Several questions about map making

[Lion.Kanzen]

Asking a user a have the following questions ( I solved his problems) but I read some stuff in trac about map making:

How I can use my own maps and play with them in the lobby or multiplayer with friends?( releases and Svn )

how I can add maps with Mod Manager?

With mod manager I can play my maps with other from the lobby?

Edited January 13, 2015 by Lion.Kanzen

[feneur]

To play with others you need to somehow make sure that they have the map as well. Either by you uploading the files somewhere and giving them the link or by sending it to them via email or something.

In the end we hope to have some kind of automatic map transfer system, but since people could hypothetically use it to send other things we have to be extremely sure how to do it in a safe way, or not do it at all.

To add maps via the Mod Manager you have to create a mod for them first, but that should be described well enough in the wiki. At least take a look at that first, if nothing else that will help us find things which need to be improved in the wiki text.

The Mod Manager doesn't in itself help you play on the same maps as your friends (you still need to send them the map/mod in one way or another), but it can make it easier. For just one map it's not as certain as that's just two files, but if you want to send more than one map to others it's probably a good idea. In one way it might be good even for just one map: the map needs to be placed in the correct folder, and for someone who isn't good with computers it might be hard to find the correct place. It might be easier to find the right place for mods and put the mod there and enable it in the Mod Manager. Later we might create a way for the Mod Manager to download mods directly.

[Loki1950]

For managing map sharing in the lobby how about PGP signatures for verification not sure on the added overhead.

Enjoy the Choice