Yeah I'm completely new to everything regarding mapping, modeling you name I don't know what it is.:( I saw the sticky on files needed to map, but I don't know what they do.

So could someone who has alot of patience walk me through this whole mapping thing please. I know it's alot to ask but I'm very willing to learn seeing as how DoD is my life.:rolleyes:

Reading through FAQ as I type, will still need help, so i'll ask as I go along

im new to this also been into it almost 3 weeks now

hammer is scarey lookin at first LOL

anyway check out this link and dl the mapping videos

http://dodmaps.ngz-network.de/pafiledb/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=5

there what got me started the guy goes through some basic stuff youll need to know for most any map


hes a little hard to unserstand sometimes(maybe english isnt his native language i dont know not making fun of him)

in a few places he gets goin a little fast but all you do is rewind it and watch it again

hope this helps

oh and i think youll need DIVX player too watch them they wont run in my media player in windows

Thanks. Yeah Hammer looks scary:(

something you might like to know before you jump right in and get something nice going and crash it accidentally without saving a lot of progress;

don't zoom in incredibly close even if you want to, because for some reason if you try to move around after zooming in very very very close it crashes hammer.

i would recommend the martymouse (i think thats it, deffinitely somehitng about a mouse) link in the tutorials thread stickied up top. it got me started and mapping in about a day.