Level Design A bunch of questions

Well, the community is really thankful for every map they can get.
It's net really hard to distribute maps. Simply posting here is enough i guess.
And the whitelist: You don't need the whitelist to play you map. However you cannot level you perks there. To get you map on the list, you simply need to post it in the "Get you map on the whitelist" thread. There it will be tested for exploits and so on. If it passes, it will get on the list. If not, you must fix it ^^

To be honest, I do not like America's Army. And as far as I know, the people I know that play it, only play it because it is free.

If America's Army is using the same mapping tool, I do not see why you shouldn't be able to map for Killing Floor. But I think you should first play a little, level one perk to the max, and get to know the game a little.

In order to design a level and adapt it to game play, you should be familiar with the game.

Whitelisted maps are maps, on which players can level and use their perks.
Blacklisted maps are maps, on which players can not level and use their perks, but can still play them. Maps are being blacklisted because of exploits.. (for example, if you can find a place where ZEDs can't touch you, and just farm your way up to the max level)

I think your maps look really good, and I do not see why you should not be able to map for Killing Floor. You should be able to use your skills. Heck, I have been only mapping for gldsource and Source, and I already enjoy and am able to use my experience in the Unreal Editor.

I suggest you first play the game

What he said.
But there is no Blacklist, just maps that are whitelisted and maps that aren't.

Nice video!

Hello everyone. I'm one of Spanky's mates and I, too, am very interested in understanding what takes to map for Killing Floor, and whether or not the community holds a strong and supportive foundation to any game variations there might be. When you map, and put time to perfecting and trimming maps up, so naturally, you want to know someone's going to play it. The humble question is, is this the kind of open-minded community where you'd get that kind of behaviour and interest from its players? We came from a AA historical background, and have experienced a poorly displayed interest from the community. I'm just making sure it won't live to experience that ratio of frustration anymore. Playing on the safe side, if you will.

Cheers,
Klaasillu

the community here is VERY supportive. we love new maps, and what the whitelisting process is, basically, is you make a map, and people check it out to make sure its not a leveling map, and doesnt have exploits that allow people to just sit there and grind away to raise perks.
if you have questions about how to do certain things using kf's actors, just ask. no question too small will get answered easily, or its already been answered previously (it might take a bit to search though)

I'm sure Spanky will have his fair deal of questions, but I'l refrain for now. I do have one question, though. Is Zombies all you can play against/kill in KF? Coming from AA, I am somewhat curious as to whether the implementation of soldiers as your enemies is fiable and doable.

Thanks in advance,
Klaasillu

you can put AI in the maps (kf soldiers) like regular bots
so.., if you want, you could fight zombies and soldiers.

yep, unless you want to include music (ogg) with it.