Talk:TF2/Respawn Areas

This article seems to be somewhat similar to this other one: Creating_a_Spawnroom. Perhaps they should be merged into one article?

Plus: This article is linked to from the Team Fortress 2 Level Creation page, whereas the other one isn't. Maybe it should be added? Is the latter a TF2-only article (since it refers to team RED team, resupply, etc, which is clearly TF2 related)?? --Etset 08:05, 10 Jan 2008 (PST)

The Creating_a_Spawnroom article is one of the original TF2 Mapping articles, and represents the "old way" of organizing articles. TF2/Respawn Areas, TF2/Resupply Areas and a few others, are actually the result of a Split on that article, and basically replace it. The old all-in-one articles were harder to add information to, and made it more difficult to find specific information. For example, if you were looking for information on Resupply Areas, you had to know that it was buried in Creating_a_Spawnroom. Same if you wanted to add new information on JUST Resupply Areas, or Team-Specific Doors, etc before the split.

In short, they should not be merged. I don't think we should add a link from Team Fortress 2 Level Creation, because we want to encourage the "split" style of organization to facilitate reference and growth. Perhaps the Creating_a_Spawnroom article could be summarized as a part of TF2/Basic_Map_Construction instead? --Daeval 15:49, 10 Jan 2008 (PST)

I don't approve your idea. And no, we don't want to encourage "split" style organization, I would never be able to do a complete tutorial in such a short way for example. You MAY split up the Team Fortress 2 Level Creation's tutorial section into "long, in-depth" and "short, split, whatevertheyouknowwhat" subsections. I agree that some might look for small informations as "how do I build a resupply cabinet" (taking into account that he's too stupid to look around in his prefabs :P), okay, split style works everyone is happy. Now if we have a beginner bump into this page it's quite different. He does not know what elements does he need and he will be lost. A long, in-depth and still comprehensible tutorial will help him build up what he wants piece by piece. (In short: I don't want to see you removing it.) --Baliame ^(talk) 06:40, 11 Jan 2008 (PST)