Spring RTS Engine

Let us find out the great mystery about the people playing metal.. Do they like them, is it a large group, or is it maybe a myth, and are all those speedmetal games actually empty, or is it some evil anti spring group, send by Chris Taylor, to boycot the progress of Spring.. or or... isn't there anything big going on, besides some of online gamers that do like and play this map...???

Metal Heck the ONLY good metal map IMHO

Well I'm no experienced player, but what's the reason people build these kind of maps ? Is the purpose to build things more quickly or does it involve anything tactical with it too ?

To each his own of course

Monk.

core prime industrial area is teh awsomes... does it count?

Metallmaps are good to destroy Metall Maps

Nothing else.

I think metal heck is rather fun ^^ speedmetal can be a laugh too occasioanlly, so yes I think metal map (some) are good although I rarely play them

I'd like to make mine more specific:

"Some maps, most suck A LOT."

I vote "lock all metal map debate threads"

Heavy metal. anyhow the metal output can be much much lower.

NOiZE wrote:Metal Heck the ONLY good metal map IMHO

+1

Candleman wrote:I vote "lock all metal map debate threads"

+2. And whats with this +1, +2 things?

A Spring mapping forum isn't exactly the best place to find out why people like metal maps; because anyone with enough interest in mapping to venture onto this forum realises that metal maps are the pop-junk of the Spring world. They mostly make for brainless games where you don't have to think too much. And people like that.

Warlord Zsinj wrote:.... metal maps are the pop-junk of the Spring world. They mostly make for brainless games where you don't have to think too much. And people like that.

+10 cool points for zsinj, dude I am with you on that.

FizWizz wrote:

NOiZE wrote:Metal Heck the ONLY good metal map IMHO

+1

+2

I see nothing wrong with metal maps. They create a map where the focus is on building and destroying huge armies. Some players dig that :)

Warlord Zsinj wrote:A Spring mapping forum isn't exactly the best place to find out why people like metal maps; because anyone with enough interest in mapping to venture onto this forum realises that metal maps are the pop-junk of the Spring world. They mostly make for brainless games where you don't have to think too much. And people like that.

Indeed. I'm new to this, and have recently downloaded two metal maps; Core Prime (off of the original, I think) and Metal-Heck. Both are quite good.

I think the point is that you don't have to concentrate on the resource gathering as much; this allows you to concentrate on producing large armies and smashing each other into the dust.
This is why I like the Supreme Commander Trailer, as it shows the best kind of warfare; two armies, lining up and then smashing each other into bits. Heh heh heh.

Well, the metal maps are okay. But I do like the normal maps for their far-varying terrain and looks. Plus strategy, yes.

Argh wrote:I see nothing wrong with metal maps. They create a map where the focus is on building and destroying huge armies. Some players dig that :)

Nothing INHERANTLY bad about them, however they are more often than not poorly designed and using being a metal map as an excuse.

Zoombie wrote:

Candleman wrote:I vote "lock all metal map debate threads"

+2. And whats with this +1, +2 things?

I once looked it up, and I think it started with some open source project (maybe svn...) using it for voting, I think the meaning was something like:

+1 Fully agreed.
+0 I don't really care but it seems right
-0 It seems kinda wrong
-1 Veto!

no, i think it rather standsfor postcount. kinda like saying: "my post here is only to agree with the dude i quote and add +1 to my postcount!"

Tobi wrote:

Zoombie wrote:

Candleman wrote:I vote "lock all metal map debate threads"

+2. And whats with this +1, +2 things?

I once looked it up, and I think it started with some open source project (maybe svn...) using it for voting, I think the meaning was something like:

+1 Fully agreed.
+0 I don't really care but it seems right
-0 It seems kinda wrong
-1 Veto!

Apache project used it for voting.
(Might still use it btw..)