[Tut] How to map...

Very nice tutorial! I agree that it works best for someone who already has some mapping knowledge, like where you say to think about the space that the hero sees. A complete beginner might not fully understand how border blocks work yet or know how many tiles to the left, right, top, and bottom you can see in GBA around the hero. But for mappers that know the basics, this is a good tutorial.

Good work on this. :D

Rocka210 said:

How do you add tilesets

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Responding. You're welcome.

This isn't the place to ask, kid. Try the "Simple Questions" thread. It's for questions that are simple. The title might have thrown you off, since you probably didn't expect a thread with a title like "Simple Questions" to be a place where you ask simple questions. Now you know.

This is a tutorial on how to make maps, not insert tilesets.

Vednix said:

Yay! now tell us how to insert them into our ROMs!

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..click save? xD

Nice job, haefele.

yeah, I don't understand this tutorial. Man that is making me scared of doing a 3rd gen hack, since I'm a beginner.

this helped me alot an i thank u

Very good.
But what program did u use?

lutek14 said:

Very good.
But what program did u use?

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Most likely Advance Map.
-post2short-

You going to make new maps?
To improve the Tutorial.:)

Great tut :D this could come in handy

Ok how would I do this? I'm trying to make a cave In the middle of route one. I made the entrance already, but how do you make it so you don't walk on top of your cave? And How do I edit the inside after I make the entrance to the cave from route 1?

Mkmaster2400 said:

Ok how would I do this? I'm trying to make a cave In the middle of route one. I made the entrance already, but how do you make it so you don't walk on top of your cave? And How do I edit the inside after I make the entrance to the cave from route 1?

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Once you actually finish your map, (In Advance Map, right?) Then you should go to the tab that says "Movement Permissions View." All purple blocks with "C" on them mean that it's an open space for you to move around freely. The red block with "1" on it would be what you would use for a wall. Place the "1's" over the cave you made (Just not the small hole you'd enter the cave through), and it should be solid.

And to edit the inside, if you've already put a Warp on the cave's entrance, you can just follow the warp to get to the map you'd like to use as a cave. If you haven't put a warp yet, or don't know how, I'm sure there's tutorials around somewhere for it. But you can still edit whatever Map you'd like to use as the cave's interior by either finding one used by the game, or making one from scratch.

Thanks for the turtorial. Now i just need to find out how to get past it screwing up with me. The thing at the end of this video keeps on happening: youtube watch?v=2w57DPqUHHw

I have a little problem, I have connected and created the map successfully...But when I tested it out during gameplay, this is what happened.

img98.imageshack.us/img98/8021/advmaperror.jpg (URL)

Anyone know how I can fix this?

Thanks in advance,

3n3rGyZ

3n3rGyZ said:

I have a little problem, I have connected and created the map successfully...But when I tested it out during gameplay, this is what happened.

img98.imageshack.us/img98/8021/advmaperror.jpg (URL)

Anyone know how I can fix this?

Thanks in advance,

3n3rGyZ

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You need to change the border tiles.
(Up in the top-right corner, above all of your tiles, there should be a 2X2 square, just make that the right kind of tree (The kind with another tree above and below it) and this problem will be over.)

Thanks alot 0m3GA ARS3NAL

Quick question.
I'm not sure if I made this up in my mind or something, but is there a tool in Advance Map that you can make something like a tree once, and you can place that tree with a click, instead of tile by tile. (When I think about it, I thought it was called "Big Block Editor" or something). But yeah, is there such thing as that, and if so, how do you access it.

[Sorry for sounding like a total fail right there, but I'm trying to get back into mapping.]

Mages4ever said:

Quick question.
I'm not sure if I made this up in my mind or something, but is there a tool in Advance Map that you can make something like a tree once, and you can place that tree with a click, instead of tile by tile. (When I think about it, I thought it was called "Big Block Editor" or something). But yeah, is there such thing as that, and if so, how do you access it.

[Sorry for sounding like a total fail right there, but I'm trying to get back into mapping.]

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Hold the control Key, and click-drag across the tiles you want to use.
(Easiest if you build one tree in the map, and then just select it, and paste it wherever you need it.)

Thank you.
It surprises me that it's not in any menu or anything..

Edit:
Got it.
You didn't mention to right click, not left.

I can't see anything. Your spoilers are all acting like they are empty.

@Korronensu
They work fine for me.
Try refreshing your page/restarting your browser?

Korronensu said:

I can't see anything. Your spoilers are all acting like they are empty.

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What browser do you use?
If you use a browser that does not support the spoiler tags well, you may have trouble.