So who's going into Starcraft2 mapping right away?

[WindexGlow]

Personally, I am. There's going to be a wave of map makers that move from wc3 to sc2. Most of them will be idiots who are like 'WTF THE GUI IS DIFFERENT THIS SUCKS' without realizing it's a different engine, with different codes.

It will be interesting to see how many 'dota' games are created in the first week of sc2's release.

If you are moving from Warcraft3 to Starcraft2 , please make a topic with the current game(s) that you are working on, please make sure they are unprotected. Those will greatly help new map makers, and since you are moving to sc2 you won't notice who steals your credit.

 

[BlueSin]

I wonder how good the programming language will be, and how much it limits people...

 

[mase]

If you are moving from Warcraft3 to Starcraft2 , please make a topic with the current game(s) that you are working on, please make sure they are unprotected. Those will greatly help new map makers, and since you are moving to sc2 you won't notice who steals your credit.

I'm sorry but that is the dumbest thing anyone could do. You still want credit even if you don't play that game...

 

[Akatsuki]

I really don't care if the program is different. I'll just learn it. Besides with summer around the corner. I got almost nothing but time.

 

[risen_jihad]

I really don't care if the program is different. I'll just learn it. Besides with summer around the corner. I got almost nothing but time.

pretty much, what a great time for SC II to come out

and blizzard finally decided to release it, woot

 

[SFilip]

Woah people, the release date is not yet announced, not to mention that we aren't even sure if it will include anything more advanced than a terrain editor.

 

[WindexGlow]

Starcraft2.com shows us

Full map-making and scripting tools to give players incredible freedom in customizing and personalizing their gameplay experience

The last feature.

 

[AceHart]

They said the same for wc3.
And we still had to wait for the expansion before we got the actual editor.

 

[martix]

I'm looking forward to JASS3...

 

[SFilip]

> Starcraft2.com shows
A promotional list of stuff people want to hear.
Yeah, it's probably going to be an editor at least as advanced as WC's (at some point). However it's too early at this point to simply say that you'll move to it as soon as possible.

 

[Tonks]

I'm actually more interested to see where this forums takes it. Will there be new forums? Essentially a duplicate of the WE Help areas for the SE Help? Because if the editor is as advanced as the Wc3 one (compared to Sc1) then quite a few people will use it.

 

[hi_im_bob]

Yah but I think that Starcraft is going to stay as basic as it was before. Maybe the World Editor will be better but there wont be any heros or stuff like that.

 

[The Helper]

Yeah but you know there will be a Starcraft 2 Editor Forum here.

 

[Marduke]

Yah but I think that Starcraft is going to stay as basic as it was before. Maybe the World Editor will be better but there wont be any heros or stuff like that.

So people are just going to have to be more creative. Not a bad thing.

 

[U are a noob]

They said the same for wc3.
And we still had to wait for the expansion before we got the actual editor.

Perhaps after looking at the success of the wc3 tft editor they might realize thats the only thing keeping wc3 alive and active.

 

[SFilip]

> success of the wc3 tft editor
Just a reason more..."Buy the expansion now and get an advanced map editor!"

 

[Kenito]

I will try to balance both (scifi and medieval games are WAY different, even if the map editors, interface, etc are really similar) on my tab, as WC3 never gets old.

I will begin SC2 mapping right away, though. By "right away" I mean as soon as I get it, which may not be "right away".

 

[Uberplayer]

I'm not sure, it depends on what Starcraft 2 offers.

Is there even much difference between Warcraft 3 and Starcraft 2? They both look like a cartoon-cutscened-threedimensional-game. Anyway I think Warcraft 3 has more possibilities, because Starcraft 2 takes a place to the future.

 

[Rad]

A bit off topic but have you seen the editor for Crysis? It looks freaking sweet it will probrably be real hard though
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0QeUcxgLxxE

I can really see SC2 as having either an editor only as powerful as wc3, or way to powerful that its not easy to learn (like I did... I didnt even know about forums when I started )

Needless to say, Im probrably done mapping. Too much work, not enough reward eh

Cant compete with DotA, watch it move on to starcraft 2 -_- hope they dont allow you to make heros at all!

 

[AceHart]

Just wait for the first "Big Game Hunters"...