GCM Map Refresh
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:14 pm
Most GCM players are aware by now that the function that generates new random maps is broken and that we've been playing with the latest 25 maps (1385-1409) for a few months now. While brand new maps are no longer possible, I have been experimenting with recycling some of our old random maps. In Launcher ver. 925 we now can also play the 5 random maps that were part of the last new maps group before the current set i.e., maps 1380-1384. Hosts will find these toward the bottom of the 1385-1408 set. This sampling was limited to 5 retreads since I wasn't sure it would work and was wary of breaking the whole thing. If this catches on, future releases could add more maps or change out maps as we wish.
A couple of considerations:
1) For this to work, the recycled maps must still reside in each player's "GCM Random Maps 4" mod, to avoid the "level not found" error. I suspect most players don't purge their old maps, so we should be safe playing with recent old maps, except perhaps for very new players;
2) Personally, my list of archival random maps goes back 75 to random map 1335. (I did a purge of early maps about a year ago). If someone has maps going way back, it would probably be a good idea to build a "master" Random Maps 4 mod for others to draw on. If such a file were available for easy download, our list of potential archival maps to play would become nearly endless;
3) Something we might want to consider is to create a list of all-time favorite random maps as we play them. Over time, we could have a list of, say, 50 or more favorites available to hosts for play anytime.
Appreciate everyone's feedback on these things.
A couple of considerations:
1) For this to work, the recycled maps must still reside in each player's "GCM Random Maps 4" mod, to avoid the "level not found" error. I suspect most players don't purge their old maps, so we should be safe playing with recent old maps, except perhaps for very new players;
2) Personally, my list of archival random maps goes back 75 to random map 1335. (I did a purge of early maps about a year ago). If someone has maps going way back, it would probably be a good idea to build a "master" Random Maps 4 mod for others to draw on. If such a file were available for easy download, our list of potential archival maps to play would become nearly endless;
3) Something we might want to consider is to create a list of all-time favorite random maps as we play them. Over time, we could have a list of, say, 50 or more favorites available to hosts for play anytime.
Appreciate everyone's feedback on these things.