My most n00bish question yet

[Megalomaniac]

Where do you start when making a map? do you start with the sky boxes, land mass.
And how big should a 16 player DM Map should be? (4000x4000), and how high?

I know how to do most of these things, I just don't know where to start. :rolling:

 

[Hazar]

If you have an idea for a room, start there. Get one room done, then move onto the next.

You also can just do pretty much all the brush work, then go back and add details and such.

 

[DrDevin]

I usually start where i want! Which is usually the ground and i leave the skybox to the end because it isnt as important as the main part of the level. Use the dev_measure textures to see how big everything should be and their isnt really a set measure for a DM level but someone else would have a better estimate than me.