well. the OP just got pwnt.

You don't mess with the (almost)official map designer.

Link to Pit is wrong

while on the topic of maps... i thought i'd let everyone know that i'm 95% sure that altitude isn't a problem when it comes ot map creations... at least not gor pathing.  still figuring out the collision however if u look at the lua all the coordinances are in X, Y, Z format... and currently the only changing variables are X, Z.  Y is what controlls height and is used by the angles with their pathing... so the theory goes that u could have a map where Y (currently 100) could change through out the map to create level and altitude.  also this might mean that having points on the same XZ coordinate but on seperate Y (like when an angle flies over a tower)

soon as i figure out how to edit maps i'll get right on trying to make a two level map

Scot - I don't see how a multi-level map would work if there are portions of the map occupying the same X, Z, but a different Y.  That, and camera angles and clicking on the proper level you want to go on might get annoying.  (They can perhaps make it so if your DG goes below a certain 'Y', everything above a different certain 'Y' becomes transparent and unselectable.  However, that's something that would have to be implemented outside of the map-making circles.)

zed i said about that too but it is possible but would require alot of work  and  if they dont  do the lot of work and make the map ere would  rule the map

hmm and too let u guys know the mod tool will not have a map maker  might have a map editor as in moving buildn'ts arround and adding more that sort of thing  but  there wont be a maker

because map maker would be a 3d model (a mesh)  so  a map maker wouldn't be possible short of  getting milkshape or some other model making program

 and converter from what to what

From .3ds (3D Studio Max) to .gr2 (Granny 3D), the problem is that the only one I could find writes the .gr2 file out in the wrong version

Have a look at this thread; Scottie did a lot of research & work...

Thanks Si1foo,

I'm not sure what plug-in Scottie tried...

The problem is getting the files from .3ds to .gr2

I'll check what I can get right some time over the weekend... work ALWAYS gets in the way of fun

This one should be easy enough to implement.

Hey, we love the Demigod and Stardock developers...but with so many good map ideas provided by CallTheVoid and TheScottishAlien, where are they?

You'd have thought that they could have created at least one new map out of the great ideas presented here. Maybe they are all working on different games now and Demigod has no dev team left? Maybe there are other issues in the game I am not aware of, but to me since the initial connection problems have been solved the game plays flawlessly. Lets get some new maps and some new missions.

As for new missions - Raise the Fort! Opposite of Fortress, allows the team/demigod that captures a floating sphere to put a fortress wherever they want. Then time delays until the next sphere appears. You win by placing a Fortress in range of the enemy citadel and that fortress (or fortresses) doing X number of points of damage to cidadel (prevents drop and win, other team can kill fortress to limit its damage to citadel). Fortress does not have to destroy cidadel to win only score enough points (all placed fortresses add to the same point pot).

Thoughts, ideas?

From frogboy's august dev journal:

Q: Are there currently any new maps planned or in development? If the only new maps we can expect are from the modding tools, will we be able to upload maps for other people to play somehow?

A: Right now there are no new maps in the immediate pipeline.  I have been asking for maps that are derivatives of existing maps but new maps are very very expensive to make because of the quality level required.