Mastering Unreal Technology: The Art of Level Design

[Persefone]

Anyone have this book? Can I learn the basics of map design with it or it is only useful for experienced mappers?

[W0RF]

If there's anyone who does better tuts than the guys at 3dBuzz, I don't know who it is. I can't speak from direct experience re: the book, but I've done their video tuts and they are very manageable for even the n00biest n00b.

[Kyouryuu]

From what I've paged through of it, it seems like a decent enough reference book that covers topics from map building to weapon making. I didn't investigate deeply enough to see how it compares to the material freely available on UDN or UnrealWiki, though.

[ace_012]

I have the book and I tihnk it is great, it teaches you the basics of the unreal egine(spelling?) and how to make a map and even has an instruction book for UnrealEd in it. I love it!

[brunomartelli]

yup sometmes it easier to thumb thru' a book rather than 'thumbing' thru' the internet....

[Kyouryuu]

Should it matter, the cheapest I could find a new copy of this book for was at Amazon.com for $35.60 with free shipping. Not bad considering the base price is $49.99.

[ace_012]

Or if your a member of that books a million club, you could get it for like $35 last time I checked

[Persefone]

Thanks to all. I´ll buy the book and who knows, maybe some day i´ll throw my own version of Thrns into nalicity