ALL DRESSED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO....where are the custom map servers?????

[Scoob]

So I hae been in every listed server from PSL clan to PSK clann, DFF, Act of war, Zombie Battalion, Army Games, 1st Special Forces, Total War and on and on.

Have spent hours over the last several nights trying to find a single server that not only has custom maps but actually has people playing them.

Have not found a single, not one, server that has anyone playing in them....ever!! It's erie.

Are there, is there a clan or squad or other server that is actually using the custom maps?


Thanks

[-R|F-Glitch]

Re: ALL DRESSED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO....where are the custom map servers?????

We with TotalBF2 Map Team are hoping to finish the map pack that we are creating with maps from around the community that are considered worthy to be in the pack and then we will release that map pack to the community and run a server that will only run that map pack. We will continue this procedure with multiple map packs, adding them to the server.

[king0rism]

Re: ALL DRESSED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO....where are the custom map servers?????

http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23983

[ptegan]

Re: ALL DRESSED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO....where are the custom map servers?????

There are loads of servers running the maps but most are empty.

To find them you either use this game monitor link and choose the map you want or you use All Seeing Eye and filter the maps by 'custom'.

[Avicus|PSK]

Re: ALL DRESSED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO....where are the custom map servers?????

Yes it is kind of sad.

Custom Maps-PSKClan.com has been running for a while now with as many custom maps as I can find. I comb the forums here and another site twice a day to find them.

I think the main problem is that most people are worried about playing on Ranked servers. I give that about another 3 months and everyone will be tired of playing the same boring maps.

I also think that the quality of maps that have been put out right now just isn't where we need it to be to draw in the public. No offense to any map maker intended here. I know that you may have spent countless hours working on your map. But there is a learning curve and the homies over at EA have had the tool forever to work on their 12 maps.

Al_Quad is the first map that I have played that was well designed and well edited.
Most other maps are either so-so design (like flags too far apart and having to walk a LOT) or poorly developed (like buildings raised off the ground, or Grass too high that you can't see where you are going.)
I am sure that within the next couple of months we will see more good quality maps that will draw folks to them.

The other thing that is KILLING the custom map community is the fact that EA/Dice is soo far behind on techonogy that they do not have a way for you to download the map as you connect to a server. Call of Duty has had this from Day 1, and as a Server Admin it was great and easy, b/c you were downloading a map from our Website space and not from the game box. Till we have a game that you can connect to and it downloads the Mod or the Map that you don't have (or till thier is an official map pack from someone) that will be one of the biggest hinderances.

Just my 2 cents.

[maranello]

Re: ALL DRESSED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO....where are the custom map servers?????

I agree. Also consider the fact that what we are using to make maps (BF2 Editor) is way too different than what Dice used to make their maps. It doesn't have all the buildings. None of the intersections match with the any road templates so you have to manually make an intersection with the roads and that doesn't look very good always. There are also so many bugs in the editor. I have spent over 2 weeks for my map and frankly at least 10 days in 2 weeks were to find a workaround for the bugs so i can keep making my map. They say they are gonna fix all these bugs and release an alpha version but i don't think that will happen sometime in the next year. Given the nature of the program, it is way too hard to fix the bugs. But hang in there, as glitch said we are working very hard for the map pack 1 and we will release it in a few days. We have also a teamspeak server for you guys. If you have any questions about map making or you are stuck and can't move on and if you want an immediate answer, please come to the teamspeak we are here to help you out. I am usually in the teamspeak from 11 am till midnight everyday. Also i m asking everyone to pay more attention to their maps. Personally, i thought i had cleaned all the bugs and glitches in my map. But yesterday with my friend, we tested every single block in my map and we found 45 little mistakes. You have to pay very close attention. In the first map pack we won't be very strict since the editor is new and everyone is kind of on a learning stage. We will point out errors and mistakes and how to fix them. Anyways, hang in there, we are almost done. Take care y'all.