Fast Map Load & More PP Power??? Options

[piotrkol1]

Hello! Well I've been away from TS for a while now, but I have returned. I just finished up a map for 8 players to play online. So my questions are: 1.) How do I get my map to load faster online? I think I remember something like going into the file and deleting some text or something? 2.) This map is kinda of cramped, so how do I get a powerplant to give off more power than normal so they don't start taking up to much space? Thanks!!!!!

[Ixith]

Yes these are both possible....well at least the 2nd one is a for sure.

1) I have heard about this and it does involve deleting a section in the map file when you open it in wordpad. However, because I have never done it because I believe it removes certain things from being able to be on the map I am not sure which section you must delete.

2) To make a powerplant give off more power simply add the thing below into your map file while having it open in wordpad then edit the Power= tag to however you see fit. The current ones I have on there are what they would normally give. The following in order are, GDI power plant, GDI Turbine (the add on to the GDI powerplant), the Nod Power Plant, and Nod's Advanced Power Plant.

CODE

[GAPOWR]
Power=100

[GAPOWRUP]
Power=50

[NAPOWR]
Power=100

[NAAPWR]
Power=200

[Team Black]

first off, I've found the best preformance while running the game in windows 98 compatibility mode. I've gotten faster loading, and not a single WaveClass error that I can remember..

For a map to play on XWIS, here's how to make it load faster:

look up [isomappack5] in your map file, and delete everything listed under it. (do not delete the [Lighting] section or anything below it)
This should take a lot of weight off the map and it'll load faster, but you'll only be able to use dirt tiles, making your map very undetailed and boring looking.

This post has been edited by Team Black: Apr 4 2008, 06:10 PM

[piotrkol1]

Ok so yeah I've got the powerplant thing working thanks for that, but I can't seem to find where it says [isomappack5] in the map file. I've scanned it through like 5 times and haven't been able to find it. I've attached the map file so maybe you could check if somethings wrong or not? Thanks.
http://files.filefront.com/theperfectmapye...;/fileinfo.html

[Ixith]

the best thing to do when searching for something is to do a document search for it. Press Ctrl+f to bring up a search thing for that document and type the name in and then hit next and it should come up. I found it on your map just by doing that and searching for Iso and it was the first thing that came up.

So yea it's there.

[piotrkol1]

Ok I got it to work and yeah, your right, it did make my map boring. is there any other way to make my map load faster online?

[Crash]

Ok I got it to work and yeah, your right, it did make my map boring. is there any other way to make my map load faster online?

Well, keeping detail level as low as possible, removing objects not needed, removing light posts etc. will make it load faster I think

[Team Black]

better yet, make a big plain map, all flat dirt