Maps Need Categories
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Hey everyone. Not sure if this is a visual bug since I've gone through a lot of hoops to make TripleA run on my current ARM system but I do not see any categories anymore.
Such as "Good maps" etc.
Those were very subjective and perhaps took a lot of effort to maintain.
In their place I recommend we make new categories so that browsing these maps becomes easier since there's just too many now. Especially for new users.We could either have a #tag/pack system like #BigWorld giving you all big world maps, etc. I realize search can be used but it would be nice to just click on some big categories for specific maps, especially popular variants like Global, BigWorld, NWO etc.
An other system would be to at least categorize them according to ruleset.
So V2, V3, Unique etc. Also perhaps including "Finished" and "Testing/Unfinished".
Very open to suggestions here though. Just throwing something out there to see what sticks.
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Hi Ondis
yea I think people couldn't agree on which maps should be in which category and Dan finally said f it and just made it alphabetical. Idk. I could be wrong on that
@thedog has a ranking type thing here
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3741/curated-best-top-maps-triplea-guides?_=1793413326148
maybe could work with that to get something going
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It was always the intention to have map tags, but it is at the bottom of the Devs list.
Some work has been here
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/2801/map-tags-for-release-2-6/109?page=6It is not the final version.
But for now use @beelee link above or here
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3741/curated-best-top-maps-triplea-guides -
Why are the first 5 tags so subjective? Could we use clearer categories like “Classic” for A&A boards, “WW2,” “Fantasy,” etc., to make the maps easier to distinguish?
And the subjective tags could be solved via a like button or download counter to help people find popular maps, maybe even a review section.
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@xxXEddieXxx
Because its designed by committee and too many people have an opinion.
You will never please all the people etc.As the map tags are so low on the Devs list, its not even worth talking about.
Meanwhile I have put a lot of time into
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3741/curated-best-top-maps-triplea-guidesThis is for new players, something is better than nothing, its mainly stats and a little of my opinion. Players can then make an informed choice.
It has a lot views, so I feel its used and worth while.
Feel free to comment in that thread, if I like it I will add it to the first post.
Roger has his opinion on maps here
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/889/roger-s-scenario-thread/994?page=50 -
Hey man those threads are great but its not really a solution.
I dont think it would be that hard for people to agree on either my version of Rule and Finished/Unfinished based categorization or such like WW2, WW1, Fantasy, Sci Fi, etc like @xxxeddiexxx suggested as it it was whether a map was "Good" or not.Tags would be the best though.
Perhaps it should be bumped up in priority now that we dont have any categories.Then you could filter for everything like V2, Fantasy, Small, Finished.
But I digress, I still think you could implement some basic category system thats less biased which would be easier for peopel to agree on and maintain.
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