Why new maps?

[Mallow007]

My question is why people make new maps?
Because i never see them on any servers or in snag(witch i WOULD love to see new maps there)
Where do this maps go?

[zakath]

well why is probably individual my personal reasons for makeing them is to see if I can create som variety of gameplay by makeing new kinds of maps.
there are a few custom maps at snag you can also check out european #soldat.gather which has quite a few of new maps and of course all maps gets tested and are playable in #soldat.mapping

[DarkCrusade]

Öhm one half does maps because they have FUN doing them, the other half wants to have cheer
Already mentioned that Soldat keeps cooler if you have new maps to play? Everytime playing the old default ones is BORING!

[Eagles_Arrows]

Leo's servers are known for having custom maps, and some !Elite servers also have custom maps.

[Blacksheepboy]

Soldat needs new 'in-flow' of resources to keep the gears of activity turning.  Maps and mods tend do just that: prevent Soldat from becoming a stale cheesecake.

[~Niko~]

but only on leo's servers are new maps... that's sad. Server owner's should add new maps from here.

[chakapoko maker]

I make new maps just for fun. Honestly I prefer making a map to playing the game. When I am buiding a map, I feel some internal gameplay and I like it. A camper will hide in the grass3.bmp, OFC will boost with the crates near the flag etc.

Sadly most of maps will vanish in the net without played. I think it's the only way to last that a map is chosen as official and I little consider that on making it.

Anyways mappers continue to make maps for their own purpose.

[The Specialist]

Actually a lot of new maps are uploaded to servers, it's just hard to notice since the number of maps in rotation to so large.  Check with Leo's, Hexer, Gathers, and various other servers.

[Hair|Trigger]

There's a server with a collection of classic maps (deathmatch)
some of them are very good.

other than that, I have known of servers that take custom maps but nobody really ever uploads any

[kvachu]

For some people mapmaking is just an ART.

[DarkCrusade]

There are even 2 servers for just 1 (!) map, a public one and a clanserver and they only play ctf_AshReborn2

Watch out there, because in the Lobby are many custom ones Next weekend I will make a only-custom-server where will be a lot maps of mine and some of other guys here in the forum

[Mallow007]

Yeah but i mean in standar ctf or gathers of even sctfl WE NEVER PLAY NEW MAPS....Thats just sad

[scarface09]

Well some are for climbing, some others are just for fun, like funmaps, some will be implemented into the new Soldat 1.5. But...only the really good ones, the ones that have been tested and played by professional beta testers to see if it is good enough for major public servers and for official wars. And also people make maps for fun and a hobby or passion to.