[steam guide] Map list - fast preview with rating

{Empires Map List}
(actually visible to "friends-only")*
~1/2 finished rating - finishing rating can take some more time!
with maps of Empires 2013 Custom Map Pack

Progress:
15.09.
- added another bunch of maps
- rated & categorized a few more maps

Spoiler: Plans/ToDo

- DONE differentiate between Classic and all other maps
- DONE replace gamemode&teammember with new #-tag system
- DONE new simplified population #-tag (vs8, vs16, vs24, vs32)
- pending... better notes
- abandoned add maptype (desert, snow, urban, ...) text/space consuming
- sort into quality (good = no 0 or 1 rating | average = mostly 2 rating and no 0 rating at gameplay | bad = all other maps with no 2 rating at gameplay)
- design "break" pages to differentiate between quality levels
- link Wiki Map pages to coresponding maps

but there are still many maps that are missed (at least regarding to a maplist of viper/nubs server)

the lists are actually outdated, atm staying this!
just to much wasted time!**
#start

Spoiler: Added

Code:

emp_2islands_b2
emp_alpinerush_b4
emp_arid
emp_badlands_ob1
emp_ballast_b3
emp_blackmountain
emp_blah4
emp_blast_ob1
emp_bootybay_b6
emp_break_poc
emp_bridges_a3
emp_bush
emp_canyon
emp_canyon_232_b3
emp_castle_ob1
emp_castle_ob2
emp_caverats_rv1a
emp_cdr_canyon_ob2
emp_chain
emp_coast
emp_coast_xmas_1b
emp_cod
emp_commandergrad_b1
emp_crossroads
emp_cyclopean
emp_deathkillers_trialmap_v1
emp_district402
emp_downfall
emp_drygulch_a3
emp_drygulch_a6
emp_dune_ob1
emp_duststorm
emp_eastborough
emp_escort
emp_flat
emp_fogtown_cl2
emp_forest_ob_2013
emp_frost_rc3
emp_frozensummit_b2_2013
emp_fuel_a3_2013
emp_glacial_b2
emp_glycencity
emp_glycenpass
emp_glycenplains
emp_graveyard_rv1a
emp_havoc_b1
emp_hazard
emp_hazard_rc6
emp_hexagons_b1 - need to be added
emp_hobbesv2
emp_homeland_b9
emp_insurrection_rc4
emp_isle
emp_laststand_b1
emp_manticore_b5_2013
emp_mesa_b4
emp_mesa_d6
emp_midbridge
emp_mondoon_b2
emp_money
emp_money_cl
emp_money_redux_a4
emp_moors
emp_mvalley
emp_noreturn
emp_nuclear_b8j
emp_nuclear_b8p
emp_nuclear_b8q
emp_nuclear_b8r - update queued
emp_palmbay
emp_plunge_ob2_2013
emp_provinggrounds_1_4_2013
emp_rage_b2
emp_raiders_b1
emp_railroad_ob1
emp_rainbowroad_b3
emp_research_1_2_2013
emp_shadows_attacks
emp_silo_rc5
emp_slaughtered
emp_slaughtered_2015_b2
emp_smokies_rc2
emp_snowbound_cl1
emp_snowstorm_rc6
emp_snowybay
emp_stalemate_rc2
emp_streetsoffire
emp_streetsoffire_b1
emp_territory_ob1
emp_traders_a8
emp_tropicvendetta_rc4
emp_tunnelrats_rv3a
emp_tutorial_2015_fix
emp_urbanchaos
emp_valley_ob1
emp_vehicletraining_2013
emp_vehicletraining_ob2
emp_ward_rc2
emp_ward_rc2b

#break

Spoiler: Missing

Code:

emp_airfight_b3
emp_atoll_b2
emp_atomic_rc6
emp_azuretowers_hh4b
emp_azuretowers_hh5
emp_boohouse_b2
emp_coast_xmas_1c
emp_deathkillers_trialmap_v2
emp_delta_rc3a
emp_district402_alt3
emp_echelon_mar17
emp_gauntlet
emp_greendale_b1
emp_hexagons_b1
emp_king_r5
emp_mearth_a1
emp_money_cl_reduxv2
emp_money_hh6b
emp_moneyhh_b1
emp_moors_b1
emp_nfescort3_r1
emp_octagons_b1
emp_race_loop4
emp_shanty_rc2
emp_slaughtered_2015_b4
emp_summersanta
emp_temple_b3a
emp_theinternetisforporn_6b
emp_themaze
emp_warmup

#end
if you can provide some of them or know more to be added let me know
if you like to share maps to me there are additional files for some maps wich i need aswell!

in "...\Empires\empires\cfg\maps" can be a file with the mapname that contains additional commands for the map
in "...\Empires\empires\materials\maps" is the minimap and maybe additional textures contained in a seperate folder
in "...\Empires\empires\resources\maps" are the definition file for the minimap and description text
in "...\Empires\empires\maps" is a ".res" file wich connects the above with the map!


also need hints about some maps wich is the latest version of following?:
emp_hazard
emp_hazard_rc6
emp_mesa_b4
emp_mesa_d6
emp_streetsoffire
emp_streetsoffire_b1 development offshoot thx @Varbles
emp_vehicletraining_2013
emp_vehicletraining_ob2
emp_ward_rc2
emp_ward_rc2b
PLEASE NO GUESS, CAN THAT MYSELF!
ONLY PPL THAT ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT THEIRE VERSION HISTORY!!!

*because of my actual plan to sort them differently and merging this with my ongoing rating process i decided to stop online updating the guide and work offline on it!
the reason for this is steams text restriction wich makes online update obsolete at the current state because the sorting requires a new spread of the maps over the pages ;-)

**the thing is that i would need to maintain 2 versions of each list (1 for what is already done added to the guide and another for wich maps i have and do ot have...) and the try to do so caused chaos on my side - wasted ~2h on that matter and just put it at the lower end of priority now!
(the problem isn't to maintain them, it's just confusing to constantly add maps that i haven't added to the guide! ;-) - i was very busy with another project last week and loose orientation about all the lists, that force me to check the lists later because for now where the actual guide is offline it's obsolete to work on a second list!

also i quit quality sorting - to much effort and if rating changes, because of community suggstion æ, that could force maps to be shifted and this is quite hard and anoying at the steam guide pages!
add quality tag instead

 

Hahahahahaha

I'm pretty sure that this map has never been played. I'm definitely sure that this map is unoriginal, low effort, and designed in a way that makes it impossible to optimize. Octagons (which wasn't a word in my phone's spellchecker, for some reason) is better in every regard

 

I've played at least a dozen games on that map years, years back. It's pretty fun. A nice break from all of the serious maps and it was really needed back in the day when you could play for 8 hours straight on a full server.

 

Just to be sure, you mean emp_hexagons, which is full of beige octagons, not emp_octagons, which is full of blue hexagons?

 

Hexagons isnt years old and im fairly certain there hasnt even been a dozen matches played on it ever.

 

Technically, it has been around for years (two years = years), but I would be very surprised if even a single match was played on it.

 

If its the map thats super brown with giant tiles and random [ shaped things across the map then yes there was at least one.

 

topic updated

added link, removed code rest from list and "shorten" unnecessary notes out ;-)

 

Really? Because I hadn't heard about it. How did it go?

 

It was one of the worst matches ive seen.

 

I expected as much.

 

I'm gonna be an asshole but, what are those notes on the maps supposed to accomplish?

on emp_blah4 you wrote

What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

don't call it a guide if it's your personal thoughts about the maps.

 

oh right... silly names..

 

Spoiler: corresponding

no, you only sound like one ;-)

there are some notable things about the map that aren't covered by the minimap shot!
such as special object(ive)s or clear map flaws

in case of "blah4" its the fact that infantry can literally get "lost" in the inside!
hope that matches better:

have split my personal preference out and put it as own rating btw ;-)
(maybe i need to spend some time to propper translate and describe my rating critics better...)

thx for the hint

 

As long as the list is pretty good, you need to fix some words (Teammember, XXL, various mistakes) and as @Xyaminou has the point, these notes look stupid.
and
STOP PUTTING THESE EMOTICONS EVERYWHERE PLEASE

 

well, if you have ideas for better clearance - just let me know!

(sounds like the notes itself - then you don't need to read them! - try to keep them as short as possible - at least i am forced to by stupid steam -.-#)

BUT I'M A FUCKING HUMAN AND NOT A MACHINE!!!
well, at least i try to reduce the usage of "emotinal" sentences generally - but it's my style, so like it or not!
(plain text is just boring, while i agree on getting to the point is essential, some "personal" note can "soften" "dry" matters a bit - but yea, need to learn when&how much!)

 

yea, we have so much nice emoticons on this forum, we should use them more often!
USE MORE EMOTICONS, THATS AN ORDER!

 

whew.

Do you approve of my post on "your forums", Aviatrix?