Topic: Shipped maps overhaul
GunChleoc |
Posted at: 2016-02-01, 19:39
I hope you're feeling better now!
I am not a map author, but regarding the UI, we could gain some valuable vertical space by removing the author information and just having it in the map's elemental packet and on the website map downloads. Of course, if authors still prefer to be mentioned for the non-official maps, we will leave it in.
If you could say which players, I can add this to the map info as "Suggested Teams" Edited: 2016-02-01, 19:39
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DragonAtma |
Posted at: 2016-02-01, 21:06
Finnish Lakes would have to be Yellow vs (Red & Blue); Yellow is clearly in the strongest position. I see two problems with the 2vs1, though:
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king_of_nowhere |
Posted at: 2016-02-01, 22:09
And I instead like "mechanic maps". I don't play maps for beauty. If I want to look at a beautiful map, I open it in the editor and go around. Or I go on google maps. And I think the game should cater to both kind of players. It's not fair to not include geometrical maps just because most people don't like them. Some people do, and nobody forces the other people to play those maps. But I don't mind if a map manages to be beautful and balanced at the same time. In fact, I've done plenty of work on the editor to bring the best imagery out of google maps and turn it into a finely-balanced map. Top Quote |
einstein13 |
Posted at: 2016-02-02, 01:23
I like maps where I can produce dozens of lvl 10 soldiers and fight. That is why I "produced" The Nile map. It is geometrical. But in my opinion it is also beautiful in some points. When I was looking at uploaded maps here, on Widelands server, I've discovered that there is plenty of "beautiful" and almost the same number of "geometrical" maps. Some geometries are hidden, but most of them are visible. For me good map contain both ways: fairness and beauty. Fair is not always "equal" or "balanced". Some imbalance is also needed (players are usually with different skills). Beauty is almost always smooth lines and variety with height of terrain. There is almost no good and pure geometrical map (I can only think about 2 of them now). But for sure I don't want to see pure geometrical map in Widelands official build. Balanced and geometrical + some variety to the terrain exists there and it should be enough. einstein13 |
king_of_nowhere |
Posted at: 2016-02-07, 00:22
I started to make modifications to older maps. Where can I submit them? we're planning to swap them for the older maps, so it would make little sense to post them in the map section. Top Quote |
GunChleoc |
Posted at: 2016-02-07, 09:45
The easiest way would be to create a branch on Launchpad. You will need a Bazaar client for that - you can get one here: http://bazaar.canonical.com/ We have general instructions in the Wiki: https://wl.widelands.org/wiki/BzrPrimer/ If that is too techy for you, I could make a step-by-step guide for Linux or Windows for you. Edited: 2016-02-07, 09:45
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kaputtnik Topic Opener |
Posted at: 2016-02-07, 09:59
Cool
Why does it make little sense? There are several maps with different versions already there, so why not the shipped maps too? But maybe it would be better to have them in one place. You could attach the maps to this bugreport Fight simulator for Widelands: |
king_of_nowhere |
Posted at: 2016-02-07, 16:04
I submitted last bastion, comet island and glacier lake to that bug report. It took surprisingly little time, I could have done it before. I'm not touching finnish lakes because it was mentioned it is meant to be played 1v2. I haven't touched wisent valley because we could specify that the 5th player is only meant as a challenge and must be removed to play in 4 otherwise. Anything else left to do? Top Quote |
kaputtnik Topic Opener |
Posted at: 2016-02-07, 16:35
Thanks
If we drop "Volcanic Winter" there is a two player map missing. Any suggestions? I will update the first post later... now i have cook something... Fight simulator for Widelands: |
kaputtnik Topic Opener |
Posted at: 2016-02-07, 20:28
Ok now, first post edited. Tomorrow i will make then a branch containing the so far new/revised maps. Fight simulator for Widelands: |