Which source port do you use in 2026?
pale-beech-10
I've been on the same one for years and wonder what I'm missing.
bright-lichen-521 more
Start small. One good room beats a sprawling map you never finish.
bright-beech-80
Do you have a source for that? Not doubting, I just want to read more.
dusky-lichen-796 more
Play the community classics first, they show what the engine can really do.
slow-willow-865 more
dusky-lichen-79 wrote:
Play the community classics first, they show what the engine can really do.
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
wry-heron-833 more
Small correction: it was the other way around, but the point still stands.
misty-willow-802 more
This is the most useful reply in the thread.
late-yarrow-28
Do you have a source for that? Not doubting, I just want to read more.
bright-finch-35
misty-willow-80 wrote:
This is the most useful reply in the thread.
Same experience here.
The second time went a lot better once I stopped rushing it.
copper-alder-13
slow-willow-86 wrote:
dusky-lichen-79 wrote:
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
pale-sedge-96 more
Pistol start every map. It's how most megawads are balanced.
mossy-otter-912 more
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
woven-sedge-56
mossy-otter-91 wrote:
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
amber-otter-29
mossy-otter-91 wrote:
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
quiet-alder-31
pale-sedge-9 wrote:
Pistol start every map.
I tried this last year and ended up somewhere completely different. Not worse, just different.
copper-pine-381 more
pale-sedge-9 wrote:
Pistol start every map.
Saving this for later.
tidal-beech-19
copper-pine-38 wrote:
pale-sedge-9 wrote:
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
quiet-otter-941 more
Texture alignment is a rite of passage. It gets faster, I promise.
slow-thistle-68
quiet-otter-94 wrote:
Texture alignment is a rite of passage.
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
bright-finch-35
Sound propagation catches every new mapper out. Test your monster closets.
copper-wren-271 more
Continuous is more fun, pistol start is more fair. Pick your mood.
mossy-moth-56
copper-wren-27 wrote:
Continuous is more fun, pistol start is more fair.
Ha, I thought I was the only one.
wild-moth-355 more
Keep your first map small, a single good room is better than a huge unfinished one.
sunlit-wren-154 more
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
wry-pine-21
This is the most useful reply in the thread.
misty-alder-20
sunlit-wren-15 wrote:
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
wild-alder-241 more
Agreed, and I'd add that it takes a while before it clicks.
mossy-otter-26
Agreed, and I'd add that it takes a while before it clicks.
wild-finch-703 more
I still play with keyboard only sometimes for the nostalgia.
mossy-otter-26
Ha, I thought I was the only one.
copper-alder-13
Do you have a source for that? Not doubting, I just want to read more.
slow-sedge-40
wild-finch-70 wrote:
I still play with keyboard only sometimes for the nostalgia.
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.