Small Map Images

[chapcrap]

Bringing Discussion over from Suggestions to see what the Foundry thinks of this: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=151879

Concise description:

• Have massively scaled-down versions of certain maps which can be modified thusly.

Specifics/Details:

• This doesn't mean scaling down the existing images, but instead means creating a new image (optional, of course), which can be used instead of the existing small/large images.
• Imagine the current Classic map. Then look at the following image:
  
  (By MrBenn, see this thread).
  Assume the gameplay is the same as the Classic map. My point is really that all necessary information can be portrayed in such a small image.

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:

• As MrBenn stated in his map development thread, this kind of map would allow people to play CC on whatever hand-held gadgets are cool these days, and bring us one step closer to a functional app for such devices.

[DiM]

i'm horrified by such an image and i can't even imagine how hideous some maps would be.
however if it is only an optional thing then i support it. if a map maker wants to create a 3rd (supersmall) image then i can't see anything wrong with this.

[koontz1973]

As the original image was for portable contraptions like phones then it could be an option of a size of map. I would hate to see the map makers be made to have an image that would have to be scaled down that much.

[natty dread]

How many maps are even possible to scale down to that size?

[thenobodies80]

I think that the small map project was postponed for now. In any case the idea wasn't to have the same maps....but you should ask to MrBenn, he followed this project more than me, this because i think we have bigger and more urgent things to do than this one.

[chapcrap]

After I have thought about it more, I don't think it would matter much anyway. When I play on my iPhone, I have to zoom in to the map to be able to use clickable maps anyway. Even with a small map, I would still need to do this. I supposed that if you weren't using clickable maps and could see the whole map at once it would be slightly helpful, but to me, as a player, it doesn't matter much.