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Map Requests / Re: Request #1: New Super Mario Bros. Wii

« on: August 28, 2012, 08:45:00 am »

I started to try to map this game, but never got very far. I've been really inactive in terms of mapping because of other projects, but if I ever get back into it this will be one of the games I'll do.

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Mapping Tips/Guides / Re: Alpha channels

« on: February 12, 2012, 11:28:45 am »

You can definitely do this with Photoshop
- Paste the original image into Photoshop as a new image
- Copy the alpha channel image
- Go to the image layer and click Layer->Layer Mask->Reveal All
- Go to the channels tab and make Layer name Mask visible
- Press Ctrl+V to paste into the layer mask

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Maps Of The Month / Re: 2011/10: Zombies Ate My Neighbors (Super NES) - Piranhaplant

« on: October 06, 2011, 09:24:37 pm »

I've been working on my editor for about a year and a half now. Just like you, I found the existing editor difficult to use and limited as far as what can be edited. The reason most people haven't heard of mine is because I haven't advertised it or released it anywhere. Anyone who knows about it probably found it through a Google search or was referred there by me.

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Maps Of The Month / Re: 2011/10: Zombies Ate My Neighbors (Super NES) - Piranhaplant

« on: October 06, 2011, 02:17:30 pm »

With so many levels in the game, you'd think there would be a level editor released.

There are actually 2 level editors for this game. One limited and difficult to use one you can find here, and one that I coded, found here.

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Maps Of The Month / Re: 2011/10: Zombies Ate My Neighbors (Super NES) - Piranhaplant

« on: October 01, 2011, 07:16:30 am »

Wow, thanks for the honor! And its the first game I mapped too.

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Map Requests / Re: New Super Mario Bros Wii

« on: August 15, 2011, 08:52:55 am »

I have plans to map this game next after I finish Zelda: 4 Swords.

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Mapping Tips/Guides / Re: NSMB Wii Rotating ground

« on: August 09, 2011, 08:45:23 am »

Thanks so much!  And thanks for the instructions too, there are a lot of these in the game with many different sizes.

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Maps In Progress / Re: The Legend of Zelda: 4 Swords Adventure

« on: June 24, 2011, 10:15:59 am »

I've finally finished world 3!  Check the first post for the links.  I'll be having more free time in the near future, so hopefully I will get some more done soon.

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Mapping Tips/Guides / NSMB Wii Rotating ground

« on: May 27, 2011, 09:16:12 pm »

I am trying to recreate the rotating ground elements found in New Super Mario Bros Wii.  The game takes the image below and rotates it in a circle.



And forms something like this:



If anyone has any clue of how to do this in Photoshop or GIMP, please let me know.

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Maps In Progress / Re: The Legend of Zelda: 4 Swords Adventure

« on: April 13, 2011, 02:11:06 pm »

The speed run on Speed Demos Archive is about 3 hours, so that would be the bare minimum.  Realistically, if you've played through the whole game before, I would say it takes anywhere from 6-10 hours depending on if you try to collect the maximum amount of force gems per level, and the cooperativeness of the group.  I'm not entirely sure though, it's been a while since I've played through some of the later levels.

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Maps In Progress / Re: The Legend of Zelda: 4 Swords Adventure

« on: April 05, 2011, 02:23:38 pm »

As far as I've seen, there are just rooms here and there that are different.  It varies how much these rooms are different though.  Sometimes there is only a small part of the room changed, but sometimes the entire room is different

Here is a part from Lake Hylia.  The rooms are only slightly different.


This is a room from Eastern Temple.  The rooms aren't even similar.

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Maps In Progress / Re: The Legend of Zelda: 4 Swords Adventure

« on: April 04, 2011, 02:39:32 pm »

I just realized that there are certain parts of levels that are different if you are playing with one player or with a group.  Do you guys think that I should go back and add these to the maps, and what would be the best way to notate that?

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Maps In Progress / Re: The Legend of Zelda: 4 Swords Adventure

« on: March 26, 2011, 10:48:12 pm »

World 2 is done! With the Eastern Temple completed, I am 25% done with this game.  I have also made some minor improvements so my previous maps.

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Maps In Progress / Re: The Legend of Zelda: 4 Swords Adventure

« on: March 16, 2011, 04:48:40 pm »

It's been a while since an update, but I have the next level done.  I've been really busy for the past month so I haven't had much time to work on it, but things are slowing down, so I should have more time now.

Check the first post for the link.

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Maps In Progress / Re: The Legend of Zelda: 4 Swords Adventure

« on: January 24, 2011, 02:15:39 pm »

I'm hoping I never have to go past Z, but maybe I could resort to numbers, symbols, or aa, bb, etc.