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Re: Automapping?
Posted By: Nathan <island_four@yahoo.com>Date: 11/3/99 9:32 p.m.

In Response To: Automapping? (Loren Petrich)

> One nice thing about the Marathon series is its automap. It's a
> good way of seeing where one has been, and it's useful for
> navigating parts of levels that seem like mazes of twisty little
> passages, all alike.

It definitely was cool (for me anyway) in Marathon; I totally agree.

> Automaps were common in first- and second-generation
> real-time-3D indoor engines, such as those of Pathways into
> Darkness, Doom, Marathon, Dark Forces, and Duke Nukem; however,
> they seem to have disappeared from third-generation ones like
> Quake and Unreal.

> Might it be good to revive automapping?

I guess it depends on the situation ... I'm not sure if any real decisions have been made on such a thing (until it's seen how everything plays). I think it would be pretty cool if automapping wasn't necessary because the terrain was detailed enough for you to "automatically" know where you were. On the other hand (and I know Bungie is working hard to avoid this ever happening), if you had to cross long distances, you might want the Marathon-style or another style of automap. Hm. It will be interesting to see how it all comes out.

I have a feeling that with an unlikelihood of extreme mazes (although I guess you never know with indoor areas - maybe it will be more needed there), it's less likely that it will be needed. But it would be essential to make the terrain (or elements of it) SO unique that you WOULD know where you were. And, of course, without it being ridiculous (hey, look it's that giant green rock again ...). Heh. Maybe you could spraypaint the terrain as you went. :) Or leave a crater here and there to mark your way. ;) Be innovative. ;)

Nathan

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Replies:

Automapping?Loren Petrich 11/3/99 8:09 p.m.
     Re: Automapping?Nathan 11/3/99 9:32 p.m.
           Re: Automapping?Jägermeister 11/4/99 12:22 a.m.
                 (En)Trail blazingDispatcher 11/4/99 9:17 p.m.
           Re: Automapping?Ben Schodek 11/4/99 3:13 p.m.
                 Randomly Generated Maps and the "Whole Halo"Nathan 11/4/99 3:24 p.m.
                 Randomly-generated maps?Loren Petrich 11/4/99 5:14 p.m.
                       Re: Randomly-generated maps?Claude Errera 11/4/99 10:32 p.m.
                             Re: Randomly-generated maps Marathon?Dispatcher 11/5/99 11:08 a.m.
                             Re: Randomly-generated maps?Hamish Sinclair 11/5/99 1:30 p.m.
                       Re: Randomly-generated maps?Butcher 11/5/99 12:55 a.m.



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