Multiple people working on one project

[Abdoma]

I'm working on a project with some friends and would like to know the best way to organise it. The current team consists of 4 people: One terrainer, One person doing level design + creep encounters and 2 triggerers.

Currently we've all done our own little bits but have no idea how to merge them together! Considering the maps take several minutes to load it won't be very good having to continuously change window in the world editor to copy one ability at a time.

Alternatively, would it be better to send the copy of the map to one person and get him to work on it for a bit then send it to the next person to finish the next bit. This could work but there are times when we are working on it at the same time so it won't be very efficient.

We're all using jass newgen if that makes any difference

Thanks for taking the effort to read this

tl;dr best way to merge maps?

 

[Zhall]

Have one map which you do your terraining on.

On another 3 (2 for triggers and 1 for abilities and units) assemble the other parts of the map.

When in world editor first load up your terrain map, then open the other windows and copy paste units, abilities, triggers between them by using the window menu.

Good luck

 

[baassee]

open all maps, then you go to "window" and switch between them when copy n pasting

also remove the option with having brush list, usally makes we load faster

 

[Zhall]

You can also go to preferences and turn off "Create New map on editor startup" Which will make the editor load up just that much faster

 

[Abdoma]

thank you both for help
i was hoping there was a way to use the import object data option without it removing objects that already exist :S