what you want to do is to make a map and you cant make/import skins and you dont know anything about terrain right?
so what you want to do is to be online much and look for some1 who might need help on his map...
im a map maker myself
I am the founder and creator of War of Masodar (havent released it on wc3sear.ch yet)
but when i followed the directions on how to import skinns to a map it didnt work
so now im reciving help by my good friend Rui who imports skins and helps me with triggers
the map grew so fast in ppl interests so another friend is also writing a full story to it
Yes its fun to make maps, but YOU cant start making a map without knowing how to make terrain, cuz to make ppl interested you have to show them an idea...
tell your friends and other ppl what your good at when it comes to map making and they might ask you to help them...
if you got nothin to present no1 will be interested...
all areas in map making is hard in their own ways and takes alot of patience and time
Triggers: you need to know what event, condition and action you need to make something work
Layout/terrain: you cant just make ramps, rivers, lakes, mountains, bridges, you also have to change the ground texture, make hills, you cant have a flat ground that just looks boring in ppls eyes, you have to make walls and mountains seperated so ppl will se the diffrence so they dont think everything is made by your worlds nature...
Item/Spells/units/abilities: how fun is it to make a melee map?
you need custom made units
you need custom spells
you need custom abilities
if this is the only thing you CAN do then either start practicing something else or dont care about map making anymore
its kinda hard to get all these things to be balanced, and theres alot of text to edit...
Skins/pictures: this is devided into 2 areas
1: the making of the skins/pictures (dont know a shit of this)
2: import and make them work and place them on the item/ability/spell/unit you want
theres alot more when it comes to map making these are the basics in the biggest categories
if you only know 1 or 2 then you shall not start a project
the things ppl notice is the layout and the units, thats the first things ppl lay theyre eyes on, not on what spells exists or what triggers youve used...
you really should not try to start making a map like this, you shall not let the ppl come to you, with your skills you shall look them up
-Emperornisse, The one and only true Emperor
