I made a room with four walls and a window. Tell me what to add.

[GoldenGnome]

Hi, mapping section. I've lurked around here for a while and always wanted to get into mapping, but I could never come up with anything to map. So I figured what better way to get ideas than by asking for them? So I made this piece of shit:

[IMG]http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/2272/funroom0001.jpg[/IMG]

And I want you guys to tell me what to add. I'll post updates with my favorite suggestion(s) and eventually, I'll have a map (hopefully) worth releasing.

So, fire away, Mappunch.

[thedarkknight7]

Turn the lights down. Also your wall seems really thin. Obviously needs some furniture.

[slashsnemesis]

Explosions as soon as you take one step.

[[yournamehere]]

A better plan to start mapping is to design a commercial building as if you're doing it on sims, posting said building, and perhaps having people help you add to it?

[CoolCorky]

A door.

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Also, protip: Standard wall thickness is 8 units

[thedarkknight7]

[QUOTE=CoolCorky;24763156]
Also, protip: Standard wall thickness is 8 units[/QUOTE]

Really? I heard 16

[FunkyHippo]

Playboy posters on the wall, and a couch.

[CoolCorky]

[QUOTE=thedarkknight7;24763285]Really? I heard 16[/QUOTE]

16 is more than a source foot thick

It's a good width for bank vault walls but 8 will usually do

[Inmate Issues]

You need a carpet.

[Staneh]

A talking pony which likes waffles.

[redBadger]

I use 16 for most walls.

Anyway, this looks like a bedroom. Add a bed, a desk, and a carpet.

[Neo Kabuto]

[QUOTE=Inmate Issues;24763886]You need a carpet.[/QUOTE]

Better yet, a rug.

[~ZOMG]

16 for outer walls, 8 for interior walls.

[Glitchvid]

[QUOTE=~ZOMG;24765232]16 for outer walls, 8 for interior walls.[/QUOTE]

4 for walls that separate rooms, 8 for larger dividing building walls, and 16 for outer walls.

[comet1337]

an item crate with 3 gunships :v:

[meepugh]

Tons of fire, you have to escape the house that's burning down

[Zeloutional]

No, no, no.
Use 16 for walls period.

[comet1337]

[QUOTE=Zeloutional;24766396]No, no, no.
Use 16 for walls period.[/QUOTE]

No, no, no.
Use 8 for walls period.

(it looks way better)

[Missing User]

No, no, no.
Use 0.1 for walls period.

(:v:)

[Kali]

Add a minibar.

[Firegod522]

A couch.

[Legend286]

[QUOTE=CoolCorky;24763565][b]16 is more than a source foot thick[/b]

It's a good width for bank vault walls but 8 will usually do[/QUOTE]

Haha what?

[Juniez]

16 units is bigger than a foot in source equivalents.

[Legend286]

Yeah but the character models are quite off scale. And I don't know about you but I can't step up a foot high step without having to push myself forward to get up it, Gordon seems to be able to, as do the other npcs.

[Penguiin]

[QUOTE=Legend286;24772349]Yeah but the character models are quite off scale. And I don't know about you but I can't step up a foot high step without having to push myself forward to get up it, Gordon seems to be able to, as do the other npcs.[/QUOTE]

regardless, hammer/source units = 1.5 imperial inches

[HighdefGE]

I use 16. It's not really big of a problem.

[Legend286]

[QUOTE=Penguiin;24772429]regardless, hammer/source units = 1.5 imperial inches[/QUOTE]

[url=http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Dimensions]2 source units = 1.5 inches.[/url]

[LemurMan]

16 Units is fine. Most DoD buildings have 16 unit thick walls.

[WebOfTrust]

Add a strip pole

[Timenova]

Better than my first room. :v:
Anyway, as well as the above suggestions (not every explosion is required though), you should add props to it, then add a door into a corridor- gradually expand this room into a whole house. :smile: