Learning mapping

[gmtavares]

Hi everyone. As of now, I am currently working on what I am planning to be my first serious mapping project. I am, however, struggling with 1 or 2 things, such as getting the nodes the right way so the route planner works... Working with terrains in the sides of roads (making then be hilly/flat) and creating cities. (Not to mention propped signeage)

I would kindly ask if there was any PM developer, or anyone with a good mapping experience (such as creators of maps that are known throughout the PM community I.e. Egypt add-on, RusMap, Project Balkans, Southern Region map or even EAA! ).

If anyone like that was to volunteer, I would leave you my email.

Thanks in advance,

gmtavares

[Vøytek]

If anyone like that was to volunteer, I would leave you my email.

This forum is the best place to ask your questions and get help from everybody

No idea what do you mean by your 1st problem.

Terrain can be changed in Road Properties (press P).

There are tutorials about some things, watch them first.

[realdeal350]

Of course I'll help

[EG0611]

The best advise I can give you is; Try to understand how other maps are created. Start with SCS default map of France. If you bought France DLC that would work too. Learn how; nodes are connected, how terrain is edited, how small details are added, the specification of bridges or overpasses/tunnels, how Bezier patches are used, what are the city details, etc... Then when you think you know the basics, open Promods map. The basics are same but you can find more example on Promods map. For example if your project is about Balkans, you can check Promods Romania, Hungaria or Bulgaria. Or if it is about Scandinavia you can check Scandinavia countries. Same for United Kingdom, Central Europe or Iberian.

Mandelsoft have good tutorials for advance mapping. You can check: https://www.promods.net/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=12717

[gmtavares]

Thank you @Vøytek, @realdeal350 and @elitegamer0611

[gmtavares]

As I was currently not happy with my progress on ETS2, seen that my border node was not working, making traffic disappear and appear (I can get some pics going later), I tried ATS... And upon entering the editor I was greeted with... This:



Any ideas? xD

[EG0611]

Not %100 sure.

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 <ERROR> [fs] Failed to open file "/home/editor/usa.mbd" in the read_only mode

After this your log becomes messy. Are you sure you extracted base.scs and def.scs correctly?

[gmtavares]

Yes, 3x.

[yang20]

If traffic dissapear it mean nodes arent connected or arent connected correct. Try to connect nodes with holding ALT. Unfortunatelly you cant conect red node to red node. Only green-green, red-green. Abou borders, you ckecking option country border (try to click P and then set this) on road connected to border prefab. In one side you giving Portugal and other Span (of course its not nesesarely to put this countries)

[gmtavares]

Whoops. I had red on red.