself to work on them. Without seeing paychecks regularly. You'd be doing it only for yourself, or for the glory. Or something. While you could be going out instead. And only about 20 people would play it, whereas if you make an ambitious L4D map, or a Crysis map, in the same time, a lot of people will play it.

Even if you stick to id size, id level of details, vanilla Quake... yeah, huge risk of getting bored.

I think one ambitious map at a time is really best, even if it takes long. Do speedmaps when you get stuck with your main project.

Episodes are for the masochistic IMO. After my part in RMQ is done, I plan on making single levels for relatively new games and have a nice website for them. 

But I'd say 3 maps or so is easily doable - when you get bored with one you can work on another as long as the style changes some.

After RMQ I think I'll continue working inside it, but only on maps. All the tools and entities are great things - I've lost count of the Ogre variations we've been through and the final set is very versatile and fun to map with.

Just missing the Ogre Cook :D 

http://members.home.nl/gimli/cook.gif 

should have been in nehahra, imo 

Anyone still have the model? 

I set up a dm and oriontf server.

dm: bender.eugenics-research.org:26000
oriontf: bender.eugenics-research.org:27000 

I would release my map already if not this randomly happening crash message.... What's wrong? Light in the door? Trigger within a trigger? I can't find it.... (I use latest Fitzquake) 

but i think i fixed it 

Test with BJP's engine and developer 1. The error is caused by a func entity without brush information. You can also identify the entity in question through the entity list (if it doesn't have a > symbol next to it). 

Check map for problems>
Func_blah whatever entity doesnt have brush (or whatever it says I forget)>
close dialogue>
press "delete"

Bug gone :) 

vondur has a new map? awesome! 

i did a double take too. ^_^ 

Almost wish he hadn't let that slip!How crazy would it be he just just posted the map up in the newsthread completely unannounced?

I probably would've ruined my pants.

But yeah... awesome. 

It is a homage to Rubicon 2. 

Those of us in #tf knew about this already. Cuz we're in the loop. 

#tf is for noobs :p 

Out of a sudden, new QSP just fell from the sky.

Screens:
http://vondur.net/maps_files/eels_o1.jpg
http://vondur.net/maps_files/eels_o2.jpg

File:
http://vondur.net/maps_files/eels.zip

More info if you will:
http://wp.vondur.net/?page_id=1047 

Haha! Looks like a fun map Vondur, I'll give it a try later..... 

Six maps like this one and your episode won't be a problem.