Replace Mars with Red Comet

Replace Mars with Red Comet

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Should we:

Remove Mars and Add Red Comet
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41%
Add Red Comet alongside Mars
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41%
Keep Mars and ditch Red Comet
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19%
 
Total votes: 54

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AF
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Replace Mars with Red Comet

Post by AF »

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Should we replace mars in the installer with redcomet?

Red Comet map thread

With better terrain that doesnt have you moving buildings about to find flat space, much nicer colours, and an OTA theme with a twist, and a more appropriate size, why should we keep mars in the installer when red comet is so much better?

Red Comet
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Mars
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NOiZE
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Post by NOiZE »

red comet may have copyright issues considering its based of comet catcher :-)
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Raghna
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Post by Raghna »

This map looks alot like DarkSide but with dif colors.... I love it!
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AF
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Post by AF »

Heavily modified. At most it is a derivative work.

However small divide is in the installer and that hasnt been resized, retextured drastically, and rebalanced. Its stilly pretty much the same map as OTA. So I think the copyright issue is actually safer with red comet than small divide.
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Post by pintle »

do it :P
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smoth
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Post by smoth »

NOiZE wrote:red comet may have copyright issues considering its based of comet catcher :-)
quiet you!


+1 to the request.
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Relative
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Post by Relative »

I would prefer Red Comet over Mars any day. Mars's textures are not a pretty sight, red comet looks like something I might even play regularly.
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Neddie
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Post by Neddie »

pintle wrote:do it :P
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Tim Blokdijk
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Post by Tim Blokdijk »

smoth wrote:
NOiZE wrote:red comet may have copyright issues considering its based of comet catcher :-)
quiet you!


+1 to the request.
Maybe an idea if all source material would be available (GPL'ed) so the map can be reworked if copyright issues would arise later on.
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TradeMark
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Post by TradeMark »

NOiZE wrote:red comet may have copyright issues considering its based of comet catcher :-)
Loel, you just use the heightmap of the map...? Just change one pixel and its yours... no more copyright issues.
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Post by AF »

IIRC the heightmap of this map has been remade several times.
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Post by Neddie »

TradeMark wrote:
NOiZE wrote:red comet may have copyright issues considering its based of comet catcher :-)
Loel, you just use the heightmap of the map...? Just change one pixel and its yours... no more copyright issues.
You've no understanding of copyright law or intellectual property law do you?
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Post by Ishach »

mars is a really good map everyone who dosent like it is a whiner
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Neddie
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Post by Neddie »

Mars IS incredibly fun for testing, but it doesn't show off the engine at all.
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Dragon45
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Post by Dragon45 »

As long as its the only Comet Catcher remake bundled with Spring - sure, why the hell not? :P
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Felix the Cat
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Post by Felix the Cat »

Why Red Comet rather than Comet Catcher Redux?
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AF
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Post by AF »

smaller, prettier, more uptodate, better for smaller games.

You cant expect 2 noobs who want a quick game to spend ages capping mexes on comet catcher and waiting to kill the enemy. And theyr not gonna sit for 8 more players either.

Redcomet can give them a nice quick 1v1 or 2v2 game.
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Post by imbaczek »

why replace? +666 on include, but leave Mars alone, one bigger map should be bundled, too. (It could use a revitalization, though.)
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Post by Felix the Cat »

AF wrote:smaller, prettier, more uptodate, better for smaller games.

You cant expect 2 noobs who want a quick game to spend ages capping mexes on comet catcher and waiting to kill the enemy. And theyr not gonna sit for 8 more players either.

Redcomet can give them a nice quick 1v1 or 2v2 game.
Wait, are we talking about the same map?

CCR is excellent for 1v1 or 2v2 games.

If your objective is to edumacate the nubs, CCR teaches the importance of quick expansion and mex-building.
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Post by AF »

so does red comet. Red comets just the right size though.

and its soo much prettier than comet catcher
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