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How long does it take you to build a map on average?

patrickhoran's Avatar patrickhoran8/28/15 8:25 pm
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9/5/2015 7:22 pm
CubicSquared's Avatar CubicSquared
I've recently gotten into map building and I was wondering how long it takes you guys to build a map.

For example a 500x500 survival games map set for 24 players? I don't know why but it feels like it takes me much longer to build maps than other players because I don't really have a lot of know-how. Currently I just use the actual ingame by hand building and mc-edit (I don't copy paste other players buildings/schematics I just use it to terraform land.
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09/05/2015 7:22 pm
Level 31 : Artisan Unicorn
CubicSquared
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my map is a special 5000x5000 custom adventure map that was started in world painter, put on a private server with world edit, voxel sniper and about 80 forge 1.7.10 mods and with around at least 2 mods on at all times building it it is around 50% done after 8 months.
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09/05/2015 5:57 pm
Level 23 : Expert Dolphin
EmeraldEclipse
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I'm making a map, and so far its been around 3 months and I am 25% done. From now on, any maps I make will be single buildings.
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09/05/2015 5:51 pm
Level 2 : Apprentice Network
FrostBite PvP
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I made a custom map, spawn, another floating spawn from a schematic, a shop, staff room, mystery crate room, and rank room in a month. That included details to work with my custom plugins.

This was in my free time when I was off of work and by myself.
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08/31/2015 11:16 am
Level 5 : Apprentice Explorer
Netherbyte
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Depends on how quick you are with building, but also plugins. As recommended before, try using worldedit and voxelsniper. Those can help a lot and speed up the process
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08/30/2015 9:44 pm
Level 39 : Artisan Vampire
Innominate
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Decently-sized maps usually take me anywhere from 1-3 months, but I'm working on one right now that will take at least a year to complete (And that's without any extra content). So yeah, like everyone said, depends on the map.
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08/30/2015 9:39 pm
Level 1 : New Explorer
Calebach
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It should take 3-4 weeks to make a 500x500 sized map that looks good. Anyone that takes less than that is most likely one of those people who thinks they're good at building and sucks or they aren't making it as good as they can, in which case it's not fit to be posted anywhere or used on anything. Only upload stuff you know you've gotten to the maximum limit of the quality you can make to the internet or Minecraft, it's a good habbit to get into
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08/30/2015 9:00 pm
Level 34 : Artisan Scribe
Madmacattack
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Right now I am making a Fallout map (if you know fallout, you may know why it takes so long), and so far it has taken me two months, without world-edit (Didn't work, too lazy) and mostly alone. Other maps can take me only a week though. It always depends on the size/quality.
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08/30/2015 8:49 pm
Level 14 : Journeyman Architect
Kitsune Erza
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I've been working on this custom pokemon region map for over a month and I just finished the actual map the other day, redstone/command blocks, npc's, spawners, economy then playing through it to balance it all out would take well over another month. Luckily i got several friends now putting time into it and it'll probably be done in a weekish from here.
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08/30/2015 8:32 pm
Level 13 : Journeyman Taco
Flames99Fuse
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It really depends on the map. From my experience, I've seen that a map with minimal revisiting of old locations that an average speed play through would take an hour on, the map should be finished in 8 hours if built poorly. A mediocre build of the same status should take about 12 hours while a beautiful and elegant map of the same should take about a day. For me however, I just don't have the patience and end up only making a five minute map with poor style, which takes probably 2-4 hours.
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08/30/2015 9:28 pm
Level 61 : High Grandmaster Terraformer
Ivain
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beautiful elegant map in a day? a 50x50 one you mean?
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08/30/2015 8:26 pm
Level 61 : High Grandmaster Terraformer
Ivain
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I;ve yet to complete anything larger than 500x500 solo. Using Worldedit and Voxelsniper on my private server, that took me about 3 weeks.
If I wanted to make it top quality, it would be counted in months.
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08/30/2015 7:50 pm
Level 7 : Apprentice Explorer
Pikachu089
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It takes me, on average, near 3 months (I like making very large, decently detailed maps).
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08/30/2015 7:33 pm
Level 12 : Journeyman Ranger
oJacob_
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Longest it's taken me was about 3 weeks
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08/30/2015 7:46 pm
Level 12 : Journeyman Narwhal
Cyber-
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Ahh I love your signature ;o;
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08/28/2015 9:25 pm
Level 37 : Artisan Grump
Corcustos
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How long does it take me to make a map? Only a few seconds if I have 8 paper and a compass. Haha.... Puns... No...? Seriously though, for a decent map depending on what it is for and how big it is, it can take anywhere from a week to a month or two. That's by myself. The time frame would be different for each person I had helping me.
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08/28/2015 8:51 pm
Level 9 : Apprentice Miner
anonpmc1279828
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08/28/2015 9:01 pm
Level 51 : Grandmaster Dragon
Eternal_Edge
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You can also use forge and install it as a mod instead of a server plugin.
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08/28/2015 8:38 pm
Level 2 : Apprentice Network
bemy2
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For a good map it will take me a MONTH
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