Hi. I am very knew to making maps in Myth 2 I am pretty experienced in warcraft FT map maker but not Myth 2 and I need alot of help.. The first thing is how do I play my map once i make it?
Make sure your map has its own title. (The title is placed in a string list tag and selected in "Map Description" in the mesh tag in Fear.) You need to make it into a plugin. If you haven't yet, in Fear... File... Build Plug-in File. When it is built, the plugin is automatically placed in your plugins folder. Now remove your local folder by renaming it or deleting it.
If it is a single player map (and you already activated the plugin) then hold shift as you click New Game and it will show up. If it is a multiplayer map then it will show up in multiplayer (if you activated the plugin).
Questions and comments on mapmaking are best asked and stated in the Project Magma forums where more mapmakers might notice.
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If you are _really_ new to Myth 2 mapmaking, I'd suggest you go through one of the excellent mapmaking tutorials - it will spare you a lot of trial and error and frustration and save you 10x the time trying to figure out some really simple but unintuitive stuff.
There are lots of articles about mapmaking at the Myth Graveyard , but for basic overviews/walkthroughs of the mapmaking process, I would recommend either Cydonian's Myth II Mapmaking Tutorial (fairly concise, lots of crucial info) and Heal with Steel's Mapmaking for Newbies (very detailed and thorough).
Between the two there's not much that isn't covered, at least at a high level. There are lots of articles that go more in depth about particular aspects of mapmaking, but those are the best place to start imo.
gl!
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Lots of Myth stuff at mything.org. New and old Myth players can playMyth online at Mariusnet.com.
Hey I took your advice I went into mesh and made it have its own name even though i couldnt create my own tag name? i had to take what it gave me. And i succusfully made it a plugin and it shows up and when i active plugin in Myth 2 no game shows up its like im activating nothing... I read through that hole basic tutorial.
When that happens go to the Myth II folder and look at your Myth_log text file. Sometimes it can give you an idea of what went wrong. For example if you made a plugin and forgot to include one of the tags when actually building the plugin, then it will crash the map and take you back to the main menu or even your desktop.
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