Really xerent is the only person who can answer this. I was going to PM him, but I figured many of us would be interested in the answer.

If the question is considered to general for mapping, some kind mod please move it to the general forums...

Anyway....

Xerent, from the screenies of 1.0 it looks like dod_flash is flash2? I'm assuming it won't have the seasonal choices, will it? If not, do you plan on re-releasing those? (winter is my favorite).

Also, I would assume that we should just delete the 3.1 flash2_b1, then, right?

Also, since it has the same name will 3.1 dod_flash (original flash) cease to exist? Or will you re-do it and rename it?

Thanks! :)

dod_flash is modified version of dod_flash2_b1...

Originally posted by skdr
dod_flash is modified version of dod_flash2_b1...

lol, yes, I acknowledged that in, like, the 4th sentence. The rest of the questions are premised on that notion, lol.

you can just make a back up of the wad's and replace it with the one in your dod folder since all wad's are free to use and are in your dod folder so you can manually replace this ;)

Originally posted by Quakah
you can just make a back up of the wad's and replace it with the one in your dod folder since all wad's are free to use and are in your dod folder so you can manually replace this ;)

I'm not well versed in this stuff, but doesn't that presume that he's made no changes to them?

Well acording to the screens from flash I don't think he edited or added any new textures, besides, you can always try. Make a backup of your winter flash2 wad, you probably have to rename it to flash.wad, make a back up of that wad and replace it with your winter wad. Go check it out and if that doesn't fit just get your old wad back up ;)

Maybe I'm getting it confused w/ other custom maps, but I think it had some swastikas and such in it, that would've had to been removed.

If you'll remember flash2 was a b1 and quite a few people posted bugs and such. I would wager he made a decent amount of changes to it. Good question though, maybe our Swedish friend will provide some answers after he wakes up. :)

isn't he from norway? lol :)

he's from sweden :)
and since every map in 1.0 comes with its own .wad you'll be able to switch seasons in flash yes :D

Originally posted by kleinluka
he's from sweden :)
and since every map in 1.0 comes with its own .wad you'll be able to switch seasons in flash yes :D

Bare w/ my unlearned questions, but why do that? I've noticed that .wads come w/ some maps, and some maps don't need them. Also, why not put them all in 1 .wad, at least for the 1.0 release? Would it be just for that purpose (switching texture, if that's correct) sets?

in 3.1 and previous versions mappers used to just compile the textures into the maps, but now with 1.0 it's been decided to make the textures open source for everyone to use in their maps. And yes they could all be put into one wad but imagine how confusing this would be for the official mappers if they made one new texture...they would have to send the whole big ass wad around to everyone else so they have the most up to date wad as well. so this is the easiest method to do it :)

I think xerent should pick a name for us to change the original dod_flash to, because people will still play it on custom servers... It would be nice to have a unified name like dod_flash_classic or something.

thanks for the answer, kleinluka. Makes sense. :)

Lugosi, that's exactly why I ask. Assuming the original Flash still works w/ 3.1, I'd like to keep it on the server.

Just have to see if xerent gets around to answering. :)

he kleineh, can't say how happy u make me with tellin me texes are open source in 1.0 :D

Originally posted by skdr
dod_flash is modified version of dod_flash2_b1...
dod_flash should be dod_flash2_b2 or dod_flash3, and dod_caen should damn well be dod_caen3!

Originally posted by 2ltben
dod_flash should be dod_flash2_b2 or dod_flash3, and dod_caen should damn well be dod_caen3!

i could be wrong, but I imagine that they decided to get rid of the numbers in the maps so as not to confuse the new comers. This isn't beta any more, so it's kind of silly to have dod_caen3 etc.

No it isn't, since the team doesn't directly own anything they don't make(that's most likely why they scrapped all our favorite maps), so they SHOULD still have those map numbers. And think of how it screw up custom mapping, it means that we can't play the original flash, caen, etc. without renaming it.

Originally posted by 2ltben
No it isn't, since the team doesn't directly own anything they don't make(that's most likely why they scrapped all our favorite maps), so they SHOULD still have those map numbers. And think of how it screw up custom mapping, it means that we can't play the original flash, caen, etc. without renaming it.


Scrapped all our favorite maps?? I know about snowtown and oslo and hill and all, but what about avalanche and anzio? Don't discredit them just because they're not "old."

And I hardly think its going to screw up custom mapping.

I'm sure it won't mess up custom mapping. They can always change the name and release a download on their (whoever they might be) site, and you download it and play.