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You can't in 2.8. The devs removed the option from the editor.

There are many more ways and locations to advertise than the BT forums.

Get to it then! This isn't a monarchy! You don't need approval for spreading the word. Plenty of people have taken it upon themselves to share, the first that comes to mind is the guy that created the Assist torrent.

To Spanky

reward should be the growth of the community. Many of us have done and continue to do stuff for games free of charge. It is part of the deal when you volunteer, when one wants to contribute.

Working for free is fine as long as people actually use your work. Do you see what I mean? There needs to be some motivation, some reward. Bluntly, that means either money or users that appreciate AND USE your work.

Yes, Assist may have been on Sourceforge since 2009, but that doesn't mean anything. Sourceforge is about development. No player would go there without a good reason.

Right. I mentioned Sourceforge as a timeline. Before mAAp was integrated into Assist, there were absolutely no users aside from us devs because it was incredibly hard to manage the files and get noobs to do it properly. But, from the moment mAAp was integrated into Assist (about 3-4 years ago, a bit before Jonny put it on Sourceforge), there hasn't been a significant increase. Over those years several of us, not just myself, have created the mAAp maps, graphics, videos and various websites dedicated to it. We have advertised many places that are in the heart of the 2.5 community yet very few people play them.

This post sums up my point. I'm not mad at you august, I'm not mad at anybody else. I'm disappointed, let down and tired of this cycle.

Well, one thing I had tried to play out as a scenario in Pipeline was that an enemy soldier wanted to defect so he was executed in the bathroom. I think something similar could be done. Think about it; all the civilians are cowering in Hospital, maybe something happened pre-round? Some kind of enemy raid to get the VIP in and get him medical help (thus civilians that show resistance are shot on site) and then now the mission is to evacuate him?

We've been down that road before, twice I believe. I doubt I'll work on another game. I do have a desire to create something but PHP might fill that void.

Well, I must tell you Spanky that if you hoped to beat or even approach the popularity of "normal" maps with maap, then you aimed really high. I doubt _anyone_ would be able to create maps, that could match the popularity of standard maps that have been played over the years, and have become a classics.

Where were you 4 years ago to tell me this?

Seriously though, I only aimed high because of reception. If I could quantify interest in the form of weights on a scale versus the actual play time, you would see that it's highly imbalanced. There has been so many "yea that's cool dude" and "omg custom maps, sweet!" kind of comments. People seem to think it's a good idea and that's why I invested time but when it comes down to it, those enthusiastic people are off playing Urban Assault. It's either a massive troll or a slap in the face, I'm still not sure which.

You guys are dwelling on the suggestions that august posted. That's not THE problem here, it's just the straw that broke the camels back. I'm not upset or offended by anything posted in this thread, seriously.

It's about effort to reward ratio for me. I couldn't count the hours I've put into mAAp and this site. All for free (I think I got $30-$40 from ads a few years back which I split into beer money for a few people). I started AA around 2006 as far as I can remember. I loved the game then but in the last 4 years, I don't see any fun in it, at all. The only fun I had was creating maps because it seemed like there was good feedback at the time and Jonny's Deploy/Assist program made it easier for users to play maps. Here's the thing though, for the last several weeks, even though mAAp is now mandatory, on average, I only see about 5% of the in-game players on mAAp. At the current max of about 150 players online at the peak play time, that's not even a dozen people. Look, right now at the time of this post, 7 out of 137 users are in mAAp and 3 are on Yeti which is one of the most ridiculous ill-planned skillless maps there is.

The engine is old and limited, the gameplay I dislike, the community I dislike, and few people use what I've created. The motivation is completely gone.

It's the same reason why Jonny is done. He was super passionate about this project but it's turned out different than what he had hoped and now it's too frustrating and time consuming to avoid being tarred and feathered by the entire community for just a small update. It's why he's mentioned a new project, start fresh with a better game and not have the restricting limitations put fourth by the game, it's engine and the community.

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I missed a point I wanted to touch on. I'm not saying that I'll shut this site down, especially any time soon but keep in mind that I do own this hosting account and I paid for it with 100% my own money. I'm not going to let you guys take a steaming dump on Jared & my efforts to build this site by creating something else, you'll have to do it on your own hosting account. Again, I'll gladly transfer the domain to whoever wants it.