Map Pack 3.6

MAP PACK 3.6

It's not ready for release yet, I just wanted to tell you that I'm working on a new version, it will be ready in some weeks. This is what I've done so far:

Misc changes
- [added] papyrus tier 1-6 icon
- [added] chest icon
- [added] new section, ~ 3.000 plot and lair markers (I have to revisit them all, a lot of resizing done by VI)
- [update] Dalimond graphics
- [added] Rift - map by Pharaxes, thanks!
- [added] Dralnok's Doom - map by Pharaxes, thanks!
- [added] Isle of Battle - map by Pharaxes, thanks!
- [moved] named monsters from "NPCs" to "Monsters"
- [moved] "communities" to "player cities and communities" (to free a section for "plots and lairs")

Over 400 new markers updated:
- [marker update] Acul
- [marker update] Attios' Stand
- [marker update] Dalimond Peninsula
- [marker update] Eastern Outpost
- [marker update] Eastern Deadlands
- [marker update] Fabric Isle
- [marker update] Genevia
- [marker update] Isle of the Drowned
- [marker update] Lesser Aradoth
- [marker update] new pads and porters added
- [marker update] here and there around Istaria...

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1903/plots.jpg

Terao, you are my new hero.

Many, Many, Many Thanks :)

Yay! Excited! :D

Hooray. :)

Awesome, the one we have now is a bit out of date with mobs either not at their location shown on map or mobs at locations w/o an icon! =) Glad to see someone picking this up, thank you!!

Great to hear! Keep up the good work! Looking forward to a release version soon, but don't feel rushed, all good things come to those who wait.

faaaaaantastic :) i have 1 request , dunno if you can do it tho, when you have a fresh install of istaria , you get a little flying green dragon icon on ya map representing where you are and which direction you go, however with existing mappacks i cannot get this icon to be useable and would love to be able to use it or another simular icon of same or diff colours if at all possible , (crosses claws), hope to hear from you soon:)

zehava-chaos-100/100/100

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2...rdirection.png

I think I found the picture of it, I can't remember that I ever have seen that. Will have a look into.

This was an easy little fix, and it works fine - Thank you Zehava for the hint, I really didn't know that this neat map indicator existed :)

- [added] map indicator from the original map with direction

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4324/map2tk.jpg

yaaaaaaaay , ty bud:))) keep up the good work:)
you even managed to be right next to my lair on chaos hehehe;0




zehava /ancient dragon /100/100/100,

- [update] guild plots

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8320/map3a.jpg

...next will be the settlements, if this is done the map pack is ready for release.

If you want your own map indicator added to the mappack send me a pm to get my email adress or simply post them here :). The dragon ones are supplied with the game, I've done two simple neutral versions that will come with the release.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6...direction4.png http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2...rdirection.png http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/213...direction1.png http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/5...direction2.png

I've updated a lot of plot markers but it's progressing slower then expected. I've marked all plots around 2008 for a map pack version that never had been released. A great amount of plots got resized up to now, a lot more then I thought. 2008 I've marked around 2900 plots and lairs, the amount is lower now, but I've to revisit all communities to check the sizes and update them...

Thanks to GARFONSO, he wrote a cute programm that sorts the markers after x and y positions for speed optimization, thank you :).

And thanks to Yfelvik that gave me a hint for the debug log function of Istaria - there shouldn't be any more missing icon files and the map pack shouldn't produce any error messages.

I'll be away some days for a short vacation and in some weeks it'll be finished - I promise, thanks for your patience. :)

You may want to hold off on doing anything with plots, Terao. See the current patch notes for Blight. ;)

Velea, thank you for the hint, I will wait until the delta goes live :)

hi terao, im testing your beta mappack, but its not working on the search for finding npc,s unless im actually in the town that npc is in , ie not on the big main map. are they not included as of yet on the main map? or are they under , their names and not spellcrafter, scholar, blacksmith etc?

Searching for names and professions is working for me, one the main map and the detailed maps. :confused:

i still cant search for npcs, while not in a town , is anyone else actually trying this mappack and are you having ther same problem as me ?????

There are others testing it too, I've altogeter five installations for several accounts and my wife and they are working fine. Maybe you have installed something wrong? I can't reproduce the error you have.

I'm also using the beta map pack. I also don't have the issues you describe. Could you check your filter setup? AFAIK the filters are saved per map, maybe you switched off NPCs on the main map and therefore can't search for them?

Ok, scrap that... I can search for NPCs, even if I switch them off.. hm. :(

i dunno what i could have done wrong , i went through every step triple checked it all last night even reinstalled the whole resource folder from the zip into the resource override
and still on main map while not in a town if i search for scholar all i get are scholar benches if i search for scholar trainer , nothing moves , if i search fro trainer , all i end up with is it will find the dragon ones
if i type druid , it dosn't take me to dalimond or slannis where i kno they are

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Originally Posted by snake

i dunno what i could have done wrong , i went through every step triple checked it all last night even reinstalled the whole resource folder from the zip into the resource override
and still on main map while not in a town if i search for scholar all i get are scholar benches if i search for scholar trainer , nothing moves , if i search fro trainer , all i end up with is it will find the dragon ones
if i type druid , it dosn't take me to dalimond or slannis where i kno they are

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Same thing happening here. Just did a fresh install of V3.6B2, and virtually no NPC's or Trainers appear.... bummer.

Not sure what I did wrong with the install.....the plot markers aren't showing up when I click on the appropriate toggle. Any ideas?

Shot in the dark because I don't know what the installation instructions are but: every single error I heard about the old map packs was a result of that one darn file you had to edit to install them. It was a file you had to edit the real version of, instead of a copy in the /resources_override folder, which meant people often:

• didn't edit it (didn't read instructions/forgot to do that part)
• could not edit it (insufficient permissions to save changes to the file)
• couldn't get the edits to stick (file kept getting reverted by the patcher when they launched the game)

Anyways, given how common a problem it was-- even happened to me!-- I'd suggest double-checking that all the files are installed and updated as they're meant to be?

Unfortunately, it would seem this v3.6b2 is missing half its markers. I think we've all installed it correctly, since some of the markers are showing, but for what ever reason, the few of us who have tried this latest zip file seem to be missing quite a few of the markers.

I'm wondering if this latest beta update, is meant as just that, an update, and not a stand-alone installation? That would certainly explain missing markers.

I just went back to Ceg's, and it works perfectly fine.

It should be a complete version. Seems strange and atm I don't have the time to check it out as I'm very busy. I'll release the final version this weekend, thanks for your patience.