Looking for map ideas?

[hypno toad]

If you are out of ideas for maps, I have loads of them.

-oil rig
-penthouse apartment(like in splinter cell)
-hospital
-military base
-sewers
-some sort of canal
-power station
-freight
-train station
-large bridge
-library
-community center (gyms, lounges, rec rooms, etc)
-large bus center
-office building ( I may be able to get pictures for you)
-highway tunnel (with sub-systems)
-mines
-bunker
-factory
-lighthouse (be creative)
-ikea ( furniture showcases, house demos, storage facility and parking lot )
-ship terminal
-slum
-sub arctic research center
-something like casa bonita (from south park)
-junk yard
-industrial zone

Well that is all I have, if you have any more feel free to post them. :zombo:

[cheese]

Typically it's just best to start something and just go with it, rather than just survey for what might be a good idea. You'll find everyone has a different idea of what would make the perfect zombie map but not everyone knows how to do it.

If you take a poll of what people think will make a good zombie map you'll just end up with a list of overused map ideas from ZP or other zombie mods/movies. The best bet is to just go with something. It can be original or even something thats been done before. All that really matters is that it's something you're doing.

Copying an idea is a good idea if you're lost but then it makes it difficult when it comes to adding your own personal touch. Sometimes though you can take an existing design and change it before actually starting on your map. Just make sure that you have something in mind before you just jump into your whole map and start making stuff.

Having good screenshots keeps people happy, but it's not everything. You'll find that having a good map for yourself is onething while having a good map for the community is something completely different. Your first few maps should probably be maps that will be for yourself as they will not be filled with the luster and beauty that the community desires or the balance they seek either. However they may have some certain appeal or charm which you personally like.

Best of luck to you with your future map.

[CopperCoatedCandy]

hospital!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you've played Silent Hill 2 you know what I mean.

[hypno toad]

Don't take mines! I want to make that one. :)

[cheese]

hospital eh? i made a map which almost exactly resembles brookhaven.

[Pete13]

I got an idea for a map! its an underground bio-weapon (not monsters) labitory in the navada desert and the area your in is a hospitol sub-level 5 and you have to make your way up to the top with out getting pwned by the zombies.

-Color of walls dark gray, color of floors light gray, blood on the walls, bullet holes on thw walls, there are 10 rooms in each floor or more how ever you guys want to put as many rooms as YOU want, Lights flickering in some hallways and rooms, what im trying to say is this map is a distroyed lab look and if you dont any idea what a distroyed lab is BUY resident evil: code veronica X, and area51.

[DeathSaintX]

Dude, there has to be a HUGE mansion or some big house with lots of rooms and weapons. Something fancy that cangive you the creeps :D

Then i would like a map similar to village but more floors on the apt and more houses.

[Hastings]

I would pay mucho dinero for a casa bonita map. :laugh:

I would love to see a 50s style hospital that has been abandoned, ingnored and boarded up. Old hostpital stuff litters the halls and rooms. Gurneys, wheelchairs, syringes,etc. Creaky elevators and stairs, broken floor boards and windows etc. Since the windows are mostly covered you would have only a little light in the halls, allowing zombies to sneak up to you. For the extra mile you could have part of the hospital burned out (perhaps a reason for the closing?)

[cheese]

would have to be boxy though. That was the biggest complaint about my old hospital map.

[Pete13]

so far nobody said anything about my map idea.
NEW map idea-
''Forest Of Death2006''

info- you start out boxed in a gate outside and there is a huge door in front of the humans and a chain locked onto it. (shoot the chain to open the doors) and the whole area is a big rocky mounten lakey forest jungle of 2006 and this will be fun and its dark out and the only thing shining on you is the MOON. and there are safe house's ware you hold off in if you want to.
and there are some underground lab tunnles, ONLY4 cuz its called forest of death (your in the forest the whole time) and the forest is sorouned by and big huge gate that you cant get out of.

so i think this will be a grate map to play on for like half of the year or for ever

[naked jesus]

the thing with making scary maps is getting an original idea because hospital and bunker and basically everything has been done before and it looses originality, unless of course you revolutionise it ;) thanks for the ideas though im always stuck for ideas

[Shing-Shing]

i made a jail did it pretty good but ******* **** i deleted all steam =( but ill make a new one maybe o make another map =)

[Pete13]

cool, but lets have an underground hospitle and the eleavotr is shut off and theres no way to get the lights back on its just comlet darkness. (Some lights)
and in the backround music you hear zombies, glass braking, ect. but the only way to get the lights back on! you must advanture into the ****p dark basement, to tur nthe power back on and take the night back from the zombies

Oh and if you go in the elevatore and it bring's you up it falls down and kills who ever is inside it and blows up that elevaotr shaft. (take the ladder)

[Koozie the Katt]

A swampy level would remind me of home, but a level on a boat or ship would be great :D.

[cheese]

Junkyard would be interesting. I remember someone was trying to do a subway awhile ago but I don't remember what happened to it. I also remember someone doing the police station from RE2, that was turning out pretty good too. You know some kind of ancient map would be interesting, like instead of a modern of future setting, just something from the past only with guns and zombies. That would be really different.

[klam]

are u talking about me cheese? lol

Subway is still here :) and I have stopped work on the RPD (which was for another mod anyways :p)

[Shing-Shing]

klam you a good map maker :P

can you help me with some problems i have =) :P

[cheese]

a starbucks or coffeehouse with some people drinking and a really bad band on stage. Zombies crashing that kind of scene might be fun. Could even make it a Barne's and Noble's if you wanted something larger.

[Hey baberiba]

hahahaha! ikea! great idea :p(also im swedish ;))
my ideas.
-space ships
-citys
-trains(someone plz)
-disco houses
-strip clubs(dont flame me for this idea)
-abadoned bulidings
-kinda rat maps(see cs:source)
-forests
-offices
-desert landscapes
-underground bases
-tunnels
-bridges

what do you think of my ideas?

[Shing-Shing]

they are nice :P

but why not make a BIG mansion??

i think that would be cool

[NeoAssassin]

God No!!!! Please!!!! No More Bridges!

[Shing-Shing]

lol why do all people hate BRIDGES???

i have never tried it but everyone hate it?? :P:P

is there a reason??

[NeoAssassin]

Play it, and you shall understand...

[Shing-Shing]

lol sounds like a ****ed up map =)

[hypno toad]

what about a bridge, like on the coastal level, not like bridges.

[hypno toad]

Can you sticky this thread?

[Pete13]

STAY ON TOPIC EVERY POST YOU MAKE HAS NOTHING TODO WITH MAP IDEAS!
-just map problems

[Harrier]

Yeah Pete, you're one to talk.

[Pete13]

CITY OF THE MIST- Your the last survivors from a toxic gas relesed from a terrorist group from mexico. You are emuned to the toxic gas. tHE CITY IS IN RUNENS!!! zombies walking about with gash's in ther head and other areas of the body. they threst for blood adn brains they want you.

Put some car smashed into buldings and gas staytions ect. and theres a apartment complex in down town street and thats the place were the weapons and ammo ect are. hold out in there u you dare for its not as safe as you think for a long time. muahahaha

[Pete13]

Yeah Pete, you're one to talk.

shut up

[Harrier]

CITY OF THE MIST- Your the last survivors from a toxic gas relesed from a terrorist group from mexico. You are emuned to the toxic gas. tHE CITY IS IN RUNENS!!! zombies walking about with gash's in ther head and other areas of the body. they threst for blood adn brains they want you.

Put some car smashed into buldings and gas staytions ect. and theres a apartment complex in down town street and thats the place were the weapons and ammo ect are. hold out in there u you dare for its not as safe as you think for a long time. muahahaha

1. Use spellcheck, maybe some of us could understand you.
2. Get an original idea. Hide in an apartment with guns, woo.
3. How is it that everyone in the city is dead from a bio-terrorist attack, but you're "immune" (Not emuned)
4. Please, no more ideas. Not until you finish your concept art that you promised a week ago. Forget about it I guess.

[Shing-Shing]

lol funny spelling pete =)

but i suck spelling 2 :P

[WatchMaker]

The nightmares begin and "The Cinderblock Shower" returns... December 2007

zps_deepsleep

The reason for posting this is just to let some people know I have a hotel map in the works. I have no problem with other's doing the same, just thought I would give the heads up.

[Pete13]

Really you want me to make a zombie? but you guys said, ''we banned your account so i gusse u guys dont care anmoreS?''

[Pete13]

IDK man i got 8thgrad school work todo, but when i have time guys i have to many tests coming soon real soon.

my map idea- Down Town Fredricksburg in VA. ive been there a lot and its like an old part of history with a bit of futuer into. its a town that has a lot of old stuff like creepy **** going down town boya.

[Kezei]

Pete13, when you're posting, you can just use one post. There is an edit option for a reason. You need to atleast make an attempt at your spelling and grammar, if not your yourself, for the strain and frustration of those who attempt to read your posts. Oh, and do you have that concept art?

[Dr.X]

Yeah, Fredricksburg, VA would be a good place to model a map after, but I doubt many people would understand what you're talking about.

Fredricksburg, Va was a place where significant battles where fought in the Civil war. It is a smaller-large size city in a fairly hilly area about 100 miles or so south of Washington D.C. It has alot of old buildings, fences, cannons, and trenches from the civil war , and would be a good idea for a map. But if you want to make a map of it, you should, Pete. I wouldn't recommend that someone else make it, unless they have seen or know more about that area, or it will look like crap.

[Pete13]

DR.X good reall good info for everbody.

ok i'll make the concept zombie art thing next week if i have time oooooook!:mad:

[Harrier]

IDK man i got 8thgrad school work todo, but when i have time guys i have to many tests coming soon real soon.

You don't have time? I'm a junior in high school with a job and I still have extra time. It's not like I never get homework or tests, either.

[Kezei]

You don't have time? I'm a junior in high school with a job and I still have extra time. It's not like I never get homework or tests, either.

I'm in university persuing a double-major, and I have the time to work on the dev team ;)

[lordLoss]

Back on topic

A pub!/bar!/drinking pit!/ PLACE TO GET UTTERLY SMASHED ZOMG LOL!

It would have to be bigger than the average pub!/bar!/drinking pit!/ PLACE TO GET UTTERLY SMASHED ZOMG LOL! , more like an English Inn, or a Motel with beer.

*End shawn of the dead-ness.*

[Harrier]

Didn't someone map the Winchester not too long ago or was that just a dream?

[Koozie the Katt]

Killing zombies in Iraq would be pretty cool....

[acker]

How about sewers, neighborhoods, schools, apartments, or factories?

[WatchMaker]

I always thought the sun would make for an interesting battle field. (Serious and non-serious alike.)

[Pete13]

i got a map idea.
its called, ''sun_set'' and its just a farm filed with a farm house for cows, a chicken hut, a farmers house with 2 floors and a basement. oh and theres a locked chest with pistols and a shogun with 13 rounds and 18 rounds i na shotgun box on the left.

[de[th]]

well, I think there should be a mall level with a lot of stores and stuff.... the humans spawn in the mall and the zombies in the parking lot... like dawn of the dead.

[Shing-Shing]

yeah :P

i love the movie and thats a great idea for a zombie mod :P

[Koozie the Katt]

Good idea deth. Zombie killing in a castle would also be cool.

[de[th]]

Ohh or like a castle of some sort.... lol but really how about a school or a even a neighbor hood ... yeaa i wanna design a neighbor hood... butt i don't know how to make maps soo someone make it for me :D i will help by giving blue printss :D like a layout

[Shing-Shing]

its easy to make maps just read some tutorials or watch videos how to make them :P

[cheese]

where's your map shing-shing?

[Harrier]

It's easy to map, but it's hard to find the motivation to keep on going.

[Shing-Shing]

yeah thats right harrier :P

but cheese i deleted it wasnt satisfied:P

it happens every time when im almost done idont like it anymore :P :P

[cheese]

yep, had a couple maps like that. The one I'm working on now is my 5th

[Pete13]

how about a mid evil japanese temple kingdom.

then scientist made experitmwnts there and ect. then somthing went kaboom now theres zombies walking about.

[cheese]

would work if you could get the textures and models. :)

[klam]

shing-shing show us some pics of ur work! you say u dont like the maps u r making but maybe others will!

[de[th]]

how about a mid evil japanese temple kingdom.

then scientist made experitmwnts there and ect. then somthing went kaboom now theres zombies walking about.
dood... seriously stop with the Japanese stuff....
No disrespect at all to you... but thats that the type of stuff that shouldnt be on this game..
now maybe if it was like downtown Tokyo with some cool deigns, it COULD be cool...:ninja:

[Pete13]

ince idea man i like it.

[Shing-Shing]

maybe i should Klam :P :P

but when i make the trees why dont the show in game?? :P

[cheese]

Use prop_static and use a tree from props_foilage directory as your model

[Shing-Shing]

ok thx cheese :P

[Hey baberiba]

i like all the constructive ideas that has been created by these members.
it's not like garrysmod forums(facepunch studios) there everybody flames and being retarded.
this forum is alot more constructive :D.

[Hastings]

Well, we have out moments, but we really do try :D

[BrA[InS]]

ok so maybe im abit late to be posting here but i read that some people were asking for a big mansion map :D ... well if anyone has ever played Hidden:source then there is a big mansion on there with 3 floors the 3rd floor is a big dark attic where you can jump on boxes and get onto the rafters on the roof and drop down on people. the 1st 2 floors are pretty bright but i suppose it wouldnt really work since the zombies are visible so add acouple of flickering lights here and some cobwebs there and we have a mansion :) oh and if someone is concidering making this then it would also be pretty kool if there was like a huge dining table with like blood everywhere and like body parts on plates .. that sort of stuff :D anyway that my 2 cents :)

[Shing-Shing]

yeah ive tried that map on Hidden:source :p

yeah that sounds cool :P

do you know how to make it??

[BrA[InS]]

unfortunately im the crappest mapper this world has yet to see best map i made was a tiny village and a make shift mousque that was 4 walls and an entity roof :ohmy: so yeah i dont think i could sorry but i did shine a light on the mansion map for others :D

[cheese]

ive made crap maps. I can write a tutorial on how to get better at mapping if you'd like. Right now I don't consider myself to be as skilled as klam or the others but i try to make a hobby of mapping when I can.

[cheese]

so heres the thing, theres lots of ideas here but ya gotta find one thats YOU. ya also gotta know when to put your pride aside and do what you have to. I'm going to be working on a new map and I'm going to be doing the underground approach. I like it for several reasons, no skybox, no environmental lighting and finally less VIS.

underground military bunker - OVERDONE

so I'm gunna have to see what else I can think of. Hopefully I'll think of something good that can be implemented decently without looking like absolute crap.

[Shing-Shing]

sounds cool :P

im planing on making a map 2 :P

thougt about making a big airfield(i have made plane models :P)

anyone like it??

[lordLoss]

Or an airport.

[Shing-Shing]

yeah thats what i mean :P

didnt know what it was called :P

what is an airfield anyways??

[lordLoss]

An airfield is like a mini-airport, usually just a small runway and a few huts. You usually find them in desert areas and other places far from cities and towns.

[Harrier]

Best map idea EVER.

Humans start out in a room and they have to hit a bunch of buttons to extend some bridges and at the farthest bridge is a shotgun heaven! WOOT! Then talk about your skill while camping with a bunch of buddies armed with shotguns.

Wait a second...

[lordLoss]

Lol, flash backs to bridges... *shudder*

[cheese]

I have to say I never understood that map. Was one of those that people loved it or hated it.

Airports, lots of open space which means lots of chasing.

:zombo:

anyway it seems like were not hearing any new updates from mappers which leads me to believe that most arent posting anymore. eh.