The AKs' sent in a revised map to HTC, with revised altitudes and I believe revised colors. Why has HTC not brought these changes forward ? Anybody ?
I generally ignore these discussions but I just want to make sure that inaccuracies are not propagated.
About a week after the desert map was released, I sent HT a revised elev file that scaled the elevation down quite abit. This was merely offered as an option incase he felt the fields were too high. It might have gotten misplaced; he might have decided against it; there might have been other problems I wasn’t aware of.
I have never however sent any kind of texture update.
That map is HTC property; they can do with it what they like. They seem to know enough about running their business, to not need my advice. However, if my opinion were asked, I’d prolly recommend retiring the desert map.
It has served the purpose we intended it to. It allowed HTC to have a large map to exercise the zone implementation about 8 months before another large map would have been available. It provided HTC with a testbed for the 1.10 code base and large map effects on arena dynamics without having to pull their artists of producing new aircraft to go make them one. Lastly, it provided us an excellent learning experience to master the editor and develop some related tools.
Frankly, I’m kinda surprised the desert map is still in rotation. Of course, I also expected that there’d be a steady flow of user-developed maps appearing and the older ones eventually retired. I imagined 5 or so large maps with the oldest one getting dropped ever time a new one is added.
I guess for that to work there’d have to be more players willing to put their effort where their mouth is and produce rather than pontificate. So far, in the year since the desert map was released, there has been just one to do so. (I hear there is another map but I haven’t seen it.) Just one in the course of a year.
That’s sad really. Or perhaps the proper term would be “gutless”.
Regards,
AKWabbit
