MapHaven : Links

People have been making maps for Heroes of Might and Magic since the series began ...

Here I have collected links to a number of mapmaking guides and articles on mapmaking issues that may be of interest to aspiring mapmakers. If you have a guide or some articles that should be included in this list, please email details to links@heroes.mycomport.com. If you have an article on some aspect of mapmaking that you think should become part of the MapHaven collection, please email guild@heroes.mycomport.com.

DragonSister@heroes.mycomport.com

Heroes 4 Outpost
H4O has collected several tutorials on using the Heroes 4 Map Editor; methods for accomplishing certain tasks, illustrated with screenshots.

AstralWizard's collected tips
The AstralWizard and many of the players who visited this site have quite a lot of good points to make about making good maps ... most of the tips actually refer to Heroes 2, but were still applicable to Heroes 3 (I found this page very helpful when developing my first map) and will probably still be relevant to Heroes 4.

DragonSister

Celestial Heavens Unleashed
Celestial Heavens Unleashed have collected mapmaking articles from a few people, including Jennifer Bullard - one of the professionals from 3DO, who was responsible for, among others, the popular map 'Myth and Legends' in the original Restoration of Erathia H3 release. (This map is not included in the H3 complete release.)

Brotherhood of the Foot
A careful 'from scratch' guide, this doesn't go as deep as it is possible to go, but provides a useful list of many of the things you want to think about when making your map.