A Couple of Questions about Map Naming Conventions
As the title says I have a few questions about the naming of User created maps. I am hoping one of the Hire Gun can shed some light on how Halo 2 Vista handles map names. I have some theories but currently have no way to test them. I am trying to establish a map name policy for the Halo 2 Vista Maps website file archive.
In Halo Custom Edition the name of the map was the same as the *.map file name. So a map file name of fightmap.map had a displayed name of "fightmap". In Halo 2 Vista you can apparently separate the name of the map from the *.map file's name. So the map named "Earth City" has a file name of "humam_example.map". So that I may better understand how the Halo 2 Vista game works with these variables can you explain what happens in these scenarios:
Scenario 1:- User 1 creates a map: the file name is "fight.map" the Displayed map name is "Beach Fight".
- User 2 creates a map: The file name is "beach.map" the Displayed name is "Beach Fight"
- Both map files (fight.map and beach.map) are placed in the \maps folder. What will be displayed in the Host's map selection lobby when preparing the game. Example: Will there be two listings named "Beach Fight"
- If both maps are being hosted on separate servers what will be displayed in the other users Live game browser?
Scenario 2:- User 1 creates a map: the file name is "fight.map" the Displayed map name is "Beach Fight".
- User 2 creates a map: The file name is "fight.map" the Displayed name is "Big Battle"
- Both maps are different although named the same and are hosting on separate servers
- A user visits the first server and downloads the map "Beach Fight" file name "fight.map". After playing he visits the second server running the map "Big Battle". What will happen?
- The user has already installed "Beach Battle/fight.map" file in his /map directory. Then visits the second server running "Big Battle/fight.map". What will happen?
I am trying to insure that Halo Maps does not lessen the user experience of the Halo 2 Vista game by posting files for download that will confuse the user. Thank you.
Dennis
Webmaster Halo Maps website
http://www.halomaps.org/
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hmmm very interesting, i think this can lead to some serious problems.
-edit- dennis, fix your url in your post, it leads to some spam website.
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its more of an advertisement site, but still spammed full of shit.
lol. +REP for you guys. Nice find btw.
i hope halo 2 will have more patches and updates coming soon.
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baturkin17
-edit- dennis, fix your url in your post, it leads to some spam website.
HUH? Did I have a typo and did someone fix it? Because http://www.halomaps.org is a valid and working website. If someone fixed it thanks! It was posted before the morning coffee :)
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I hope people stick to keeping the name of their scenario the name of their map. Thanks for addressing the issue, and I think a mod did fix it. Before you had it linking to halmaps.org, heh.
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UXB
HUH? Did I have a typo and did someone fix it? Because
http://www.halomaps.org is a valid and working website. If someone fixed it thanks! It was posted before the morning coffee :)
yea it said "halmaps" instead of "halomaps" no biggie ;) someone must have fixed it
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The devs sure have become quiet lately. Even Nitrous hasnt visited the site since May 29th. Maybe there hard at work on a big patch...
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MastaCheefa
The devs sure have become quiet lately. Even Nitrous hasnt visited the site since May 29th. Maybe there hard at work on a big patch...
We can only hope. The game really needs one. However I'm sure we're all aware that CE was like this when it first came out as well; in dire need of patches and updates.
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MastaCheefa
The devs sure have become quiet lately. Even Nitrous hasnt visited the site since May 29th. Maybe there hard at work on a big patch...
I pray for that patch. As for the naming thing I believe it's some deep down hidden secret which will only be released when they want us to know.
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I don't have a gold membership or two installs to test it on or else I would test them myself. I also have not seen any of the few custom maps hosted on servers yet either.
I am very concerned about version control: 5 copies of the same maps all named the same but different. Like the HCE Chaos Gulch mods floating around.
