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Offline smiluu

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Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« on: February 18, 2010, 02:12:18 pm »
This was suggested ten centuries ago, but it slowly became a sideblur of history, left alone and forgotten. (AFAIK)
So here we go again, I'm suggesting this again because this would be awesome to have.

This is what this suggestion means and would look like:


Visualization (polyworks):
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2010, 03:41:50 pm »
like a minimap without having to join a server to view. This would be very convenient indeed.
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2010, 04:29:00 pm »
What about the maps you don't have DL'ed?
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2010, 04:33:34 pm »
Quote from: demoniac93 on February 18, 2010, 04:29:00 pm
What about the maps you don't have DL'ed?

Then have the box grayed out or say "N/A" or something similar.

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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2010, 09:39:00 pm »
EFFF 12! great idea!
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2010, 02:42:28 am »
For Join Game menu:


Quote from: demoniac93 on February 18, 2010, 04:29:00 pm
What about the maps you don't have DL'ed?

"N/A", "No Image/Overview" or just a blank gray would go as well.
« Last Edit: February 19, 2010, 02:44:14 am by smiluu »
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2010, 02:53:18 am »
Great idea. I totally F12 this.
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2010, 02:59:52 am »
F12. Would be very helpful.
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2010, 06:46:06 am »
OK, I'm all for it, F12.
Make a poll.
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2010, 09:34:23 am »
Quote from: Horve on February 18, 2010, 03:41:50 pm
like a minimap without having to join a server to view. This would be very convenient indeed.
Minimaps tend to look bad and small because of those enormous borders people tend to include.
Self taken pictures would give the better view even though they might end up being lolcat/author
signature pictures.

Poll's up.
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2010, 10:12:25 am »
So it would need either a separate folder for those images or merging them with actual PMS file. Both would increase Soldat's weight, decrease performance, and - if images would be merged with PMS - rewriting map format a little.

I don't like it too much.
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2010, 04:58:22 pm »
Quote from: freestyler on February 19, 2010, 10:12:25 am
So it would need either a separate folder for those images or merging them with actual PMS file. Both would increase Soldat's weight, decrease performance, and - if images would be merged with PMS - rewriting map format a little.

I don't like it too much.
Yeah, it would be much better to have previews embedded in map files themselves, but I doubt it'll be done that way. Although.. 1.5.1 does bring some map format changes, so maybe embedded map previews won't be left out either.

As for size - it depends on file format. BMPs are a waste of space. Non-transparent PNGs or JPGs should be just fine size-wise. Not sure if JPGs will cause same problems as they do in-game, but even if they do - we still have PNGs.

Anyway, big fat and sweaty F12 on that.
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2010, 06:07:31 pm »
Holy shit, an amazing idea! Definitely an F12!
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2010, 05:33:02 pm »
F12, it reminds me of something :P

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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2010, 01:00:55 am »
Hell, Bone, that looks awesome. But it´s not going to happen
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2010, 04:46:26 am »
i know, its old fake preview of 1.5
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2010, 08:50:15 am »
Why not? You just have to make 4 maps. Default one, winter, night and blindnes. Add to map names prefixes referring to map styles. In my opinion it's doable. :P
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2010, 10:55:46 am »
This is good idea And must be added.
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2010, 12:22:31 am »
F12, in the name of all that's awesome!
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Re: Map previews/overviews in start game menu.
« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2010, 11:39:40 pm »
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