[Exult-general] mix approach for new game map: between u7 and u8

[Aurelien M. <Aur...@re...>]

Hi all,

I was thinking of a way for me to create the map for Century. I came to =
realise though that it would be first impossible to fit the city of =
Paris in a u7 map fully (only 2/3 would fit if using the same =
proportion as u7) and second way too much work, especially since only a =
handful of places would be of interest. Also, multimap would be kind of =
a pain to do.

So I thought of a mix between u7 and u8: instead of having one huge map =
where you can go wherever you want, you slice the world into areas (not =
necessarily rectangles), each area being compartimentalised: to go to =
another area, you have to go through a special path. The difference =
with u8 is there all areas fit on only 1 map, so there is no need to =
have multi-map.

What I was wondering is, first of all, do you think it's a good idea =
and do you think it's easily doable, and second, would there be a way =
to have special chunks, or even just special shapes to tell the engine: =
"this is the end of an area, please don't let the camera follow the =
avatar, but make sure the end of the area stays on the edges if getting =
close to it"? Or maybe the areas should be hardcoded?

Thx a bunch!

Artaxerxes

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