Map Designing Thread.

[tesco samoa]

People I have a challenge for you.

The PBW site http://seiv.pbw.cc
needs maps.

I would like to start this tread for map designers to share their maps with players and post them on the pbw site.

What my goal is to standardize the descriptions of maps ( key words ) such as type of map, max players, size of map, number of systems etc....

And fill pbw up with maps that game admins and players can download to play.

Lets face it Random maps do some strange things with player placement and a well desinged map can be a pleasure to play.

I have posted 5 maps up there.

I will reword the descriptions to match what we come up with on the description standards...

Join please if your interested and post some maps for players to play.

The other reason for this topic.

I miss designing and playing designed maps..

I used to play Total Annhilation. And the map designers were just plain crazy. Posting map after map.. I have over a gig of T.A. Maps...

[Gryphin]

Nomenclature?
I use:
FQM = Fyron's Quad Mod
Clus = Cluseter
LG = Large
SM = Small
MD = Medium
DNC = Dence
and then a note or two

[Taz-in-Space]

I have posted a few maps here and on the PBW site. My maps didn't have defined starting positions for players since I wasn't sure that other players wanted me to define them.
So - do most players want defined starting positions? what do YOU want? Inquiring Map Makers want to know!

[Fyron]

I would imagine that the starting points should be defined, so that you get more balanced starting locations.

[DavidG]

A little off topic but I would love to play on a Star Trek map or Star wars and thought about making one myself but found the map editor a bit crude. If MM could add for example a feature to drag and drop planets and systems around or add warp points by clicking on 2 systems it would be so much easier to use.

[disabled]

I've been creating maps geared for fast games. Games that shouldn't Last more than a week or so.

Someday I'll get around to posting them...