Quote from hanging_rope on October 25, 2011, 1:07 am

I am okay with this, but I will be personally avoiding [nearly] every map from the ingame editor. Also, as a side note, Little Big Planet did quite well with its community levels, but that editor was quite full-featured (it was the one the devs used to make Singleplayer levels [I think])
(Wow, I haven't been here in ages. Where did all that time go?)

Quote from satchmo on October 25, 2011, 1:35 am

You don't need a dumbed down version of Hammer to make shitty maps. Plenty of people already do that with Hammer.

I know why this is being created. Console players feel cheated out of playing custom maps. This allow console players to create custom maps and play each other's maps, just like us PC gamers have done for decades.

Of course, maps created with Hammer have the potential to be far superior. There's a reason why many people still play games exclusively on the PC.

Quote from gamecreator on October 25, 2011, 7:23 pm

satchmo wrote:

You don't need a dumbed down version of Hammer to make shitty maps

But it helps. If it's so simple a 3 year old can use it, you can bet that you'll see maps made by 3 year olds. I'm not saying 3 year olds can't make good maps but...

... wait

... that's exactly what I'm saying.

Quote from iWork925 on October 25, 2011, 10:21 pm

satchmo wrote:

You don't need a dumbed down version of Hammer to make shitty maps. Plenty of people already do that with Hammer.

I know why this is being created. Console players feel cheated out of playing custom maps. This allow console players to create custom maps and play each other's maps, just like us PC gamers have done for decades.

Of course, maps created with Hammer have the potential to be far superior. There's a reason why many people still play games exclusively on the PC.

Totally agree, do you think hammer maps will be allowed to be uploaded to the community database?

Quote from Blaizer on October 26, 2011, 1:09 am

Of course they will... seeing as you'll be uploading a BSP when you upload a map made with the in-game editor anyway... there's no difference...

Quote from ChickenMobile on October 26, 2011, 4:23 am

iWork925 wrote:

Totally agree, do you think hammer maps will be allowed to be uploaded to the community database?

This is probably why they have their rating system in the scripts and game code. If anyone has played Super Meat Boy, you would notice that you can create levels and post them online for anyone to play. I'm guessing the same for Portal 2.

Quote from RubbishyUsername on October 26, 2011, 5:06 am

And thinkingwithportals will become an elite site based around quality mappers who consistently map and appear high up on the custom level ratings board things. Like MENSA would be for ordinary people, Hammer and the TWP forums would be for these mappers.

MensaWithPortals.

Meanwhile, I look forward to using it to get the structure of the map laid out before moving it into Hammer with most of the structural work done.

Quote from iWork925 on October 26, 2011, 5:09 am

RubbishyUsername wrote:

And thinkingwithportals will become an elite site...

Or fade out quietly into the distance...

Quote from MasterLagger on October 26, 2011, 10:20 am

After studying a few more pictures of the new in-game editor, I think I have an basic idea how it works:
1. There is a scroll bar with testing materials with it for people to possibly drag and drop stuff.
2. Indicator Light can be used.
3. Input and Output can still be used in the level editor. Here's another picture:(http://cf.shacknews.com/images/20111022 ... _19826.jpg) Look familiar to anyone?
That's all I got so far.