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"
  1. 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"
  2. 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
  1. 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?
  2. 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/