User:BlazingDiancie/MvM Custom Wave Tutorial

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Creating a custom wave/mission is no easy feat. I can do it easily because I have had a lot of practice and now I'm going to teach you as best as I can on how to create your own custom Mann vs. Machine Waves and Missions.

Step One: Decide what kind of wave or mission it's going to be

Do you want screen-filling missile storms or swarms of giant crit demoknights? I find that a particular them for a wave helps to create it. 3 of my waves dubbed Solar Wind, Steel Hurricane and Supernova are focused on Fire, Bullets and Blasts respectively.

Step Two: Create your population file

All Mann vs. Machine waves use population files to make missions. A population file always starts with what template files it will use and they are layed out like this:

  1. base robot_giant.pop
  2. base robot_standard.pop
  3. base robot_gatebot.pop

These templates are where most of the special robots are stored, like Flare Pyros and Deflector Heavies and so forth.