[NAB] rev976 [SP/MP DAG] Maps list

TheGrayMouser · Post by **TheGrayMouser** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:27 pm

DAG battles
Has initiative and selecting maps been removed from this version?

Also the maps you can select, they appear to be only the custom ones form user/official scenarios. Will all the other "random ones" be available too ?

cothyso · Post by **cothyso** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:39 pm

Neither the DAG initiative computing or map selection were removed from this build.

The SP DAG game is set to present the full maps list, including the multiplayer ones (they are grouped in 3 map groups: starting with GM0 (new MP maps from Guido Marzella), MP_ (the old MP "random ones" maps) and with PW0 (new MP maps from Peter Weller).

There's no GUI atm to cycle the DAG map selection through the full maps list, all MP maps only, a list of 10 random MP maps options.

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 1:20 pm

A couple of questions about maps, Dan . . .

i) Does each map have its own identification number in the Unity version? Will we be able to say to you in future something like, "Those two maps, numbers 37 and 92, are useless and we would like them removed please"? It would be really good to eventually be able to remove the small number of very poor maps from the roster. Maybe in future we, the players, could identify map candidates for the chop together in a thread on the forum, with a screenshot posted perhaps, and then, if there is general support to remove a map, you could do so when it was convenient.

ii) Does the system have plenty of room for us to periodically submit more maps to you for inclusion in the game? I like the idea of having all my maps grouped together and this might encourage other designers to contribute as well.

cothyso · Post by **cothyso** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 1:32 pm

1) The maps does not have an ID number (as of yet), though their file name is an unique identifier. So, yes, you could easily say this map or that map need to go. I am still planning to add a sort of custom ranking score (in the way the IMDB's movies raking are made) for scenarios/maps, but there's no server support for this (yet).

2) they are only taking storage space, and a very small amount per map in the cached map lists. so yes, we can easily add more