Work on a single map with multiple people at the same time

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Hello,

is it possible for two or more to work on a single map at the same time? Like with different layers or something…?
So that for example two different artists could be doing different things at the same time and finish the level faster.

(I don’t mean the same project, I mean a single map!)

Thanks a lot!

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I would like to echo this request and elevate it’s importance a bit.

I am currently working in acedimia and our students are working on group projects where artist, designers and programmers are building 3 different titles in a 28 week peeiod.

We have had a lot of issues where people are stepping on each others toes and work is getting lost or over written.

The teams have gone to a heavy usage of layers/levels.

We are using perforce as source control but the bigger question is how do the pros get everything set up so everyone can work and contribute to the advancement of the game?

I would love to see an indepth discussion with Epics artist, designers and progprogrammers on best practices for team set up and working structure in UE4.

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Hi zzKun,

Its not possible in the editor. You will need to use some sort of source control software like NickZucc said in his comment. This is just a hurdle in game design that every developer must overcome and this is where Producers and Team Leads come into play. Everyone must be carefully organized to work on sections of the game and not step on one another.

Thanks, TJ

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Thanks a lot for your reply. Yes, that’s how we’ve planned things, but maybe there was something new we’d overseen.

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If you haven’t already read about it, level streaming is a common solution to this, breaking the level into sub-levels, but that wont let them work within the same area as each other.