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mAAp Project / 2.5 Editor
« on: Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 13:09:11 PM »
This is an open discussion about making the UnrealEd map editor that we have which happens to work for 2.5. For those that don't know, it's not an official editor, it's actually version 2.4.1 but it works for 2.5 as well.
These are the pros and cons I can think of, others will be added later:
Pros:
- Building a better community with the draw of custom missions.
- More diverse & creative maps.
Cons:
- Setting up a sub forum or another website for managing maps, where people can vote on them and people can see them.
- People complaining if their map doesn't make it into Assist.
- Packing the editor into a download that can be extracted and run with minimal hassle. The editor we have has many quirks. There are different packages and package names which would have to be gone through and changed to avoid bug reports.
- Answering the same "how do i" or "wtf is this" questions over and over again.
- Players that create maps that don't make it into Assist will fight back and put maps on their server anyway. Custom maps (.aao files in the Maps folder) are technically grounds for a permanent ban. We don't know if it's a hack or a map.
- Legal issues. This software is copyright and it's an expensive license. It's possible that lawyers could be contacted.
- This isn't just a map editor, it's a code editor and debugger. This could be used for developing hacks.
These are the pros and cons I can think of, others will be added later:
Pros:
- Building a better community with the draw of custom missions.
- More diverse & creative maps.
Cons:
- Setting up a sub forum or another website for managing maps, where people can vote on them and people can see them.
- People complaining if their map doesn't make it into Assist.
- Packing the editor into a download that can be extracted and run with minimal hassle. The editor we have has many quirks. There are different packages and package names which would have to be gone through and changed to avoid bug reports.
- Answering the same "how do i" or "wtf is this" questions over and over again.
- Players that create maps that don't make it into Assist will fight back and put maps on their server anyway. Custom maps (.aao files in the Maps folder) are technically grounds for a permanent ban. We don't know if it's a hack or a map.
- Legal issues. This software is copyright and it's an expensive license. It's possible that lawyers could be contacted.
- This isn't just a map editor, it's a code editor and debugger. This could be used for developing hacks.
