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i guess there is no way to go with maps from 2.5 to 2.8.5. other way yes, but not this way.

Floodgate had 20ppl yestarday lol

So for the current maps to be available, Eliz would have to reverse engineer the converter to convert maps from 2.5 to 2.8.5 this time?

exactly

Well who is gonna miss the maap pack anyway? Maybe just Poolday. But the rest is not being played at all. Oldtown, River Village, Floodgate, Refinery are already in the 2.8.5.

Poolday was recreated from a user-created map which was in 285 already.

so, 2.5 won't be around forever? I liked the nostalgia.

I still have 2.8.5 and play it occasionally. the issue with it is similar to 2.5 though. without 25Assist, there's no server browser because of auth clearly. I've had to rely on the "manual" methods of typing down the IP. it's not a problem since all i have to really do is look at Chevy's site. with the Assist concept, it would help. it shouldn't be impossible to run both versions. alas, the infrastructure could be an issue.

anyway, I guess this means I won't have to report how Assist kicks me out of auth after ~5 seconds or so while I'm trying to join a server, and it tells me I need to log back in. that is the only thing that kind of sucks about now.

Yes.. It would be able to convert the 2.5 mAAp maps to 2.8.5 if the community demands it.

Doubt they would demand it.

But... Since you're all hacking & reverse engineering things, the one big limitation for mapping on 2.8 is that you can't import stuff. The menu option might just be disabled or something in the editor. If you're bored, maybe check that out

The 2.4.1 editor sucks. It would be best to have the 2.8 editor for AI and all that other updated good stuff. Course, I could use the 2.4.1 editor to import stuff and then convert it but ELiZ is always looking for a challenge

Oh, a standalone would be fine. Once the packages are made, you can open anything in the 2.8 editor.

I would have an unpopular request if Assist does move to 2.8.5. It would be a perfect opportunity to rewrite some things and I think there's 2 things to be done that would help save the game and bring back the nostalgia for more people;
1. Disable tracking for servers on mods outside of Assist.
2. Disable tracking for crap unrealistic maps like PoolDay. That seems to be the map the stats whores & abusers like.