COH: Europe In Ruins

Segment List:
Episode 1: Basic Introduction
Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb7wjLqA_o8&feature=related)
Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drEwL5YJfDs&feature=channel)
Part 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjHMaW9w0Lc&feature=related)
Part 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCL3kbGScko&feature=related)

Episode 2: Advanced SGA packaging
Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK8fLx1pWCU)
Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDXsp2HSKvk)
Part 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wLnC_-RW8A)

Episode 3: Trench Design Tutorial
Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWg-D2NayLw)
Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdCi2Ew4zew)

Episode 4: Rivers And Creeks
Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nso__2WEjqg)
Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5-dnXVRy-I)

I have decided to start making video tutorials about the various tools and techniques involved with the world builder.  This first tutorial took me a few tries and a lot of time rendering so I did my best for the first segment and will improve the quality of the videos in the next episodes.

The first episode is almost 30 minutes long, it encompasses all the essentials for entirely new mappers.

-Where is the WB located?
-What should I make my map-size?
-What are the essential tools?
-What do I need for a functional map?

Questions like these are answered in this first video tutorial, I hope if you are new to mapping and you watch this as well as many more to come that you learn something.


Useful Information:
corsix (http://www.corsix.org/cdms/)
gimp (http://www.gimp.org)

Lolto love the guide mate,


helped me with some things i was working on, hopefully have a map for you lads to play in the future, while im not playing anymore will still pop in so maybe through maps i might say hi.

cheers nev

Excellent work, maybe this will help get more people to try out mapping... like myself  ;D

glad it got done, I'm going to study this and try a map!

truly he is a titan among men

Good idea lolto, it´s going to be a huge task to get around all the features in WB this way  ;)

In the same category, i made a little video about a year ago, about how to make a trench with splines, i think it might be useful.
trench.mpg (http://files.filefront.com/trenchmpg/;9309135;/fileinfo.html)
 it´s a 50 MB download and it´s without naration, but it will give a WB user a pretty good idea about how splines can be used  ;D

wow, thank you very very very^99 much.

Sticky it! ;)

or at least add the link to impo. info.

do things like creating a believable town or believable farms etc.

Mapping is hard, you have to find the balance in many things;

Realistic look vs Gameplay
Details vs Lag

Great guide there lolto. I never knew the quick way to change the default terrain, I would spend all my time coloring in the terrain and that would take sooooooooooooooooooooooooo long. I'm looking foward to the other "episodes".

Oh i kinda didnt see where you explained how to turn fog of war off for we also it looked like it was on all the time ...

I'll make a mention of it in the next tutorial, its a little button at the top right called 'Fog' you just un-check. :)

I know, i made the best map ever... Search for sonnenaufgang

Episode 2: http://files.filefront.com/WB+A+SGA+PT+e2wmv/;9993089;/fileinfo.html *New*  still processing the video.

Great video.

Actually brought me to mapping :) quite some time since warcraft 3 :D

Retarded textures  ;D

I only have 5 files in my folder? is there more i need to copy from some place else?

If you have the essentials;

.sgb
.info
.scar
Mapname_tml.tga
Mapname_mm.tga

then those five files are good enough for a simple map package in order for a map to function, if you want to add things like a loading screen and map preview image then you will need to make two additional images using your "Mapname_mm.tga" file as a base to make:

Mapname_map_base.tga
Mapname_map_slots.tga

Then you would put those in the folder for a total of 7 files, the loading screen would have to be in a sub-folder named as:

Mapname.tga

That would be it, I suggest looking over the tutorials again, they are a bit confusing but that was the best I could do with the amount of steps involved in such a process.  After you get your first map working with everything it becomes second hand knowledge.

.scar is not essential, but the _ID one is.

I think you did a great job. All the tuts here are great but its just hard for me to understand some of the stuff giving that it is my first time.

_ID is the .scar file.

The video stops for me right after it talks about atmosphere, is it just doing that for me becuase i thought it would show me how to get a load screen. If so is there another link that might not crash on me?

Not exactly, the _ID file is for recognition of the markers being used.
The .scar file is the actual code that applies to the markers.

As soon as I try to create a new map to work on, it gives me the message "Pipeline project not located for Mod:'Europe in Ruins'". Not sure where to go from there, just wish I could have gotten started working before I had any problems. It works fine if I select "Invasion of Normandy" as the Mod, but for some reason my WB or computer doesn't like EiR. Any suggestions?

For the last time, only use the relic module file.  Don't use the EiR module.

It's for simplicity sakes.

Also; don't use the EIR .module file Leafedge, as Warbirds said use the Relic one known as 'Invasion of Normandy' module file.

More than just markers :P.

Great job Lolto!

You are a champion!! these are really good tutorials.

Id love to see more tip and tricks..

u are a legend

J-Ro, I am glad if you learned something from them, I am sure eventually I will pump out another one but not anytime soon.  Thanks for the feedback! :)

You're just jealous

You want to start something punk?

Im actually starting to build a map, and your tutorials have been a great help Lolto. I'll PM you if I need help with anything.

Also, it seems hard to make water that units cant travel through. Any quick or easy ways for this?

http://forums.europeinruins.com/index.php/topic,6613.0.html

Also feel free to post in the question center so that others can read the questions and answers.

Episode 3: Trench Design Tutorial
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWg-D2NayLw
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdCi2Ew4zew


I recently made a new tutorial, made for the benefit of everyone, it's pretty basic but should help any new mappers.

I will probably make some more soonish*