Has anyone spent so much time in the Hammer Editor that they experience a "mapping coma"? It's basically when boredom and urge to do something else stops, your emotions go dull, your distractions go away, you map very efficiently, and get a lot done. The bad part is that when you stop, all you can think about is mapping; you can see the Hammer Editor grid panels in your head before you fall asleep. If you're not going to sleep, you get the impression in the back of your head that your house is made of brushes and the ground outside are displacements.
It's awful, but rewarding.
I've spent 2288 hours :v:
.. And doing a 40 hour stream, so I will most likely get this sometime...
I'm sorry, but you need to go outside some more.
[QUOTE=l33tkill;30168657]I'm sorry, but you need to go outside some more.[/QUOTE]
Not really. I enjoy level design. It's practically what I want to do in life and well.. practice makes perfection.
This happens to me all the time.
Of course the "get a lot done" and "map efficiently" don't apply.
It reminds me that I was visiting a construction site one time and we went inside the dining hall, I actually said "too blocky" to one of the construction workers.
[QUOTE=Hawx;30168700]Not really. I enjoy level design. It's practically what I want to do in life and well.. practice makes perfection.[/QUOTE]
I should of quoted. I'm talking about Hostel. If you're getting the impression in the back of your head that your house is made of brushes and the ground outside are displacements, then you need to spend some time away from the screen. Shit can fry your brain.
[QUOTE=l33tkill;30168762]I should of quoted. I'm talking about Hostel. If you're getting the impression in the back of your head that your house is made of brushes and the ground outside are displacements, then you need to spend some time away from the screen. Shit can fry your brain.[/QUOTE]
Oh, alright. Sorry :3:
[QUOTE=l33tkill;30168762]I should of quoted. I'm talking about Hostel. If you're getting the impression in the back of your head that your house is made of brushes and the ground outside are displacements, then you need to spend some time away from the screen. Shit can fry your brain.[/QUOTE]
I would agree. And I do eventually find time to do something else to re-mediate myself.
[QUOTE=l33tkill;30168762]I should of quoted. I'm talking about Hostel. If you're getting the impression in the back of your head that your house is made of brushes and the ground outside are displacements, then you need to spend some time away from the screen. Shit can fry your brain.[/QUOTE]
I redesign all the buildings around me in my head while I'm going anywhere, Just me ?
Then I look up the valley and see the mountains, HammerBrain.exe has crashed.
[img]http://www.yellowstoneparknet.com/images/primary/2858_1270746689_md.jpg[/img]
(Google owned that website's image hotlinking prevention)
[QUOTE=glitchvid;30169398]I redesign all the buildings around me in my head while I'm going anywhere, Just me ?
Then I look up the valley and see the mountains, HammerBrain.exe has crashed.
[IMG]http://www.yellowstoneparknet.com/images/primary/2858_1270746689_md.jpg[/IMG]
(Google owned that website's image hotlinking prevention)[/QUOTE]
skybox texture.
But yeah, when I look at things I tend to think "how could I make this in Hammer"
I love it when I can go on for ages mapping and idea after idea is flowing through my head, and I can't map at the same speed I come up with ideas, but that only happens occasionally. I wish it happened more.
I have the exact opposite, I literally look at a blank hammer for most of the day. I have no ideas. O have nothing to do.
[QUOTE=Diealready;30169610]skybox texture.
But yeah, when I look at things I tend to think "how could I make this in Hammer"[/QUOTE]
I have minor [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia]Synesthesia[/url] so I can (hard to explain) sort of, view the world as in a hammer grid, my mind sort of fills in the blanks and I can visualize some crazy things while mapping in hammer. (Try to fully visualize your whole city in like wire-frame type mode, I can sorta visualize that and its one of the reasons I seem to be able to never get lost in cities)
Sometimes i have urges to map, but i don't have anything to do.
And when ever i play ANY game, i think about the level deisgn put into it. Also, i also think of building the area around me in Hammer sometimes when i'm out. Mostly in the city.
[QUOTE=glitchvid;30174580]I have minor [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia]Synesthesia[/url] so I can (hard to explain) sort of, view the world as in a hammer grid, my mind sort of fills in the blanks and I can visualize some crazy things while mapping in hammer. (Try to fully visualize your whole city in like wire-frame type mode, I can sorta visualize that and its one of the reasons I seem to be able to never get lost in cities)[/QUOTE]
So the brain has wired up a bit oddly, and wired one sense into another.
To be fair though, when i give directions, or think about where i need to go, i find it easier to think about it as a blue 3d grid.
I think mapping is slowly overlapping reality to me, i look at something then think how it would be done in hammer
[QUOTE=pinecleandog;30174690]I think mapping is slowly overlapping reality to me, i look at something then think how it would be done in hammer[/QUOTE]
a side effect of being a level designer.
I don't have time to map anymore :smith:
[QUOTE=Firegod522;30176557]I don't have time to map anymore :smith:[/QUOTE]
Great. It will give us time for someone to get better at lighting then you :D
Doubt it. :argh: I will be practicing when I have spare time.
[QUOTE=Hostel;30168560]Has anyone spent so much time in the Hammer Editor that they experience a "mapping coma"? It's basically when boredom and urge to do something else stops, your emotions go dull, your distractions go away, you map very efficiently, and get a lot done. The bad part is that when you stop, all you can think about is mapping; you can see the Hammer Editor grid panels in your head before you fall asleep. If you're not going to sleep, you get the impression in the back of your head that your house is made of brushes and the ground outside are displacements.
It's awful, but rewarding.[/QUOTE]
I have the opposite. I have the urge to map, and I have enough skill to map. I map for 30 minutes and then I get bored and won't map for days.
[QUOTE=Joppari;30177192]I have the opposite. I have the urge to map, and I have enough skill to map. I map for 30 minutes and then I get bored and won't map for days.[/QUOTE]
Have you managed to release anything yet? :v:
When looking at a new building, I feel like telling off the designer for it being shitty and fullbright.
841.1 Hours for me, Wait ill go Make a piece of architecture Right now.
I only have about 500 hours, but I tend to find myself up at 4 in the morning still working sometimes
onyl 465 :smith:
[QUOTE=GameDev;30177732]I only have about 500 hours, but I tend to find myself up at 4 in the morning still working sometimes[/QUOTE]
I hate it when that happens.
I have made almost 100 maps, but I have not released a thing. I try, but after the first bit I get distracted by a new idea...
Need 8 hands and 4 computers...
My maps folder has 1,032 files in it, thats probally about 250 to 300 maps, none worthy of release (and I cleared it out about 6 months ago). I'm too much of a perfectionist. Too many times have I gone to sleep thinking of player flow and optimisation methods.
