Awesome, thanks Redrain, err... TronFAQ!

Yeah, I mainly said what I said as a suggestion to people who release new mods/maps. People are often lazy and won't take the time to research and figure stuff out if it isn't clearly provided to them. So a map maker can post here and say "new map! checkit out!" and link to the .RAR file. But in the hands of someone who has never loaded a custom map before, they'd have no clue where to begin and it can become labourious to try and figure it out; and they may never try.

So if the map maker wants people to see it, then I feel all the instructions should be layed out by them for how to make it work; even if it's just linking to the proper pages of your site. I glossed over the readme TXT file in the map's RAR, and didn't notice any instructions there.

Again, it's just a suggestion... otherwise, some people just won't take the time to figure it out. And maybe that's partially why there were no comments in this thread for a few months.

Thanks for the info on the MCP map and the single-player game. I think I had loaded up User Error once before; I'll have to try again to refresh my memory. I think more single player maps should be made. Undoubtedly, some will be better than others; some may rival the actual Monolith production. So I wish there were more made. Not many players do multi-player any more, so single-player campaigns may be where future mods should focus.

I still wish Buena Vista would release more of the source code/SDK. Maybe there are some modders here who could really tweak the code to make some amazing stuff.

Traahn Wrote:Yeah, I mainly said what I said as a suggestion to people who release new mods/maps. People are often lazy and won't take the time to research and figure stuff out if it isn't clearly provided to them. So a map maker can post here and say "new map! checkit out!" and link to the .RAR file. But in the hands of someone who has never loaded a custom map before, they'd have no clue where to begin and it can become labourious to try and figure it out; and they may never try. So if the map maker wants people to see it, then I feel all the instructions should be layed out by them for how to make it work; even if it's just linking to the proper pages of your site. I glossed over the readme TXT file in the map's RAR, and didn't notice any instructions there.

The funny thing is, myself and many other map makers included readmes with instructions on how to install the maps. Guess what? Nobody ever read them. They'd come on the message forums and ask how to install the maps anyway.

It's a no-win situation. But the Mini-FAQ seems to have helped. I see a lot fewer questions asked than I used to.

I think more single player maps should be made.

There's one on the way. It's going to be cool. There's also an awesome multiplayer mod on the way. Both care of yours truly and the rest of the LDSO team (zook_one, Evil.Dono, Load"*",8,1, win3k, xistence, 9VoltChicken, myself).