User talk:Foxbite/Sandbox/1

Progress Status

As you may have noticed, I started adding some missing maps which weren't apart of the original Helpful overviews, partly because their map overviews weren't sufficient at the time. While we are "plugging" these holes, we should also take a look at some of my older Overview templates, the ones which I did back in June, such as Precipice, Goldrush etc. Since I wasn't acostumed to the template back then, some of the markers might be slightly off and need correcting.

In addition to this, I was thinking that we can also expand the Map Locations Intiative TM to include the remaining maps in TF2 which I never covered, like Mannpower maps, Passtime maps etc. Then when we are done with that, as well as with correcting any mistakes, we can finally ship this decently sized project, and call it a day.

Or you have another plan in mind? Lolimsogreat21 (talk) 21:46, 18 January 2022 (UTC)Lolimsogreat21

Also, in terms of problems with CP and other symetrical maps...I really do not know how to solve that. As you've seen, I just displayed one side of the Map and hoped that any readers can figure out the other. I guess that we could call Wookipan to add some extra parametars, but I already bothered him enough with this template.Lolimsogreat21 (talk) 21:52, 18 January 2022 (UTC)Lolimsogreat21

I'm not sure whether we should expand just now. I still think that one-sided view on CP/CTF/KOTH is practically inferior to the present overviews (regarding CPs, ideally I would probably try to imitate the Badwater overview-style editing). Won't be an issue for MVM, I believe, but what about PASS/Mannpower (aren't these played on symmetricals)?

My initial thought was to start slowly conducting checks and moving maps free of problems in their respective template subpages and provide all the necessary final polish there. (Or IDK try conducting a final massive review to move everything at once, whatever you like).

I did contact Wooki in regards to that template limitation, and it seems new features are not to be added for some time.

If you think that page getting more cluttery wouldn't affect the progress too much, we can try expanding on other modes too. I'm still cautious about using that template since as of now it's still not perfect for the role and I wonder how it may change.

-foxbite ^{(talk) ⨯ (contribs)} 09:07, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, unfortunately symmetricals would be infeasible with this solution. My best bet is to edit that in using image editing software. Ideally, create a guide for other users to mimic the style of should the images ever need redoing. Points of interest (objectives) with CP/CTF/KOTH in mind are on my to-do list. I've thought about doing it this way: Add a new, smaller marker that can either be red, blue or white (for neutral) which can serve as all points of interests as I like to call them, such as CPs and flags, since neither of those are present at the same time. I might also decrease the size of the current markers a little to allow for more spacing without it being too cluttered visually.  Wookipan (talk | contribs) 22:05, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

So, guess we should really put a halt to the whole thing until you get closer to sorting everything out? Considering all the current markers will likely be fugged after this kind of update. foxbite ^{(talk) ⨯ (contribs)} 22:31, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

I'll be conducting those changes to a non-public version of the template, but those changes will eventually be carried over. I'll try and experiment on it during the weekend. It is entirely up to you if you want to halt progress, though I'd suggest it to avoid putting in the double amount of work, yes.  Wookipan (talk | contribs) 22:40, 19 January 2022 (UTC)