Goonhub
12-02-2012, 10:00 AM
If you're interested in seeing how my work changed between revisions with that tool:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/89619796/cogmapv07_full.png
VS
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/89619796/v09.png
(huge files warning)
(also attn: pre-emptive thing for everyone else, don't discuss my map links here, this is Weavel's thread!)
Anyways you'll probably notice the huge difference between hallway layouts. In 07, I was more concerned with getting the individual rooms fleshed out, didn't consider the overall space very well and as a result the corridors are a nonsensical mess. Backed away from it for a few weeks, then came back by just tearing all the individual pieces off. Used the select-drag thing to throw all the rooms out into space, moved some of them around to see how the shapes best related to eachother, then sketched out a new corridor system for that.
If your workflow is anything like mine, I'd bet that the overall picture gets kinda lost while you're still building the individual parts. Maybe this process log will help?
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/89619796/cogmapv07_full.png
VS
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/89619796/v09.png
(huge files warning)
(also attn: pre-emptive thing for everyone else, don't discuss my map links here, this is Weavel's thread!)
Anyways you'll probably notice the huge difference between hallway layouts. In 07, I was more concerned with getting the individual rooms fleshed out, didn't consider the overall space very well and as a result the corridors are a nonsensical mess. Backed away from it for a few weeks, then came back by just tearing all the individual pieces off. Used the select-drag thing to throw all the rooms out into space, moved some of them around to see how the shapes best related to eachother, then sketched out a new corridor system for that.
If your workflow is anything like mine, I'd bet that the overall picture gets kinda lost while you're still building the individual parts. Maybe this process log will help?