Re: [BTMux-General] CVS -> SVN Move

[Gregory T. <gt...@CL...>]

> Greg, this is Shabui Shima again. I am still
> interested in making maps for 5555. If you can point
> me towards the appropriate map making program, that is
> about all I should need. If I develop a cool one, I
> will submut it to you for review, and you can
> distribute it to the staff as you see fit. DOes that
> sound acceptable?
>
> My goal is to use VB synthesis three sets of data into
> Battletech style maps, USGS National Elevation Dataset
> (NED), USGS Landcover, and ESRI/GDTS streets. If
> successful, it would mean you could pick a location in
> the United States, download the data, and generate a
> map at a specific scale. I have been thinking of this
> possibility for years (since I did some mapping for
> Varxsis back in the 90ies).
>
> Eric (Shabui) Wittner
>
> --- Gregory Taylor <gt...@CL...> wrote:
>
>> This is a quick announcement for those currently
>> tinkering with the
>> source. We have moved from SourceForge's lacking CVS
>> service to our own
>> Subversion server. We'll have a lot better control
>> of things this way and
>> it'll be a lot faster. Most of you won't even notice
>> a change here, but
>> you will need to take a peek at the updated
>> documentation at:
>>
>>
> http://docs.btmux.com/index.php/Getting_and_Updating_the_Source
>> http://btmux.com/viewcvs/
>>
>> I'm looking for help with some of the projects in
>> the repository. I could
>> use some people to commit maps, add new templates,
>> and update and expand
>> on the text/help files for in-game. Send me an email
>> if you 'd like to
>> volunteer your services.
>>
>> But wait, there's more! We've made the Exile source
>> available for download
>> with permission of Fingon and the current 3030 crew.
>> It has been placed
>> under 3030's artistic license, meaning you can use
>> it but you must make
>> any and all changes to the source publicly available
>> or submitted back to
>> us in the form of a patch. Also note that we do not
>> support the Exile
>> branch at all. It is no longer being maintained and
>> it is only being made
>> public for historical and convenience issues with
>> our developers assisting
>> in porting features to the new codebase. But it's
>> there if you want to
>> tinker.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Hello,

As dany pointed out, Thump and Musemap are two very good choices for maps.
Musemap can generate square maps and I think it's faster to edit with than
the alternatives, but Thump is definitely decent too. I'd encourage you to
try both of them out and see what works for you.

As far as maps go, this is indeed not for just the Frontier, I need maps
for the codebase. I'd be open to seeing basic RS maps, smaller sim maps,
maps to be used for training players (re: gauntlet), and whatever else
comes to mind.

The easiest way to do this would be to either get access to a Linux box
with Subversion, or find out some way to run it on Windows (not sure if
they have a Windows client or if it'd run under Cygwin). From there we can
set you up with commit access to the maps project and you can hack away to
your heart's content.

If you manage to put anything together, get in touch with me and I can
show you what to do with it. Let me know if you have any more questions.