New map sketchbook feature (cartography)

[drah]

It could be worse.. I found a supposedly full guide to PS via google not too long ago (it was only about 30% complete though!! .. and the people who'd made it had stolen the maps that I'd made!! - very entertaining!!). 

Thankfully that site is now down.

As far as I know though... you're okay to keep your maps, guides, spoilers, etc. for your own (and your guilds) use... just not publicly, and preferably under some sort of password protection is good.

[Nikodemus]

As far as I know though... you're okay to keep your maps, guides, spoilers, etc. for your own (and your guilds) use... just not publicly, and preferably under some sort of password protection is good.

Only because there is no way to control it.
Nice permission^^ as you put it.

[Idoru]

preferably under some sort of password protection is good.

I actually thought that was a mandatory requirement.

[drah]

I was under the impression it just had to be non-public. 

But I also think password protection should be mandatory.

[Araye]

Drah, our guild has maps given to us by someone that was probably in your guild.  We of course published them within the guild.  We did not alter the maps however.  So if you put a copyright or at least your name on them, it was not removed. 

I believe in getting permission where possible.  If you want to check the maps we have to see if they are yours, send me a pm and I'll send you a link to them.  If they belong to you, then I'd like your permission to use them and will credit you in full.

I'd hate for you to think we stole from you.

Araye

[czechknight93]

I have a great deal of respect for this game. I really like all of the efforts to keep role playing alive. I have a friend that plays WOW and I asked him if people role played. His bewildered response was..."What do you mean role play?" I was in shock. Why is it called a "Role Playing Game" if you don't role play? Without role playing, it just becomes a MMOKATMG (Massive Multiplayer Online Kill Anything That Moves Game).

Thank you for correcting my error and not belittling me as a n008.

[Nikodemus]

They are called MMORPGs, because this title sells better

[bilbous]

Having just picked up the two in-game maps, the Hydlaa map and the Generic map, I thought I'd bump this thread and ask for a status update. The Hydlaa map seems to to be static in that an attept to open it for editing received the "you will only damage the illustration" warning and the Generic map has "do not use this map ... GM Caarie" written on it. I guess that means it is not yet usable either.

I had hoped to be able to use one of the maps as a writing surface, i.e. inappropriately but I guess the issues remain and these are still not ready.

So how is it going? Is it simmering on the back burner, boiling on the front or keeping warm in the oven? 

[Caarrie]

So far the Generic map can be globally edited as you can see by the note. I personally think it is better to not use it till we get maps that each player can edit and share for a cost and not one map we can all edit and see what has been done on.

[bilbous]

Fair enough and of course I just wanted it for passing notes behind teachers back

[lordraleigh]

It could be worse.. I found a supposedly full guide to PS via google not too long ago (it was only about 30% complete though!! .. and the people who'd made it had stolen the maps that I'd made!! - very entertaining!!). 

Thankfully that site is now down.

As far as I know though... you're okay to keep your maps, guides, spoilers, etc. for your own (and your guilds) use... just not publicly, and preferably under some sort of password protection is good.

If my character was asked if she had a map of the city to sell, and the offer was reasonable, I wouldn't block an IC reaction of my character due to an OOC arguable definition of what is a "spoiler". Although this immediately would block most of "n00bs" from such transactions(People may complain about what I'm about to say, but I think that the "helping n00bs" concept is in most cases OOC and poorly roleplayed on). Or is this a 100% OOC "skill" designed just to help the players behind the characters? 

[Vengeance]

I worked on it before .018 but it went on the back burner when all the inventory dupe cheats came out.  I'll get back to making it a "final" feature in a little while.

[Velh Krome]

Considering maps to be drawn with ink, but anyone can delete them at any time...
will those Generic Maps keep that feature?

Would like to suggest, for anyone to discuss, that Generic Maps may be fully editable by the maps owner, but by others only by adding stuff the most!