Lessons learned from WC3 (mostly technical issues) - Page 7

Liquid`Jinro

Sweden33719 Posts

May 29 2009 02:53 GMT

#121

Here's what's annoying about maps not being part of the replay file:

Step 1: You go to a replay site and download a nice shiny new replay.
Step 2: You go to start it, only to be greeted by a not so nice but probably shiny message that you don't have version #22509034590450495 of Lost Temple.
Step 3: You scour the internet for said map and put it in your map folder.
Step 4: You go back to the game to try to watch it, only to notice that the god damned map has to be in the same god damned fucking folder as the person who saved the replay had it in.
Step 5: You move the map to c:\games\warcraft 3\replay\annoying league with renamed maps\season 50\mapname

It's annoying.

Not as bad as not being able to watch replays online, but annoying.

RaiZ

2813 Posts

May 29 2009 02:58 GMT

#122

Hello 1000000 version of LT ? Would you dare catch'em all ? I've better things to do sorry.
And even if 1mb isn't a lot you know how blizz will react. They want their game as open as possible to the public.
Therefore 1mb is a lot for blizzard's standard imo.

edit : fuk fa answered faster

SoleSteeler

Canada5419 Posts

May 29 2009 03:03 GMT

#123

It certainly is annoying. I hope they're aware of that.

Judicator

United States7270 Posts

May 29 2009 03:16 GMT

#124

On May 29 2009 11:53 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Here's what's annoying about maps not being part of the replay file:

Step 1: You go to a replay site and download a nice shiny new replay.
Step 2: You go to start it, only to be greeted by a not so nice but probably shiny message that you don't have version #22509034590450495 of Lost Temple.
Step 3: You scour the internet for said map and put it in your map folder.
Step 4: You go back to the game to try to watch it, only to notice that the god damned map has to be in the same god damned fucking folder as the person who saved the replay had it in.
Step 5: You move the map to c:\games\warcraft 3\replay\annoying league with renamed maps\season 50\mapname

It's annoying.

Not as bad as not being able to watch replays online, but annoying.

Yes that needs to be fixed somehow.

Judicator

United States7270 Posts

May 29 2009 03:18 GMT

#125

On May 29 2009 10:19 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Also, hosting a 1 mb file in 2009, is the price really that different from hosting a 100-300 kb file in 2001?

Maybe TL.net admins can shed some light on this?

Stratos_speAr

United States6959 Posts

June 03 2009 17:51 GMT

#126

On May 28 2009 04:07 FrozenArbiter wrote:

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I'm sorry to be bumping this but I have to respond.

First of all - 1 mb in this day and age (2009) is NOTHING. It's less than nothing.

Second, even if they insist on sticking with the "must have map to view replay" system (aside from not being able to watch replays online, this is the most annoying thing about WC3 replays), why wouldn't you be able to, I don't know, download the map from the player who created the replay? I mean he must have it after all.

If you can't view replays online in SC2 - the sequel to a game made 10+ years ago, in which you CAN - I'll seriously be beyond pissed off. Watching replays on your own is not fun

Truth. There's no reason that you shouldn't be able to watch them online. That would seriously annoy me (and I'm sure I'm not alone) if we couldn't.

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