Been trying to go over my options to get myself away from WoW until Patch 6.1, which will probably come sometime next year.
One of them was possibly getting back on the MRT Server, just to say hi. But seeing how I “banned myself” from the server because I was pissed off at the changes against me… but I also thought about how stupid I was.
Roads should never go infront of friendship. So I can’t do roads anymore. Big fucking DEAL! That wasn’t the reason I visited before! Though I was blown away the fact they put up a new map and moved to yet another, bigger server to host it on.. well, yeah.
Anyway, I had another thought. To remember one of the reasons I came on the MRT in the first place; to “get ideas for the W2TS”. I’ve wanted to expand the coverage that the Red and Blue lines go, to finally have an Outer Loop Line.
But to find a good candidate seed that’s as beautiful as W2TS v2.01, and also plan out the lines, would be a lot of fucking work for me.
I decided to send a letter to Chief, asking him how they were able to make the new map and plan out the lines. About 2-3 hours later, he responded with.. everything I needed, and then some. He gave me the seed to the map they use, and told me how it was generated.
He said that it took 80….. 80 fucking maps to get that thing!! That is A LOT of new games.
He also linked me to an old blog post on their website, showing the plan for the lines, and comparing the current map to the old one. And.. wow. A huge difference in size. It looks like 5x the size of the original map.
As for planning the lines, it was pretty obvious. They used Dynmap and used image editors. And of course, to create the map to be on Dynmap, was the use of WorldBorder. Then they just filled it up. Wonder how long it took! Going by the size, possibly an entire day… if not nearly two.
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So that’s pretty much it, other than a ton of technical stuff. Looks like I got my answer. But to do something similar, with just me setting up the lines and hoping I can find a good candidate(not to mention I will be the only one that would use it), I dunno if it’s worth it.
He also hopes I’ll pop on the MRT sometime. Again…. I might. Just as long as I keep my drama off the server, they’ll be happy(just to see me, they’re happy). And if I feel drama or people start to ask me questions that will cause it, I will say I gotta go and head out. It’s that simple.