I would prefer to Delete a map and then publish a newer version but in the past people moaned about losing their times played and times downloaded stats so I can see why overwriting would be an option.
It would be good if there were a way to give people the option to download the updated map if they go to play a version no longer in the database somehow link them to the newer version.
Question regarding publishing updated maps: What would happen when a player adds version 1 to favorites, and the map gets updated to version 2? Either their favorite entry would be would be removed from favorites (as the map doesn't exist anymore), or updated to the new version. Theoretically the player may still prefer the way version 1 played, and if they can't get to that map anymore, the favorites list may lose its value.
I think, keeping the old maps on the server & accessible wouldn't be a big issue. Instead, perhaps Ubisoft can change the map SEARCH, to display only the new/latest map versions. Selecting that map could then have the different map versions listed in the 'More Info' menu (or a dedicated 'Versions' one), and even allow players to still play historic versions.
Going this route has the added benefit of tracking the number of plays/likes per version.
So in the sense that YouTube has playlists (with separate episodes) but Far Cry has versions of maps. Or even your own map series, This would add another search Function of Search Map by Map Series/Playlists kind of? See I like that idea a LOT as I love making more than one version of a map (maybe like a storyline style) if people wanted to make them as well as updating map versionsOriginally Posted by Steve64b Go to original post
Yeah, with FC4 this is happening already. People make daylight/nighttime maps, maps with and without signature/op weapons, invincibility on/off, etc. I feel that those versions are intended to exist alongside the others. It's different when a map maker fixes their map for gameplay/aestetic purposes and wants to replace the 'screwup' map with a fixed version.Originally Posted by DapperHayden007 Go to original post
@Ubisoft: point in case that there are multiple versions of the 'same' map file: check out http://maps.farcry.eu/?mapname=1FFBC...A32B8162F6F2ED showing PS4 maps "Mad Max" style, with the same thumbnail.
I don't have mapnames & author info for all those maps, but some of them are:
Mad Max 2.0
Mad Max 2.50
Mad Max 4.0
Mad Max 4.0
Mad Max fuller
Mad Max all guns
Mad Max all weapons
Players would generally prefer seeing map 2.50 over 2.0. Why? Because it's a newer version. Likewise, they would also prefer 4.0 over 2.5 for the same reason, making 2.0 and 2.50 obsolete. But then there's another 4.0. Which 4.0 one is 'better'?
Players looking to wreak havoc with any weapons would prefer the 'all weapons' description. Perhaps it's the same as the "all guns" one? And is that one based on the Mad Max 2.0, or the latest 4.0 one? Were all maps remade by other map makers, or are they all from the same creator?
It's excess entries like these that make browsing maps annoying in its current (FC4) form. Allowing map makers to delete their own maps, publish-lock them and possibly update their published maps (keeping stats) would at least give players control over this, without requiring any further Ubisoft moderation.