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Offline rabbidrabbit

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Re: Forget the planes give us...
« Reply #15 on: October 09, 2009, 01:07:18 PM »
OK..  But why not allow folks to create custom objects that fit within an acceptance criteria and add those objects to the library for use in other maps in the future?  I'm asking the question in ignorance as I don't understand why the roadblock is in place as it seems to unnecessarily inhibit something beneficial.  Basically, allowing player made skins and maps was a great way to offload work to the player base and increase participation.  The product is substantially stronger as a result of those decisions.  Adding that functionality to custom objects seems to be just as viable of a game design strategy.  I think the only argument I've heard is file size but it seems like a idealistic not realistic limitation.

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Re: Forget the planes give us...
« Reply #16 on: October 09, 2009, 03:06:20 PM »
The problem is, you're getting into a can of worms. Remember Squiddy, the giant pizza/beer bottles, and UFOs? I bet those were all custom objects at one point. But, that's five objects. As soon as one guy makes a custom hangar, then a custom runway, then there's someone who will want custom fields, then buildings and trees...and, IF that person has decent 3D skill, your installation size has just doubled. If not, tripled or quadrupled, not to mention the bugs that may come about. And who's gonna get blamed? Not Joe Mapmaker. :D And that's just one person. We have a community of mapmakers, each capable of making MULTIPLE "world sets..." You'd have to dedicate a hard drive to HTC.

Even if you try to limit it to, say, random objects like Squiddy, someone's going to whine that "he can but I can't, all I want is _____" and we're either pretty much back to here or starting that Cycle of Doom(tm).
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Offline bravoa8

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Re: Forget the planes give us...
« Reply #17 on: October 09, 2009, 03:12:52 PM »
Ahem!!!! :lol

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Re: Forget the planes give us...
« Reply #18 on: October 09, 2009, 03:56:35 PM »
Ahem, H2H was about custom maps. :rolleyes:
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Re: Forget the planes give us...
« Reply #19 on: October 09, 2009, 03:58:53 PM »
Ahem, H2H was about custom maps. :rolleyes:
we are supposed to beg :lol jk i know that but this is more of the Terrain Editor stuff.

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Re: Forget the planes give us...
« Reply #20 on: October 09, 2009, 05:42:31 PM »
You don't seriously think re-centering on that will do any good do you?  The hijack kept it moving in a productive direction.  Now, stop hijacking my hijack!