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Last couple of week's have been quite rough on me, with all the final exams and all. I'm sorry my absent have overseen my goals, but i have finally have open time, to finish the following touchs.

"Exploit the map"?

  If anything your just copying an effect of automap in a smaller box, more organized box, how is that giving a advantage? The feature is still usable even when "this feature" is cut off, sure it may not look good, but doesnt really effect gameplay much. Im all for oldschool stuff, but its game design 101, Player must be in control of much stuff as drawn possiable, it makes the player happy, and the game more interesting. No, im not suggesting any removel of what we already have server-side switched. But this feature really doesnt seem enough imo, to be added as a server-side switch. Please take those in to count when coding.

Good luck.

I Agree, i tried to make a blank sndlump and it still came up with a wav convert error, but ill try again with xwe.

Ok, Very simple make a choice.

Note: oof sound is the snd lump you make when you hit use on a wall or locked door.

Note: If you choose <Community Chosen> please provide me with a link toward the snd wav.

Server-side switch is not a really good solution, your putting to much control toward the server then the actual player, if the person wants the radar-automap, let him choose to play with it. Imo, i say at the most put a trigger in the client to define which automap to show up, the oldschool or the radar-automap in the HUD or/and automap toggle.

By the way, if your going to Modify the automap, don't just stick it in the corner and draw a gif. patch overlaying it, be creative with it :D

Perhaps, do not draw the entire map in the box, have it zoomed in on the current player, and have the zoom ethier controled by the size of the current sector or map. Or have the zoom embedded for keyboard shortcuts. Rotate should also be a nice feature for the player/engine to control if your really serious of making automap look like a doom type radar.

Like slayer said, please dont go and change the automap feature with the advance "Radar" without some way of turning it on and off.

Toke did do a really good job with the code and the dim trick with the scoreboard, but im not talking about, "Lets change it like zdaemon, and screw everybody else's views." Im wanting to keep the scoreboard as customizable as possible, for the person behind the odamex engine.

Ive pretty much got the views now, so im working on a few ideas right now on my little spare time i have.

Thanks

Nice.