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    That Itch that I Can't Quite Shake

    I've pretty much moved on from mapping since I published my last map in July 2018. It just takes too much time to make quality maps, and the community has really tapered off. But man, I recently have just had such an itch to boot it up again. I never ran out of ideas, I just ran out of time. When I was mapping I was at my all-time heaviest (I have since lost 15 lbs), and my family complained that I wasn't present enough.I am really struggling with wanting to map again, but I am concerned I can't balance it with the rest of my life.

    Anybody else get that itch? How have others managed?
    Is there still a community to play maps? Any multiplier community?
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    Originally Posted by Manlius10A Go to original post
    I've pretty much moved on from mapping since I published my last map in July 2018. It just takes too much time to make quality maps, and the community has really tapered off. But man, I recently have just had such an itch to boot it up again. I never ran out of ideas, I just ran out of time. When I was mapping I was at my all-time heaviest (I have since lost 15 lbs), and my family complained that I wasn't present enough.I am really struggling with wanting to map again, but I am concerned I can't balance it with the rest of my life.

    Anybody else get that itch? How have others managed?
    Is there a community to play maps? Any multiplier community?
    What platform are you on? Yes, there is a community still playing and mapping. I get between a 100 and 500 plays with new SP maps. MP I am still able to join custom lobbies most of the time if I want. But my new published maps get very little plays unless I can get friend to host them... which is too bad. The numbers in MP have certainly dropped as SP got better support then MP by Ubisoft. I am on PS4 but also have it for Xbox only built a few maps there rest were ported by Map Swapper. Anyway, it is a itch that is hard to ignore sometimes. I for one am happy to play any new maps you build if I can!
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    I made quite a few maps on far cry 4 but unfortunately i have been bed riddin for the last three years due to illness and i was really looking forwards to making multiplayer maps once i heard fc5 was being released. Unfortunately i hate deathmatch and team deathmatch. Ive been really depressed since then. I started learning ue4 just before i got ill and bought my first gaming pc. I spent £2000.00 so that i could build my own multiplayer game. Unfortunately i became ill only a few weeks after i got my new rig and i have been bed ridden ever since. So i was really looking forwards to far cry 5 untill it came out. I just cant sit in my chair for long at my computer as my back really hurts after a while. I have continued to build my game on ue4 but its slow progress as you could imagine. But i will just keep plugging away at it i suppose and hope that one day i can finish my game and release it onto the epic games market place. It just sucks, but i just dont like the console version of far cry. I baught fc5 on console because at least i could still sit in bed and make maps but thats the way it is i suppose, im just having a hard time at the moment and im angry as to the outcome of far cry 5. But no one feels like we can say anything as it might upset the devs! But its not the devs im angry at as its not there fault its the heads of ubisoft that are raking in the cash that im angry at. But we cant talk to the heads of ubisoft to make a change! I tried to make a patition but only four people signed it! So there you have it thats how i feel! Sorry for the rant!
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    Ian, I am on PS4 and I have played some of your maps. I might just dip my toe in and modify an existing map that I made. See how I feel.
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    I think I played and liked some of your maps on FC4 sly6276 you name seems familiar. Did you make a detailed ice cave map that was game over on detection? That one stood out, good visuals and stealth gameplay... Sorry to hear you got so ill... I am hoping your health has improved?
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    Originally Posted by Manlius10A Go to original post
    Ian, I am on PS4 and I have played some of your maps. I might just dip my toe in and modify an existing map that I made. See how I feel.
    Feel free to friend me if you have not already.
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    Originally Posted by IansaneArtist Go to original post
    I think I played and liked some of your maps on FC4 sly6276 you name seems familiar. Did you make a detailed ice cave map that was game over on detection? That one stood out, good visuals and stealth gameplay... Sorry to hear you got so ill... I am hoping your health has improved?
    Yep that was me ha ha i have made a few stealth maps! Yeah ill be ok! thnx for asking! i rembember i got a couple of complaints about the game over upon detection settings ha ha but i loved doing those!
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    Originally Posted by sly6276 Go to original post
    Yep that was me ha ha i have made a few stealth maps! Yeah ill be ok! thnx for asking! i rembember i got a couple of complaints about the game over upon detection settings ha ha but i loved doing those!
    Sorry that you find FC5 so frustrating to map with on the console, I would very much enjoy seeing what kind of cool moody, well made stealth map you could create on 5! I guess I could load up 4 again and play a few of your maps.. you had the stealth maps down to a science! I think you even inspired me to make a few one hit kill player maps myself. I think we are friends, maybe on my impressionman76 ID?
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    Originally Posted by IansaneArtist Go to original post
    I guess I could load up 4 again and play a few of your maps..
    thnx for the kind words it means allot! Iwould suggest my stealth for health map! There is a youtube video for it, i will post the link later today so you can check it out! Mybe ill make one? For old time sake!
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    Yeah, come back to this after 6 months or so. Sucked right back into the time suck. Now with even more added stuff lol. Updating my old maps with zombies and the grape popper.
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